President Barack Obama puts out a list of his favorite books each and every year. Did you know, however, that every other US president has also shared their favorite books with the American public? Well, that’s not true, but we’re here today to imagine what it’d be like. Here is an original funny list by...
Category: Originals
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I Called A Publishing Company’s Customer Service Line To Tell Them I Loved A Book And They Were Speechless
Recently, I’ve been calling customer service lines for a number of companies I like, and telling them “good job.” Usually, they’re confused and delighted. I call it “Positive Pranks.” I only call when I have something nice to say. Who does that? Customer service is for angry complaints about finding a shrimp tail in your...
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Funny Book Recommendations From a Disgruntled Bookseller
Below is another original humor piece from Better Book Titles. Selling books is hard work. Mostly, because of the type of customers you encounter. How many times can another human being treat you like Google, walking in saying “Franzen?” before you snap? The answer is about 600 times. After that, you stop caring. That is...
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Every Generation Cancels Norman Mailer For Its Own Reasons
Below is an original funny piece from Better Book Titles contributor Jay Welch. In case you hadn’t heard the news about Norman Mailer: “With slow-mo hammer-dropping predictability, Norman Mailer’s long-time publisher has recently informed the Mailer family that it has canceled plans to publish a collection of his political writings to mark the centennial of...
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5 Funny Fairy Tale Parodies
A few years back, I did a whole show about Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Among other things, I discovered how truly bizarre the original stories (as the Grimm Brothers compiled them) are. Below are a few fake ones I wrote myself. If I can impart any knowledge about what I learned in my research on fairy...