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Comedy books have always been a means to those ends, and 2021 introduced anumberoftitlesofferingmuch-needed informationandentertainmentalike.

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10.I Am Not a Wolf,by Dan Sheehan

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Its kind of like a video game, but way funnier and somehow more fun, too.

9.Big Time: Stories,by Jen Spyra

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8.She Memes Well,by Quinta Brunson

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And its written by a person who makes a lot of great internet comedy.

7.Penny Pinching Tips for the Morally Bankrupt,by Libby Marshall

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Every story is daringly high concept, and Marshall pulls it off every time.

All comedy points out the absurdities and cruelties of life; great comedy fearlessly strikes back.

Paul area in the 70s and 80s.

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4.All About Me!

: My Remarkable Life in Show Business,by Mel Brooks

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3.New Teeth: Stories,by Simon Rich

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His long short stories are often high concept with premises that anyone else would make corny and cringy.

He is unfailingly, unselfconsciously clever, with joy permeating his work.

2.Yearbook,by Seth Rogen

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There are comedy memoirs, and then there are comedian memoirs.

Many of those selections appear above in his Top 10 picks.

Below are the rest of the books that stood out to Boone this year.

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Fun, relatable, silly, and warm.

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Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best (A Parody): Bedtime Stories for Trying Times, Jennie Egerdie

Notes From the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy, edited by Amy Solomon

The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson