Humor Books

 

Do you need a laugh?  I think everyone does this time of year as a great stress-reliever!  Here are a few of our favorite funny books:

Picture Books

Where’s my Teddy by Jez Alborough

Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester

Early Readers

We are in a Book by Mo Willems (OK, pretty much everything by Mo Willems!)

Grades 3-5

Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis

Teen

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand

                Wacky, quirky mix-up of historical fiction, fantasy, and adventure with a lot of book humor… Imagine Lady Jane (Queen of England for 9 days) married to someone who shapeshifts uncontrollably into a horse.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Greg’s mom forces him to spend time with a girl from his class who has cancer and it is very awkward. Luckily, she is the only one who truly appreciates the bad films he and his friend Earl put together.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

                Frankie went from a shy 15 year old to a criminal mastermind in the space of a year.  Who pushed her into it?  From romance to suspense, the comedic edge here is undeniable.

Adult

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty

A slightly morbid non-fiction book that answers questions about death.

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

                Autobiography of actress/comedian Tiffany Haddish that revels in the awkwardness of growing up.

My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrick Backman

                A 7 year old is tasked with delivering letters to everyone her grandmother wronged when she was alive, and the grandmother was quite the character.