9 best-selling humor books like Shit Happens So Get Over It by Summersdale

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Shit Happens So Get Over It

By: Summersdale

3.78

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Good advice for tough times "To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and …

If you liked the humor plot in Shit Happens So Get Over It by Summersdale , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

By: Alice Oseman

4.03

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

For Angel Rahimi, life is only about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are c… read more

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"I am not afraid, said Noah I was born for this"."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"We both say, 'Aaaaaay,' at the same time, and I think that means we're friends."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"If we can talk about anxiety, we can talk about poo. They’re basically the same thing."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

"And the three of us laugh. And I imagine this must be what it's like to have real friends."

-Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)

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2. James and the Giant Peach

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that loo… read more

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  • humor
"I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans."

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"- ¡Lo que haces es reptar! - Me deslizo, dijo orgulloso el Gusano. - Eres un bicho viscoso, replicó el Ciempipes. - No soy un bicho viscoso - dijo el Gusano -. Soy una criatura útil y apreciada. Preg…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything? Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

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3. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.68

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie … read more

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  • humor
"You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"It was an unhappy truth, he told himself, that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at stake."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"The President said a very rude word into the microphone and ten million children across the nation began repeating it gleefully and got smacked by their parents."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"It's very difficult to phone people in China, Mr President,' said the Postmaster General. 'The country's so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you wing you get the wong number."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

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4. A Stolen Life

By: Jaycee Dugard

3.44

Format: 198 pages,

On 10 June 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of … read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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  • humor
"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

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6. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.83

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Who needs a ladder when you’ve got a giraffe with an extended neck? The Ladderless Window-Cleani… read more

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  • humor
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7. Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.70

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more

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"Et tu, Brute?"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Beware the ides of March."

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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8. The Twits

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.97

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They ha… read more

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  • humor
"Hey, my spaghetti’s moving!"

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"No one who is good can ever be ugly."

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays."

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on their face"

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

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9. The Witches

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

This is not a fairy tale. This is about realwitches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real w… read more

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10. Esio Trot

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.74

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Mr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver, but her heart belongs to Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr. Hoppy … read more

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  • humor

11. Horton Hears a Who!

By: Dr. Seuss

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Surely among the most lovable of all Dr. Seuss creations, Horton the Elephant represents kindness, … read more

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12. The Gruffalo's Child

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

3.80

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood. But one wild and win… read more

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13. Oh, The Places You'll Go!

By: Dr. Seuss

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages, from nursery school to medic… read more

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14. Selp-Helf

By: Miranda Sings

4.58

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this decidedly unhelpful, candid, hilarious "how-to" guide, YouTube personality Miranda Sings of… read more

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15. The Magic Finger

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.70

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To … read more

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  • humor
"Just look at that beastly duck cooking at my stove!" Cried Mrs Gregg as she flew past the kitchen window. "How dare she!"

-Roald Dahl, The Magic Finger

16. Pippi Longstocking

By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn

4.41

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more

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17. The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1)

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Just what is the Gruffalo? He has terrible tusks... and terrible claws... and terrible teeth in … read more

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  • humor

18. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

By: J.K. Rowling

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic … read more

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19. Surrounded by Idiots

By: Thomas Erikson

3.50

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

A runaway bestseller in Sweden that has sold more than a million copies worldwide, Surrounded by Id… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"... the Green's inability to change."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"Communication happens on the listener’s terms"

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"The analytical Blues are calm, levelheaded, and think before they speak."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"Rhetoric isn't the art of talking but rather the art of getting others to listen."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

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20. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

By: J.K. Rowling

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald… read more

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"holding the Elder Wand."

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

"NEWT: Jacob, she was here. Tina stood here. She has incredibly narrow feet, have you noticed? JACOB: Can’t say that I have."

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

"You don't seek power or popularity. You simply ask, is the thing right in itself? If it is, then I must do it, no matter the cost."

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

"INT. DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS CLASS—FOURTEEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY—DAY It is Boggart time. DUMBLEDORE supervises the line of teenagers advancing to try their luck. “Riddikulus"

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

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21. Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir

By: Joe Exotic

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Joe Exotic, star of the Netflix original documentary that “consumed the pop-cultural imagination” (… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I don't want to be judgmental, but I'm not some slut. That's just me."

-Joe Exotic, Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir

"People are a lot easier to be around when they're not tweaking out on meth."

-Joe Exotic, Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir

"The woman must drink bong water for breakfast and probably made beef jerky out of Don Lewis for lunch."

-Joe Exotic, Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir

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22. Planet Earth Is Blue

By: Nicole Panteleakos

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Nova is eagerly awaiting the launch of the space shuttle Challenger--it's the first… read more

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23. Shit Happens So Get Over It

By: Summersdale

3.78

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Good advice for tough times "To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and … read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • self help

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