5 must-read humor books like The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life-Changing Books by Logan Smalley

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The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life-Changing Books

By: Logan Smalley

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift …

If you liked the humor plot in The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life-Changing Books by Logan Smalley , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7) by Ivan Doig

1. The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7)

By: Ivan Doig

4.07

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

"Can't cook but doesn't bite." So begins the newspaper ad offering the services of an "A-1 housekee… read more

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  • adult
"Childhood is the one story that stands by itself in every soul."

-Ivan Doig, The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7)

Cover of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler

2. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

By: Anne Tyler

3.81

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimo… read more

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  • adult
"I'm falling into disrepair"

-Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

"Ah, God, it's barbaric, however you look at it,' he told Ruth. 'What, cremation?' she asked. 'Death."

-Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

"There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absolute truth. It was the purest fact of her life: she did not understand him, and …"

-Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

"انت تصدقنى، أليس كذلك؟ فأنا لست عمياء. اعرف متى اكون غير معقولة. احيانا اقف خارج نفسى وأراقب كل شىء، منفصلة تماما. اقول لنفسى "توقفى الان" ، لكن الامر يبدو كما لو كنت... اتيه عجبا بنفسى، على ان اهاجم…"

-Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Cover of Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris, Ian Falconer

3. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

By: David Sedaris , Ian Falconer

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed anim… read more

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  • humor
  • essays
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4. South of Broad

By: Pat Conroy

3.55

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

The one and only Pat Conroy returns, with a big, sprawling novel that is at once a love letter to C… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

5. Address Unknown

By: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

A rediscovered classic, originally published in 1938 and now an international bestseller.When it fi… read more

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Cover of The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City, #9) by Armistead Maupin

6. The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City, #9)

By: Armistead Maupin

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Suspenseful, comic, and touching, the ninth and final novel in Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales… read more

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7. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

By: Emil Ferris

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monstersis… read more

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8. The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession

By: David Grann

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed New Yorkerwriter and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Gr… read more

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9. Heidi

By: Johanna Spyri , Beverly Cleary , None

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Little orphan Heidi goes to live high in the Alps with her gruff grandfather and brings happiness t… read more

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"...if you take big steps and climb with all your little might!"

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"Let's enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"we could not pray for anything any more, because we would feel that He always knows of something better."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"God does not give us what we ask for, even when we pray and pray and pray, if He knows there is something better for us."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

10. The Elegance of the Hedgehog

By: Muriel Barbery , Alison Anderson

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. We… read more

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11. Mary Ann in Autumn (Tales of the City, #8)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.18

Format: 578 pages,

Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pu… read more

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12. Crumbs

By: Danie Stirling

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Falling in love just got sweeter in this charming, romantic YA graphic novel from WEBTOON, the #1 d… read more

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13. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

By: Maureen Johnson

4.01

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Thinking of a foray to a quaint English village? You'll think twice after reading this tongue-in-ch… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading by James  Patterson

14. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • books about books
"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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15. Florence Adler Swims Forever

By: Rachel Beanland

3.88

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of one summer that begins with a shocking tragedy, three generations of the Adler f… read more

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  • adult
"One shovelful of dirt at a time."

-Rachel Beanland, Florence Adler Swims Forever

"...was what it felt like to grow old. Eventually people felt so weighed down by the yoke of their own bad decisions that they could scarcely move."

-Rachel Beanland, Florence Adler Swims Forever

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16. The Me You Love in the Dark: Books 1-5

By: Skottie Young

3.70

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

An artist named Ro retreats from the grind of the city to an old house in a small town. She hopes … read more

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  • adult
Cover of The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur, #2) by Elly Griffiths

17. The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur, #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.93

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Murder leaps off the page when crime novelists begin to turn up dead in this intricate new novel by… read more

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  • books about books
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18. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

By: Anne Bogel

4.02

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our boo… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • books about books
"Just as I’m all the ages I have been, I’m all the readers I have been."

-Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

"For everyone who’s ever finished a book under the covers with a flashlight when they were supposed to be sleeping."

-Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

"A good book, when we return to it, will always have something new to say. It's not the same book, and we're not the same reader"

-Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

"With apologies to Kathleen Kelly, what I've come to learn is this: if my real life reminds me of something I read in a book , I'm reading well -- and I'm probably living well, too."

-Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

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19. A Caller's Game

By: J.D. Barker

4.13

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

DIE HARD meets TALK RADIO in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New Yor… read more

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20. Cage of Souls

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.13

Format: 602 pages, Hardcover

The Sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all citi… read more

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  • adult
"He'll be my catamite."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"Living in a cage teaches you helplessness."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"When surrounded by ignorance, the educated man can get away with anything."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

"Even the simplest plans go wrong, especially when put together by the simplest people."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cage of Souls

Cover of A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery, #1) by Annelise Ryan

21. A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery, #1)

By: Annelise Ryan

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that jus… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson

22. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

By: Crystal Wilkinson

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal by Yuval Taylor

23. Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal

By: Yuval Taylor

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God) and Langston Hughes (“The Negro Speaks of Rivers,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • books about books
Cover of Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) by Colleen A.F. Venable

24. Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.19

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cat… read more

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  • humor
Cover of Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks by William Ottens

25. Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks

By: William Ottens

3.32

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Published in cooperation with the American Library Association, an insider’s look at one of the mos… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • books about books
Cover of Best Friends for Never (Katie the Catsitter, #2) by Colleen A.F. Venable

26. Best Friends for Never (Katie the Catsitter, #2)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Library Binding

Katie loves skating with the Wheelas and the fact that she’s officially a superhero sidekick. But n… read more

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Cover of True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy

27. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

By: Kostya Kennedy

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year True is a probing, richly-detailed, u… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Dog's Perfect Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron

28. A Dog's Perfect Christmas

By: W. Bruce Cameron

3.83

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

The perfect, feel-good holiday gift from W. Bruce Cameron, the #1 New York Times and USA Today best… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread by Michiko Kakutani

29. Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread

By: Michiko Kakutani

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • reference
  • adult
  • books about books
Cover of The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan

30. The Sweeney Sisters

By: Lian Dolan

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"This is a big-hearted belly-laugh of a book, told with wit and poignancy. Family secrets, laughter… read more

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  • adult
  • books about books
"That's the kind of luxury that men have. They can be awful and beloved. Women don't get that kind of leeway."

-Lian Dolan, The Sweeney Sisters

"Ethan knew it would never be the same. The moment that had blistered the sun, cold and burned out. Walk along young man. Walk along."

-Lian Dolan, The Sweeney Sisters

"My father lived to the age where he attained a deep luster, but never too shiny that you didn’t believe him for one minute, may we all understand our own quitting time so well."

-Lian Dolan, The Sweeney Sisters

"Tricia thought about all those training runs, those miserable, hot steamy miles and hills in August in the Berkshires with the team. Or the frigid early - morning speed workouts in January on the tra…"

-Lian Dolan, The Sweeney Sisters

Cover of The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life-Changing Books by Logan Smalley

31. The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life-Changing Books

By: Logan Smalley

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift … read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • reference
  • adult
  • books about books

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3.55

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4.30

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