 | AN UTTERLY IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN OR 2000 YEARS OF UPPER-CLASS IDIOTS IN CHARGE by JOHN O'FARRELL
Buy used from: $6.00 You have to import this one from the other side of the pond. The advantage of this book is that the basic history is accurate (although it helps to have a working knowledge of British history going in). The book provides a fast-paced overview of British history, and the witty asides and conspicuous anachronisms are a delight.
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 | Mass Historia: 365 Days of Historical Facts and (Mostly) Fictions by Chris Regan
Buy new: $10.74 / Used from: $0.75 A former writer for the "Daily Show" mocks the "On This Day in History" style of book. The dates are pretty accurate, but the commentary is anything but. Wickedly funny.
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 | 1066 & All That: 75th Anniversary Edition (Methuen Humour) by W. C. Sellar
Buy used from: $5.97 The classic history of England, pretty much all of which is made up.
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 | Atlas, Schmatlas: A Superior Atlas of the World by Craig Robinson
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $0.18 Not history, exactly, but still very funny. Filled with anachronisms and made up countries, coupled with a lot of wry commentary.
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 | It All Started with Columbus by Richard Armour
Buy used from: $12.45 Richard Armour's classic (published in the 1950s) and still funny take on American history.
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 | It All Started With Europa: Being an Undigested History of Europe from Prehistoric Man to the Present, Proving That We Remember Best Whatever Is Least Important by Richard Armour
Buy used from: $4.75 Does for (or to) the rest of the world what 'It all Started with Columbus' does for America.
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 | The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp through Civilization's Best Bits by Erik Sass
Buy new: $17.24 / Used from: $7.95 This one is less a parody than a reasonably respectable book of world history, except that the narrative flows in a witty and irreverant way.
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 | Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source by Onion Editors
Buy used from: $11.98 The thing speaks for itself: The Onion's take on the 20th Century. "Microsoft Patents Ones and Zeros" captures the flavor.
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 | Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide by Bob Harris
Buy new: $10.16 / Used from: $2.48 Given the grim topic, this is a surprisingly humorous and even hopeful look at conflicts raging around the world. Very sobering, all the same.
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 | The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (Nonpareil Books) by Will Cuppy
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.99 Will Cuppy's classic, still funny more than fifty years after it was published.
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