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
6,098 members
37 reviews
½ 4.6
5 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
20,245 members
471 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
43,829 members
802 reviews
4.2
5 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Complete Far Side: 1980–1994
by Gary Larson
1,971 members
20 reviews
4.8
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
12,055 members
195 reviews
4.2
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
93,686 members
1,508 reviews
½ 4.4
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
16,104 members
279 reviews
3.8
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
6,392 members
240 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
29,155 members
598 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963
11
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
22,339 members
384 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
12
To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
7,343 members
319 reviews
4.1
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
13
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
18,322 members
511 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
14
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
10,452 members
112 reviews
4
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
15
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
18,396 members
501 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
15,781 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
2,230 members
39 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Candide
by Voltaire
23,067 members
345 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
20
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
23,512 members
508 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
21
Life Among the Savages
by Shirley Jackson
1,195 members
48 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
22
Running with Scissors
by Augusten Burroughs
15,403 members
321 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
23
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
15,658 members
211 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
24
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
44,244 members
578 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, sturlington
25
My Life and Hard Times
by James Thurber
1,246 members
21 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
26
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
16,378 members
209 reviews
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
27
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome
8,645 members
327 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, sturlington
28
Hark! A Vagrant
by Kate Beaton
1,835 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
1,116 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963
30
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
11,383 members
440 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)
by Jenny Lawson
4,585 members
360 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
32
Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
17,859 members
293 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
33
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
8,145 members
237 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
34
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
8,066 members
410 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
35
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
4,590 members
293 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
4,779 members
171 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
38
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
6,290 members
92 reviews
4.2
Member
sturlington
39
The Pursuit of Love
by Nancy Mitford
2,131 members
84 reviews
3.9
Member
merrystar
40
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
by Jean Shepherd
909 members
23 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
41
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
by John Hodgman
776 members
38 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
42
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
16,762 members
635 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
2,218 members
51 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
46
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
by Carlos Hernandez
792 members
41 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
47
Deep Thoughts
by Jack Handey
438 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
hipdeep
48
The Last Black Unicorn
by Tiffany Haddish
926 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
1,282 members
55 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
4,517 members
200 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
54
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
by Lindy West
1,694 members
100 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
The Loved One
by Evelyn Waugh
3,869 members
78 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
56
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
12,291 members
477 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
57
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
6,387 members
161 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
58
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
by Louise Rennison
4,486 members
203 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
59
The Clouds
by Aristophanes
904 members
16 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
60
My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture
by Guy Branum
147 members
8 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
61
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
4,986 members
233 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
62
Bossypants
by Tina Fey
10,560 members
552 reviews
3.8
63
Crazy Rich Asians
by Kevin Kwan
7,213 members
263 reviews
½ 3.7
64
Yes Please
by Amy Poehler
5,390 members
281 reviews
½ 3.7
65
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and Other Concerns
by Mindy Kaling
4,893 members
243 reviews
½ 3.6
66
Skinny Dip
by Carl Hiaasen
4,829 members
147 reviews
½ 3.6
67
Nimona
by ND Stevenson
4,482 members
226 reviews
½ 4.3
68
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
4,047 members
144 reviews
3.8
69
I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
by Nora Ephron
3,839 members
166 reviews
½ 3.5
70
Roughing It
by Mark Twain
3,640 members
42 reviews
3.9
71
How to Be a Woman
by Caitlin Moran
3,263 members
199 reviews
3.8
72
Wishful Drinking
by Carrie Fisher
2,831 members
191 reviews
½ 3.6
73
Nobody's Fool
by Richard Russo
2,659 members
55 reviews
4.2
74
I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
by Sloane Crosley
2,532 members
106 reviews
½ 3.3
75
Heartburn
by Nora Ephron
2,206 members
88 reviews
½ 3.6
76
Big Trouble
by Dave Barry
2,113 members
54 reviews
½ 3.6
77
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir
by Roz Chast
1,866 members
130 reviews
½ 4.3
78
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
by Firoozeh Dumas
1,380 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
79
Dear Committee Members
by Julie Schumacher
1,349 members
114 reviews
3.8
80
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
by Patricia Lockwood
1,229 members
60 reviews
4
81
French Exit
by Patrick deWitt
1,038 members
51 reviews
½ 3.6
82
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power
by Ryan North
1,014 members
65 reviews
4.1
83
The Wangs vs. the World
by Jade Chang
939 members
54 reviews
3.2
84
The Fran Lebowitz Reader
by Fran Lebowitz
921 members
18 reviews
½ 3.5
85
You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain
by Phoebe Robinson
819 members
37 reviews
3.8
86
Half Empty
by David Rakoff
647 members
19 reviews
3.8
87
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays
by Scaachi Koul
642 members
20 reviews
3.8
88
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
by Issa Rae
593 members
20 reviews
½ 3.5
89
You'll Grow Out of It
by Jessi Klein
533 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
90
Made for Love: A Novel
by Alissa Nutting
417 members
15 reviews
½ 3.6
91
Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey
by Richard Ayoade
415 members
10 reviews
3.2
92
So Sad Today: Personal Essays
by Melissa Broder
413 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
93
Woman World
by Aminder Dhaliwal
376 members
17 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
346 members
21 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
74 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