Secondhand Humour Books

Is the Pope Catholic? Well, not necessarily. Neither is he always a he, or even always alive. Meet licentious popes, incompetent popes, murderous, debauched and bewildered popes from the pages...

The Optimist's Encyclopedia. In this A-Z of all things nice, Steve Stack takes the reader on an alphabetical tour of the good things in life. Trivial things such as dunking...

Best-selling humorist P.J. O'Rourke is back with his latest political masterpiece, DON'T VOTE - It Just Encourages the Bastards. Using his signature wit and keen observational skills, O'Rourke reflects on...

Did You Know? In Australia, children may not purchase cigarettes, but are allowed to smoke them ...It is also illegal to read someone's tarot or give them a psychic reading,...

Whilst flipping through issues of The Girl's Own Paper from the 1890s, it gradually dawned on Philip Ardagh that he was witnessing tantalising glimpses of an unfolding story of mystery...

The finest gems of cartoon humour, spanning the Decades. A bumper collection of 450 side-splitting cartoons, cherrypicked from around the world. Includes work by all the great favourites, such as...

'Their names are Karl, Lottie and Nev, and they work in a coffee shop. That's all you need to know. Actually, you don't even need to know their names that...

Following on from her success with "The 100 Best After-Dinner Stories", the author of this book has compiled another selection of witty after-dinner stories from the most famous and experienced...

Following hot on the humorous heels of Portico's Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes comes this awful sequel for your parental amusement. Crammed with 1000 jokes that will make your...

Whether it's the one about the elephant and the canary or the one about the travelling salesman and the farmer's daughter, Mr "J" has gathered together the very best -...

Some facts are too terrifying to teach in school. Unfortunately, Cracked.com is more than happy to fill you in with this hilarious tome of trivia. * A zombie apocalypse? It...

The I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue team of Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor, in the company of their esteemed chairman Humphrey Lyttelton, have been recording their BBC...

A Teacher's Life is a collection of over 140 cartoons based on the popular Facebook page that hilariously captures the ups and down of life as a teacher. Filled with...

Err, I think you mean Downward CatHow can you tell whether your cat is purrfecting its Sphinx pose or just being, well, a cat? You may think your cat is...

THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER for anyone that has ever had a brother, is a brother or has ever thought about murdering one.Aisling has a butterfly book.Ryan has a book about...

The PERFECT STOCKING FILLER for anyone who has been having the same argument since 2001 or who no longer has ANY of their own clothes left, i.e. someone who is,...

Stuck at home? Annoyed by your neighbours? Then let this helpful guide tell you all about The People Next Door . . .'Logan is reporting his next-door neighbour to the...

Listen to the brand new dramatisation of How To Be a Woman, narrated by Caitlin herself, as part of BBC Radio 4's Riot Girls season Selected by Emma Watson for...

Laugh along with Michael McIntyre as he lifts the curtain on his life in his long-awaited autobiography.Michael's first book ended with his big break at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance....

'Completely brilliant' Ian HislopIt seemed a simple enough idea at the outset: to assemble a team of eleven men to play cricket on each of the seven continents of the...