Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the Greek: κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film and stand-up comedy. The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece.

New Releases Tagged "Comedy"

Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World
Dead & Breakfast
The Mafia Nanny, Vol. 2
Out of Time (The Time Police, #6)
Ring the Bells (Stranger Times, #5)
How to Survive a Fairy Bargain (Fairies and Familiars, #2)
John Candy: A Life in Comedy
SPY×FAMILY 16
Diddly Squat: The Farmer's Dog
Physics for Cats
ダンダダン 21 [Dan Da Dan 21]
Garth Marenghi's This Bursted Earth
ワンパンマン 35 [Wanpanman 35] (Onepunch-Man, #35)
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
Wonka
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)
The Answer Is No
Margo's Got Money Troubles
The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas
The Flirting Game (Love and Hockey)
Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterHeretical Fishing by Haylock JobsonBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeThe Three Witches and the Master by Max NowazA Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes
All Sorts Favourites
1,517 books — 1,280 voters
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Funny Books for Kids
631 books — 391 voters

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Best New Author - Adult Romance
632 books — 943 voters
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Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
942 books — 1,244 voters


The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
Bossypants
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
Yes Please
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
The Importance of Being Earnest
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
The Princess Bride
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

Jeannette Walls
Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

Deborah Leblanc
Jack couldn't help but watch Nonie as she left. She looked to be twenty-nine, thirty at the most, stood maybe five foot-four and was slender. She had shoulder-length, curly, walnut-colored hair and the largest most beautiful blue eyes he'd ever seem Her nose and ears were small in comparison to her full lips, which he'd give anything to kiss. ...more
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