Popular North American Humor Books
Find humor books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (22)
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I'll Sell You a Dog by Juan Pablo Villalobos EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Everything that can be done to fend off the boredom of retirement and old age, while still holding a beer.
12.
Just by Looking at Him : A Novel by Ryan O'Connell EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Elliot is a writer who spends his days navigating the back stabbing, the pressure, and the day-to-day snark of writing aggressively average television. In laugh out loud detail, we're immediately with him on his journey to try to get his lines onto the screen. But there's a deeper, and more poignant, story beating at the heart of this would be rom com: instead of the usual boy meets boy, the person you really fall in love with, the one you're rooting for until the end, is the protagonist himself. As a gay man with cerebral palsy, Elliot has always searched for the one, and he thought he found... continue
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Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) : A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (New York Times Book Review). WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE National Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2017 A San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten Book of 2017 Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the Lambda Award and the California Book Award "I could not love LESS more."--Ron Charles, Washington Post "Andrew Sean Greer's Less is excellent company. It's no less than bedazzling, ... continue
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England.
15.
Moccasin Square Gardens : Short Stories by Richard Van Camp EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
The characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves ("The Camel Clutch"), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or "Sky People," love, lust and prayers for peace. While this is Van Camp's most hilarious short story collection, it's also haunted by the lurking presence of the Wheetago, human-devouring monsters of legend that have returned due to global warming and the greed of humanity. The stories in Moccasin Square ... continue
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No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
'Patricia Lockwood is the voice of a generation' Namita Gokhale'A masterpiece' Guardian'I really admire and love this book' Sally Rooney 'An intellectual and emotional rollercoaster' Daily Mail 'I can't remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book' David Sedaris'A rare wonder . . . I was left in bits' Douglas Stuart* WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2022 ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 ** A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK *______________________________________________This is a story about a life lived in two halve... continue
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Quesadillas by Juan Pablo Villalobos EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Anarchy in Mexico - a comic novel about screwed-up politics and families from the author of 'Down the Rabbit Hole'. Orestes' mother prepares hundreds of quesadillas for Orestes and the rest of their brood. After another fraudulent election and the disappearance of his younger brothers, he takes to the road.
18.
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
WINNER OF CBC CANADA READS WINNER OF THE STEPHEN LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR Here’s the set up: A burnt-out politcal aide quits just before an election—but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock—an engineering professor who will do anything, anything, to avoid teaching English to engineers—to let his name stand in the election. No need to campaign, certain to lose, and so on. Then a great scandal blows away his opponent, and to their horror, Angus is elected. He decides to see what good an honest M.P. who doesn’t care about bei... continue
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The Best Short Stories of O. Henry by O. Henry EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Modern library of the world's best books"--Colophon.
20.
The Sellout : A Novel by Paul Beatty EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Raised by a single father--a controversial sociologist at Riverside Community College--[the narrator] spent his [Los Angeles] childhood as the subject in psychological studies, classic experiments revised to include a racially-charged twist. He also grew up believing this pioneering work might result in a memoir that would solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed in a shoot-out with the police, he realizes there never was a memoir. All that's left is the bill for a drive-thru funeral and some maudlin what-ifs"--