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Stand Up Comedy Books
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Comedian Gone Wrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,462 ratings — published
Comedian Gone Wrong 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 310 ratings — published
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.88 — 106,792 ratings — published 2007
Comedian Gone Wrong 3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.31 — 29 ratings — published
The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 932 ratings — published 1994
The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 735 ratings — published 2001
I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,047 ratings — published 2009
The Serious Guide to Joke Writing: How to Say Something Funny about Anything (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 445 ratings — published 2010
The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.44 — 1,019 ratings — published 2014
The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,842 ratings — published 2015
Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 684 ratings — published 2008
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 13,196 ratings — published 2015
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,442 ratings — published 1994
The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.24 — 885 ratings — published 2013
SeinLanguage (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.61 — 10,183 ratings — published 1993
How to Kill in Comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.43 — 114 ratings — published
The NEW Comedy Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.32 — 281 ratings — published
How to Write Funny: Your Serious, Step-By-Step Blueprint For Creating Incredibly, Irresistibly, Successfully Hilarious Writing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.13 — 931 ratings — published 2014
And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft and the Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,118 ratings — published 2009
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 397 ratings — published 2000
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,050,826 ratings — published 2011
American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,327 ratings — published 2002
Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.61 — 126 ratings — published
The New Comedy Writing Step by Step: Revised and Updated with Words of Instruction, Encouragement, and Inspiration from Legends of the Comedy Profession (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 141 ratings — published
Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,422 ratings — published 2021
The Naked Jape: Uncovering The Hidden World Of Jokes (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 814 ratings — published 2006
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 119,158 ratings — published 2002
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,012 ratings — published 2021
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy: The Comedians’ Career Path from Beginner to Professional Jobs (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.38 — 53 ratings — published
Is This Anything? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 24,749 ratings — published 2020
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.49 — 797,546 ratings — published 2016
The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.32 — 31,268 ratings — published 1938
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,910 ratings — published 1979
Be A Great Stand-Up (Teach Yourself)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.79 — 107 ratings — published 2010
A Horse Walks into a Bar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.51 — 15,653 ratings — published 2014
How I Escaped My Certain Fate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,285 ratings — published 2010
Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.41 — 504 ratings — published 2017
Comedy Writing Secrets: The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act Funny, And Get Paid For It (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,130 ratings — published 1987
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,082 ratings — published 2012
Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 258 ratings — published 1998
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,529 ratings — published 1965
Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 815 ratings — published 1999
It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,615 ratings — published 1995
Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 213 ratings — published
The History of Stand-Up : From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 247 ratings — published
Comedy Writing Self-Taught Workbook: More than 100 Practical Writing Exercises to Develop Your Comedy Writing Skills (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.50 — 18 ratings — published 2014
A Vulgar Art: A New Approach to Stand-Up Comedy (Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.30 — 10 ratings — published 2014
The Last Laugh: The World of Stand-Up Comics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.64 — 84 ratings — published 1975
True Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.06 — 332 ratings — published 1994
So, Anyway... (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 14,087 ratings — published 2014
“If you cannot make others think deeply, at least make them laugh hard. Do both, if you are that gifted.”
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“There's a lot of guys up there who like wearing a suit or try doing jokes that they think will play to a certain crowd, or maybe get them corporate work. I've always written jokes that I would want to hear. So, I'm trying to entertain myself more than anything.”
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