Humorous stories books

A Tramp Abroad

Mark Twain

The book is a comic travel narrative that follows an American adventurer who decides, in March 1878, to trek…

At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern

Myrtle Reed

At its heart, this is a light‑hearted, slightly absurd tale of a newly married couple thrust into the…

David and the Phoenix

Edward Ormondroyd

The story is a whimsical adventure that blends fantasy with a light‑hearted, juvenile tone.

Right Ho, Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

The novel is a comic romp centred on the idle aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves, a…

Eve's Diary, Complete

Mark Twain

Eve’s Diary, Complete is a whimsical, pseudo‑historical diary that imagines the first woman as a curious…

Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus is a satirical, didactic work that masquerades as the “Life and Opinions of…

The Eyes Have It

Philip K. Dick

The piece is a short, humor‑laden science‑fiction story that opens with a narrator’s accidental discovery of…

Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World

Fanny Burney

Evelina is a satirical bildungsroman that follows a young woman of modest birth as she steps from a secluded…

Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1

Henry Fielding

The work is Henry Fielding’s first novel, a comic and affectionate bildungsroman that follows the adventures…

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 01 to 05

Mark Twain

The first five chapters introduce a humorous, coming‑of‑age adventure narrated by Huck Finn himself.

Sixteen to One on Friday

W. C. Tuttle

Sixteen to One on Friday is a Western yarn that blends humor with a rough‑and‑tumble frontier setting.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 1.

Mark Twain

The opening places the reader squarely in the mischievous world of a boy who constantly tests the limits of…

My man Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

The work is a collection of light‑hearted, English‑centric tales that revolve around the inimitable valet…

Barry Lyndon

William Makepeace Thackeray

Barry Lyndon is a satirical romance that first appeared as a serial in Fraser’s Magazine in 1844, presented…

The Inimitable Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

The Inimitable Jeeves is a collection of witty, light‑hearted tales that centre on the idle aristocrat Bertie…

Carry On, Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

The work is a collection of comic short stories set in the world of British high society, featuring the…

Beasts and Super-Beasts

Saki

The volume gathers Saki’s witty, short‑form tales that blend everyday society with a thin veil of the…

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Rudolf Erich Raspe

Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas

Machado de Assis

The young immigrunts

Ring Lardner

Three men on the bummel

Jerome K. Jerome

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Laurence Sterne

"Gentlemen prefer blondes": The illuminating diary of a professional lady

Anita Loos

The American Claimant

Mark Twain