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Book |
Author |
Dewey Number |
Description |
The
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid |
Bryson,
Bill |
92
BRY |
One
of the funniest writers alive pens his memoir of growing up in the 1950s. |
Bossypants |
Fey,
Tina |
92
FEY |
One of our funniest comedians pens her
memoir. |
Dumbfounded |
Rothschild,
Matt |
92
ROT |
Descendent of one of wealthy American family pens his memoir. |
Why
Not Me? |
Kaling,
Mindy |
92
KAL |
Comedy writer
and actor pens her memoir. |
Little
Failure |
Shteyngart,
Gary |
92
SHT |
Humor writer pens memoir of his family’s
immigrant experience. |
The
Innocents Abroad |
Twain,
Mark |
FIC
TWA |
Humor from the classic humorist. |
I
Don’t Know How She Does It |
Pearson,
Allison |
FIC
PEA |
Laugh out loud tale of a mother trying to
balance work and family. |
One
for the Money |
Evanovich,
Janet |
FIC
EVA |
Evanovich’s first Stephanie Plum mystery—the
author uses the crime genre to mine humor. |
Skinny
Dip |
Hiaasen,
Carl |
FIC
HIA |
Another mystery writer who uses the genre to portray
crazy antics and social satire. |
Full
Dark House |
Fowler,
Christopher |
FIC
FOW |
Final mystery that mines humor more than
blood and gore. |
Hanging
Up |
Ephron,
Delia |
FIC
EPH |
The
Ephron’s find humor within the trials and tribulations of family. |
A
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius |
Eggers,
Dave |
FIC
EGG |
This book is not for everyone. Readers either
love or hate Eggers. |
Wonder
Boys |
Chabon,
Michael |
FIC
CHA |
Chabon
presents a hilarious and heartbreaking work—the story of the friendship
between the "wonder boys"—Grady, an aging writer who has lost his
way, and Crabtree, whose relentless debauchery is capsizing his career. |
Straight
Man |
Russo,
Richard |
FIC
RUS |
If there is a duck on the cover, it’s going
to be funny. From one of our best writers. |
Dietland |
Walker,
Sarai |
FIC
WAL |
This is not going to be for everyone, but who can resist a revenge fantasy that
takes on the beauty industry? |
Then
We Came To The End |
Ferris,
Joshua |
FIC
FER |
Author takes on the humor of the workplace in
the 21st century. |
The
Year of Voting Dangerously |
Dowd,
Maureen |
324.973 |
Maybe you can laugh now…maybe not. |
When
You Are Engulfed in Flames |
Sedaris,
David |
814.54
SED |
Everything Sedaris writes is funny. And he is
coming to Vermont! |
Live
Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster |
Barry,
Dave |
818.602 |
Barry focuses on parenting and grandparenting
in his series of comic books. |
I’ve
Got Sand In All the Wrong Places |
Scottoline,
Lisa |
818.602 |
Known as a mystery writer, Scottoline teams
up with her daughter for her second book of humorous essays. |