Top Humour Books

In the October 2021 mid-month newsletter, we asked our readers for recommendations for top humour books.

The responses are below.

If there are any additions to this list please use the comment form at the bottom of the page.

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• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews
• Jackson Brodie series by Kate Atkinson
• Books by Dave Barry
• Hamish Macbeth series by M.C. Beaton
• Bernie Rhodenbarr series by Lawrence Block
• Books by Erma Bombeck
• Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley
• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
• Thai mysteries by Colin Cotterill
• Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
• Gervase Fen mysteries by Edmund Crispin
• Still Foolin’ Em by Billy Crystal
• Miss Fortune series by Jana Deleon
• Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
• Books by Bill Fitzhugh
• Bryant and May Peculiar Crime Unit Mystery series by Christopher Fowler
• Skios series by Michael Frayn
• Mrs. Pollifax series by Dorothy Gilman
• Vish Puri mystery series by Tarquin Hall
• Books by Carl Hiassen
• Johannes Cabal, The Detective by Jonathan L. Howard
• Bear in the Back Seat by Kim DeLozier & Carolyn Jourdan
• Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn
• Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
• Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
• Mysteries by Charlotte MacLeod
• The Egg and I by Betty McDonald
• Books by Pat McManus
• Puckoon by Spike Milligan
• Books by Christopher Moore
• Algonquin Round Table series by JJ Murphy
• The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols
• The Darwin Awards by Wendy Northcutt
• Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cory O’Brien
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
• Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters
• Chet and Bernie mysteries by Spencer Quinn
• Blanco County series by Ben Rehder
• Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt
• The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N by Leonard Q. Ross
• At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream by Wade Rouse
• About Your Father by Peggy Rowe
• Books by David Sedaris
• The Road to Gandolfo by Robert Ludlum
• Don Tillman series by Graeme Simsion
• Chronicles of St Mary’s series by Jodi Taylor
• Books by Ross Thomas
• The Accidental Assassin: An Island, A Poodle, A Body by Jan Toms
• Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend
• The Feng Shui Detective by Nury Vittachi
• Books by Kurt Vonnegut
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
• If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t) by Betty White
• Dear Girls by Ali Wong