50 Books like The World According to Cunk

1066 and all that

by W.C. Sellar • 1930

English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.

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4k+

📜 Satirical History 📚 Parody Textbook 🇬🇧 British Humour 🎓 Oxbridge Satire 🎭 Interwar Satire

1066 and all that 96%

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

1000 Years of Annoying the French

by Stephen Clarke • 2010

The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.

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5k+

⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry 😂 Comic History 📜 Revisionist History 🏴 National Stereotypes 🇫🇷 French History

1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary

1000 Years of Annoying the French 92%

The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.

by Stephen Clarke 2010

4.05

5k+ ratings

⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry 😂 Comic History 📜 Revisionist History 🏴 National Stereotypes 🇫🇷 French History

Diaries 1969-1979

by Michael Palin • 2006

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

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4k+

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

Diaries 1969-1979 92%

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

The Anglo Files

by Sarah Lyall • 2008

An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.

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2k+

🇬🇧 British Culture 🤐 British Reserve 👑 Class In Britain 😂 British Humor 🛬 Expat Perspectives

The Anglo Files 91%

An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.

by Sarah Lyall 2008

3.45

2k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Culture 🤐 British Reserve 👑 Class In Britain 😂 British Humor 🛬 Expat Perspectives

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 91%

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

And Here's the Kicker

by Mike Sacks • 2009

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

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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

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 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

Adolf Hitler

by Spike Milligan • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

4.04

9k+

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Adolf Hitler 90%

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

by Spike Milligan 1971

4.04

9k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

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 90%

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

Thug Notes

by Sparky Sweets • 2015

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

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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

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.

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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 90%

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

At Home

by Bill Bryson • 2010

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

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99k+

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History 🔍 Microhistory 👥 Social History

At Home 90%

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

Watching the English

by Kate Fox • 2004

The English have a secret code for weather, queues, and pubs. An anthropologist cracks it.

3.91

11k+

🇬🇧 Englishness 🔍 Pop Anthropology 📜 Unwritten Rules 🎩 Politeness Rituals 🧐 British Class System

Watching the English 90%

The English have a secret code for weather, queues, and pubs. An anthropologist cracks it.

by Kate Fox 2004

3.91

11k+ ratings

🇬🇧 Englishness 🔍 Pop Anthropology 📜 Unwritten Rules 🎩 Politeness Rituals 🧐 British Class System

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

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

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 90%

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

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? 90%

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

That's Not English

by Erin Moore • 2015

British reserve and American enthusiasm hide in words that both countries assume they share.

3.67

858

🗣️ Language And Culture 🌍 Cultural Comparison 🎩 Social Class 📚 Popular Linguistics 🔬 Linguistic Anthropology

That's Not English 89%

British reserve and American enthusiasm hide in words that both countries assume they share.

by Erin Moore 2015

3.67

858 ratings

🗣️ Language And Culture 🌍 Cultural Comparison 🎩 Social Class 📚 Popular Linguistics 🔬 Linguistic Anthropology

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

39k+

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

The Road to Little Dribbling 89%

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

by Bill Bryson 2015

3.73

39k+ ratings

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

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 89%

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

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? 89%

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

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 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

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 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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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 Be Ultra Spiritual

by J.P. Sears • 2017

Spiritual superiority is a game, and your smoothie, guru, and yoga mat are the scoreboard.

3.55

320

🧘 Spiritual Satire 📚 Self-Help Parody 🎭 Performative Spirituality 🚧 Spiritual Bypassing 🧘‍♂️ Guru Culture

How to Be Ultra Spiritual 89%

Spiritual superiority is a game, and your smoothie, guru, and yoga mat are the scoreboard.

by J.P. Sears 2017

3.55

320 ratings

🧘 Spiritual Satire 📚 Self-Help Parody 🎭 Performative Spirituality 🚧 Spiritual Bypassing 🧘‍♂️ Guru Culture

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

by Bob Odenkirk • 2022

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

3.60

13k+

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

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama 89%

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

by Bob Odenkirk 2022

3.60

13k+ ratings

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 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 89%

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

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

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

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 89%

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

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 88%

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 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 88%

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

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

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 88%

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

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

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

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 88%

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

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 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

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

by Thomas Cathcart • 2007

Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.

3.76

18k+

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Summary

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar 88%

Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.

by Thomas Cathcart 2007

3.76

18k+ ratings

The Full English

by Stuart Maconie • 2023

England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.

4.04

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity 📖 Literary Travel 🏭 Deindustrialization 🎩 Class Divisions 🌏 Multicultural England

The Full English 88%

England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.

by Stuart Maconie 2023

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity 📖 Literary Travel 🏭 Deindustrialization 🎩 Class Divisions 🌏 Multicultural England

Hotel Babylon

by Anonymous • 2004

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

3.62

3k+

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work 🎯 Gonzo Memoir ✨ Luxury Service

Hotel Babylon 88%

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

by Anonymous 2004

3.62

3k+ ratings

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work 🎯 Gonzo Memoir ✨ Luxury Service

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

Hi Honey, I'm Homo!

by Matt Baume • 2023

How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.

4.30

2k+

📺 Television History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Representation 🎭 Sitcom History 📚 Queer History 📰 Media Criticism

Hi Honey, I'm Homo! 88%

How sitcoms smuggled queer life past the censors and changed what America saw as normal.

by Matt Baume 2023

4.30

2k+ ratings

📺 Television History 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Representation 🎭 Sitcom History 📚 Queer History 📰 Media Criticism

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

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