Publication year 2021
Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Fiction
Themes Joy, Love, Friendship, Fathers, Family
Tags Humor, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Animals
Laugh-out-Loud Books
Our Laugh-out-Loud Books Collection highlights titles that bring levity to literature through satire, dark humor, or hilarious dialogue. Representing genres ranging from romantic comedies to classic children's titles, this Collection features titles to tickle every reader's funny bone.
Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dog Man Unleashed
Don't Forget to Write
Dork Diaries
Dory Fantasmagory
Double Down
Double Fudge
Down The Rabbit Hole
Drama
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Dry
El Deafo
Ella Minnow Pea
Emergency
Emma
Empire Falls
Erasure
Esio Trot
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Publication year 2021
Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Fiction
Themes Joy, Love, Friendship, Fathers, Family
Tags Humor, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Animals
Publication year 2016
Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Animals, Friendship, Teamwork, Good & Evil
Tags Humor, Fantasy, Animals
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Gender Identity, Family, Self Discovery
Tags World History, Historical Fiction, Romance, Humor, Coming of Age, Gender & Feminism, Relationships
Publication year 2009
Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Fiction
Themes Coming of Age, Appearance & Reality, Friendship, Self Discovery
Tags Humor, Realistic Fiction
Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renée Russell (Simon & Schuster, 2009) is a young adult graphic novel told in diary entries about a 14-year-old girl’s journey through her first month at a new school. The book was both a New York Times and USA Today best seller. It also won the Children’s Choice Book of the Year Award for the fifth/sixth grade division (2010) and was nominated for Book of the... Read Dork Diaries Summary
Publication year 2014
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Childhood & Youth, Appearance & Reality, Siblings, Self Discovery
Tags Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction, Humor, Fantasy
Publication year 2016
Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Fiction
Themes Truth & Lies, Fame, Siblings, Friendship, Family
Tags Humor, Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction
Publication year 2002
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Siblings, Self Discovery
Tags Humor, Realistic Fiction, Children`s Literature, Modern Classic Fiction
Double Fudge (2002) is the fifth and final book in the popular children’s series by bestselling American author Judy Blume. The Fudge series begins with Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and includes Superfudge, Fudge-a-Mania, and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. The Fudge series was published across three decades and follows the lives of the Hatcher family, and most of the novels feature Peter Hatcher and his younger brother Fudge, who is always getting... Read Double Fudge Summary
Publication year 2015
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Self Discovery, Femininity, Beauty, Love
Tags Depression & Suicide, Arts & Culture, Relationships, Love & Sexuality, Modern Classic Fiction, Biography, Humor
Publication year 2012
Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Fiction
Tags Humor, Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, Dramatic Literature, Romance, LGBTQ+
Drama is a young adult graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier published in 2012. It is Telgemeier’s third book and her first fiction graphic novel—her first two were autobiographical. Drama is critically acclaimed and spent 240 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. This guide refers to the 2012 edition by Scholastic/Graphix.Plot SummaryCallie Marin is a seventh-grader at Eucalyptus Middle School. She has long, purple-dyed hair and likes to wear the color green. She also... Read Drama Summary
Publication year 2004
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family
Tags Realistic Fiction, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Modern Classic Fiction, Music, Humor
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie (2014) is a young adult novel by American author Jordan Sonnenblick. Sonnenblick is a well-known young adult author whose novels include After Ever After, Falling Over Sideways, Notes From the Midnight Driver, and Zen and the Art of Faking It. The story follows Steven Alper, a 13-year-old drummer whose life is turned upside down when his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey, is diagnosed with leukemia. As Steven navigates the trials of early... Read Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Summary
Publication year 2003
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Community, Grief, Apathy, Perseverance
Tags Humor, LGBTQ+, Psychology, Addiction & Substance Abuse, Trauma & Abuse, Psychology, Mental Illness, Biography
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Publication year 2014
Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Fiction
Themes Gender Identity, Friendship, Disability
Tags Humor, Disability, Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction, Biography
El Deafo is a 2014 semi-autobiographical, graphic novel by American author and illustrator Cece Bell. Bell, who was born deaf, recounts her childhood in the format of a guide starring an anthropomorphic rabbit, “Cece.” The book endeavors to undermine negative representations of deafness by representing Cece’s difference as valid, even empowering, with the assistance of modern technology. Throughout the book, Cece occasionally assumes a superhero persona, “El Deafo.” El Deafo challenges common misconceptions about disabilities... Read El Deafo Summary
Publication year 2001
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Nation, Language
Tags Humor, Science Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, Fantasy
The entire story unravels on the island of Nollop, off the coast of North Carolina. Nollop is named after Nevin Nollop, a man who wrote a sentence containing all 26 letters of the alphabet: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Because of his feat, Nollop’s statue is erected in town as a monument to the island’s namesake. Ella Minnow Pea, the main character, writes to her cousin, Tassie, announcing the first of... Read Ella Minnow Pea Summary
Publication year 1991
Genre Short Story, Fiction
Themes Death, Safety & Danger, Teamwork
Tags Addiction & Substance Abuse, Relationships, Humor, Psychological Fiction, Satirical Literature, Education, Education
Denis Johnson originally published “Emergency” in the September 16, 1991 issue of New Yorker magazine and later as part of his critically acclaimed 1992 short story collection, Jesus’ Son. These linked, fragmentary stories, all narrated by the same troubled, drug-addicted character, examine themes of violence, addiction, loss, and friendship from an unreliable yet sympathetic narrative voice. This guide uses the 1992 version of Jesus’ Son published by Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.“Emergency,” the sixth story in... Read Emergency Summary
Publication year 1815
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Marriage, Social Class
Tags Classic Fiction, Victorian Period, Romanticism, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Humor, Social Class, Gender & Feminism, European History, Relationships, World History
Emma is a fiction novel published in 1815 by the English author Jane Austen. The book centers on the character development of its eponymous protagonist, a genteel young woman on a country estate who meddles in the love lives of friends and neighbors. Jane Austen was conscious that Emma’s snobbery, vanity, and meddling might make her a “heroine whom no one but myself will much like” (Austen-Leigh, James Edward. A Memoir of Jane Austen. London:... Read Emma Summary
Publication year 2001
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Mothers, Fathers, Power & Greed, Social Class
Tags American Literature, Humor, Relationships, Modern Classic Fiction
In Empire Falls, published in 2001, award-winning author Richard Russo focuses his sharp observations on family, faith, and hope for the future in small-town America, where the factories have left, the populations are dwindling, and the prospects are shrinking. Miles Roby almost got out of Empire Falls, but his mother’s illness brought him back a semester shy of graduating college. Now he runs the Empire Grill, a landmark that still anchors the dying town, and... Read Empire Falls Summary
Publication year 2001
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Literature, Language, Race
Tags Humor, Race & Racism, Arts & Culture, African American Literature, Modern Classic Fiction
Publication year 1990
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Loneliness, Aging
Tags Children`s Literature, Fantasy, Humor, Animals, Romance, Classic Fiction
Publication year 2022
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Truth & Lies, Siblings, Regret
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Humor, Modern Classic Fiction
Publication year 2023
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Guilt, Regret, Revenge, Death, Social Class, Community, Education, Good & Evil, Justice, Literature, Trust & Doubt, Truth & Lies
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Humor, Modern Classic Fiction