Funny Fiction and Nonfiction Books for Adults
Because Sometimes You Just Need a Good Laugh …
Life is serious enough—your reading list doesn’t always have to be. Whether you're looking to lift your mood, lighten up your book club picks, or escape into something purely fun, funny books to make you laugh are the perfect remedy. At Bookfinity, we believe books should match your mood. That’s why we’ve curated a mix of fiction and nonfiction titles guaranteed to bring the joy and spark laughter in any setting.
From sharp memoirs and satirical novels to witty essays and heartwarming comedy, these reads offer clever observations, unforgettable characters, and laugh-out-loud moments. Trust us—these are the kind of books that might have you chuckling in public.
Get Ready to Giggle: Funny Books to Make You Laugh
Several People Are Typing: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Calvin Kasulke
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! - A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF.
Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is The Office for a new world.
If you need something to treat your Sunday scaries, consider an absurd story about the ridiculousness of corporate life. Told entirely through Slack messages, this novel highlights the typical issues facing office workers: A crisis becoming a top priority until another crisis becomes a top priority. New rules sent by HR that make work just a little more unbearable, but not enough to quit. Co-workers accidentally upload their consciousness into the team Slack channel.
Here for It: A Read with Jenna Pick: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays
by R Eric Thomas
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TEEN VOGUE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine - NPR - Marie Claire - Men's Health
If feeling like an “other” in every area of your life does anything to a person’s psyche, it gives you a wicked sense of humor. R Eric Thomas puts his to use by getting readers to laugh their way though his most awkward moments.
In his memoir-in-essays, Thomas takes a look back at his life, from the contrasts between his home and school to his struggles with identity and the intense changes in politics, but instead of dwelling on the dark moments, highlights the absurdities of the past through a comedic lens only he can craft.
Broken (in the Best Possible Way)
by Jenny Lawson
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
New bonus chapter
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let's Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.
Mental illness is nothing to laugh at, except when the person talking about it is sharing hilarious anecdotes that speak to your own experiences. Sometimes the best treatment for anxiety and depression is to just allow yourself to laugh about it, and Jenny Lawson can help.
Lawson is no stranger to depression and anxiety. She regularly shares stories about how her mental health affects her life. But what makes her tales of mishaps and misadventures both heartbreaking and hilarious is her ability to humanize her experience in all its honest glory and laugh at herself in the process.
The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor
National Bestseller - Wall Street Journal Bestseller - USA Today Bestseller
An NPR Book of the Year
Finalist for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards
From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer.
What’s funnier than a story about a sitcom actor with a lavish lifestyle who suddenly gets stuck with a boat load of responsibilities he is utterly unprepared for? If you are in need of a book that will have you laughing like it’s the new hit Thursday night comedy, then this paperback sitcom is it.
Former gay sitcom star Patrick soon finds himself at the center of a family tragedy, having to assume temporary guardianship of his niece and nephew. With no clue how to handle the situation, he quickly has to learn that telling jokes isn’t how you raise kids. With the perfect combination of heartfelt realizations and endearing humor, you’ll be laughing through tears as you read.
Good Material
by Dolly Alderton
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK - From the New York Times best-selling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both
It’s one thing to giggle at someone’s misfortunes, it’s another to read an entire book about them. Considered one of the “it” writers of this generation, Dolly Alderton is able to share her wisdom through the humor and misadventures of her all too relatable characters.
In this hilarious novel, Alderton follows her protagonist, Andy, as he not only suffers from a terrible breakup, but is now without a home or a real career in stand-up. While Andy struggles to piece together what led to the end of his relationship, his self-deprecating inner monologue is far too relatable to not be funny.
Stop Me If You've Heard This One
by Kristen Arnett
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things, a sparkling and funny new novel of entertainment, ambition, art, and love.
A TODAY SHOW SPRING PICK
"Sweet, sexy, sad, articulate, and funny." - Vogue
"As much heart, humor, and gritty realness as can fit between two covers." - People
"A funny and heartfelt tale of one woman grappling with grief, love and how to move forward." - New York Times
Is a truly humorous and comedic novel about a clown too on the nose? Kristen Arnett, author of the hilarious and touching Mostly Dead Things, delivers a fun LGBTQ romantic comedy about what happens when you mix show business and pleasure.
Blob: A Love Story
by Maggie Su
"There is so much at play in this wondrous novel. Vi, struggling to place herself in any context that makes sense within the world, earnestly leads us into a wild experiment, to turn a blob into the man of her dreams, and I was transfixed by her voice. This is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways." -- Kevin Wilson, bestselling author of Now Is Not the Time to Panic
A humorous and deeply moving debut novel in the vein of Bunny and Convenience Store Woman about a young woman who tries to shape a sentient blob into her perfect boyfriend.
When it comes to finding the perfect love, the last place you’d look would be to the sentient blob you happened to find in a back alley. As it turns out, that is exactly where Vi finds herself in this completely absurd, extremely humorous, and unexpectedly tender novel.
Vi, our dryly funny and emotionally flailing heroine, tries to fill the void of heartbreak and identity confusion with a sentient blob. After feeding it a steady diet of cereal and pop culture, it turns into a hot guy. Now with her blog boyfriend at her side, Vi is forced to face her past and learn what it really means to love unconditionally.
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
by John Scalzi
New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the Moon Hits Your Eye
Well, it finally happened - the moon has turned to cheese. It’s absurd. It’s scientifically impossible. It’s ridiculous, but it happened and everyone has to deal with it. This ridiculous science fiction story by John Scalzi begs the question, “what would you do if the moon suddenly turned to cheese?”
Would this impossible phenomenon make you question science? Would you turn to faith? Could you simply go on with your day as if nothing happened? This novel takes a look at how everyone from astronauts to comedians or executives react when they discover that the moon is, in fact, made of cheese.
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