Books are influential. They have the power to make you cry, dream, escape reality and catapult you on new adventures. Books also have the magical ability to bring on smiles and laughs when they’re ...

(From left) Andrea Beaty, Erica Pearl, and Rita Williams-Garcia (speaking) Photo: Rebecca Lomax/American Libraries Children’s authors Andrea Beaty, Cece Bell, Betsy Bird, Erica Perl, and Rita Williams ...

Get ready to wake up the person sleeping next to you. Here are dozens of funny books guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a ...

I am concerned about how my book club scheduled for next Thursday at the time of this writing is going to go. Given that I’ve been telling people what to read for better than a decade in these pages, ...

We love sentimental trinkets, but nothing brings the house down like a hilarious gift. These 26 laugh-out-loud funny ...

Four children’s book authors walk into a library and… discuss the challenges, joys, and mechanisms of writing humor for kids. The event, part of the New York Public Library’s ongoing Children’s ...

So far, we’ve suggested YA books not just for kids, celebrity memoirs, heart-stopping thrillers, and audiobooks to devour in the sun. This week’s installment should excite your funny bones. Pulling ...

The Bank Street Book Festival, an annual gathering of authors, illustrators, educators, and other children’s book professionals was held at Bank Street College of Education in Manhattan on October 28.

Several months ago there was a lovely post on this site touting The Ultimate Comedy Library. As a print humorist, I couldn’t help but note, tears-in-eyes, that it was mostly books by contemporary ...

DULUTH — Therapist Glenn Maloney recently published a book that explores using humor as an intervention in a clinical setting — an otherwise taboo concept in the mental health field. As a licensed ...