 | Yes Man by Danny Wallace
Buy used from: $4.90 Who knew that that saying yes to everything would lead to such an adventure?
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 | A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $8.92 One of the best books ever. There is no other character in all of literature like Ignatius!
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 | Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Buy new: $11.92 / Used from: $1.44 One of the funniest and saddest stories I've ever read. A stunning and beautifully written book.
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 | Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. by David Nadelberg
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $0.98 If you were in high school in the 80's or early 90's, this is a must read and will make you think twice before longing for the days of big hair and John Taylor!
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 | But Enough About Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet by Jancee Dunn
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $0.01 This is Ugly Betty in the real world -- hilarious!
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 | Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Buy used from: $7.10 One of the most beautifully written books I've ever read.
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 | Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress
Buy used from: $0.01 At once funny and poignant.
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 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Books of Wonder) by Mark Twain
Buy used from: $6.48 My favorite Twain book.
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 | The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula by Eric Nuzum
Buy used from: $0.58 A great read.
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 | The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 One of the biggest adventures I've been on has been reading the Thursday Next books. There is no more creative writer on the planet than Jasper Fforde, but I should warn you that you will appreciate these books much more if you a love of great literature.
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 | Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Buy used from: $0.01 I've read everything by Augusten Burroughs, but this one is my favorite. Truth is definitely stranger than fiction.
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 | Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics) by Joseph Heller
Buy new: $17.82 / Used from: $3.93 Such fantastic writing and so absurdly funny. This book is a true classic.
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 | Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $3.76 One of my favorite all-time books of any genre. The writing is gorgeous, and Christopher Moore's imagination runs wild in this classic quest story. I've read almost all of Moore's books, and they are great, but none of them come close to this one.
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 | Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World by Davy Rothbart
Buy used from: $8.26 Hilariously funny, sometimes sad, always entertaining.
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 | A Dirty Job: A Novel by Christopher Moore
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $2.96 One of my favorites.
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 | Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Buy used from: $1.15 Who knew that rehab could be so funny?
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 | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Buy used from: $24.99 I love him.
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 | Absurdistan: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 Absurd is not the word -- a great read!
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 | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by the writers of The Daily Show
Buy used from: $2.20 What can I say? I love the man.
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 | Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken
Buy used from: $0.67 I'm so glad that liberals get to be the ones with a sense of humor. We get Jon Stewart, Al Franken, Stephen Colbert, and Michael Moore (all listed here) -- the conservatives have Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and Rush Limbaugh. We get to laugh, they have to bully. I'll take laughter any day!
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 | A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) by John Irving
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $8.98 Not a true comedy, but there are some really funny bits -- as always with a John Irving novel.
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 | Lolita (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
Buy used from: $3.97 One of the best written books ever.
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 | Another Shot: How I Relived My Life in Less Than a Year by Joe Kita
Buy used from: $0.01 This is a great book to read when you're about to hit a milestone birthday.
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 | A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Buy used from: $3.99 Anthony Bourdain is hot and funny as h*ll!
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 | Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters by Annie Choi
Buy new: $11.92 / Used from: $0.01 I haven't read a book that better discusses how first generation Americans conflict with their traditional parents. I love this book!
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 | Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) by Anthony Bourdain
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.49 I like A Cook's Tour the best, but this book is great, too.
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 | Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Buy used from: $2.00 Great stuff!
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 | I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
Buy new: $17.81 / Used from: $1.24 I would have voted for him!
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 | Stupid White Men ... And Other Sorry Excuses for The State of the Nation by Michael Moore
Buy used from: $0.01 Michael Moore - my hero!
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