Best Humour books

The 96 highest-rated Humour books, scored from 57.8K reader ratings.

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By year of first publication, 1600–2025. The busiest stretch is 2000–2049, with 45. Select a bar to narrow the list.

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8.98.9 / 10
Born a CrimeTrevor Noah1.3K ratingsTrevor Noah recounts a South African childhood that was, under apartheid law, illegal from the moment of his birth, and he does it as a comedian would.Our view
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8.88.8 / 10
Night WatchTerry Pratchett634 ratings“Night Watch” is among the most serious Discworld novels, a story of revolution and barricades in which jokes give way to real tension.Our view
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8.78.7 / 10
Going PostalTerry Pratchett737 ratings“Going Postal”, the thirty-third Discworld novel, is funny, light on its feet and, for some readers, hard to put down.Our view

Why Born a Crime is #1

Born a Crime (Trevor Noah) scores 8.9/10 from 1.3K ratings — 0.1 points ahead of Night Watch in second place.

The score is a weighted average across 3 independent rating sources. A title with few ratings is pulled toward the category average, so a handful of enthusiastic reviews cannot outrank a book that thousands of readers have judged. To keep the list varied, the top 20 holds at most two books from one series and three by one author; the rest follow further down. Method →