Humorous Books for Teens

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Angell, Judie. Leave the Cooking to Me

Anthony, Piers. Harpy Thyme

Asprin, Robert. Any of the "Myth" Adventures

Avi. Romeo and Juliet: Together (and Alive) at Last

Baker, Russell. Russell Baker's Book of American Humor

Bauer, Joan. Squashed

Beaton, M.C. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage

Bechard, Margaret. My Mom Married the Principal

Bloor, Edward. Tangerine

Brooks, Terry. Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold

Carkeet, David. Quiver River

Clarke, Judith. The Heroic Life of Al Capsella

Cole, Brock. Celine

Conford, Ellen. Dear Mom, Get Me Out of Here

___________. Genie with the Light Blue Hair

___________. I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost

Cooney, Caroline B. Family Reunion

_______________. Twenty Pageants Later

Creech, Sharon. Chasing Redbird

Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy

Danziger, Paula. This Place Has No Atmosphere

Deaver, Julie Reece. You Bet Your Life: A Novel

Feiffer, Jules. The Man in the Ceiling

Fine, Anne. Flour Babies

_________. The Book of the Banshee, 1992

Fleischman, Paul. A Fate Totally Worse than Death

______________. Jim Ugly

Gale, David, ed. Funny You Should Ask: The Delacorte Book of Original Humorous Short Stories.

Gallagher, Hugh. Teeth

Gilden, Mel. The Planetoid of Amazement

Gleitzman, Morris. Misery Guts

Goldman, William. The Princess Bride

Hall, Lynn. Murder in a Pig's Eye

Hardman, Ric Lynden. Sunshine Rider: The First Vegetarian Western

Hayes, Daniel. No Effect

Hedges, Peter. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Hite, Sid. Dither farm

_______. Those Darn Dithers

Howarth, Lesley. The Pits

Karl, Herb. The Toom County Mud Race

Killien, Christi. Fickle Fever

Kindl, Patricia. Owl in Love

Koertge, Ron. The Harmony Arms

___________. Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright: A Novel

Kornbluth, Josh. Red Diaper Baby

Levine, Gail. Ella Enchanted

Levitin, Sonia. The Mark of Conte

Lynch, Chris. Slot Machine

McCants, William D. Anything Can Happen in High School: And It Usually Does

McManus, Patrick. The Good Samaritan Strikes Again

Manes, Stephen. The Obnoxious Jerks

Marino, Jan. Like Some Kind of Hero

Mayl, Peter. A Dog's Life

Myers, Walter Dean. The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner

Paulsen, Gary. The Boy Who Owned the School

___________. Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered

___________. The Schernoff Discoveries

Peck, Richard. Bel Air Bambi and the Mall Rats

Plummer, Louise. The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman

Sachar, Louis. The Wayside School is Falling Down

___________. Holes

Sachs, Marilyn. Circles

Scieszka, Jon and Lane Smith. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (picture book)

Spinelli, Jerry. There's a Girl in My Hammerlock

Strasser, Todd. Girl Gives Birth to Prom Date

____________. How I Changed My Life

Townsend, Sue. The Adrian Mole Diaries

Trivizas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (picture book)

Vail, Rachel. Do-Over

__________. Wonder

Wersba, Barbara. Farewell Kid

______________. The Best Place to Live is on the Ceiling

White, Bailey. Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living

Wrede, Patricia. Dealing with Dragons

Wyss, Thelma Hatch. Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel

A Wallingford Library Teen Reading List 7/99