Jeeves & Wooster
P. G. Wodehouse
9 books · starts with The Code of the Woosters
Humor in their DNA
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A magnificent misunderstanding. A narrator with no filter. A plan that gets worse every time someone tries to help. Find more of the kind of funny you love.
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- 9 kinds of humor
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Pick of the week · Week of November 3
An Old Man's Journey
by Gregory Allanther
Charles is tired of waiting for his grandchildren to call. After his wife's death, a friend introduces him to Crossroads, a virtual fantasy world where he can move without pain and spend time with family. He decides to make somewhere they'll want to visit. A magic stick with far too much power and players who mistake him for a quest giver complicate his search for a quiet spot.
What makes it funny?
Charles wants some peace; younger players see an old man and expect another quest. Their enthusiasm keeps bringing them back to someone who'd rather be left alone. Readers in LitRPG groups enjoy the reversal of making the elderly hero a quest giver, and compare its comic appeal to This Quest Is Broken!.
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Contemporary
Families, workplaces, and everyday efforts to look as though we know what we’re doing.
147 books
02Romance
Attraction complicates everything, especially a conversation that was already going badly.
128 books
03Fantasy
Curses, quests, and magical powers in the hands of people who may not have thought this through.
124 books
04Mystery
A puzzle to solve, people to question, and plenty of opportunities to get the wrong idea.
89 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.
58 books
07Science fiction
Strange planets, possible futures, and familiar human failings a long way from home.
55 books
08Historical
The manners and misadventures of another time. People have been embarrassing themselves for ages.
37 books
09Horror
Ghosts, monsters, and dreadful situations, with humor woven through the scares.
36 books
10Adventure
Journeys with questionable plans, difficult companions, and reasons to keep going anyway.
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.
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by TJ Klune
Odd households, gentle magic and guarded people who slowly make room for each other.
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