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Funny on Purpose Summary
Funny on Purpose
The Definitive Guide to an Unpredictable Career in Comedy: Standup + Improv + Sketch + TV + Writing + Directing + YouTube
by Joe Randazzo 2015 336 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Comedy
Writing
Humor
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.58
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
How to Not Give a F*ck at Christmas Summary
How to Not Give a F*ck at Christmas
A No F*cks Given Guide to Surviving the Holidays
by Sarah Knight 2016 23 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Self Help
Christmas
Adult
My Planet Summary
My Planet
Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
by Mary Roach 2013 191 pages
3.67
3k+ ratings
Humor
Science
Essays
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 544 pages
4.22
400k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
Finding My Badass Self Summary
Finding My Badass Self
A Year of Truths and Dares
by Sherry Stanfa-Stanley 2017 225 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Memoir
Humor
Born a Crime Summary
Born a Crime
Stories From a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah 2016 289 pages
4.49
700k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Lost on Planet China Summary
Lost on Planet China
by J. Maarten Troost 2008 382 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Travel
China
Humor
Role Models Summary
Role Models
by John Waters 2010 304 pages
4.07
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
Humor
Pryor Convictions Summary
Pryor Convictions
And Other Life Sentences
by Richard Pryor 1995 257 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Biography
Comedy
Memoir
Win Bigly Summary
Win Bigly
Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
by Scott Adams 2017 304 pages
3.73
5k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Business
The New One Summary
The New One
Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad
by Mike Birbiglia 2020 256 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Parenting
Becoming Nigerian Summary
Becoming Nigerian
A Guide
by Elnathan John 2019 160 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown Summary
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
Verses for a Despotic Age
by John Lithgow 2020 104 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Humor
Politics
Mind Full Summary
Mind Full
Unwreck Your Head, De-stress Your Life
by Dermot Whelan 2021 256 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Self Help
Humor
Mental Health
Born Standing Up Summary
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin 2007 207 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Humor
How to Tell a Joke Summary
How to Tell a Joke
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021 321 pages
3.23
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Humor
I Don't Want to Die Poor Summary
I Don't Want to Die Poor
Essays
by Michael Arceneaux 2020 240 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
LGBT
Seriously Funny Summary
Seriously Funny
The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett
by Terry Pratchett 2016 128 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Humor
British Literature
Comedy
How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need Summary
How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need
Survival Tricks for Hacking, Hurricanes, and Hazards Life Might Throw at You
by Judith Matloff 2020 304 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Self Help
Travel
Survival
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Summary
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
by Steve Harvey 2009 232 pages
3.78
50k+ ratings
Self Help
Relationships
Psychology
Creativity Summary
Creativity
A Short and Cheerful Guide
by John Cleese 2020 112 pages
3.88
8k+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Humor
Happy People Are Annoying Summary
Happy People Are Annoying
by Josh Peck 2022 272 pages
4.05
16k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old Summary
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old
by Steven Petrow 2021 272 pages
3.67
5k+ ratings
Humor
Self Help
Memoir
Conversations with People Who Hate Me Summary
Conversations with People Who Hate Me
12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers
by Dylan Marron 2022 272 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Humor
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life Summary
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
Adventures in Anxiety
by Georgia Pritchett 2021 288 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Humor
Husbandry Summary
Husbandry
Sex, Love & Dirty Laundry — Inside the Minds of Married Men
by Stephen Fried 2007 192 pages
2.83
100+ ratings
Humor
Marriage
Sexuality
All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek Summary
All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek
by Dave Marinaccio 1994 128 pages
3.48
100+ ratings
Star Trek
Philosophy
Self Help
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps Summary
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
How We're Different and What to Do About It
by Allan Pease 1998 272 pages
3.76
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal Summary
Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal
Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad
by Scott Benner 2013 230 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Parenting
Memoir
Humor
Disaster Preparedness Summary
Disaster Preparedness
A Memoir
by Heather Havrilesky 2010 256 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Humor
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.45
500+ ratings
Sociology
History
Pop Culture
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
by Pamela Paul 2021 288 pages
3.39
2k+ ratings
History
Essays
Self Help
The NEW Comedy Bible Summary
The NEW Comedy Bible
The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy
by Judy Carter 2020 337 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Comedy
Humor
Writing
Escape to Australia Summary
Escape to Australia
by James Patterson 2017 288 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Humor
Childrens
Live Alone and Like It Summary
Live Alone and Like It
by Marjorie Hillis 1936 154 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Feminism
Womens
Relax - You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left Summary
Relax - You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left
Using the power of humor to overcome stress in your life and work
by Loretta LaRoche 1998 208 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Self Help
Humor
Psychology
Improvise. Summary
Improvise.
Scene from the Inside Out
by Mick Napier 2004 144 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Comedy
Theatre
Humor
Windswept & Interesting Summary
Windswept & Interesting
My Autobiography
by Billy Connolly 2021 356 pages
4.41
9k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Humor
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog Summary
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog
by Emily Dean 2019 257 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Mental Health
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Summary
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace 2005 343 pages
4.19
51k+ ratings
Essays
Philosophy
Humor
Humor, Seriously Summary
Humor, Seriously
Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life
by Jennifer Aaker 2020 272 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Business
Humor
Self Help
Dykes to Watch Out For Summary
Dykes to Watch Out For
by Alison Bechdel 1986 78 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Comics
Queer
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Summary
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
by Thomas Cathcart 2007 200 pages
3.76
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Comedy
How to Be Ultra Spiritual Summary
How to Be Ultra Spiritual
12 1/2 Steps to Spiritual Superiority
by J.P. Sears 2017 272 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Humor
Spirituality
Self Help
One in a Millennial Summary
One in a Millennial
On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
by Kate Kennedy 2024 328 pages
3.73
18k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
Pop Culture
The Simpsons and Philosophy Summary
The Simpsons and Philosophy
The D'oh! of Homer
by William Irwin 2001 303 pages
3.45
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Humor
Pop Culture
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You Summary
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
by Bill Maher 2024 400 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
Politics
Humor
Comedy
Depression the Comedy Summary
Depression the Comedy
A Tale of Perseverance
by Jessica Holmes 2018 200 pages
3.47
100+ ratings
Mental Health
Memoir
Canada
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch Summary
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
by Alison Arngrim 2010 302 pages
4.08
17k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
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