NPR Readers Poll: 100 Favorite Funny Books

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Source: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/20/752044550/we-did-it-for-the-lols-100-favorite-funny-books Note: Where there was a series on the original list, I added only the first book to this list in most cases.
1
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
by Bill Watterson
6,139 members
38 reviews
½ 4.6
5 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
20,329 members
472 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
43,995 members
806 reviews
4.2
5 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Complete Far Side: 1980–1994
by Gary Larson
1,975 members
20 reviews
4.8
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
12,103 members
196 reviews
4.2
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
94,196 members
1,511 reviews
½ 4.4
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
16,170 members
280 reviews
3.8
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
6,420 members
242 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
29,340 members
601 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963
11
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
22,403 members
385 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
12
To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
7,374 members
321 reviews
4.1
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
13
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
18,400 members
512 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
14
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
10,495 members
113 reviews
4
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
15
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
18,439 members
502 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Portable Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker
531 members
6 reviews
4.2
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963
17
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
15,792 members
206 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel
by Diana Wynne Jones
2,235 members
39 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Candide
by Voltaire
23,152 members
344 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
20
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
23,577 members
511 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
21
Life Among the Savages
by Shirley Jackson
1,204 members
48 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
22
Running with Scissors
by Augusten Burroughs
15,421 members
321 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
23
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
15,701 members
212 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
24
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
44,396 members
578 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, sturlington
25
My Life and Hard Times
by James Thurber
1,255 members
22 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
26
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
16,300 members
208 reviews
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
27
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome
8,677 members
327 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, sturlington
28
Hark! A Vagrant
by Kate Beaton
1,839 members
86 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
29
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?
by Erma Bombeck
1,121 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
30
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
11,413 members
441 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)
by Jenny Lawson
4,606 members
361 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
32
Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
17,881 members
295 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
33
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
8,172 members
238 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
34
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
8,076 members
412 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
35
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
4,632 members
294 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
36
Archy and Mehitabel
by Don Marquis
1,167 members
21 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
37
Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
4,782 members
171 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
38
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
6,304 members
91 reviews
4.2
Member
sturlington
39
The Pursuit of Love
by Nancy Mitford
2,144 members
85 reviews
3.9
Member
merrystar
40
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
by Jean Shepherd
912 members
23 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
41
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
by John Hodgman
777 members
38 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
42
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
16,813 members
639 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
43
The Best of Ogden Nash
by Linell Nash Smith
169 members
1 review
4
Member
hipdeep
44
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
by Fannie Flagg
2,224 members
51 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
46
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
by Carlos Hernandez
800 members
41 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
47
Deep Thoughts
by Jack Handey
439 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
hipdeep
48
The Last Black Unicorn
by Tiffany Haddish
928 members
44 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
49
Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight
by Chris Onstad
202 members
9 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
50
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays
by Samantha Irby
1,296 members
57 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
52
The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his Favorites
by Robert Benchley
240 members
2 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
53
Tenth of December: Stories
by George Saunders
4,528 members
201 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
54
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
by Lindy West
1,703 members
100 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
The Loved One
by Evelyn Waugh
3,864 members
78 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
56
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
12,345 members
476 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
57
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
6,376 members
161 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
58
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
by Louise Rennison
4,494 members
203 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
59
The Clouds
by Aristophanes
907 members
17 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
60
My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture
by Guy Branum
147 members
9 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
61
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
5,036 members
237 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
62
Bossypants
by Tina Fey
10,595 members
556 reviews
3.8
63
Crazy Rich Asians
by Kevin Kwan
7,318 members
264 reviews
½ 3.7
64
Yes Please
by Amy Poehler
5,413 members
283 reviews
½ 3.7
65
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and Other Concerns
by Mindy Kaling
4,911 members
243 reviews
½ 3.6
66
Skinny Dip
by Carl Hiaasen
4,836 members
148 reviews
½ 3.6
67
Nimona
by ND Stevenson
4,458 members
228 reviews
½ 4.3
68
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
4,064 members
144 reviews
3.8
69
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
by Nora Ephron
3,848 members
166 reviews
½ 3.5
70
Roughing It
by Mark Twain
3,645 members
42 reviews
3.9
71
How to Be a Woman
by Caitlin Moran
3,269 members
200 reviews
3.8
72
Wishful Drinking
by Carrie Fisher
2,830 members
191 reviews
½ 3.6
73
Nobody's Fool
by Richard Russo
2,657 members
55 reviews
4.2
74
I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
by Sloane Crosley
2,538 members
106 reviews
½ 3.3
75
Heartburn
by Nora Ephron
2,221 members
89 reviews
½ 3.6
76
Big Trouble
by Dave Barry
2,114 members
54 reviews
½ 3.6
77
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir
by Roz Chast
1,876 members
132 reviews
½ 4.3
78
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
by Firoozeh Dumas
1,383 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
79
Dear Committee Members
by Julie Schumacher
1,355 members
115 reviews
3.8
80
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
by Patricia Lockwood
1,240 members
62 reviews
4
81
French Exit
by Patrick deWitt
1,036 members
51 reviews
½ 3.6
82
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power
by Ryan North
1,019 members
65 reviews
4.1
83
The Wangs vs. the World
by Jade Chang
942 members
54 reviews
3.2
84
The Fran Lebowitz Reader
by Fran Lebowitz
924 members
18 reviews
½ 3.5
85
You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain
by Phoebe Robinson
822 members
37 reviews
3.8
86
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays
by Scaachi Koul
647 members
21 reviews
3.8
87
Half Empty
by David Rakoff
645 members
20 reviews
3.8
88
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
by Issa Rae
602 members
21 reviews
½ 3.5
89
You'll Grow Out of It
by Jessi Klein
535 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
90
So Sad Today: Personal Essays
by Melissa Broder
418 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
91
Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey
by Richard Ayoade
418 members
10 reviews
3.2
92
Made for Love: A Novel
by Alissa Nutting
416 members
15 reviews
½ 3.6
93
Woman World
by Aminder Dhaliwal
380 members
18 reviews
3.9
94
The New Joys of Yiddish: Completely Updated
by Leo Rosten
364 members
8 reviews
4.2
95
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell
by W. Kamau Bell
350 members
22 reviews
3.8
97
Cool, Calm & Contentious: Essays
by Merrill Markoe
179 members
10 reviews
3.1
98
How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows
by Jacqueline Novak
75 members
3 reviews
4.2
99
Trust No Aunty
by Maria Qamar
59 members
3 reviews
3.8
100
Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings
by Glen Baxter
47 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4