Books of Humor for Teens

Humor is very individual: this is a sampling of books that make us laugh. Humor runs an emotional gamut too: the other side of that laughter might be tears.

Realistic Fiction

• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
  Alvarez, Julia. Penguin, 1992.
• Gorilla, My Love.
  Bambara, Toni Cade. Vintage, 1992.
• Rules of the Road.
  Bauer, Joan. Putnam, 1998.
• Weetzie Bat.
  Block, Francesca Lia. Harpercollins, 1991.
• Entries From a Hot Pink Notebook.
  Brown, Todd D. Washington Square, 1996.
• Ironman.
  Crutcher, Chris. Bantam, 1996.
• The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963.
  Curtis, Christopher P. Bantam, 1997
• Esperanza’s Box of Saints.
  Escandón, María Amparo. Simon & Schuster, 1999.
• Catch-22.
  Heller, Joseph. Dell, 1989.
• The Best of Simple.
  Hughes, Langston. Farrar, 1990.
• A Prayer for Owen Meany.
  Irving, John. Ballantine, 1997.
• The Amazon Papers.
  Keller, Beverly. Harcourt, 1996.
• Tiger Tiger, Burning Bright.
  Koertge, Ronald. Avon, 1995.
• Political Timber.
  Lynch, Chris. HarperTrophy, 1996.
• To Die For.
  Maynard, Joyce. NAL, 1995.
• Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp.
  Payne, C. D. Doubleday, 1996.
• The Catcher in the Rye.
  Salinger, J. D. Little, Brown, 1991

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• Coffee Will Make You Black.
  Sinclair, April. Avon, 1995.
• Rats Saw God: A Comic Emotionally Charged Tale.
  Thomas, Rob. Simon & Schuster, 1996.
• The Adrian Mole Diaries.
  Townsend, Sue. Avon, 1997.
• The Tuesday Café.
  Tremblath, Don. Orca, 1996.

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
  Adams, Douglas. Ballantine, 1995.
• Owl in Love.
  Kindl, Patricia. Puffin, 1994.
• Blood and Chocolate.
  Klause, Annette Curtis. Bantam, 1998.
• Cat’s Cradle.
  Vonnegut, Kurt. Dell, 1998.
• To Say Nothing of the Dog.
  Willis, Connie. Bantam, 1998.

Graphic Novels

• Why I Hate Saturn.
  Baker, Kyle. Piranha, 1990.
• It’s So Magic.
  Barry, Lynda. Harper, 1994.
• Simpsons Comics Simpsorama.
  Groening, Matt. HarperCollins, 1996.
• Larry Marder’s Beanworld: A Most Pecular Comic Book Experience.
  Marder, Larry. Beanworld, 1995.
• The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book.
  Watterson, Bill. Andrews & McNeel, 1995.

Biographical Nonfiction

• Drive Thru America.
  Condon, Sean. Lonely Planet, 1998.
• The Rice Room; Growing Up Chinese American: From Number Two Son to Rock n’ Roll.
  Fong-Torres, Ben. NAL, 1995.
• Red Diaper Baby: 3 Comic Monologues.
  Kornbluth, Josh. Mercury House, 1996.
• Lost in Place: Growning Up Absurd in Suburbia.
  Salzman, Marc. Vintage, 1996.
• Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays.
  Sedaris, Davis. Little, 1995.
• Mama Makes Up Her Mind, and Other Dangers of Southern Living.
  White, Bailey. Random, 1994.

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