10 must-read humor books like Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore

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Shakespeare for Squirrels

By: Christopher Moore

3.91

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder…

"I confess, a wall of worry rises for even the most confident fool when he realizes that his plot for saving the day lies with three squirrels, a troupe of earnest nitwits, a donkey-headed weaver, a silver-thirsty goblin, a notoriously unreliable narrator, and a hat-shagging monkey."

-Christopher Moore, Shakespeare for Squirrels

"The devil was smaller and rather younger than I would have guessed. He danced barefoot around the fire as he stoked it in preparation for my torment. The fiend wore a tunic of rough linen, leaves and sticks clinging to it, and a bycocket hat with a single feather in the style of bow hunters back home in Blighty. Bit of a ginger fringe. Scrawny and pathetic, really, for the prince of bloody darkness."

-Christopher Moore, Shakespeare for Squirrels

If you liked the humor plot in Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The PreHistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit

By: Gary Larson

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A Far Side retrospective, celebrating its tenth anniversary. read more

Similar categories in Gary Larson's The PreHistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • comedy
  • fiction
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2. The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

By: Jasper Fforde

4.09

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Protecting the world's greatest literature — not to mention keeping up with Miss Havisham — is tiri… read more

Similar categories in Jasper Fforde's The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3) book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I have the death sentence in seven genres."

-Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

"Books" - Snell smiled - "are a kind of magic."

-Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

"A Uncorn isn't for page twenty-seven, it's for eternity."

-Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

"Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception."

-Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

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3. Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures, #1)

By: Robert Lynn Asprin

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Skeeve was a magician's apprentice—until an assassin struck and his master was killed. Now, with a … read more

Similar categories in Robert Lynn Asprin's Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures, #1) book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Say, Aahz?"

-Robert Lynn Asprin, Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures, #1)

"C'mon kid. Think a minute, even if it hurts."

-Robert Lynn Asprin, Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures, #1)

"Are you going to shake my hand,or am I going to rip your heart out?"

-Robert Lynn Asprin, Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures, #1)

"To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader."- Capt. Bligh(ret.)"

-Robert Lynn Asprin, Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures, #1)

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4. Pure Drivel

By: Steve Martin

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Steve Martin's Pure Drivel book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • comedy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Don't Bargain with the Devil (School for Heiresses, #5)

By: Sabrina Jeffries

3.97

Format: 384 pages,

When Diego Montalvo, a dashing Spanish magician, moves next door to Charlotte Harris's School for Y… read more

Similar categories in Sabrina Jeffries's Don't Bargain with the Devil (School for Heiresses, #5) book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need

By: Dave Barry

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

TAKE YOUR TRAVEL TIPS FROM DAVE BARRY, A GUY WHO IS REALLY GONE! Complete with maps, histories, qua… read more

Similar categories in Dave Barry's Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • adult
  • comedy

7. The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal

By: Laurie Notaro

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Laurie Notaro has an uncanny ability to attract insanity-and leave readers doubled over with laught… read more

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8. Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right

By: Al Franken

4.07

Format: 384 pages,

Al Franken, one of our savviest satirists (People), has been studying the rhetoric of the Right. He… read more

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9. Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys

By: Dave Barry

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

For thousands of years, women have asked themselves: What is the deal with guys, anyway? What are t… read more

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10. Darth Vader and Son

By: Jeffrey Brown

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

What if Darth Vader took an active role in raising his son? What if "Luke, I am your father" was ju… read more

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11. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances

By: Matthew Inman , The Oatmeal

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

"All runners wonder, at some point or another, why we do what we do. Mr. Inman's explanation is the… read more

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12. Nature Girl

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

In his latest New York Times bestseller, Hiaasen introduces impassioned, possibly bipolar, self-pro… read more

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13. Saint Richard Parker

By: Merlin Franco

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

His search for love and enlightenment across India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia...… read more

Similar categories in Merlin Franco's Saint Richard Parker book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • comedy
  • fiction
"See you later, tailgater."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Dark is beautiful, brother."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Tell me, son, what do you seek?"

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"A saint has control over his anger and itches."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

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14. The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

By: Nancy Omeara

4.33

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

Tired of the "them or us" politics that the Democrats and Republicans are pushing down our throats?… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Omeara's The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far] book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • fiction
"It became increasingly common to resolve international tensions by legal means. The chant “Criminal Trials, Not Missiles"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Written twenty years after she held office, this abridged biography is being released now, prior to taking place. Maybe we can learn from history before it happens."

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"I wheeled and dealed with leaders from all over the world on behalf of the American people. In fact, my favorite headline from Washington Speaks magazine was “She Walks, She Talks, She Negotiates"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Educate not Legislate Refusing to pass unnecessary laws requires a converse – encouraging education and understanding. We started by slashing the salaries of legislators (Dubbed “Bloodbath on the Bel…"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

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15. The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

By: Laurie Notaro

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Introducing Laurie Notaro, the leader of the Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club. Every day she fear… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Notaro's The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • comedy
"Oh, boy. Now you see what you've done, Monica Lewinsky, you stupid, stupid tart, I thought. Because of you, I have to explain to my Nana, while she's in a hospital bed with an enlarged gallbladder, w…"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

"It was 1976. It was one of the darkest days of my life when that nurse, Mrs. Shimmer, pulled out a maxi pad that measured the width and depth of a mattress and showed us how to use it. It had a belt …"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

"Dr. Bone Specialist came in, made me stand up and hobble across the room, checked my reflexes, and then made me lie down on the table. He bent my right knee this way and that, up and down, all the wa…"

-Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

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16. The Duke of D.C.: The American Dream

By: James Allen Moseley

4.32

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

In this comic parody, Ray Almaviva is minding his own business when the FBI wrongly accuses him of … read more

Similar categories in James Allen Moseley's The Duke of D.C.: The American Dream book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • fiction
"Too many people think the ends justify the means. They should all be shot!"

-James Allen Moseley, The Duke of D.C.: The American Dream

"Well, you know what Stalin said: it’s not who votes that counts. It’s who counts the votes."

-James Allen Moseley, The Duke of D.C.: The American Dream

"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - George Bernard Shaw"

-James Allen Moseley, The Duke of D.C.: The American Dream

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. - Groucho Marx"

-James Allen Moseley, The Duke of D.C.: The American Dream

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17. The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters

By: Benjamin Moser

4.20

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

A Washington Post Notable Book of 2023Plunged into a strange land at twenty-five, Benjamin Moser be… read more

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18. Bella Bella

By: Harvey Fierstein

3.72

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein takes on New York City’s very own political firebrand,… read more

Similar categories in Harvey Fierstein's Bella Bella book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • humor
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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19. Shakespeare for Squirrels

By: Christopher Moore

3.91

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"I confess, a wall of worry rises for even the most confident fool when he realizes that his plot for saving the day lies with three squirrels, a troupe of earnest nitwits, a donkey-headed weaver, a s…"

-Christopher Moore, Shakespeare for Squirrels

"The devil was smaller and rather younger than I would have guessed. He danced barefoot around the fire as he stoked it in preparation for my torment. The fiend wore a tunic of rough linen, leaves and…"

-Christopher Moore, Shakespeare for Squirrels

Cover of Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2) by Ian Ferguson

20. Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2)

By: Ian Ferguson

3.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling authors of I Only Read Murder comes a sidesplitting mystery of epic movie-of-t… read more

Similar categories in Ian Ferguson's Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2) book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13) by Joe R. Lansdale

21. Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13)

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

PI Duo Hap & Leonard investigate the untimely death of a woman whose family stood much to gain from… read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's Sugar on the Bones (Hap and Leonard, #13) book and Christopher Moore's Shakespeare for Squirrels

  • mystery
  • fiction

10 must-read fiction books like Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore

Transform Your Habits

The PreHistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit

Gary Larson

4.45

Transform Your Habits

The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)

Jasper Fforde

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures, #1)

Robert Lynn Asprin

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Pure Drivel

Steve Martin

3.56

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Transform Your Habits

Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All

Jonas Jonasson , Rachel Willson-Broyles

2.00

Transform Your Habits

Saint Richard Parker

Merlin Franco

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The Prophet and the Idiot

Jonas Jonasson

3.65

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