50 Books like The Pocket Guide to Mischief

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 91%

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

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 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 🇬🇧 British Satire 📺 Bbc Comedy

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 90%

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

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? 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 89%

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

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 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

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 89%

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

The Physics of Superheroes

by James Kakalios • 2006

Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.

3.92

3k+

🧪 Pop Science 🎬 Pop-Culture Science 📚 Comic Book Science 📖 Physics Education ⚛️ Conceptual Physics

The Physics of Superheroes 89%

Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.

by James Kakalios 2006

3.92

3k+ ratings

🧪 Pop Science 🎬 Pop-Culture Science 📚 Comic Book Science 📖 Physics Education ⚛️ Conceptual Physics

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 89%

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 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 89%

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

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 🎭 Wordplay And Wit

How to Tell a Joke 89%

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 🎭 Wordplay And Wit

The Gold Standard

by Ari Gold • 2015

Hollywood's most cutthroat agent delivers the rules of power: no apologies, no soft edges.

4.02

970

🎭 Satirical Self-Help 📈 Career Strategy 🏷️ Personal Branding ⚡ Power Dynamics 🕸️ Strategic Networking

The Gold Standard 89%

Hollywood's most cutthroat agent delivers the rules of power: no apologies, no soft edges.

by Ari Gold 2015

4.02

970 ratings

🎭 Satirical Self-Help 📈 Career Strategy 🏷️ Personal Branding ⚡ Power Dynamics 🕸️ Strategic Networking

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 ⚛️ Applied Physics 🔬 Popular Science

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 ⚛️ Applied Physics 🔬 Popular Science

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 88%

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

Make 'Em Laugh & Take Their Money

by Dan S. Kennedy • 2010

Not funny? A marketing pro's playbook for using humor to persuade, sell, and win audiences anyway.

3.97

😂 Humor In Business 🖊️ Copywriting 🎤 Public Speaking 🧠 Sales Psychology 📬 Direct Response Marketing

Make 'Em Laugh & Take Their Money Summary

Make 'Em Laugh & Take Their Money 88%

Not funny? A marketing pro's playbook for using humor to persuade, sell, and win audiences anyway.

by Dan S. Kennedy 2010

3.97

64 ratings

😂 Humor In Business 🖊️ Copywriting 🎤 Public Speaking 🧠 Sales Psychology 📬 Direct Response Marketing

Bonk

by Mary Roach • 2008

Rats in tiny pants. Camera dildos. The hidden history of sex research is stranger than fiction.

3.85

61k+

🔬 Sex Research 🧪 Pop Science 📜 Science History 🩺 Sexual Health 💕 Human Sexuality

Bonk 88%

Rats in tiny pants. Camera dildos. The hidden history of sex research is stranger than fiction.

by Mary Roach 2008

3.85

61k+ ratings

🔬 Sex Research 🧪 Pop Science 📜 Science History 🩺 Sexual Health 💕 Human Sexuality

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 💻 Dot-Com Era 📺 Media Democratization

X Saves the World 88%

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 💻 Dot-Com Era 📺 Media Democratization

Because Internet

by Gretchen McCulloch • 2019

Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.

4.04

13k+

🖥️ Internet Linguistics ✍️ Informal Writing 👋 Digital Gestures 🌐 Internet Culture 🗣️ Sociolinguistics

Because Internet 88%

Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.

by Gretchen McCulloch 2019

4.04

13k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Linguistics ✍️ Informal Writing 👋 Digital Gestures 🌐 Internet Culture 🗣️ Sociolinguistics

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 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 🏷️ Etymology 🗺️ Dialects

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

The Laughing Guide to a Better Life

by Isaac Prilleltensky • 2019

Change is a slog unless you can laugh at it. A behavioral scientist maps the route.

3.25

🧠 Positive Psychology 🤣 Therapeutic Humor 🔄 Behavior Change 🏠 Environmental Design 🔍 Cognitive Reframing

The Laughing Guide to a Better Life Summary

The Laughing Guide to a Better Life 88%

Change is a slog unless you can laugh at it. A behavioral scientist maps the route.

by Isaac Prilleltensky 2019

3.25

4 ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 🤣 Therapeutic Humor 🔄 Behavior Change 🏠 Environmental Design 🔍 Cognitive Reframing

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? 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

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Adulting

by Kelly Williams Brown • 2013

From changing your oil to keeping your friends, 468 steps that replace panic with competence.

3.70

14k+

🧹 Life Skills 🧑‍🎓 Early Adulthood 🛠️ Practical Advice 😂 Humorous Self-Help 💰 Financial Basics

Adulting 88%

From changing your oil to keeping your friends, 468 steps that replace panic with competence.

by Kelly Williams Brown 2013

3.70

14k+ ratings

🧹 Life Skills 🧑‍🎓 Early Adulthood 🛠️ Practical Advice 😂 Humorous Self-Help 💰 Financial Basics

The Plus

by Greg Gutfeld • 2020

Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.

3.98

1k+

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Cancel Culture 🧠 Intellectual Humility 🧍 Individualism 😏 Irreverent Self-Help

The Plus 88%

Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.

by Greg Gutfeld 2020

3.98

1k+ ratings

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Cancel Culture 🧠 Intellectual Humility 🧍 Individualism 😏 Irreverent Self-Help

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 🔍 Microhistory 👥 Social History

At Home 88%

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 🔍 Microhistory 👥 Social History

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit

by Robert Ben Garant • 2011

Screenwriting is a blue-collar job: relocate, pitch constantly, and never turn down a rewrite.

3.95

2k+

🎬 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 🎤 Idea Pitching 🏛️ Studio Politics 🎭 Comedy Screenwriting

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit Summary

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit 88%

Screenwriting is a blue-collar job: relocate, pitch constantly, and never turn down a rewrite.

by Robert Ben Garant 2011

3.95

2k+ ratings

🎬 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 🎤 Idea Pitching 🏛️ Studio Politics 🎭 Comedy Screenwriting

Nice Is Just a Place in France

by The Betches • 2013

Why niceness is a losing strategy, and the unapologetic playbook for getting everything you want.

3.11

5k+

🤣 Satirical Self-Help 📱 Millennial Satire 💔 Relationship Strategy ♟️ Social Manipulation 📸 Social Media Persona

Nice Is Just a Place in France 88%

Why niceness is a losing strategy, and the unapologetic playbook for getting everything you want.

by The Betches 2013

3.11

5k+ ratings

🤣 Satirical Self-Help 📱 Millennial Satire 💔 Relationship Strategy ♟️ Social Manipulation 📸 Social Media Persona

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 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 🧐 Language Myths 🗣️ Popular Linguistics

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 88%

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

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

by Sarah Cooper • 2016

Why drawing on sticky notes and asking vague strategic questions gets you further than actual work.

3.91

2k+

🏢 Corporate Culture 🎭 Workplace Satire 😂 Office Humor 🤷 Anti-Self-Help 📋 Meeting Culture

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings Summary

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings 88%

Why drawing on sticky notes and asking vague strategic questions gets you further than actual work.

by Sarah Cooper 2016

3.91

2k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 🎭 Workplace Satire 😂 Office Humor 🤷 Anti-Self-Help 📋 Meeting Culture

Humor, Seriously

by Jennifer Aaker • 2020

Humor is a learnable workplace advantage, not a personality trait. The research and the playbook.

3.83

4k+

🏢 Workplace Culture 😂 Psychology Of Humor 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Positive Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science

Humor, Seriously 88%

Humor is a learnable workplace advantage, not a personality trait. The research and the playbook.

by Jennifer Aaker 2020

3.83

4k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 😂 Psychology Of Humor 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Positive Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science

Did You Just Eat That?

by Paul Dawson • 2018

Two scientists test the five-second rule and your other gross food habits. Bacteria never wait.

3.29

269

🦠 Food Safety 🧪 Food Science 🔨 Myth Busting 🧼 Germs And Hygiene 🔬 Pop Science

Did You Just Eat That? 88%

Two scientists test the five-second rule and your other gross food habits. Bacteria never wait.

by Paul Dawson 2018

3.29

269 ratings

🦠 Food Safety 🧪 Food Science 🔨 Myth Busting 🧼 Germs And Hygiene 🔬 Pop Science

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling

by Holger Weßling • 2019

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books 💰 Rags To Riches 🧒 Children's Literature

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling Summary

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling 88%

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

by Holger Weßling 2019

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books 💰 Rags To Riches 🧒 Children's Literature

Gulp

by Mary Roach • 2013

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

3.93

52k+

🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🏥 Medical History

Gulp 88%

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

by Mary Roach 2013

3.93

52k+ ratings

🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🏥 Medical History

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 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

Is This Love or Dopamine?

by Iona David • 2022

Emojis, ghosting, and the 0.4-second impression: what your texts say when your mouth isn't moving.

3.35

155

📱 Digital Dating 💌 Modern Courtship 💻 Dating App Culture 🌐 Internet Culture 💬 Online Language Analysis

Is This Love or Dopamine? 88%

Emojis, ghosting, and the 0.4-second impression: what your texts say when your mouth isn't moving.

by Iona David 2022

3.35

155 ratings

📱 Digital Dating 💌 Modern Courtship 💻 Dating App Culture 🌐 Internet Culture 💬 Online Language Analysis

How to Be Perfect

by Michael Schur • 2022

Five ethical systems. One working moral compass. No perfection required.

4.13

35k+

🍿 Pop Philosophy 🧭 Practical Ethics 🏛️ Ethical Frameworks 🌱 Everyday Ethics 📜 Western Philosophy

How to Be Perfect 87%

Five ethical systems. One working moral compass. No perfection required.

by Michael Schur 2022

4.13

35k+ ratings

🍿 Pop Philosophy 🧭 Practical Ethics 🏛️ Ethical Frameworks 🌱 Everyday Ethics 📜 Western Philosophy

Punk Rock Etiquette

by Travis Nichols • 2008

Start a band with nothing, record for pennies, survive the road without a label.

3.75

123

🎸 Indie Music 🔧 Diy Ethos 🤘 Punk Subculture 🎙️ Home Recording 🚐 Touring

Punk Rock Etiquette 87%

Start a band with nothing, record for pennies, survive the road without a label.

by Travis Nichols 2008

3.75

123 ratings

🎸 Indie Music 🔧 Diy Ethos 🤘 Punk Subculture 🎙️ Home Recording 🚐 Touring

The Hidden Tools of Comedy

by Steve Kaplan • 2013

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

4.24

895

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

The Hidden Tools of Comedy 87%

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

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 Things Work 🧠 Rational Thinking

How to Invent Everything 87%

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 ⚙️ How Things Work 🧠 Rational Thinking

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