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)
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  LawsonAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Funny Women Memoirs
455 books — 1,550 voters
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all genres of books for teens
499 books — 287 voters

Wallbanger by Alice ClaytonPlaying for Keeps by R.L. MathewsonSeduction and Snacks by Tara SivecTangled by Emma ChasePerfection by R.L. Mathewson
Funny as Hell!
2,548 books — 6,458 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Lighthearted Literature
618 books — 477 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)

Edgar Allan Poe
Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
Edgar Allan Poe

Mel Brooks
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
Mel Brooks

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