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🎭 Wordplay And Wit

Books that revel in the pleasure of language itself — puns, double meanings, clever repartee, and prose that sparkles with intelligence and humor.
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
960
🎭 Comedy Writing🎯 Satire And Parody⚙️ Joke Mechanics🗣️ Wordplay And Punning⏱️ Writing Productivity
How To Write Funny Summary
How To Write Funny 90%
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
Wit's End
by James Geary • 2018
Wit is the mind's way of connecting opposites, seeing past habit, and holding life lightly.
3.35
479
🧠 Philosophy Of Humor🎲 Verbal Play🔗 Metaphor And Analogy🔬 Cognitive Science👁️ Perceptual Illusion
Wit's End Summary
Wit's End 89%
Wit is the mind's way of connecting opposites, seeing past habit, and holding life lightly.
by James Geary 2018
3.35
479 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Humor🎲 Verbal Play🔗 Metaphor And Analogy🔬 Cognitive Science👁️ Perceptual Illusion
The Elements of Eloquence
by Mark Forsyth • 2013
Shakespeare didn't wait for inspiration. He studied the tricks that make phrases stick.
4.35
7k+
🏛️ Classical Rhetoric🗣️ Figures Of Speech✍️ Writing Craft🎯 Wordplay📝 Persuasive Writing
The Elements of Eloquence Summary
The Elements of Eloquence 89%
Shakespeare didn't wait for inspiration. He studied the tricks that make phrases stick.
by Mark Forsyth 2013
4.35
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Classical Rhetoric🗣️ Figures Of Speech✍️ Writing Craft🎯 Wordplay📝 Persuasive Writing
Mathematics and Humor
by John Allen Paulos • 1980
The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.
3.40
159
🧮 Mathematical Humor📖 Philosophy Of Humor🧠 Humor Psychology🗣️ Linguistic Play🎭 Incongruity Theory
Mathematics and Humor Summary
Mathematics and Humor 89%
The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.
by John Allen Paulos 1980
3.40
159 ratings
🧮 Mathematical Humor📖 Philosophy Of Humor🧠 Humor Psychology🗣️ Linguistic Play🎭 Incongruity Theory
Comedy Writing Secrets
by Melvin Helitzer • 1987
The six-part engine under every punchline, and the editing rules that turn groans into laughs.
3.66
1k+
🎭 Comedy Writing🧱 Joke Construction🧩 Wordplay Techniques💡 Creative Process🎤 Stand-Up Comedy Roots
Comedy Writing Secrets Summary
Comedy Writing Secrets 89%
The six-part engine under every punchline, and the editing rules that turn groans into laughs.
by Melvin Helitzer 1987
3.66
1k+ ratings
🎭 Comedy Writing🧱 Joke Construction🧩 Wordplay Techniques💡 Creative Process🎤 Stand-Up Comedy Roots
Word Hero
by Jay Heinrichs • 2011
How to write lines that people repeat, share, and remember: the forgotten art of rhetorical figures.
3.73
280
🎭 Figures Of Speech🏛️ Practical Rhetoric🎤 Public Speaking📖 Storytelling Techniques🏺 Classical Rhetoric
Word Hero Summary
Word Hero 89%
How to write lines that people repeat, share, and remember: the forgotten art of rhetorical figures.
by Jay Heinrichs 2011
3.73
280 ratings
🎭 Figures Of Speech🏛️ Practical Rhetoric🎤 Public Speaking📖 Storytelling Techniques🏺 Classical Rhetoric
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 Summary
Laugh Tactics 89%
Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.
by Patrick King 2016
3.45
139 ratings
💬 Conversational Humor🗣️ Repartee🎤 Comic Delivery💥 Witty Comebacks🎭 Improv Comedy
A World Without "Whom"
by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
3.72
491
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution🤝 Inclusive Language📝 Descriptivism
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom" 88%
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017
3.72
491 ratings
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution🤝 Inclusive Language📝 Descriptivism
Neverisms
by Mardy Grothe • 2011
The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.
3.83
102
📚 Quotation Collections💬 Aphorisms🗣️ Proverbs And Sayings📖 Word Lovers🎤 Public Speakers
Neverisms Summary
Neverisms 88%
The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.
by Mardy Grothe 2011
3.83
102 ratings
📚 Quotation Collections💬 Aphorisms🗣️ Proverbs And Sayings📖 Word Lovers🎤 Public Speakers
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😂 Teen Humor💩 Gross-Out Humor
The Pocket Guide to Mischief Summary
The Pocket Guide to Mischief 88%
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😂 Teen Humor💩 Gross-Out Humor
I Think, Therefore I Laugh
by John Allen Paulos • 1985
A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.
3.48
245
🗣️ Philosophy Of Language🔄 Logical Paradoxes🔬 Philosophy Of Science📝 Analytic Philosophy📚 Popular Philosophy
I Think, Therefore I Laugh Summary
I Think, Therefore I Laugh 88%
A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.
by John Allen Paulos 1985
3.48
245 ratings
🗣️ Philosophy Of Language🔄 Logical Paradoxes🔬 Philosophy Of Science📝 Analytic Philosophy📚 Popular Philosophy
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🤝 Humor And Society🗳️ Humor And Politics
Humour Summary
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🤝 Humor And Society🗳️ Humor And Politics
Have You Eaten Grandma?
by Gyles Brandreth • 2018
Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.
3.93
1k+
📝 English Usage❗ Punctuation❌ Common Errors🧱 Vocabulary Building😂 Humorous Reference
Have You Eaten Grandma? Summary
Have You Eaten Grandma? 88%
Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.
by Gyles Brandreth 2018
3.93
1k+ ratings
📝 English Usage❗ Punctuation❌ Common Errors🧱 Vocabulary Building😂 Humorous Reference
Seriously Funny
by Terry Pratchett • 2016
Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.
4.28
483
🎭 British Humor💬 Wit And Wisdom🧠 Human Nature💀 Mortality🎯 British Satire
Seriously Funny Summary
Seriously Funny 88%
Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.
by Terry Pratchett 2016
4.28
483 ratings
🎭 British Humor💬 Wit And Wisdom🧠 Human Nature💀 Mortality🎯 British Satire
The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land
by Diana Wynne Jones • 1996
The recycled map, obligatory stew, and inevitable dark lord: an A to Z of generic fantasy.
3.95
5k+
🏰 Fantasy Tropes📖 Satirical Glossary✍️ Writing Reference📚 Books About Fantasy🌍 Worldbuilding
The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land Summary
The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land 88%
The recycled map, obligatory stew, and inevitable dark lord: an A to Z of generic fantasy.
by Diana Wynne Jones 1996
3.95
5k+ ratings
🏰 Fantasy Tropes📖 Satirical Glossary✍️ Writing Reference📚 Books About Fantasy🌍 Worldbuilding
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud • 2003
A joke is a bribe of pleasure that lets forbidden thoughts past the guard.
3.69
2k+
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory😂 Humor Studies🎭 Comic Theory🔧 Joke Mechanics💬 Verbal Wit
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious Summary
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious 88%
A joke is a bribe of pleasure that lets forbidden thoughts past the guard.
by Sigmund Freud 2003
3.69
2k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory😂 Humor Studies🎭 Comic Theory🔧 Joke Mechanics💬 Verbal Wit
Rebel with a Clause
by Ellen Jovin • 2022
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
4.00
1k+
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor✍️ Language Memoir🔬 Descriptive Grammar
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause 88%
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
by Ellen Jovin 2022
4.00
1k+ ratings
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor✍️ Language Memoir🔬 Descriptive Grammar
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🎯 Truth In Comedy👀 Outsider Humor
And Here's the Kicker Summary
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
2k+ ratings
🎭 Humor Writing📖 Interview Anthology🧠 Comedy Theory🎯 Truth In Comedy👀 Outsider Humor
Woe Is I
by Patricia T. O'Conner • 1996
Most grammar rules aren't rules at all. Here are the few that actually clarify your writing.
3.94
4k+
📖 English Usage😄 Humorous Grammar🧐 Language Myths⚠️ Common Errors✨ Clear Writing
Woe Is I Summary
Woe Is I 87%
Most grammar rules aren't rules at all. Here are the few that actually clarify your writing.
by Patricia T. O'Conner 1996
3.94
4k+ ratings
📖 English Usage😄 Humorous Grammar🧐 Language Myths⚠️ Common Errors✨ Clear Writing
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🌀 Chaos Magic🎲 Sacred Play
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 87%
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🌀 Chaos Magic🎲 Sacred Play
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📖 Storytelling Techniques🧠 Audience Psychology
How to Tell a Joke Summary
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📖 Storytelling Techniques🧠 Audience Psychology
Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein • 1974
Over a hundred poems and drawings for the part of you that never outgrew nonsense.
4.35
1.5M+
🎭 Nonsense Verse🤪 Absurdist Humor✨ Whimsical Tone🗣️ Read-Aloud Favorite🌍 All-Ages Appeal
Where the Sidewalk Ends Summary
Where the Sidewalk Ends 87%
Over a hundred poems and drawings for the part of you that never outgrew nonsense.
by Shel Silverstein 1974
4.35
1.5M+ ratings
🎭 Nonsense Verse🤪 Absurdist Humor✨ Whimsical Tone🗣️ Read-Aloud Favorite🌍 All-Ages Appeal
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📖 Reluctant Readers🎓 Humor In Education
Thug Notes Summary
Thug Notes 87%
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📖 Reluctant Readers🎓 Humor In Education
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🇬🇧 British Satire📺 Bbc Comedy
The World According to Cunk Summary
The World According to Cunk 87%
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
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🐔 Single-Subject Cookbooks👨‍🍳 Cookbook Humor
Fifty Shades of Chicken Summary
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🐔 Single-Subject Cookbooks👨‍🍳 Cookbook Humor
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🎓 Oxbridge Satire🎭 Interwar Satire
1066 and all that Summary
1066 and all that 87%
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🎓 Oxbridge Satire🎭 Interwar Satire
Last Words
by George Carlin • 2009
Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.
3.97
15k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Taboo Language🎯 Political Satire☮️ Counterculture
Last Words Summary
Last Words 87%
Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.
by George Carlin 2009
3.97
15k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Taboo Language🎯 Political Satire☮️ Counterculture
The Puzzler
by A.J. Jacobs • 2022
Puzzles teach us to reframe problems, erase bad answers, and love the struggle. One man's proof.
3.93
4k+
🔍 Immersive Journalism🧩 Puzzle Culture📜 Puzzle History🧠 Cognitive Flexibility✏️ Epistemic Humility
The Puzzler Summary
The Puzzler 87%
Puzzles teach us to reframe problems, erase bad answers, and love the struggle. One man's proof.
by A.J. Jacobs 2022
3.93
4k+ ratings
🔍 Immersive Journalism🧩 Puzzle Culture📜 Puzzle History🧠 Cognitive Flexibility✏️ Epistemic Humility
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🏷️ Etymology🗺️ Dialects
The Mother Tongue Summary
The Mother Tongue 87%
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🏷️ Etymology🗺️ Dialects
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
37
🎭 Comedy Theory🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📖 Continental Philosophy🎬 Film Analysis🔍 Ideology Critique
Only a Joke Can Save Us Summary
Only a Joke Can Save Us 87%
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
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
60
✍️ Humorous Essays🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor🫃 Body Humor🎭 Social Satire🇺🇸 American Humor
Cobb's Anatomy Summary
Cobb's Anatomy 87%
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🎭 Social Satire🇺🇸 American Humor
POP!
by Sam Horn • 2006
How to craft a tagline or elevator pitch that stops the scroll and starts the conversation.
3.84
345
🎯 Elevator Pitches🏷️ Taglines🪝 Hook Crafting🧩 Wordplay👀 Attention Grabbing
POP! Summary
POP! 87%
How to craft a tagline or elevator pitch that stops the scroll and starts the conversation.
by Sam Horn 2006
3.84
345 ratings
🎯 Elevator Pitches🏷️ Taglines🪝 Hook Crafting🧩 Wordplay👀 Attention Grabbing
Dreyer's English
by Benjamin Dreyer • 2019
A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.
4.34
9k+
✂️ Copyediting📖 Usage Guides📚 Style Guides✍️ Concise Writing📝 Punctuation
Dreyer's English Summary
Dreyer's English 87%
A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.
by Benjamin Dreyer 2019
4.34
9k+ ratings
✂️ Copyediting📖 Usage Guides📚 Style Guides✍️ Concise Writing📝 Punctuation
What If?
by Randall Munroe • 2014
Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.
4.14
197k+
⚛️ Pop Physics💭 Thought Experiments😂 Physics Humor🧪 Quirky Science📝 Fermi Problems
What If? Summary
What If? 87%
Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.
by Randall Munroe 2014
4.14
197k+ ratings
⚛️ Pop Physics💭 Thought Experiments😂 Physics Humor🧪 Quirky Science📝 Fermi Problems
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
1k+
🧠 Psychology Of Humor📚 Humor Studies🌍 Cross-Cultural Comedy🎤 Stand-Up Comedy⚙️ Joke Mechanics
The Humor Code Summary
The Humor Code 87%
Why puns, tickling, and dark jokes all work: violation that also feels safe, road-tested globally.
by Peter McGraw 2014
3.44
1k+ ratings
🧠 Psychology Of Humor📚 Humor Studies🌍 Cross-Cultural Comedy🎤 Stand-Up Comedy⚙️ Joke Mechanics
How Not to Write a Novel
by Howard Mittelmark • 2008
The craft guide in reverse: two hundred fatal errors and their fixes.
3.99
4k+
📝 Fiction Writing📚 Writing Reference⚠️ Common Writing Mistakes😂 Humorous How-To🎭 Satirical Nonfiction
How Not to Write a Novel Summary
How Not to Write a Novel 87%
The craft guide in reverse: two hundred fatal errors and their fixes.
by Howard Mittelmark 2008
3.99
4k+ ratings
📝 Fiction Writing📚 Writing Reference⚠️ Common Writing Mistakes😂 Humorous How-To🎭 Satirical Nonfiction
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🧘 Solo Living🧶 Diy Crafts Humor
I Like You Summary
I Like You 87%
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🧘 Solo Living🧶 Diy Crafts 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
9
🃏 Comic Fantasy🧚 Fairy Tale Parody🤪 Absurdist Fiction📖 Meta Fiction⏳ Time Travel Paradoxes
Strange Worlds of Lunacy Summary
Strange Worlds of Lunacy 87%
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📖 Meta Fiction⏳ Time Travel Paradoxes
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book
by Robert M. Martin • 1992
Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.
4.01
247
🧩 Philosophical Puzzles💭 Thought Experiments🔄 Paradoxes🧠 Critical Thinking⚖️ Moral Philosophy
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book 86%
Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.
by Robert M. Martin 1992
4.01
247 ratings
🧩 Philosophical Puzzles💭 Thought Experiments🔄 Paradoxes🧠 Critical Thinking⚖️ Moral Philosophy
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
by David Mitchell • 2019
The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.
3.67
5k+
🎭 Political Satire🗣️ Social Commentary🇬🇧 British Humor📰 Column Collections🔒 Digital Privacy
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy Summary
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy 86%
The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.
by David Mitchell 2019
3.67
5k+ ratings
🎭 Political Satire🗣️ Social Commentary🇬🇧 British Humor📰 Column Collections🔒 Digital Privacy
The Comic Toolbox
by John Vorhaus • 1994
Comedy is a craft you can learn. Draft ugly, ask smaller questions, and disarm creative fear.
3.97
951
🎭 Comedy Writing🔧 Creative Process🃏 Joke Structure📚 Comedy Theory😰 Imposter Syndrome
The Comic Toolbox Summary
The Comic Toolbox 86%
Comedy is a craft you can learn. Draft ugly, ask smaller questions, and disarm creative fear.
by John Vorhaus 1994
3.97
951 ratings
🎭 Comedy Writing🔧 Creative Process🃏 Joke Structure📚 Comedy Theory😰 Imposter Syndrome
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
by John Koenig • 2018
The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.
4.45
6k+
💡 Invented Words💬 Emotional Vocabulary🏷️ Naming Emotions🔬 Emotional Granularity🗣️ Linguistic Relativity
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Summary
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows 86%
The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.
by John Koenig 2018
4.45
6k+ ratings
💡 Invented Words💬 Emotional Vocabulary🏷️ Naming Emotions🔬 Emotional Granularity🗣️ Linguistic Relativity
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 Summary
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy 86%
The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.
by Greg Dean 2000
3.95
399 ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Joke Writing🎭 Comedy Performance🌱 Creative Process😰 Performance Anxiety
The Art of Witty Banter
by Patrick King • 2016
Wit is mechanical, not magical. A few conversational switches separate the quick from the awkward.
3.32
1k+
💬 Conversation Mechanics⚡ Quick Wit👂 Listening Skills👋 First Impressions🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Art of Witty Banter Summary
The Art of Witty Banter 86%
Wit is mechanical, not magical. A few conversational switches separate the quick from the awkward.
by Patrick King 2016
3.32
1k+ ratings
💬 Conversation Mechanics⚡ Quick Wit👂 Listening Skills👋 First Impressions🏛️ Modern Stoicism
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt • 2005
The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.
3.58
16k+
🧠 Analytic Philosophy💬 Philosophy Of Language🗣️ Social Commentary🍿 Pop Philosophy🤥 Post-Truth
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit 86%
The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005
3.58
16k+ ratings
🧠 Analytic Philosophy💬 Philosophy Of Language🗣️ Social Commentary🍿 Pop Philosophy🤥 Post-Truth
Semicolon
by Cecelia Watson • 2019
How a semicolon started a grammar war: the rules we invented, the people they hurt.
3.68
2k+
🖋️ Grammar And Style📜 Language History🔍 Cultural Microhistory⚖️ Language Prescriptivism🗣️ Grammar Elitism
Semicolon Summary
Semicolon 86%
How a semicolon started a grammar war: the rules we invented, the people they hurt.
by Cecelia Watson 2019
3.68
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Grammar And Style📜 Language History🔍 Cultural Microhistory⚖️ Language Prescriptivism🗣️ Grammar Elitism
Between You & Me
by Mary Norris • 2015
Punctuation, pronouns, profanity: the New Yorker copy desk's secrets for making every sentence work.
3.61
7k+
📝 Copy Editing✏️ Punctuation Marks📚 Language Memoir🧐 Editorial Judgment🗽 New Yorker Style
Between You & Me Summary
Between You & Me 86%
Punctuation, pronouns, profanity: the New Yorker copy desk's secrets for making every sentence work.
by Mary Norris 2015
3.61
7k+ ratings
📝 Copy Editing✏️ Punctuation Marks📚 Language Memoir🧐 Editorial Judgment🗽 New Yorker Style
The Simpsons and Philosophy
by William Irwin • 2001
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
3.45
4k+
📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism🤡 Satire⚖️ Ethics And Morality
The Simpsons and Philosophy Summary
The Simpsons and Philosophy 86%
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
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🧐 Language Myths🗣️ Popular Linguistics
Words on the Move Summary
Words on the Move 86%
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🧐 Language Myths🗣️ Popular Linguistics
Alice Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll • 1871
A girl steps through the parlor mirror to find she is a pawn inside a chessboard.
4.01
144k+
📚 Literary Nonsense🪞 Portal Fantasy💭 Dreamlike Logic🐰 Talking Animals📝 Wordplay And Puns
Alice Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice Through the Looking-Glass 86%
A girl steps through the parlor mirror to find she is a pawn inside a chessboard.
by Lewis Carroll 1871
4.01
144k+ ratings
📚 Literary Nonsense🪞 Portal Fantasy💭 Dreamlike Logic🐰 Talking Animals📝 Wordplay And Puns
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