Funny Business: On Our Bookshelves

They say that humour is like music: you either hear the beats or you don’t. So selecting a list of “funny” books was a tad bit tricky. The solution? A little of everything—dark humour, embarrassing memoirs, witty rhymes—even a bedtime story best told using your inside voice. We hope it hits your funny bone. Happy reading.

Hark! A Vagrant, by Kate Beaton, Drawn & Quarterly

The Witches, by Roald Dahl (illustrated by Quentin Blake), Jonathan Cape

Bossypants, by Tina Fey, Little, Brown and Company

High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby, Victor Gollancz Ltd

Open House for Butterflies,

by Ruth Krauss (pictures by Maurice -Sendak), HarperCollins

Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, by Caroline Paul (drawings by Wendy MacNaughton), Bloomsbury USA

Go the Fuck to Sleep, by Adam Mansbach (illustrated by Ricardo Cortés), Akashic Books

Lady Parts, by Andrea Martin, Harper Avenue t8n