https://pithybooks.com/tags/humor/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “humor”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:09 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bryson asks how we know what we know, from atoms to continents, with humor and awe. https://pithybooks.com/books/everything-i-know-about-love/ https://pithybooks.com/books/everything-i-know-about-love/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dolly Alderton recalls bad dates flatshares and female friendship in her twenties memoir. https://pithybooks.com/books/running-with-scissors/ https://pithybooks.com/books/running-with-scissors/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-nanny-diaries/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-nanny-diaries/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT NYU student Nan nannies four-year-old Grayer X on Park Avenue, caught between a demanding Mrs. X, an absent Mr. X, and a lonely child who needs her more than they do every day. https://pithybooks.com/books/witches/ https://pithybooks.com/books/witches/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Colin Hawkins's rhyming picture book teaches small readers to spot witches, flaps and all. https://pithybooks.com/books/a-light-in-the-attic/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-light-in-the-attic/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Silverstein's attic poems and line drawings turn chores, monsters, and homework into jokes and small rebellions. https://pithybooks.com/books/a-walk-in-the-woods/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-walk-in-the-woods/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bryson and friend Katz attempt the Appalachian Trail with blisters, bears, and laughs. https://pithybooks.com/books/better-than-the-movies/ https://pithybooks.com/books/better-than-the-movies/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A rom com obsessed senior hires her annoying next door neighbor to win her crush, then finds real love is messier and kinder than any movie plot. https://pithybooks.com/books/can-you-keep-a-secret/ https://pithybooks.com/books/can-you-keep-a-secret/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Emma blurts every secret to a stranger on a turbulent flight, then finds him running her company. https://pithybooks.com/books/is-everyone-hanging-out-without-me/ https://pithybooks.com/books/is-everyone-hanging-out-without-me/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mindy Kaling recalls Boston childhood, Dartmouth comedy, New York hustle, and The Office writers room. https://pithybooks.com/books/james-and-the-giant-peach/ https://pithybooks.com/books/james-and-the-giant-peach/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lonely James escapes two cruel aunts inside a giant peach with huge insect friends, rolling to the sea and floating on gulls to New York City. https://pithybooks.com/books/marley-and-me/ https://pithybooks.com/books/marley-and-me/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A young couple learns marriage, parenthood, and goodbye through thirteen years with Marley, their wild and loving Labrador. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-bfg/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-bfg/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Orphan Sophie is taken by the Big Friendly Giant, who blows happy dreams and eats vile snozzcumbers, and helps her stop nine man eating giants. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-kiss-quotient/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-kiss-quotient/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stella Lane hires escort Michael Phan to practice dating and learns logic fails where touch and family press in. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-bad-beginning/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-bad-beginning/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT After a fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to Count Olaf, who plots to steal their fortune. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-cat-in-the-hat/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-cat-in-the-hat/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A tall Cat turns a rainy day upside down for Sally and her brother, with Thing One and Thing Two in tow. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-thursday-murder-club/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-thursday-murder-club/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Four residents of Coopers Chase meet weekly to solve cold cases until developer Tony Curran is murdered and the Thursday Murder Club must work with police Chris and Donna to find the killer. https://pithybooks.com/books/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/ https://pithybooks.com/books/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Greg Heffley records middle school survival in his journal, dodging the Cheese Touch and Rowley's popularity. https://pithybooks.com/books/me-talk-pretty-one-day/ https://pithybooks.com/books/me-talk-pretty-one-day/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sedaris on French classes, family chaos, and learning to speak badly in two languages. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-house-at-pooh-corner/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-house-at-pooh-corner/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tigger bounces into the Hundred Acre Wood while Pooh builds Eeyore a house and Piglet does a grand thing.