7 Best humor books like Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art by The New Yorker

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Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

By: The New Yorker

3.62

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

From the pages of America’s most influential magazine come eight decades of holiday cheer—plus the o…

If you liked the humor plot in Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art by The New Yorker , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Seabiscuit: An American Legend

By: Laura Hillenbrand

4.22

Format: 457 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There's an alternate cover edition here Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular … read more

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"The weather was clear, the track fast War Admiral broke first and finished last."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"To pilot a racehorse is to ride a half-ton catapult. It is without question one of the most formidable feats in sport."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"He grasped for hope in Emerson's vision of natural polarities, in which all things are balanced by their opposites—darkness by light, cold by heat, loss by gain."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"There's more than one thing I can't do and there are a lot more things than that that you can't do or you wouldn't be in the newspaper business. You'd be a jockey and a scholar and a connoisseur of f…"

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Cover of Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2) by Elmore Leonard

2. Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

By: Elmore Leonard

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ordell Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie… read more

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  • fiction
"He sat in the living room in the dark, an expert at waiting, a nineteen-year veteran of it, waiting for people who failed to appear, missed court dates because they forgot or didn't care, and took of…"

-Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

3. Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A Jeeves and Wooster novel Thank You, Jeevesis the first novel to feature the incomparable valet Je… read more

Similar categories in P.G. Wodehouse's Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5) book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • humor
  • fiction
Cover of Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1) by Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman

4. Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1)

By: Benedict Freedman , Nancy Freedman

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A moving love story set in the Canadian wilderness, Mrs. Mike is a classic tale that has enchanted … read more

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  • fiction

5. A Christmas Story

By: Jean Shepherd

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana--the book that inspired the equa… read more

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Cover of Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3) by P.G. Wodehouse

6. Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.25

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

The titles of the first story in this collection—'Jeeves Takes Charge'— and the last—'Bertie Change… read more

Similar categories in P.G. Wodehouse's Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3) book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • literature
  • fiction
  • humor
  • short stories
"Employers are like horses — they require management."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?"

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

7. The Switch

By: Elmore Leonard

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

"My favorite Leonard book....He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they shar… read more

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8. The Sunshine Boys

By: Neil Simon

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Full Length, Comedy / 5m, 2f / Scenery: Interior Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed… read more

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9. Nil (Nil, #1)

By: Lynne Matson

4.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more

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10. I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas

By: Lewis Black

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Audio CD

From Lewis Black, the uproarious and perpetually apoplectic New York Times-bestselling author and D… read more

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11. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

By: William Styron

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true acc… read more

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12. Marcel Proust

By: Edmund White

4.12

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

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13. Turtle Diary

By: Russell Hoban

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The turtles in London Zoo become the mutual obsession of two lonely strangers who dream of setting … read more

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14. Crusoe's Daughter

By: Jane Gardam

2.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In 1904, when she was six, Polly Flint went to live with her two holy aunts at the yellow house by … read more

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15. Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village Mystery #4)

By: Carlene O'Connor

4.15

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

The luck of the Irish runs out for a professional poker player in this mystery set in County Cork t… read more

Similar categories in Carlene O'Connor's Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village Mystery #4) book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • fiction
Cover of London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18) by Christopher Fowler

16. London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18)

By: Christopher Fowler

4.33

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Oh, joy, a new Peculiar Crimes Unit case by Christopher Fowler . . . the best fun is running all ov… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Fowler's London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18) book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • humor
  • fiction
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17. Somebody's Fool

By: Richard Russo

4.27

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and t… read more

Similar categories in Richard Russo's Somebody's Fool book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • literature
  • humor
  • fiction
Cover of Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks by Emily Pennington

18. Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks

By: Emily Pennington

3.18

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

A bracing memoir about self-discovery, liberating escape, and moving forward across an adventurous … read more

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19. The Twelve Dogs of Christmas

By: Susan Wiggs

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rush… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wiggs's The Twelve Dogs of Christmas book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
Cover of Murder on an Irish Farm (Irish Village Mystery, #8) by Carlene O'Connor

20. Murder on an Irish Farm (Irish Village Mystery, #8)

By: Carlene O'Connor

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this enchanting new read in the fan-favorite series from a USA Today bestselling author, garda o… read more

Similar categories in Carlene O'Connor's Murder on an Irish Farm (Irish Village Mystery, #8) book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • fiction
Cover of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

21. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

22. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

Similar categories in David Zucker's Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • humor
Cover of The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick

23. The Little Italian Hotel

By: Phaedra Patrick

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When a relationship expert’s own marriage falls apart, she invites four strangers to Italy for a va… read more

Similar categories in Phaedra Patrick's The Little Italian Hotel book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • fiction
"She now knew that heartache could be loud or quiet. Sometimes it needed to make itself known to the world, and other varieties needed space and time to settle down on their own."

-Phaedra Patrick, The Little Italian Hotel

Cover of A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories by Georges Simenon

24. A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories

By: Georges Simenon

3.79

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret, George… read more

Similar categories in Georges Simenon's A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Murder Most Royal (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #3) by S.J.  Bennett

25. Murder Most Royal (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #3)

By: S.J. Bennett

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Christmas at Sandringham is going to be murder . . . December 2016 - A severed hand is found was… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Bennett's Murder Most Royal (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #3) book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • christmas
  • fiction
Cover of Murder at an Irish Christmas (Irish Village Mystery, #6) by Carlene O'Connor

26. Murder at an Irish Christmas (Irish Village Mystery, #6)

By: Carlene O'Connor

3.99

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

The O'Sullivan clan of County Cork, Ireland, are back to investigate another case of murder--this t… read more

Similar categories in Carlene O'Connor's Murder at an Irish Christmas (Irish Village Mystery, #6) book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
Cover of Murder in an Irish Churchyard (Irish Village Mystery, #3) by Carlene O'Connor

27. Murder in an Irish Churchyard (Irish Village Mystery, #3)

By: Carlene O'Connor

4.07

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

After joining the police force of her small Irish village, a local woman must investigate the murde… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland

28. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

By: Andrew Leland

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to … read more

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"The problem arises, as [Adrienne] Asch observed, when "a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole." Disabled people, like African Americans or any other marginalized grou…"

-Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

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29. Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings (Mrs. Claus #1)

By: Liz Ireland

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

It's the first Christmas in Santaland for April Claus--but it may also be her last unless she can u… read more

Similar categories in Liz Ireland's Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings (Mrs. Claus #1) book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • holiday
  • humor
  • christmas
  • fiction
Cover of An Unfortunate Christmas Murder (Dinner Lady Detectives, #2) by Hannah Hendy

30. An Unfortunate Christmas Murder (Dinner Lady Detectives, #2)

By: Hannah Hendy

3.44

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Tis the season for gold, frankincense and murder… It’s winter in the small town of Dewstow, and… read more

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  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
Cover of Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art by The New Yorker

31. Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

By: The New Yorker

3.62

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

From the pages of America’s most influential magazine come eight decades of holiday cheer—plus the o… read more

Similar categories in The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art book and The New Yorker's Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

  • poetry
  • art
  • literature
  • humor
  • holiday
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • essays
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17 Top fiction books like Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art by The New Yorker

Transform Your Habits

Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

Elmore Leonard

3.93

Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5)

P.G. Wodehouse

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1)

Benedict Freedman , Nancy Freedman

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

P.G. Wodehouse

4.25

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6 Top contemporary books like Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village Mystery #4) by Carlene O'Connor

Transform Your Habits

Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village Mystery #4)

Carlene O'Connor

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Dedication to Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, #9)

Lauren Elliott

4.32

Transform Your Habits

An American in Scotland

Lucy Connelly

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Under the Cover of Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, #6)

Lauren Elliott

4.24

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