The most popular humor books of 2026

Humor books exist to make you laugh. Comic essays, joke collections, parodies, cartoons and funny memoirs are all here. They make good gifts and better company. Open one when the day has been long and you need cheering up. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.

Cover of Mister Norton's New Truck

Mister Norton's New Truck

Huw Lewis-Jones

Published 2026

32 pages

Cover of Bear Worries

Bear Worries

Natalia Shaloshvili

Published 2026

40 pages

Cover of You're Overwatering It!

You're Overwatering It!

Jonny Balchandani

Published 2026

224 pages

Cover of How Mr. Felix Entered a Bicycle Race

How Mr. Felix Entered a Bicycle Race

Peter Svetina

Published 2026

24 pages

Cover of Bath Time for the Crayons

Bath Time for the Crayons

Drew Daywalt

Published 2026

32 pages

Cover of Smoko Friends

Smoko Friends

Lauren Emily Whalen

Published 2026

96 pages

Cover of Be More Dua Lipa New Rules to Help You Dance the Night Away and Fill You with Radical Optimism

Be More Dua Lipa New Rules to Help You Dance the Night Away and Fill You with Radical Optimism

Arielle Steele

Published 2026

64 pages

Cover of Can You Find Steve? A Search-and-Find Book

Can You Find Steve? A Search-and-Find Book

Highlights

Published 2026

40 pages

Cover of Survival of the Fittest

Survival of the Fittest

Rebecca Donnelly

Published 2026

112 pages

Cover of The Rush Bible Secrets to Crush Sorority Recruitment—and Find Your Forever Greek Home

The Rush Bible Secrets to Crush Sorority Recruitment—and Find Your Forever Greek Home

Trisha Addicks

Published 2026

256 pages

Cover of Plane Food A Frequent Flier's Taste of Feasts and Fails

Plane Food A Frequent Flier's Taste of Feasts and Fails

Dori Sadovnik

Published 2026

104 pages

Cover of The Pout-Pout Fish Movie Storybook

The Pout-Pout Fish Movie Storybook

Deborah Diesen

Published 2026

32 pages

Cover of Sharing Is Caring, Cranky Kazoo!

Sharing Is Caring, Cranky Kazoo!

Nico Waters

Published 2026

32 pages

Cover of Lilibet Makes a Friend

Lilibet Makes a Friend

Kersten Hamilton

Published 2026

40 pages

Cover of The Opposites Game

The Opposites Game

Brendan Constantine

Published 2026

96 pages

Cover of Go Bananas!

Go Bananas!

A. B. Peele

Published 2026

40 pages

Cover of Choreplay The Marriage-Saving Magic of Getting Your Head Out of Your Ass

Choreplay The Marriage-Saving Magic of Getting Your Head Out of Your Ass

Jordan Carlos

Published 2026

288 pages

Cover of Mom in a Million

Mom in a Million

Summersdale Publishers

Published 2026

160 pages

Cover of Jonas Pail

Jonas Pail

Hilkka Wiesner

Published 2026

92 pages

Cover of The Cambridge Footlights A Very British Comedy Institution

The Cambridge Footlights A Very British Comedy Institution

Robert Sellers

Published 2026

288 pages

Cover of The Seagull What I Wouldn't Doo to Keep from Pooping My Pants

The Seagull What I Wouldn't Doo to Keep from Pooping My Pants

Darren Paul Muljo

Published 2026

154 pages

Cover of Broccoli Is Trying to Kill Me

Broccoli Is Trying to Kill Me

Katie Evans

Published 2026

40 pages

Cover of Badass Cat Ladies

Badass Cat Ladies

Tilly

Published 2026

176 pages

Cover of Laugh

Laugh

Uncle Ian Aurora

Published 2026

32 pages

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