😂 Finding Humor In Trauma

The redemptive power of laughter in the darkest places — writers who transform pain into comedy without diminishing what they survived.

Humor Me

by Chris Duffy • 2026

Comedy is for professionals. Humor is a skill anyone can build, and it changes everything.

3.68

488

🏥 Laughter Therapy 🎭 Improv Thinking 🎤 Comedy Craft 👀 Attention And Noticing 🤝 Social Bonding

Humor Me 89%

Comedy is for professionals. Humor is a skill anyone can build, and it changes everything.

by Chris Duffy 2026

3.68

488 ratings

🏥 Laughter Therapy 🎭 Improv Thinking 🎤 Comedy Craft 👀 Attention And Noticing 🤝 Social Bonding

The Laughing Cure

by Brian King • 2016

Even fake laughter relieves real pain for hours. A comedian shows you why and how.

3.82

😂 Laughter Therapy 🎭 Psychology Of Humor 😌 Stress Reduction 💪 Emotional Resilience 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Laughing Cure 89%

Even fake laughter relieves real pain for hours. A comedian shows you why and how.

by Brian King 2016

3.82

56 ratings

😂 Laughter Therapy 🎭 Psychology Of Humor 😌 Stress Reduction 💪 Emotional Resilience 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

by Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

3.71

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 89%

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

by Maria Bamford 2023

3.71

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

A Thousand Naked Strangers

by Kevin Hazzard • 2016

A failed salesman joins EMS on impulse, knowing zero medicine. Atlanta's streets teach the rest.

3.96

14k+

🚑 Emergency Medicine 🚨 First Responder Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 💀 Witnessing Death 🔥 Occupational Burnout

A Thousand Naked Strangers 89%

A failed salesman joins EMS on impulse, knowing zero medicine. Atlanta's streets teach the rest.

by Kevin Hazzard 2016

3.96

14k+ ratings

🚑 Emergency Medicine 🚨 First Responder Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 💀 Witnessing Death 🔥 Occupational Burnout

The Instant Millionaire

by Mark Fisher • 1997

A childhood among taxidermied animals prepared her for the absurdity of adulthood and anxiety.

3.63

4k+

🧠 Anxiety Memoir 😈 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Eccentric Family 🌻 Southern Memoir 🏠 Domestic Humor

The Instant Millionaire 89%

A childhood among taxidermied animals prepared her for the absurdity of adulthood and anxiety.

by Mark Fisher 1997

3.63

4k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Memoir 😈 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Eccentric Family 🌻 Southern Memoir 🏠 Domestic Humor

Magical Thinking

by Augusten Burroughs • 2004

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

3.96

57k+

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Magical Thinking 89%

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

by Augusten Burroughs 2004

3.96

57k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

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 89%

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

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

19k+

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

I Must Say 88%

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

by Martin Short 2014

4.12

19k+ ratings

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

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

1k+

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

I'm a Joke and So Are You 88%

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

I Funny

by James Patterson • 2012

An orphaned middle schooler in a wheelchair bets everything on a comedy contest.

4.14

13k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 😂 Humor As Coping 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief And Loss

I Funny 88%

An orphaned middle schooler in a wheelchair bets everything on a comedy contest.

by James Patterson 2012

4.14

13k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 😂 Humor As Coping 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief And Loss

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

by Alison Arngrim • 2010

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

4.10

19k+

🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survivor Memoir

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch 88%

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

by Alison Arngrim 2010

4.10

19k+ ratings

🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survivor Memoir

Hi, Anxiety

by Kat Kinsman • 2016

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

3.64

1k+

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Hi, Anxiety 88%

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

by Kat Kinsman 2016

3.64

1k+ ratings

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die

by Daniel Sloss • 2021

A comedian's case for why being alone, heartbroken, and uncomfortable is the real goal.

3.92

8k+

🤬 Anti-Self-Help 🎤 Comedic Memoir 💔 Modern Dating ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🩹 Breakup Recovery

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die Summary

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die 88%

A comedian's case for why being alone, heartbroken, and uncomfortable is the real goal.

by Daniel Sloss 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🤬 Anti-Self-Help 🎤 Comedic Memoir 💔 Modern Dating ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🩹 Breakup Recovery

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 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 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

by Jenny Lawson • 2012

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

3.90

202k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

Let's Pretend This Never Happened Summary

Let's Pretend This Never Happened 88%

Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.

by Jenny Lawson 2012

3.90

202k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor Memoir 🌾 Rural Upbringing ✍️ Personal Essays 👯 Female Friendships

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 88%

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

Heart and Brain

by Nick Seluk • 2017

Heart wants fun. Brain wants safety. Your life, a compromise between two impossible roommates.

4.30

3k+

💻 Webcomic Collection 😰 Anxiety Comics 😮‍💨 Adulting Struggles 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Overthinking

Heart and Brain 88%

Heart wants fun. Brain wants safety. Your life, a compromise between two impossible roommates.

by Nick Seluk 2017

4.30

3k+ ratings

💻 Webcomic Collection 😰 Anxiety Comics 😮‍💨 Adulting Struggles 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Overthinking

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life

by Georgia Pritchett • 2021

An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.

3.82

6k+

🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 🎤 Women In Comedy 📝 Vignette Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor 🇬🇧 British Humor

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life 88%

An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.

by Georgia Pritchett 2021

3.82

6k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 🎤 Women In Comedy 📝 Vignette Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor 🇬🇧 British Humor

How to Giggle

by Hannah Berner • 2025

Caring less is a skill. A comedian's blunt playbook for anxiety, bad dates, and toxic friends.

4.05

18k+

🎭 Comedy Self-Help 👯 Female Friendships 🧠 Anxiety Coping 💔 Modern Dating 💗 Self-Acceptance

How to Giggle 88%

Caring less is a skill. A comedian's blunt playbook for anxiety, bad dates, and toxic friends.

by Hannah Berner 2025

4.05

18k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Self-Help 👯 Female Friendships 🧠 Anxiety Coping 💔 Modern Dating 💗 Self-Acceptance

Furiously Happy

by Jenny Lawson • 2015

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

3.89

176k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Furiously Happy 88%

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

by Jenny Lawson 2015

3.89

176k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Tough Titties

by Laura Belgray • 2023

Failed at careers, therapy, and love. Still ended up happy. The case against self-improvement.

3.50

2k+

😂 Anti-Self-Help ✍️ Humorous Memoir 👙 Body Image 🌟 External Validation 🐢 Late Blooming

Tough Titties 88%

Failed at careers, therapy, and love. Still ended up happy. The case against self-improvement.

by Laura Belgray 2023

3.50

2k+ ratings

😂 Anti-Self-Help ✍️ Humorous Memoir 👙 Body Image 🌟 External Validation 🐢 Late Blooming

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman • 2017

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

4.23

1.4M+

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Mother Wound

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Summary

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 88%

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

by Gail Honeyman 2017

4.23

1.4M+ ratings

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Mother Wound

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 88%

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

Fundamentally

by Nussaibah Younis • 2025

A secular academic deradicalizes ISIS brides in Baghdad, until one woman mirrors her own lost faith.

3.71

21k+

😈 Darkly Comic 🕌 Ex-Muslim Narrative 🌍 Humanitarian Aid 🇮🇶 Post-War Iraq 💔 Trauma Bonding

Fundamentally 87%

A secular academic deradicalizes ISIS brides in Baghdad, until one woman mirrors her own lost faith.

by Nussaibah Younis 2025

3.71

21k+ ratings

😈 Darkly Comic 🕌 Ex-Muslim Narrative 🌍 Humanitarian Aid 🇮🇶 Post-War Iraq 💔 Trauma Bonding

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse

by Alida Nugent • 2013

A degree, a childhood bedroom, a strip poker party: the twenties are mostly improvising.

3.38

4k+

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🎓 Post-College Life 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 🪞 Body Image

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse 87%

A degree, a childhood bedroom, a strip poker party: the twenties are mostly improvising.

by Alida Nugent 2013

3.38

4k+ ratings

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🎓 Post-College Life 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 🪞 Body Image

Acne

by Laura Chinn • 2022

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

4.28

1k+

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

Acne 87%

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

by Laura Chinn 2022

4.28

1k+ ratings

🩹 Severe Acne 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🎭 Dark Humor Memoir 🧴 Body Image Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs

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%

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

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 🎬 Media Stereotypes 💪 Humor As Resistance

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem Summary

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem 87%

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 🎬 Media Stereotypes 💪 Humor As Resistance

Supersurvivors

by David B. Feldman • 2014

Positive thinking can stall recovery. The research on what helps people thrive after trauma.

3.53

593

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🧠 Realistic Optimism 💀 Mortality Awareness 🧭 Meaning Making

Supersurvivors 87%

Positive thinking can stall recovery. The research on what helps people thrive after trauma.

by David B. Feldman 2014

3.53

593 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🧠 Realistic Optimism 💀 Mortality Awareness 🧭 Meaning Making

Disaster Preparedness

by Heather Havrilesky • 2010

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

3.53

764

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Disaster Preparedness 87%

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

by Heather Havrilesky 2010

3.53

764 ratings

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

RELAX - You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left

by Loretta LaRoche • 1998

Laughter as stress medicine: a comedian's cognitive toolkit for breaking the worry spiral.

3.84

192

🧘 Stress Management ☀️ Positive Psychology 😂 Humor Therapy 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🎯 Perfectionism Recovery

RELAX - You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left Summary

RELAX - You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left 87%

Laughter as stress medicine: a comedian's cognitive toolkit for breaking the worry spiral.

by Loretta LaRoche 1998

3.84

192 ratings

🧘 Stress Management ☀️ Positive Psychology 😂 Humor Therapy 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🎯 Perfectionism Recovery

This Is How

by Augusten Burroughs • 2012

Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.

3.68

13k+

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Radical Honesty 🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🔍 Dealing With Shame

This Is How 87%

Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.

by Augusten Burroughs 2012

3.68

13k+ ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Radical Honesty 🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🔍 Dealing With Shame

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 🎭 Social Satire 🇺🇸 American Humor

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

Sex Criminals, Vol. 1

by Matt Fraction • 2014

Suzie's orgasms stop time. So do Jon's. Their plan: rob a bank, save a library.

3.90

41k+

🍆 Raunchy Humor 🎭 Meta Fiction 💰 Partners In Crime 💕 Misfits In Love ⏸️ Time Stopping

Sex Criminals, Vol. 1 87%

Suzie's orgasms stop time. So do Jon's. Their plan: rob a bank, save a library.

by Matt Fraction 2014

3.90

41k+ ratings

🍆 Raunchy Humor 🎭 Meta Fiction 💰 Partners In Crime 💕 Misfits In Love ⏸️ Time Stopping

Your Mom's Gonna Love Me

by Matt Rife • 2024

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

3.83

10k+

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

Your Mom's Gonna Love Me 87%

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

by Matt Rife 2024

3.83

10k+ ratings

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

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

734 ratings

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

The Guncle

by Steven Rowley • 2021

After his best friend dies, a former TV star in Palm Springs must raise her two children.

4.1

215k+

🛡️ Unexpected Guardianship 🫂 Found Family 📖 Storytelling As Healing 🎭 Family Dramedy 🌅 Second Act Life

The Guncle 87%

After his best friend dies, a former TV star in Palm Springs must raise her two children.

by Steven Rowley 2021

4.1

215k+ ratings

🛡️ Unexpected Guardianship 🫂 Found Family 📖 Storytelling As Healing 🎭 Family Dramedy 🌅 Second Act Life

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Dave Eggers • 2000

Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.

3.69

184k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🖤 Grief Memoir 👬 Brothers 🏠 Unconventional Families 🔄 Meta Memoir

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 87%

Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.

by Dave Eggers 2000

3.69

184k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🖤 Grief Memoir 👬 Brothers 🏠 Unconventional Families 🔄 Meta Memoir

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

by Richard Bandler 2014

3.92

604 ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Humorous Essays 🎤 Female Comedians ✍️ Writers Room 😅 Self-Deprecating 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 87%

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

by Judy Carter 2020

4.32

302 ratings

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

Pryor Convictions

by Richard Pryor • 1995

Brothel childhood. Cocaine addiction. Self-immolation. Richard Pryor's life, before the punchline.

4.05

2k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😢 Childhood Trauma 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🇺🇸 Race In America 🔥 Surviving Catastrophe

Pryor Convictions 87%

Brothel childhood. Cocaine addiction. Self-immolation. Richard Pryor's life, before the punchline.

by Richard Pryor 1995

4.05

2k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😢 Childhood Trauma 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🇺🇸 Race In America 🔥 Surviving Catastrophe

Unreliable Narrator

by Aparna Nancherla • 2023

Off stage, she was still performing. A comedian on the exhausting act of looking okay.

3.58

2k+

🎤 Comedian Memoirs 🎭 Impostor Syndrome 😅 Depression And Humor 🤫 Introversion 🪞 Body Image

Unreliable Narrator 87%

Off stage, she was still performing. A comedian on the exhausting act of looking okay.

by Aparna Nancherla 2023

3.58

2k+ ratings

🎤 Comedian Memoirs 🎭 Impostor Syndrome 😅 Depression And Humor 🤫 Introversion 🪞 Body Image

This Inevitable Ruin

by Matt Dinniman • 2024

On the dungeon's war floor, eight factions unite to crush Carl and his talking cat.

4.68

116k+

🎮 Litrpg Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat Sidekick 🫂 Found Family In War ⚔️ Reluctant Warlord 🖤 Dark Comedy Fantasy

This Inevitable Ruin 87%

On the dungeon's war floor, eight factions unite to crush Carl and his talking cat.

by Matt Dinniman 2024

4.68

116k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat Sidekick 🫂 Found Family In War ⚔️ Reluctant Warlord 🖤 Dark Comedy Fantasy

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides

by Matthew Inman • 2010

A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.

4.04

13k+

🖥️ Webcomic Collection 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌀 Surreal Cartoons 😈 Irreverent Satire 🔞 Adult Cartoons

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides Summary

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides 87%

A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.

by Matthew Inman 2010

4.04

13k+ ratings

🖥️ Webcomic Collection 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌀 Surreal Cartoons 😈 Irreverent Satire 🔞 Adult Cartoons

Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman • 1855

A lisp, a Paris classroom, a profane brother: Sedaris on how language betrays and bonds us.

4.11

117k+

📄 Essay Collections 💔 Family Dysfunction 👀 Observational Humor 🗣️ Language Memoirs ✈️ Expat Life

Leaves of Grass 87%

A lisp, a Paris classroom, a profane brother: Sedaris on how language betrays and bonds us.

by Walt Whitman 1855

4.11

117k+ ratings

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Mentor

by Tom Pace • 2007

A comedy writer's journey from wallflower to Hollywood, filled with humor and hard-won advice.

4.04

504

😂 Humorous Memoir 👯 Female Friendship 💪 Body Image 🎬 Hollywood Career 🤷 Self-Deprecating

Mentor 87%

A comedy writer's journey from wallflower to Hollywood, filled with humor and hard-won advice.

by Tom Pace 2007

4.04

504 ratings

😂 Humorous Memoir 👯 Female Friendship 💪 Body Image 🎬 Hollywood Career 🤷 Self-Deprecating

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 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

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 🏡 Suburban Satire 🌿 Nature Ethics

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

The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves 87%

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 🏡 Suburban Satire 🌿 Nature Ethics

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 87%

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

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