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(Okay, probably not podcasts).

The genre of comedy books is a loose, widely encompassing definition.

Its more of a comment on critic culture, thatanythingcan and will be examined and too much at that.

Ayoade On Top by Richard Ayoade

(Daphne is a column-writing grammar scold, while Laurel turns old War Department correspondence into poetry.)

8.Wild and Crazy Guys

This is one of those books you cant believe hadnt been written yet.

7.Mostly Dead Things

Gallows humor is arguably the most defiant and powerful form of humor.

The Grammarians: A Novel by Cathleen Schine

She manages to be whimsical but hilarious but vulnerable.

3.Toxic Femininity in the Workplace

Its the right book for the right time.

While he coined the catchphrase Hows my hair?

Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the ‘80s Changed Hollywood Forever Hardcover by Nick de Semlyen

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Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

Funny Man: Mel Brooks by Patrick McGilligan

Little Weirds by Jenny Slate

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

Toxic Femininity in the Workplace: Office Gender Politics Are a Battlefield by Ginny Hogan

Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era by Saul Austerlitz

It’s Garry Shandling’s Book by Judd Apatow