This selection of some of our favorite funny books includes essay collections, memoirs, satires, and cartoons.

Read on for details about 13 of the most gut-busting and thought-provoking titles ever published.

The novel earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

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Back Bay Books; Grove Press; Henry Holt and Company; Random House; Vintage

Absurdistan, by Gary Shteyngart

Absurdistanis the story of Misha Vainberg, a.k.a.

He becomes involved in a conflict in a small oil-rich country, the titular Absurdistan.

My Man Jeeves, by P.G.

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Penguin

Her essay collections are sharp, and reflect distinctly female experiences.

This 2006 collection tackles aging and the perils of vanity.

The story delivers biting satire through the political musings of a 13-year-old.

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Penguin Classics

(Adrian, for instance, considers Margaret Thatcher his nemesis.)

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Henry Holt and Company

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Open Road Media

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Grove Press

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Little, Brown and Company

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Random House

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Grove Press

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Back Bay Books

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Vintage

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Touchstone

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Open Road Media