Humor Books
The Giant's Robe
F. AnsteyThe Giant's Robe is a humorous fiction work by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, an English author, most noted for his comic novel Vice Versa about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities.Auth..
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
Stephen LeacockArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follow-up to his 1912 classic "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town." Like that..
The Doctor's Dilemma - Preface on Doctors
George Bernard ShawThe Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw first staged in 1906. It is a problem play about the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflicts between the demands of..
Brewster's Millions
George Barr McCutcheonBrewster's Millions is a humorous fiction story written by George Barr McCutcheon, an American popular novelist and playwright. He is also the author of Graustark, Beverly of Graustark..
Beasts and Super-Beasts
H. H. MunroBeasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki and first published in 1914. The title parodies that of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. Along with The Chronicles of C..
Love Conquers All
Robert BenchleyLove Conquers All, originally published in 1922 is the second collection (of fifteen) gathering together Benchley's humorous essays and reviews. Some references are dated, of course, but the surreal a..
Comic History of the United States
Bill NyeThis text takes the reader on a comical journey from the time of the first European settlement through the Civil War. The author's caustic wit is evident throughout the book in his numerous sarcastic ..
Letters of Travel (1892-1913)
Rudyard KiplingThree books of travel writing by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stories and the Jungle Book. Rudyard Kipling (an Englishman born and raised in India) offers an interesting outsider's vi..