Humor

1. How Are You Feeling?: At the Centre of the Inside of the Human Brain

   David Shrigley

   A shocking, ethically dubious, disastrously funny, illustrated self-help book about why human beings behave in such peculiar, delightful, and unpleasant ways.More

2. That's Not Funny, That's Sick: The National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream

   Ellin Stein

   The untold story behind a revolution in American comedy.More

3. 10 ½ Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said

   Charles Wheelan, Peter Steiner

   “A book filled with so much wisdom that I have no choice but to recommend it.”—Craig Wilson, USA TodayMore

4. The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British

   Sarah Lyall

   “Should be handed out . . . in the immigration line at Heathrow.” —Malcolm GladwellMore

5. Unreliable Memoirs

   Clive James

   A best-selling classic around the world, Clive James’s hilarious memoir has long been unavailable in the United States.More

6. Killed Cartoons: Casualties of the War on Free Expression

   David Wallis

   One hundred political cartoons you wanted to see, but weren’t allowed to: all were banned for being too hot to handle.More

7. The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions

   Kenji Kawakami, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Dan Papia

   From the land of the rising sun, strangely practical and utterly eccentric inventions for a life of ease—and hilarity.More

8. Hip-Hop Hares: And Other Moments of Epic Silliness

   Outside Magazine, Bill Vaughn

   The most hilarious, whimsical, shocking moments ever captured on film, from the editors of Outside magazine.More

9. Boob Jubilee: The Cultural Politics of the New Economy

   Thomas Frank, David Mulcahey

   Salvos of sane and humorous dissent from the worship of the almighty market.More

10. The Polar Bear Waltz and Other Moments of Epic Silliness: Comic Classics from Outside Magazine's "Parting Shots"

    Outside Magazine, Hampton Sides

    The most hilarious, whimsical moments captured on film, from twenty-five years of living Outside.More

11. Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe

    Andrew Boyd

    A dark, twisted, existential manifesto posing as a book of daily inspiration.More

12. Disorderly Conduct: Excerpts from Actual Cases

    Rodney R. Jones, Charles M. Sevilla, Gerald F. Uelmen, Et Al.

    "Splendid. . . . Pokes irreverent fun at everyone in the court system. . . . Lee Lorenz' fine illustrative cartoons add laughs to this madness."—Chicago TribuneMore

13. Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

    Charles M. Sevilla

    In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.More

14. Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor

    Daryl Cumber Dance, Nikki Giovanni

    The vibrant humor of African American women is celebrated in this bold and unique collection that the Miami Herald describes as "breathtakingly broad and deep."More

15. Life's Little Deconstruction Book: Self-Help for the Post-Hip

    Andrew Boyd

    Portable Po-Mo, Disposable Derrida, Foucault-to-Go.More