curated list

books recommended by comedians

What stand-ups and comedy writers actually read — from Jerry Seinfeld and Tina Fey to Bill Burr, John Mulaney, Trevor Noah, and Jon Stewart. Drawn from podcasts, interviews, and public statements.

Aggregated across 15 people we track · 60 books ranked by how many on this list have publicly recommended each one.

most recommended books on this list

2 people
AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
Derek DelGaudio · 2021
2 recommenders
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2 people
Before & Laughter: The funniest man in the UK’s genuinely useful guide to life
Jimmy Carr · 2021
2 recommenders
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2 people
Best Evidence
David S. Lifton · 1992
2 recommenders
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2 people
DMT
Rick Strassman · 2000
2 recommenders
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2 people
I Like You
Amy Sedaris · 2008
2 recommenders
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2 people
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell · 2008
2 recommenders
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2 people
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · 2015
2 recommenders
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2 people
The Book Of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi · 1988
2 recommenders
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2 people
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
Sebastian Junger · 2016
2 recommenders
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2 people
Zen in the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel · 1999
2 recommenders
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1 person
12 Rules for Life
Jordan B. Peterson · 2018
1 recommender
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1 person
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari · 2018
1 recommender
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1 person
33 Myths of the System
Darren Allen · 2021
1 recommender
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1 person
8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
Jay Shetty · 2023
1 recommender
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1 person
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century
Bret Weinstein · 2021
1 recommender
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1 person
A Mind Of Your Own
Kelly Brogan · 2016
1 recommender
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1 person
A Place of Refuge
Tobias Jones · 2016
1 recommender
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1 person
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving · 1990
1 recommender
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1 person
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens · 2003
1 recommender
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1 person
Abbott
Saladin Ahmed · 2018
1 recommender
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1 person
Absence of Mind
Marilynne Robinson · 2010
1 recommender
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1 person
Alice in Wonderland: The Original 1865 Edition With Complete Illustrations By Sir John Tenniel (A Classic Novel of Lewis Carroll)
Lewis Carroll · 2000
1 recommender
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1 person
All In
Paula Broadwell · 2012
1 recommender
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1 person
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
Steven Rinella · 2008
1 recommender
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1 person
An Actor's Companion
Seth Barrish · 2015
1 recommender
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1 person
Away
Amy Bloom · 2008
1 recommender
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1 person
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
Ben Goldacre · 2014
1 recommender
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1 person
Beastie Boys Book
Michael Diamond · 2018
1 recommender
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1 person
Because of You
Dawn French · 2020
1 recommender
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1 person
Behold a Pale Horse
William Cooper · 1991
1 recommender
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1 person
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015
1 recommender
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1 person
Beyond Supervet: How Animals Make Us The Best We Can Be
Noel Fitzpatrick · 2022
1 recommender
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1 person
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott · 1995
1 recommender
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1 person
Bitter Root Volume 1
David F. Walker · 2019
1 recommender
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1 person
Black Elk
Joe Jackson · 2016
1 recommender
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1 person
Black Elk Speaks
John G. Neihardt · 2014
1 recommender
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1 person
Black Is the New White
Paul Mooney · 2010
1 recommender
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1 person
Blood and Thunder
Hampton Sides · 2006
1 recommender
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1 person
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD · 2019
1 recommender
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1 person
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Steve Martin · 2007
1 recommender
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1 person
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor · 2020
1 recommender
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1 person
Brother Sam
Bill Kinison · 1994
1 recommender
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1 person
But What If We're Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman · 2016
1 recommender
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1 person
California
Edan Lepucki · 2014
1 recommender
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1 person
Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
StoryCorps · 2017
1 recommender
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1 person
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins · 2018
1 recommender
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1 person
Chaos
Tom O'Neill · 2019
1 recommender
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1 person
Christine
Stephen King · 1983
1 recommender
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1 person
Coyote America
Dan Flores · 2016
1 recommender
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1 person
Deaf Republic
Ilya Kaminsky · 2019
1 recommender
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1 person
Dear Girls
Ali Wong · 2019
1 recommender
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1 person
Dear Reader
Michael Malice · 2014
1 recommender
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1 person
Dirty Vegan Book 2
Matt Pritchard · 2019
1 recommender
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1 person
Discipline Equals Freedom
Jocko Willink · 2017
1 recommender
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1 person
Dissolving Illusions
Suzanne Humphries and Roman Bystrianyk · 2013
1 recommender
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1 person
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Sam Quinones · 2015
1 recommender
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1 person
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance · 2015
1 recommender
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1 person
Empire Of The Summer Moon
S. C. Gwynne · 2010
1 recommender
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1 person
Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman · 2013
1 recommender
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1 person
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (New Edition)
Jocko Willink · 2015
1 recommender
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