The Jokezine Humor Guides

Jokezine Book Guide for humorous fiction/non-fiction: A-E

Douglas Adams (March 11, 1952 – May 11, 2001)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982)
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (1984)
Mostly Harmless (1992)

The Dirk Gently series

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)


Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935)

Getting Even (1971)
Side Effects (1980)
Without Feathers (1975)

Kingsley Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995)

Lucky Jim (1954)
The Old Devils (1986)

David Barry, Jr. (born July 3, 1947-)

Collected columns:
Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book (1987)
Dave Barry's Greatest Hits (1988)
Dave Barry Talks Back (1991)

Max Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 – May 20, 1956)

Zuleika Dobson; or, An Oxford Love Story (1911)
A Christmas Garland, Woven by Max Beerbohm (1912)
Seven Men (1919), which includes the absolutely brilliant

Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945)

The Benchley Roundup

Ambrose Bierce (June 24, 1842–1914?)

The Devil's Dictionary

Edward Frederic Benson (July 24, 1867 – February 29, 1940)

Queen Lucia (1920)
Miss Mapp (1922)
Lucia in London (1927)
Mapp and Lucia (1931)
Lucia's Progress (1935)
Trouble for Lucia (1939)

Roy Blount, Jr. (1941-)


Bill Bryson (born December 8, 1951-)

The Palace Under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled, and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries (1985)
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (1989)
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe (1991)
Notes from a Small Island (1995)
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1998) (highest recommendation)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away (US Edition) / Notes From a Big Country (UK Edition) (1998)
In a Sunburned Country (US edition) / Down Under (UK edition) (2000)
Bill Bryson's African Diary (2002)
Walk About (2002)

Christopher Buckley (1952-)

The White House Mess (1986)
Thank You For Smoking (1994)
Florence of Arabia: A Novel (2004)

Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (1891, Kiev – March 10, 1940, Moscow)

The Master and Margarita

Stanley Elkin (May 11, 1930 - May 31, 1995)

Boswell: A Modern Comedy (1964)
Stanley Elkin's Greatest Hits (1980)
George Mills (1982)