😂 Humorous Historical

History served with a generous side of wit, bringing past eras to life through comedy that makes the strange truths of bygone times irresistibly entertaining.

1066 and all that

by W.C. Sellar • 1930

English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.

3.91

4k+

📜 Satirical History 📚 Parody Textbook 🇬🇧 British Humour

1066 and all that 93%

English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.

by W.C. Sellar 1930

3.91

4k+ ratings

📜 Satirical History 📚 Parody Textbook 🇬🇧 British Humour

The Greatest Nobodies of History

by Adrian Bliss • 2024

A lovesick plague, a vain ferret, and a royal oak: history's walk-on parts demand the spotlight.

3.52

3k+

The Greatest Nobodies of History Summary

The Greatest Nobodies of History 92%

A lovesick plague, a vain ferret, and a royal oak: history's walk-on parts demand the spotlight.

by Adrian Bliss 2024

3.52

3k+ ratings

1000 Years of Annoying the French

by Stephen Clarke • 2010

The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.

4.05

5k+

⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry 😂 Comic History 📜 Revisionist History

1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary

1000 Years of Annoying the French 91%

The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.

by Stephen Clarke 2010

4.05

5k+ ratings

⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry 😂 Comic History 📜 Revisionist History

The World According to Cunk

by Philomena Cunk • 2024

A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.

3.90

2k+

🏛️ Parody History 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🎓 Fake Expertise

The World According to Cunk 91%

A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.

by Philomena Cunk 2024

3.90

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Parody History 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🎓 Fake Expertise

Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music

by Stephen Fry • 2004

13,500 years of classical music made funny: from Pythagorean hammers to Stravinsky's riot.

3.70

849

🎼 Classical Music 😜 Irreverent History 🇬🇧 British Humor

Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music Summary

Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music 90%

13,500 years of classical music made funny: from Pythagorean hammers to Stravinsky's riot.

by Stephen Fry 2004

3.70

849 ratings

🎼 Classical Music 😜 Irreverent History 🇬🇧 British Humor

Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome K. Jerome • 1889

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

3.83

81k+

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit

Three Men in a Boat 89%

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

by Jerome K. Jerome 1889

3.83

81k+ ratings

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

by Jonas Jonasson • 2009

At a hundred, a man escapes his nursing home and accidentally steals a gangster's fortune.

3.82

306k+

🧳 Picaresque Adventure 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎲 Accidental Adventurer

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Summary

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 89%

At a hundred, a man escapes his nursing home and accidentally steals a gangster's fortune.

by Jonas Jonasson 2009

3.82

306k+ ratings

🧳 Picaresque Adventure 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎲 Accidental Adventurer

At Home

by Bill Bryson • 2010

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

3.99

99k+

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History

At Home 89%

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

by Bill Bryson 2010

3.99

99k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History

Cobb's Anatomy

by Irvin S. Cobb • 1912

A 1912 comic anatomy of everything that aches, sheds, swells, or embarrasses you in public.

3.78

✍️ Humorous Essays 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🫃 Body Humor

Cobb's Anatomy 89%

A 1912 comic anatomy of everything that aches, sheds, swells, or embarrasses you in public.

by Irvin S. Cobb 1912

3.78

60 ratings

✍️ Humorous Essays 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🫃 Body Humor

Adolf Hitler

by Spike Milligan • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

4.04

9k+

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor

Adolf Hitler 89%

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

by Spike Milligan 1971

4.04

9k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor

The Good Lord Bird

by James McBride • 2013

An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.

3.96

39k+

🎭 Historical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque 🎀 Gender Disguise

The Good Lord Bird 89%

An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.

by James McBride 2013

3.96

39k+ ratings

🎭 Historical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque 🎀 Gender Disguise

The Pocket Guide to Mischief

by Bart King • 2008

From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.

3.92

106

🃏 Practical Jokes 🎬 Pop Culture Trivia 💬 Wordplay And Puns

The Pocket Guide to Mischief 89%

From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.

by Bart King 2008

3.92

106 ratings

🃏 Practical Jokes 🎬 Pop Culture Trivia 💬 Wordplay And Puns

Thug Notes

by Sparky Sweets • 2015

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

3.96

570

🤣 Comic Literary Criticism 📝 Study Guides 🔑 Accessible Classics

Thug Notes 89%

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

by Sparky Sweets 2015

3.96

570 ratings

🤣 Comic Literary Criticism 📝 Study Guides 🔑 Accessible Classics

Diaries 1969-1979

by Michael Palin • 2006

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

4.04

4k+

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy

Diaries 1969-1979 89%

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

by Michael Palin 2006

4.04

4k+ ratings

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy

Harpo Speaks!

by Harpo Marx • 1961

He went silent onstage after one review, then charmed the Algonquin wits and the Soviet Union.

4.23

4k+

🎭 Vaudeville Roots 🎬 Hollywood Golden Age 🤹 Physical Comedy

Harpo Speaks! 89%

He went silent onstage after one review, then charmed the Algonquin wits and the Soviet Union.

by Harpo Marx 1961

4.23

4k+ ratings

🎭 Vaudeville Roots 🎬 Hollywood Golden Age 🤹 Physical Comedy

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

by Kliph Nesteroff • 2021

From Wild West exploitation to viral sketches: how Native comedians turned erasure into an art form.

4.06

3k+

🪶 Native American History 🎭 Comedy History ✊ Cultural Reclamation

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem Summary

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem 89%

From Wild West exploitation to viral sketches: how Native comedians turned erasure into an art form.

by Kliph Nesteroff 2021

4.06

3k+ ratings

🪶 Native American History 🎭 Comedy History ✊ Cultural Reclamation

How to Survive History

by Cody Cassidy • 2023

T. rex: 13 mph, you win. Pompeii: run north. The science of outliving history's deadliest days.

4.05

3k+

🧨 Historical Disasters 🧪 Survival Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios

How to Survive History 88%

T. rex: 13 mph, you win. Pompeii: run north. The science of outliving history's deadliest days.

by Cody Cassidy 2023

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧨 Historical Disasters 🧪 Survival Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios

Lamb

by Christopher Moore • 2002

Jesus's irreverent best friend, back from the dead, tells the gospel the Bible left out.

4.22

183k+

🤣 Religious Satire 📖 Biblical Retelling 🏜️ Ancient Judea

Lamb 88%

Jesus's irreverent best friend, back from the dead, tells the gospel the Bible left out.

by Christopher Moore 2002

4.22

183k+ ratings

🤣 Religious Satire 📖 Biblical Retelling 🏜️ Ancient Judea

The Mother Tongue

by Bill Bryson • 1990

Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.

3.91

44k+

🗣️ History Of English 📚 Popular Linguistics 🌍 Language Evolution

The Mother Tongue 88%

Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.

by Bill Bryson 1990

3.91

44k+ ratings

🗣️ History Of English 📚 Popular Linguistics 🌍 Language Evolution

Humour

by Terry Eagleton • 2019

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

3.19

603

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory

Humour 88%

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

by Terry Eagleton 2019

3.19

603 ratings

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory

Flashman

by George MacDonald Fraser • 1969

A bully turned officer blunders through imperial wars, and every cowardly act earns him a medal.

4.05

16k+

📝 Fictional Memoir 🪖 Military Satire 😨 Cowardly Protagonist

Flashman 88%

A bully turned officer blunders through imperial wars, and every cowardly act earns him a medal.

by George MacDonald Fraser 1969

4.05

16k+ ratings

📝 Fictional Memoir 🪖 Military Satire 😨 Cowardly Protagonist

The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves

by Jack Douglas • 1972

The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.

3.27

205

🎤 Comic Memoir 🐺 Exotic Pets 💍 Marital Comedy

The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves Summary

The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves 88%

The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.

by Jack Douglas 1972

3.27

205 ratings

🎤 Comic Memoir 🐺 Exotic Pets 💍 Marital Comedy

Una historia de España

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 2019

A novelist rewrites Spain: El Cid fought for Muslims, gold bred ruin, democracy required amnesia.

4.16

5k+

🇪🇸 Spanish History 🧐 Revisionist History 📉 Empire And Decline

Una historia de España 88%

A novelist rewrites Spain: El Cid fought for Muslims, gold bred ruin, democracy required amnesia.

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2019

4.16

5k+ ratings

🇪🇸 Spanish History 🧐 Revisionist History 📉 Empire And Decline

I Like You

by Amy Sedaris • 2006

The entertaining guide that treats your guests like customers and your home like a garage sale.

3.88

40k+

🏠 Domestic Satire 📝 Humorous Essays 😐 Deadpan Humor

I Like You 88%

The entertaining guide that treats your guests like customers and your home like a garage sale.

by Amy Sedaris 2006

3.88

40k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Satire 📝 Humorous Essays 😐 Deadpan Humor

Strange Worlds of Lunacy

by Lyndon Perry • 2008

When laughter breaks magic curses and bureaucracy conquers aliens, fairy tales don't stand a chance.

4.67

🃏 Comic Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Tale Parody 🤪 Absurdist Fiction

Strange Worlds of Lunacy 88%

When laughter breaks magic curses and bureaucracy conquers aliens, fairy tales don't stand a chance.

by Lyndon Perry 2008

4.67

9 ratings

🃏 Comic Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Tale Parody 🤪 Absurdist Fiction

Cluny Brown

by Margery Sharp • 1944

Sent to a country house, a plumber's niece charms a Polish exile and scandalizes the household.

3.75

3k+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏰 Country House Novel 💞 Misfits In Love

Cluny Brown 88%

Sent to a country house, a plumber's niece charms a Polish exile and scandalizes the household.

by Margery Sharp 1944

3.75

3k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏰 Country House Novel 💞 Misfits In Love

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec

by Josh Freed • 1983

In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.

3.97

🍁 Quebec Culture 😂 Cultural Satire 🗣️ Language Humor

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec Summary

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec 88%

In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.

by Josh Freed 1983

3.97

30 ratings

🍁 Quebec Culture 😂 Cultural Satire 🗣️ Language Humor

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee • 2017

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

4.02

146k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Summary

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 88%

After stealing a puzzle box, a lord flees 18th-century Europe with the friend he secretly loves.

by Mackenzi Lee 2017

4.02

146k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Romance ❤️ Friends To Lovers 👥 Found Family

How to Rule the World

by André de Guillaume • 2002

Forget ethics: a satirical guide to seizing absolute power, from career choice to crushing dissent.

3.67

547

🏛️ Dictatorship 🤣 Satirical Self-Help ⚖️ Power Dynamics

How to Rule the World 88%

Forget ethics: a satirical guide to seizing absolute power, from career choice to crushing dissent.

by André de Guillaume 2002

3.67

547 ratings

🏛️ Dictatorship 🤣 Satirical Self-Help ⚖️ Power Dynamics

How to Invent Everything

by Ryan North • 2018

Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.

4.14

6k+

🏛️ Civilization Building 🛠️ History Of Technology ⏳ Time Travel Conceit

How to Invent Everything 88%

Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.

by Ryan North 2018

4.14

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Civilization Building 🛠️ History Of Technology ⏳ Time Travel Conceit

Growing Up Laughing

by Marlo Thomas • 2010

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

3.85

2k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

Growing Up Laughing 88%

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

by Marlo Thomas 2010

3.85

2k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

And Here's the Kicker

by Mike Sacks • 2009

21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.

4.05

2k+

🎭 Humor Writing 📖 Interview Anthology 🧠 Comedy Theory

And Here's the Kicker 88%

21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.

by Mike Sacks 2009

4.05

2k+ ratings

🎭 Humor Writing 📖 Interview Anthology 🧠 Comedy Theory

I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans

by Ginny Hogan • 2022

Five Tinder accounts, one photo, all racing a plate of cold refried beans. Guess who won.

3.38

419

📱 Modern Dating 🧍‍♀️ Singlehood 📝 Satirical Essays

I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans Summary

I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans 88%

Five Tinder accounts, one photo, all racing a plate of cold refried beans. Guess who won.

by Ginny Hogan 2022

3.38

419 ratings

📱 Modern Dating 🧍‍♀️ Singlehood 📝 Satirical Essays

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

by Beth Brower • 2019

Banished to her own attic, a penniless heiress keeps a journal her scheming cousin should fear.

4.05

69k+

📖 Epistolary Novel 💪 Plucky Heroine ⚖️ Inheritance Battle

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Summary

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion 88%

Banished to her own attic, a penniless heiress keeps a journal her scheming cousin should fear.

by Beth Brower 2019

4.05

69k+ ratings

📖 Epistolary Novel 💪 Plucky Heroine ⚖️ Inheritance Battle

City of Thieves

by David Benioff • 2008

A Jewish boy and a deserter hunt wedding-cake eggs through starving Leningrad to stay alive.

4.30

170k+

🏚️ Besieged Leningrad 🎭 Darkly Comic War 🤝 Unlikely Wartime Duo

City of Thieves 88%

A Jewish boy and a deserter hunt wedding-cake eggs through starving Leningrad to stay alive.

by David Benioff 2008

4.30

170k+ ratings

🏚️ Besieged Leningrad 🎭 Darkly Comic War 🤝 Unlikely Wartime Duo

Dodger

by Terry Pratchett • 2012

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

3.95

28k+

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty

Dodger 88%

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

by Terry Pratchett 2012

3.95

28k+ ratings

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her

by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965

A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.

4.25

6k+

🃏 Parody Religion 🤹 Absurdist Satire ✌️ Counterculture Mindset

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 88%

A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.

by Malaclypse the Younger 1965

4.25

6k+ ratings

🃏 Parody Religion 🤹 Absurdist Satire ✌️ Counterculture Mindset

Miss May Does Not Exist

by Carrie Courogen • 2024

Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.

3.83

777

🎬 Hollywood History 🎭 Comedy History 🎥 Women Directors

Miss May Does Not Exist 88%

Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.

by Carrie Courogen 2024

3.83

777 ratings

🎬 Hollywood History 🎭 Comedy History 🎥 Women Directors

Words on the Move

by John McWhorter • 2016

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

4.14

2k+

🇬🇧 English Language History 🔄 Language Change 📜 Word Origins

Words on the Move 88%

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

by John McWhorter 2016

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇬🇧 English Language History 🔄 Language Change 📜 Word Origins

Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad

by Cassandra Dee • 2017

Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.

3.34

977

🎭 Fantasy Parody 🪞 Meta Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Deconstruction

Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad 87%

Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.

by Cassandra Dee 2017

3.34

977 ratings

🎭 Fantasy Parody 🪞 Meta Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Deconstruction

The Light Fantastic

by Terry Pratchett • 1986

The spell that can save the Discworld chose the worst possible wizard to hide inside.

4.01

170k+

🎭 Comic Fantasy 🪞 Satirical Fantasy 😰 Reluctant Protagonist

The Light Fantastic 87%

The spell that can save the Discworld chose the worst possible wizard to hide inside.

by Terry Pratchett 1986

4.01

170k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Fantasy 🪞 Satirical Fantasy 😰 Reluctant Protagonist

How to Tell a Joke

by Marcus Tullius Cicero • 2021

How Rome's greatest speaker used humor to win any room, and how you can too.

3.19

209

🎤 Public Speaking 🏛 Classical Rhetoric 😄 Humor For Speakers

How to Tell a Joke 87%

How Rome's greatest speaker used humor to win any room, and how you can too.

by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2021

3.19

209 ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 🏛 Classical Rhetoric 😄 Humor For Speakers

The Color of Magic

by Terry Pratchett • 1983

An inept wizard and an indestructible tourist flee a burning city on a flat world.

3.99

425k+

🃏 Comic Fantasy 😬 Reluctant Hero 📸 Fantasy Tourist

The Color of Magic 87%

An inept wizard and an indestructible tourist flee a burning city on a flat world.

by Terry Pratchett 1983

3.99

425k+ ratings

🃏 Comic Fantasy 😬 Reluctant Hero 📸 Fantasy Tourist

Fifty Shades of Chicken

by F.L. Fowler • 2012

A chicken falls for the chef who wants to cook her whole, and in parts.

4.17

1k+

🥸 Literary Parody 🎁 Gag Gifts 😉 Suggestive Humor

Fifty Shades of Chicken 87%

A chicken falls for the chef who wants to cook her whole, and in parts.

by F.L. Fowler 2012

4.17

1k+ ratings

🥸 Literary Parody 🎁 Gag Gifts 😉 Suggestive Humor

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler

by Francisco de Quevedo • 1969

Two penniless rogues claw through golden-age Spain, trading masters and morals for the next meal.

3.62

1k+

🎭 Picaresque Novel 👑 Spanish Golden Age 🦊 Rogue Protagonist

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler Summary

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler 87%

Two penniless rogues claw through golden-age Spain, trading masters and morals for the next meal.

by Francisco de Quevedo 1969

3.62

1k+ ratings

🎭 Picaresque Novel 👑 Spanish Golden Age 🦊 Rogue Protagonist

The Custom of the Army

by Diana Gabaldon • 2010

A London scandal forces a British officer to Canada to witness a court-martial built on secrets.

4.03

11k+

⚖️ Military Justice 👑 Georgian England ⚔️ Duel Of Honor

The Custom of the Army 87%

A London scandal forces a British officer to Canada to witness a court-martial built on secrets.

by Diana Gabaldon 2010

4.03

11k+ ratings

⚖️ Military Justice 👑 Georgian England ⚔️ Duel Of Honor

Sick in the Head

by Judd Apatow • 2015

A teenager's taped interviews with comedy heroes mapped the life he would build in film.

3.67

13k+

🎭 Comedian Memoir ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Interview Collection

Sick in the Head 87%

A teenager's taped interviews with comedy heroes mapped the life he would build in film.

by Judd Apatow 2015

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎭 Comedian Memoir ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Interview Collection

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

by David Sedaris • 2004

His mother banned the word 'weenie.' She was only the first of many baffling rule-givers.

4.12

290k+

📝 Essay Collections 😂 Humor Memoirs 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Stories

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Summary

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 87%

His mother banned the word 'weenie.' She was only the first of many baffling rule-givers.

by David Sedaris 2004

4.12

290k+ ratings

📝 Essay Collections 😂 Humor Memoirs 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Stories

Billionaire Boy

by David Walliams • 2010

A billionaire twelve-year-old with no friends switches to the local school to find a real one.

4.12

20k+

🚽 Toilet Humor 🏫 School Comedy 🇬🇧 British Humor

Billionaire Boy 87%

A billionaire twelve-year-old with no friends switches to the local school to find a real one.

by David Walliams 2010

4.12

20k+ ratings

🚽 Toilet Humor 🏫 School Comedy 🇬🇧 British Humor

X Saves the World

by Jeff Gordinier • 2008

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

3.45

636

👤 Gen X 🎸 Alternative Culture 🌱 Micro-Movements

X Saves the World 87%

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

by Jeff Gordinier 2008

3.45

636 ratings

👤 Gen X 🎸 Alternative Culture 🌱 Micro-Movements

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