5 Best humor books like 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams by Douglas Adams

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42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams

By: Douglas Adams

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard dri…

If you liked the humor plot in 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams by Douglas Adams , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Starship Titanic (IMAGINAIRE) by Terry Jones, Marie-Catherine Caillava

1. Starship Titanic (IMAGINAIRE)

By: Terry Jones , Marie-Catherine Caillava

3.61

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Sur la planète Blérontin, on s'apprête à inaugurer en grande pompe le Straship Titanic, formidable … read more

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  • humor
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2. The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)

By: Colin Dexter

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book … read more

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"He was somewhat of a loner by temperament--because though never wholly happy when alone, he was usually slightly more miserable when with other people."

-Colin Dexter, The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)

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3. Doctor Who: The Myth Makers

By: Donald Cotton

3.69

Format: 192 pages,

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4. The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1)

By: Wesley Chu

3.28

Format: 437 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally a… read more

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  • humor

5. The Wrong Stars

By: Tim Pratt

4.33

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A ragtag crew of humans and posthumans discover alien technology that could change the fate of huma… read more

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6. The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

By: Cory Doctorow

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of t… read more

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7. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

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8. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • books about books
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

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9. A Stroke of the Pen

By: Terry Pratchett

4.03

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more

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  • humor
"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."

-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen

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10. Rainbow Milk

By: Paul Mendez

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follow… read more

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11. Norah's Ark

By: Victoria Williamson

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Two very different lives. One shared hope for a brighter future. No time to waste. The flood is com… read more

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12. Moving to Combe Tollbridge (An Exmoor Harbour Tale, #1)

By: Roseanna Hall

3.71

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

When a cosy country cottage goes up for sale in Combe Tollbridge, a small fishing village tucked aw… read more

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13. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
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14. Moonbound

By: Robin Sloan

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future a… read more

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15. Scareground

By: Angela Kecojevic

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town! Twelve-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery… read more

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16. The Rhymer's Daughter (Leopard's Bane #2)

By: Phill Featherstone

4.25

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

In Leopard's Bane #1, The Poisoned Garden, rich boy Peglar and poor girl Yalka form an unlikely rel… read more

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17. Houses of the Unholy

By: Ed Brubaker

3.73

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An FBI agent from the cult crime beat and a woman with a past linked to the Satanic Panic are drawn… read more

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Cover of 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams by Douglas Adams

18. 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams

By: Douglas Adams

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard dri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • biography
  • books about books
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19. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

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Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

20. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

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21. Doorway to the Stars

By: Jack McDevitt

3.26

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The stars are ours. Again. After an effort to disable an ancient stargate discovered on Sioux la… read more

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15 Best fiction books like A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett

Transform Your Habits

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

Peter S. Beagle

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

4.00

Transform Your Habits

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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