Jeeves & Wooster
P. G. Wodehouse
9 books · starts with The Code of the Woosters
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Pick of the week · Week of November 10
The Bandit Queens
by Parini Shroff
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Geeta didn’t kill her husband. He walked out, and she has found that letting the village think otherwise keeps people from interfering in her life. Then other wives ask her to help arrange deaths of their own. Protecting her independence now means dealing with expectations she has no experience meeting.
What makes it funny?
At a loan-group meeting, mothers list their children’s expenses and then dutifully praise motherhood. Geeta answers by pointing out how much she likes sleep and money. Her private wish that a lizard drop onto the group’s bully is less diplomatic. Readers in book groups single out the women’s banter and enjoy seeing Geeta succeed.
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Contemporary
Families, workplaces, and everyday efforts to look as though we know what we’re doing.
152 books
02Romance
Attraction complicates everything, especially a conversation that was already going badly.
129 books
03Fantasy
Curses, quests, and magical powers in the hands of people who may not have thought this through.
126 books
04Mystery
A puzzle to solve, people to question, and plenty of opportunities to get the wrong idea.
90 books
05LitRPG
Levels, skills, and game rules that can give a character as much trouble as the monsters.
81 books
06Crime & thriller
Criminal schemes, dangerous escapes, and the consequences of trusting the wrong accomplice.
63 books
07Science fiction
Strange planets, possible futures, and familiar human failings a long way from home.
58 books
08Adventure
Journeys with questionable plans, difficult companions, and reasons to keep going anyway.
35 books
09Historical
The manners and misadventures of another time. People have been embarrassing themselves for ages.
35 books
10Horror
Ghosts, monsters, and dreadful situations, with humor woven through the scares.
34 books
11Classic comedy
Comic fiction from earlier generations, including social satire, farce, and dry observations of human behavior.
11 books
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What’s your kind of humor?
These shelves cross genres. Follow the kind of joke you love and see where it takes you.
Satire
Humor that exposes hypocrisy and pokes fun at power, social habits, and human failings.
Absurdism
A world with peculiar rules, impossible demands, or no sensible explanation for what happens next.
Parody
Familiar stories and genre habits get borrowed, exaggerated, and taken somewhere undignified.
Farce
Mistaken identities, tangled lies, and misunderstandings that get increasingly hard to explain.
Dry wit
Understatement and sharp observations, delivered with very little fuss.
Banter
Quick, playful exchanges between characters who know how to get a reaction from each other.
Situational comedy
Humor that grows out of awkward circumstances, misunderstandings, and the ways people try to cope.
Dark comedy
Jokes around death, cruelty, and subjects you might hesitate to laugh about in company.
Wordplay
Puns, double meanings, and the trouble an innocent phrase can get into.
What to read next
Loved that book? There’s more where that came from.
Each guide starts from a favorite and looks for more of what you enjoyed, with a warning when the next pick is darker, cozier, or considerably stranger.
In it for the long haul
Start a funny series
Found an author who makes you laugh? These series keep going, so the next one is already waiting.
On the shelf this week
A good place to begin
A few books to investigate. Your reading list can probably take it.
This Is Where I Leave You
Jonathan Tropper
Family comedy · Banter
Date with Destiny
Lucy Vine
Contemporary romance · Romantic comedy
Audiobook
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Connie Willis
Time travel · Farce
Audiobook
Starter Villain
John Scalzi
Banter · Satire
Audiobook
Gil's All Fright Diner
A. Lee Martinez
Cosmic horror · Zombie
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