5 Best science books like I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity by Robin Ince

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I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

By: Robin Ince

3.93

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity…

"It is that which we cannot control which dominates us."

-Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

"It is that which we cannot control which dominates us."

-Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

"It is that which we cannot control which dominates us."

-Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

"There is a toxic satisfaction that can be found in whining about others while doing nothing yourself."

-Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

If you liked the science plot in I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity by Robin Ince , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Explorer (The Anomaly Quartet, 1)

By: James Smythe

3.35

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

A tense, claustrophobic and gripping science fiction thriller from the author of The Testimony. … read more

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2. Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body

By: Sara Pascoe

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Take a funny and illuminating tour of the female body with award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe. Wome… read more

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  • biography
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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3. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

By: Christopher Clark

3.79

Format: None pages,

On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more

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  • nonfiction

4. How Not To Be a Boy

By: Robert Webb

2.76

Format: 320 pages,

RULES FOR BEING A MAN Don't Cry; Love Sport; Play Rough; Drink Beer; Don't Talk About Feelings But … read more

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5. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

By: Roald Dahl

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Seven stories of fantasy and fun by the fantastic Roald Dahl. The Boy Who Talked With Animals- in w… read more

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6. Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth, #14)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.80

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A SCRIPTWRITER: A Hamish Macbeth … read more

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  • humor
  • audiobook
"Husbands are always angry, that's their nature. And the nature of us women, is not to pay a blind bit of notice."

-M.C. Beaton, Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth, #14)

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7. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • contemporary
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8. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • biography
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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9. Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

By: Billy Connolly

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met … read more

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  • biography
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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10. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

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  • humor
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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11. Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

By: Jimmy Carr

4.06

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country's most treasured comedians* In his mid-twen… read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Carr's Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book book and Robin Ince's I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • self help
"Here’s my advice for dealing with family trauma: accept the apology you’re never going to get and move on. There, I just saved you £25,000 in therapy. You’re welcome."

-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

"Have you ever been to the Parthenon in Athens? If you’ve seen a photo, it’s nice, right? The photo is nice, but the real thing is fucking amazing. That’s like you. The best photo of you is nothing li…"

-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

"But here’s the thing about being human: if we put off doing anything risky for long enough, fear will attach itself. Then what happens is that fear will attract even more fear until the fear becomes …"

-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

"If you can be with a loved one when they die, you should. Her hands getting cold as the circulation shuts down, her breathing getting heavy, the death rattle. Bearing witness to a death is an incredi…"

-Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book

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12. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

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  • biography
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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13. Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television

By: Louis Theroux

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, pr… read more

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  • biography
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By

By: David Mitchell

3.68

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

David Mitchell’s 2014 bestseller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people… read more

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  • biography
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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15. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

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  • biography
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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16. Walking in the Woods: Go back to nature with the Japanese way of shinrin-yoku

By: Yoshifumi Miyazaki

3.32

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

'It is clear that our bodies still recognize nature as our home...' - Yoshifumi Miyazaki'Forest bat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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17. Sex Power Money

By: Sara Pascoe

4.04

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Part comedy, part anthropological study, here is everything Sara Pascoe has learned from scientists… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • science
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18. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

By: Tom Burgis

3.80

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year “A must-read for anyo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When the past threatens to ambush you in the present, change the past."

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"It was to Blair that Nazarbayev turned for counsel at this delicate moment. The information blackout on Zhanaozen had been insufficient to prevent the basic details leaking out. It was as though some…"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"Nazarbayev found that he and his regime had a certain chemistry with figures from Blair’s strand of Western politics: the Third Way. It was a system that purported to wed the humanity of the left to …"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"Nazarbayev had learned that Westerners could be just as adept as he was in turning money into power and power back into money. Some, like Dick Evans and Jonathan Aitken, went about it from positions …"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

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19. Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

By: George Monbiot

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"This remarkable book, staring curiously down at the soil beneath our feet, points us convincingly … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"Charity is what happens when government fails."

-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

"Obesity is a communicable disease. Its vectors are corporations."

-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

"Campaigners, chefs, and food writers rail against “intensive farming,"

-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

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20. What About Men?

By: Caitlin Moran

3.70

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you w… read more

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  • audiobook
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"Finally I read 12 Rules for Life and there is some good stuff in it. Peterson’s step by step advice on how to properly argue with loved ones and come to an agreement that is satisfying to both is und…"

-Caitlin Moran, What About Men?

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21. The Opposite of Lonely (Skelfs #5)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.14

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Even death needs company… The Skelf women are recovering from the cataclysmic events that nearly… read more

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22. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

By: Geezer Butler

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

Cover of Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other by John  Preston

23. Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other

By: John Preston

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable story, decades before Ted Lasso, of the real-life Watford Football Team, transfor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Death at the Auction (Stamford Mysteries #1) by E.C. Bateman

24. Death at the Auction (Stamford Mysteries #1)

By: E.C. Bateman

3.77

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant whodunnit mystery perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton and Richard Osman! Murder stalks the… read more

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  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of Black Hearts (The Skelfs #4) by Doug Johnstone

25. Black Hearts (The Skelfs #4)

By: Doug Johnstone

4.09

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Death is just the beginning… The Skelf women live in the shadow of death every day, running the… read more

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26. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them by Mark Watson

27. Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them

By: Mark Watson

3.89

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Mark Watson is generally accepted to be alive. And yet he's died many times. Not just on stage - th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • comedy
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28. I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

By: Robin Ince

3.93

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity… read more

Similar categories in Robin Ince's I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity book and Robin Ince's I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

  • audiobook
  • self help
  • biography
  • humor
  • psychology
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • comedy
  • science
"It is that which we cannot control which dominates us."

-Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

"There is a toxic satisfaction that can be found in whining about others while doing nothing yourself."

-Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

"Your imagination may start out as a windowbox of flowers, but it is up to you to turn it into a meadow."

-Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

"We want to be just wonky enough to be interesting, but not so wonky that our life is unbearable or painful."

-Robin Ince, I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

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29. Knife Skills for Beginners

By: Orlando Murrin

3.36

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Maid meets Knives Out with a dash of Top Chef in the debut locked room culinary mystery set in … read more

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Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

30. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI book and Robin Ince's I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science

20 must-read audiobook books like I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity by Robin Ince

Transform Your Habits

Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body

Sara Pascoe

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth, #14)

M.C. Beaton

3.80

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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Bonkers: My Life in Laughs

Jennifer Saunders

3.85

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How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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Billy Connolly

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