🚐 Touring Comedians

Stand-up comics navigating the lonely highways, hostile crowds, and late-night diners that define life between punchlines. These books reveal the unglamorous grind behind the laughter.

I'd Like to Play Alone, Please

by Tom Segura • 2022

A comedian's memoir where the most normal person is the one who names his bowel movements.

4.00

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedian Memoirs ✍️ Essay Collections 👪 Eccentric Families 🤪 Absurdist Humor

I'd Like to Play Alone, Please 89%

A comedian's memoir where the most normal person is the one who names his bowel movements.

by Tom Segura 2022

4.00

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedian Memoirs ✍️ Essay Collections 👪 Eccentric Families 🤪 Absurdist Humor

The NEW Comedy Bible

by Judy Carter • 2020

The formula for turning everyday frustrations into stand-up jokes, from blank page to stage.

4.32

302

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🗣️ Authentic Voice 😰 Stage Fright 🎭 Live Performance

The NEW Comedy Bible 88%

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by Judy Carter 2020

4.32

302 ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🗣️ Authentic Voice 😰 Stage Fright 🎭 Live Performance

The Comedy Bible

by Judy Carter • 2001

There's a method to funny: joke structure, stage persona, and the career moves that work.

3.85

734

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🧱 Joke Structure 💼 Creative Careers 🎭 Aspiring Comedians

The Comedy Bible 87%

There's a method to funny: joke structure, stage persona, and the career moves that work.

by Judy Carter 2001

3.85

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🧱 Joke Structure 💼 Creative Careers 🎭 Aspiring Comedians

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

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🎭 Comedian Memoir ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Interview Collection 🎙️ Stand-Up Comedy 🎬 Show Business Memoir

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 🎙️ Stand-Up Comedy 🎬 Show Business Memoir

Funny on Purpose

by Joe Randazzo • 2015

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

3.99

244

🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎙️ Standup Comedy

Funny on Purpose 87%

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

by Joe Randazzo 2015

3.99

244 ratings

🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎙️ Standup Comedy

Last Words

by George Carlin • 2009

Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.

3.97

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🗣️ Free Speech 🚫 Taboo Language 🎯 Political Satire ☮️ Counterculture

Last Words 87%

Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.

by George Carlin 2009

3.97

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🗣️ Free Speech 🚫 Taboo Language 🎯 Political Satire ☮️ Counterculture

Mastering Stand-Up

by Stephen Rosenfield • 2017

Nerves are not the enemy. The complete craft of stand-up: writing, persona, and getting the laugh.

4.41

519

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎭 Stage Craft 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 📖 Personal Storytelling

Mastering Stand-Up 87%

Nerves are not the enemy. The complete craft of stand-up: writing, persona, and getting the laugh.

by Stephen Rosenfield 2017

4.41

519 ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎭 Stage Craft 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 📖 Personal Storytelling

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy

by Greg Dean • 2000

The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.

3.95

399

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Joke Writing 🎭 Comedy Performance 🌱 Creative Process 😰 Performance Anxiety

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy 87%

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by Greg Dean 2000

3.95

399 ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Joke Writing 🎭 Comedy Performance 🌱 Creative Process 😰 Performance Anxiety

The Rant Zone

by Dennis Miller • 2001

Twelve rants, zero apologies: Dennis Miller on child stars, alternative medicine, and the Clintons.

3.57

375

🎭 Political Satire 😤 Rant Comedy 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 📝 Essay Collections 🚫 Political Incorrectness

The Rant Zone 87%

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by Dennis Miller 2001

3.57

375 ratings

🎭 Political Satire 😤 Rant Comedy 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 📝 Essay Collections 🚫 Political Incorrectness

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by Norm Macdonald • 2016

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Based on a True Story 87%

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by Norm Macdonald 2016

4.03

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Born Standing Up

by Steve Martin • 2007

Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.

3.88

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🏋️ Creative Discipline 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

Born Standing Up 87%

Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.

by Steve Martin 2007

3.88

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🏋️ Creative Discipline 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🎬 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

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🎭 Humor Writing 📖 Interview Anthology 🧠 Comedy Theory 🎯 Truth In Comedy 👀 Outsider Humor

And Here's the Kicker 87%

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

by Mike Sacks 2009

4.05

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🎭 Humor Writing 📖 Interview Anthology 🧠 Comedy Theory 🎯 Truth In Comedy 👀 Outsider Humor

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Bad teeth, small town, zero connections: the raw rules for outworking your flaws to sell out arenas.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📚 Comedy Memoirs 🥊 Underdog Mentality 💪 Hustle Culture 😅 Self-Deprecation

Your Mom's Gonna Love Me 87%

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by Matt Rife 2024

3.83

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The Humor Code

by Peter McGraw • 2014

Why puns, tickling, and dark jokes all work: violation that also feels safe, road-tested globally.

3.44

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🧠 Psychology Of Humor 📚 Humor Studies 🌍 Cross-Cultural Comedy 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ⚙️ Joke Mechanics

The Humor Code 87%

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by Peter McGraw 2014

3.44

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Silver Screen Fiend

by Patton Oswalt • 2015

A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.

3.62

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Silver Screen Fiend 87%

A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.

by Patton Oswalt 2015

3.62

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The Filthy Truth

by Andrew Dice Clay • 2014

The most banned comic in America on the Hollywood machine that tried to destroy him.

3.72

227

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Comic Personas 💥 Provocative Comedy 🎰 Gambling Addiction

The Filthy Truth 86%

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by Andrew Dice Clay 2014

3.72

227 ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Comic Personas 💥 Provocative Comedy 🎰 Gambling Addiction

I Can't Make This Up

by Kevin Hart • 2017

Belts from mom, drugs from dad, shortest in class. He turned every punchline into a paycheck.

4.10

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I Can't Make This Up 86%

Belts from mom, drugs from dad, shortest in class. He turned every punchline into a paycheck.

by Kevin Hart 2017

4.10

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I Must Say

by Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

4.12

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I Must Say 86%

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by Martin Short 2014

4.12

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The Eight Characters of Comedy

by Scott Sedita • 2005

Eight character types underpin every sitcom; here is the craft to write and play them.

4.03

357

📺 Television Writing 🏛️ Character Archetypes 🎭 Comedy Craft 🎬 Comedy Acting 📝 Tv Writers

The Eight Characters of Comedy 86%

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by Scott Sedita 2005

4.03

357 ratings

📺 Television Writing 🏛️ Character Archetypes 🎭 Comedy Craft 🎬 Comedy Acting 📝 Tv Writers

The Lost Continent

by Bill Bryson • 1989

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

3.81

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🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia 🛒 Consumer Culture 😂 Travel Humor

The Lost Continent 86%

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

by Bill Bryson 1989

3.81

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🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia 🛒 Consumer Culture 😂 Travel Humor

Harpo Speaks!

by Harpo Marx • 1961

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

4.23

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🎭 Vaudeville Roots 🎬 Hollywood Golden Age 🤹 Physical Comedy 🍸 Algonquin Round Table 📜 Comedy History

Harpo Speaks! 86%

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by Harpo Marx 1961

4.23

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🎭 Vaudeville Roots 🎬 Hollywood Golden Age 🤹 Physical Comedy 🍸 Algonquin Round Table 📜 Comedy History

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by Steve Kaplan • 2013

Stop writing jokes and start building characters who are outmatched but refuse to quit.

4.24

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✍️ Comedy Writing 🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🎭 Performance Technique 🧑 Character-Driven Comedy 🧠 Humor Psychology

The Hidden Tools of Comedy 86%

Stop writing jokes and start building characters who are outmatched but refuse to quit.

by Steve Kaplan 2013

4.24

895 ratings

✍️ Comedy Writing 🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🎭 Performance Technique 🧑 Character-Driven Comedy 🧠 Humor Psychology

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

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Diaries 1969-1979 86%

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 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

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4.40

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Windswept & Interesting 86%

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

by Billy Connolly 2021

4.40

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Comedy Writing Secrets

by Melvin Helitzer • 1987

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3.66

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🎭 Comedy Writing 🧱 Joke Construction 🧩 Wordplay Techniques 💡 Creative Process 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy Roots

Comedy Writing Secrets 86%

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by Melvin Helitzer 1987

3.66

1k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Writing 🧱 Joke Construction 🧩 Wordplay Techniques 💡 Creative Process 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy Roots

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From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.

3.60

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🎭 Sketch Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📝 Tv Writing 😬 Impostor Syndrome 🌱 Late Bloomers

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama 86%

From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.

by Bob Odenkirk 2022

3.60

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🎭 Sketch Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📝 Tv Writing 😬 Impostor Syndrome 🌱 Late Bloomers

Do You Talk Funny?

by David Nihill • 2015

Stand-up's sharpest tools for the boardroom: structure laughs, hold attention, handle the hecklers.

3.91

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Do You Talk Funny? 86%

Stand-up's sharpest tools for the boardroom: structure laughs, hold attention, handle the hecklers.

by David Nihill 2015

3.91

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🎤 Public Speaking ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎭 Stage Presence 📖 Storytelling Techniques 😰 Performance Anxiety

I'm a Joke and So Are You

by Robin Ince • 2018

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

3.93

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🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

I'm a Joke and So Are You 86%

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

by Robin Ince 2018

3.93

1k+ ratings

🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

The Road Beneath My Feet

by Frank Turner • 2015

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

4.21

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The Road Beneath My Feet 86%

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

by Frank Turner 2015

4.21

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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

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Growing Up Laughing 86%

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 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

Only a Joke Can Save Us

by Todd McGowan • 2017

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

4.32

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy 🎬 Film Analysis 🔍 Ideology Critique

Only a Joke Can Save Us 85%

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

by Todd McGowan 2017

4.32

37 ratings

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy 🎬 Film Analysis 🔍 Ideology Critique

How to Take Charge of Your Life

by Richard Bandler • 2014

From high school wallflower to TV comedy writer: a memoir of terrible jobs and self-invention.

3.92

604

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Humorous Essays 🎤 Female Comedians ✍️ Writers Room 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

How to Take Charge of Your Life 85%

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by Richard Bandler 2014

3.92

604 ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Humorous Essays 🎤 Female Comedians ✍️ Writers Room 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

What in the World?!

by Leanne Morgan • 2024

Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.

4.34

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by Leanne Morgan 2024

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Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out

by Mick Napier • 2004

Improv rules make you timid. The key to great scenes is bold action before your brain objects.

4.28

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Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out Summary

Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out 85%

Improv rules make you timid. The key to great scenes is bold action before your brain objects.

by Mick Napier 2004

4.28

1k+ ratings

🎭 Improv Comedy 🎤 Comedy Technique 🔨 Creative Rule-Breaking 🎬 Long-Form Improv 🏙️ Chicago Improv

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story

by George S. Clason • 2002

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

4.19

676

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story Summary

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story 85%

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

by George S. Clason 2002

4.19

676 ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Girl Walks into a Bar . . .

by Rachel Dratch • 2012

Rachel Dratch was 43, single, and done with baby dreams. A Hawaii fling changed everything.

3.63

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Girl Walks into a Bar . . . 85%

Rachel Dratch was 43, single, and done with baby dreams. A Hawaii fling changed everything.

by Rachel Dratch 2012

3.63

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🎤 Comedian Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Personal Essays 🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👩‍👦 Solo Motherhood

The Simpsons and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2001

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

3.45

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📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The Simpsons and Philosophy 85%

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

by William Irwin 2001

3.45

4k+ ratings

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The Road to Little Dribbling

by Bill Bryson • 2015

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

3.73

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🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor 🔬 Cultural Anthropology 🇬🇧 Modern Britain

The Road to Little Dribbling 85%

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

by Bill Bryson 2015

3.73

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🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor 🔬 Cultural Anthropology 🇬🇧 Modern Britain

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 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

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

I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans 85%

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 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

The Message of You

by Judy Carter • 2013

Your life stories are worth paying for. A blueprint for turning them into a speaking career.

4.39

159

🎤 Public Speaking 💰 Speaking Careers 📖 Personal Storytelling 😂 Humor In Speaking ✍️ Speech Writing

The Message of You 85%

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by Judy Carter 2013

4.39

159 ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 💰 Speaking Careers 📖 Personal Storytelling 😂 Humor In Speaking ✍️ Speech Writing

How To Write Funny

by Scott Dikkers • 2014

Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.

4.13

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🎭 Comedy Writing 🎯 Satire And Parody ⚙️ Joke Mechanics 🗣️ Wordplay And Punning ⏱️ Writing Productivity

How To Write Funny 85%

Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.

by Scott Dikkers 2014

4.13

960 ratings

🎭 Comedy Writing 🎯 Satire And Parody ⚙️ Joke Mechanics 🗣️ Wordplay And Punning ⏱️ Writing Productivity

All Things Aside

by Iliza Shlesinger • 2022

Modern womanhood is a series of scams. A comedian presents her receipts.

3.90

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🎤 Observational Comedy ♀️ Feminist Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 💄 Body Image Pressure 🤰 Modern Motherhood

All Things Aside 85%

Modern womanhood is a series of scams. A comedian presents her receipts.

by Iliza Shlesinger 2022

3.90

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Laugh Tactics

by Patrick King • 2016

Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.

3.45

139

💬 Conversational Humor 🗣️ Repartee 🎤 Comic Delivery 💥 Witty Comebacks 🎭 Improv Comedy

Laugh Tactics 85%

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by Patrick King 2016

3.45

139 ratings

💬 Conversational Humor 🗣️ Repartee 🎤 Comic Delivery 💥 Witty Comebacks 🎭 Improv Comedy

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 📚 Popular History 🆕 Classical Music Beginners

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

Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music 85%

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 📚 Popular History 🆕 Classical Music Beginners

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 🎪 Improvisation 🤝 Creative Partnerships

Miss May Does Not Exist 85%

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 🎪 Improvisation 🤝 Creative Partnerships

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

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The World According to Cunk 85%

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 🇬🇧 British Satire 📺 Bbc Comedy

A Lion's Tale

by Chris Jericho • 2007

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

4.37

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