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Whether it’s mirthful memoirs, scalpel-sharp satire or guffaw-inducing gift books,here is where you’ll find books to put a smile on your face. From perennial favourites, like Private Eye, to groanworthy joke books & hilarious games, have a laugh with Waterstones. And while you’re here do not forget our fantastic range of Christmas cards and festive gift wrap to make your Christmas complete.

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Our Bestselling Humour Books

101 Things To Do Instead of Playing on Your Phone
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101 Things To Do Instead of Playing on Your Phone
Ilka Heinemann
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42
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Douglas Adams
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The Broons Annual 2024
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The Broons Annual 2024
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Diddly Squat
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Diddly Squat
Jeremy Clarkson
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Bob Mortimer
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The British Bloke, Decoded
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The British Bloke, Decoded
Geoff Norcott
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Windswept & Interesting
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Windswept & Interesting
Billy Connolly
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How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
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How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
The Oatmeal
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A Curious History of Sex
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A Curious History of Sex
Kate Lister
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How to Teach Economics to Your Dog
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How to Teach Economics to Your Dog
Rebecca Campbell
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Word Perfect
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Word Perfect
Susie Dent
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Mortal Monarchs
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Mortal Monarchs
Suzie Edge
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What Just Happened?!
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What Just Happened?!
Marina Hyde
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Fred Basset Yearbook 2024
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Fred Basset Yearbook 2024
Alex Graham
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Me vs Brain
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Me vs Brain
Hayley Morris
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Penguin Pocket Jokes
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Penguin Pocket Jokes
David Pickering
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Murdle
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G.T Karber
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Murdle: More Killer Puzzles
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Murdle: More Killer Puzzles
G.T Karber
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The Best of Matt 2023
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The Best of Matt 2023
Matt Pritchett
£8.99   £7.49
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Viz Annual 2024: The Barber's Pole
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Viz Annual 2024: The Barber's Pole
Viz Magazine
£13.99   £10.99
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How Did We End Up Here?: Volume 15
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How Did We End Up Here?: Volume 15
Kate Moore
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GHOSTS: The Button House Archives
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GHOSTS: The Button House Archives
Mat Baynton
£20.00   £16.99
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Chunky
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Chunky
Victoria Wood
£25.00   £21.99
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Depraved New World
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Depraved New World
John Crace
£16.99   £13.99
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Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2023
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Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2023
Have I Got News For You
£16.99   £14.99
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Cold War Steve Annual 2024
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Cold War Steve Annual 2024
Cold War Steve
£18.99   £15.99
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Torrid Times
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Torrid Times
Peter Brookes
£30.00   £24.99
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Why Mummy Drinks at Christmas
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Why Mummy Drinks at Christmas
Gill Sims
£16.99   £14.99
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A Slice of Fried Gold
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A Slice of Fried Gold
Nick Frost
£22.00
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Help I S*xted My Boss
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Help I S*xted My Boss
Jordan North
£20.00
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The Rest is History
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The Rest is History
Goalhanger Podcasts
£18.99
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The Therapy Crouch
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The Therapy Crouch
Abbey Clancy
£22.00   £11.00
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Berserker!
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Berserker!
Adrian Edmondson
£22.00
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Private Eye Annual 2023
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Private Eye Annual 2023
Ian Hislop
£12.99   £9.99
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Private Eye Annual 2023
Private Eye Annual 2023
Ian Hislop, Ian Hislop
£12.99 £9.99
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From Partygate to Putin, the annual collection of Private Eye's satirical skewerings returns to mock the powerful and highlight the absurdity of political life.
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Little But Lovely

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Yoga for Stiff Birds
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Yoga for Stiff Birds
Marion Deuchars
£10.00   £8.49
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Do Let's Have Another Drink
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Do Let's Have Another Drink
Gareth Russell
£10.99   £8.99
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What Would Wednesday Do?
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What Would Wednesday Do?
Pop Press
£7.99   £6.99
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The Wit and Wisdom of David Attenborough
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The Wit and Wisdom of David Attenborough
Chas Newkey-Burden
£14.99   £12.99
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Where's Del Boy?
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Where's Del Boy?
Jim Sullivan
£12.99   £9.99
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Tika the Iggy
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Tika the Iggy
Thomas Shapiro
£12.99   £10.99
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It's a Punderful Life
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It's a Punderful Life
Gemma Correll
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Advice from a Blob
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Advice from a Blob
Lennnie
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Spare Us
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Spare Us
Bruno Vincent
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Disaster Dates and Lucky Escapes
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Disaster Dates and Lucky Escapes
Tess Smith-Roberts
£12.99   £10.99
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The Hidden Language of Cats
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The Hidden Language of Cats
Dr Sarah Brown
£16.99   £14.99
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Peaky Blinders: Official Wit & Wisdom
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Peaky Blinders: Official Wit & Wisdom
Peaky Blinders
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Puss in Books
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Puss in Books
Paul Magrs
£12.99   £10.99
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Is This a Joke? No, It's a Book!
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Is This a Joke? No, It's a Book!
Conor Smith
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No Thoughts Just Corgis
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No Thoughts Just Corgis
Union Square & Co.
£10.00
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Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life
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Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life
Nicole Tersigni
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A Pug's Guide to Good Manners
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A Pug's Guide to Good Manners
Gemma Correll
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Sweary Cats
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Sweary Cats
Andrew Davies
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Rambling Man
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Rambling Man
Billy Connolly
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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
Alan Partridge
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A Heart That Works
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A Heart That Works
Rob Delaney
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Chunky
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Chunky
Victoria Wood
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James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
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James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
James Acaster
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Strong Female Character
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Strong Female Character
Fern Brady
£16.99   £12.99
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Joe Wilkinson
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Joe Wilkinson
Joe Wilkinson
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What's That Lady Doing?
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What's That Lady Doing?
Lou Sanders
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Too Much
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Too Much
Tom Allen
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Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow?
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Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow?
Bob Cryer
£20.00
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T.V.
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T.V.
Peter Kay
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A Slice of Fried Gold
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A Slice of Fried Gold
Nick Frost
£22.00
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The Twat Files
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The Twat Files
Dawn French
£22.00
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Parenting Hell
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Parenting Hell
Rob Beckett
£9.99
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Berserker!
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Berserker!
Adrian Edmondson
£22.00
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Glutton
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Glutton
Ed Gamble
£20.00
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Me vs Brain
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Me vs Brain
Hayley Morris
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The History of Sketch Comedy
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The History of Sketch Comedy
Keegan-Michael Key
£21.99
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Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly
Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly
Jeremy Clarkson
£22.00 £17.99
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Coming soon - 22/10/2023
From psychopathic goats to the woeful amount of red tape, another year at Diddly Squat spells all manner of headaches to Jeremy Clarkson in this side-splitting addition to the hilarious farming saga.
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You Have to Laugh or You'd Cry...

A selection of the funniest and most painful political humour books

The Best of Matt 2023
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The Best of Matt 2023
Matt Pritchett
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Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2023
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Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2023
Tim Benson
£16.99   £13.99
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How Did We End Up Here?: Volume 15
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How Did We End Up Here?: Volume 15
Kate Moore
£9.99   £8.49
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Giles 2024
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Giles 2024
Carl Giles
£14.99   £11.99
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Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2023
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Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2023
Have I Got News For You
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The Very Best of Fesshole
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The Very Best of Fesshole
Rob Manuel
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Fred Basset Yearbook 2024
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Fred Basset Yearbook 2024
Alex Graham
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Cold War Steve Annual 2024
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Cold War Steve Annual 2024
Cold War Steve
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The Diary of a Secret Tory MP
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The Diary of a Secret Tory MP
The Secret Tory MP
£9.99
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March of the Lemmings
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March of the Lemmings
Stewart Lee
£9.99
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Private Eye Annual 2023
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Private Eye Annual 2023
Ian Hislop
£12.99   £9.99
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Trump: The Prison Diaries, A Parody by Lucien Young
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Trump: The Prison Diaries, A Parody by Lucien Young
Lucien Young
£12.99   £10.99
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The Future of British Politics
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The Future of British Politics
Frankie Boyle
£5.99
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PRIVATE EYE
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PRIVATE EYE
Adam Macqueen
£30.00
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The Story of Brexit
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The Story of Brexit
Jason Hazeley
£7.99
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The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson
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The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson
Harry Mount
£8.99
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Games for a Laugh

Cards Against Humanity
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Cards Against Humanity
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Cards Against Humanity Family Edition
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Cards Against Humanity Family Edition
£29.99
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Poetry for Neanderthals Card Game
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Poetry for Neanderthals Card Game
£19.99
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Exploding Kittens
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Exploding Kittens
£19.99
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Kids Against Maturity
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Kids Against Maturity
£19.99
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Taskmaster Board Game
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Taskmaster Board Game
£25.99
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Taskmaster Expansion Pack
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Taskmaster Expansion Pack
£9.99
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Throw Throw Burrito Card Game
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Throw Throw Burrito Card Game
£24.99
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Throw Throw Avocado
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Throw Throw Avocado
£24.99
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Who Did This Poo?
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Who Did This Poo?
Aidan Onn
£12.99
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Incohearent Family Edition
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Incohearent Family Edition
£20.99
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Frozen Unicorns Card Game
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Frozen Unicorns Card Game
£12.99
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Emoji Card Game
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Emoji Card Game
£9.99
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Friends Trivial Pursuit Bitesize
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Friends Trivial Pursuit Bitesize
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Unstable Unicorns
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Unstable Unicorns
£19.99
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Avocado Smash
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Avocado Smash
£11.99
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Cat Chaos
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Cat Chaos
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Obama Llama
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Obama Llama
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I Say, I Say, I Say...

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Penguin Pocket Jokes
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David Pickering
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Great British Wit
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Great British Wit
Rosemarie Jarski
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Smarties Big Book of Stupid Jokes
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Smarties Big Book of Stupid Jokes
Michael Powell
£9.99
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The Book Lover's Joke Book
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The Book Lover's Joke Book
Alex Johnson
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Man Walks Into A Bar
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Man Walks Into A Bar
Mike Haskins
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All New Dad Jokes
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All New Dad Jokes
Dad Says Jokes
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Dad Jokes: The Punny Edition
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Dad Jokes: The Punny Edition
Dad Says Jokes
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The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
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The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
Geoff Tibballs
£12.99
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The Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book
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The Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book
Tim Vine
£9.99
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Harry Hill's Whopping Great Joke Book
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Harry Hill's Whopping Great Joke Book
Harry Hill
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Dad Jokes: The Cheesy Edition
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Dad Jokes: The Cheesy Edition
Dad Says Jokes
£10.00
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Dad Jokes: The Priceless Edition
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Dad Jokes: The Priceless Edition
Dad Says Jokes
£10.99
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Tommy Cooper All In One Joke Book
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Tommy Cooper All In One Joke Book
Tommy Cooper
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Joker Face
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Joker Face
Steve Best
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A Man Walks Into a Bar 3
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A Man Walks Into a Bar 3
Jonathan Swan
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Pundamentalist
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Gary Delaney
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The Mammoth Book of Jokes New edn
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The Mammoth Book of Jokes New edn
Geoff Tibballs
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The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes
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The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes
Fred Metcalf
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A Little Bit Silly

Funny books for younger readers

Minecraft Joke Book
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Minecraft Joke Book
Mojang AB
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Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book
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Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book
Roald Dahl
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The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge
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The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge
Stephen Mangan
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Jellyphants and Woolly Jumpers
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Jellyphants and Woolly Jumpers
Amanda Li
£5.99
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2024
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2024
Ripley
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The Fart that Changed the World
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The Fart that Changed the World
Stephen Mangan
£7.99
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The 156-Storey Treehouse
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The 156-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths
£12.99
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Luna Wolf: Animal Wizard
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Luna Wolf: Animal Wizard
Alesha Dixon
£7.99
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Frankie Best Hates Quests
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Frankie Best Hates Quests
Chris Smith
£7.99
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Horrid Henry: Prank Wars!
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Horrid Henry: Prank Wars!
Francesca Simon
£6.99
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The Day We Saved the Future
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The Day We Saved the Future
Ashley Banjo
£7.99
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Tom Gates 20: Happy to Help (eventually)
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Tom Gates 20: Happy to Help (eventually)
Liz Pichon
£12.99
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TommyInnit Says...The Quote Book
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TommyInnit Says...The Quote Book
Tom Simons
£14.99
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Horrible Christmas
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Horrible Christmas
Terry Deary
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Smile Out Loud: Volume 2
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Smile Out Loud: Volume 2
Joseph Coelho
£12.99
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Kay's Incredible Inventions
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Kay's Incredible Inventions
Adam Kay
£14.99
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