Best Modern Humor Writing (Slate)

1.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day 4.01 avg rating — 714,078 ratings
2.
Holidays on Ice
Holidays on Ice 3.89 avg rating — 129,588 ratings
3.
In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country 4.07 avg rating — 119,149 ratings
4.
What I'd Say to the Martians and Other Veiled Threats
What I'd Say to the Martians and Other Veiled Threats 4.05 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
5.
The Lazlo Letters
The Lazlo Letters 4.16 avg rating — 440 ratings
6.
Wake Up, Sir!
Wake Up, Sir! 3.76 avg rating — 4,176 ratings
7.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,384 ratings
8.
The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure
The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure 3.37 avg rating — 4,446 ratings
8.
How I Became a Famous Novelist
How I Became a Famous Novelist 3.69 avg rating — 3,794 ratings
10.
The Time Machine Did It
The Time Machine Did It 3.82 avg rating — 2,864 ratings
11.
No One Belongs Here More Than You
No One Belongs Here More Than You 3.80 avg rating — 43,860 ratings
12.
Lamentations of the Father: Essays
Lamentations of the Father: Essays 3.52 avg rating — 234 ratings
13.
Cruel Shoes
Cruel Shoes 3.69 avg rating — 3,163 ratings
14.
The Book of Guys
The Book of Guys 3.40 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
15.
Side Effects
Side Effects 3.91 avg rating — 8,550 ratings
16.
The Serpent of Venice
The Serpent of Venice 3.88 avg rating — 16,721 ratings
17.
Emma Who Saved My Life
Emma Who Saved My Life 3.76 avg rating — 546 ratings
18.
The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel
The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel
by: Eric Idle
3.52 avg rating — 1,909 ratings
19.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating — 161,995 ratings
20.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,943 ratings
21.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,412 ratings
22.
Sabbath's Theater
Sabbath's Theater 3.89 avg rating — 11,951 ratings
23.
Today Will Be Different
Today Will Be Different 3.16 avg rating — 70,576 ratings
23.
Demonspawn
Demonspawn 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
23.
The Sundial Salesman
The Sundial Salesman 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
23.
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made 4.29 avg rating — 34,391 ratings
23.
Deli Meat
Deli Meat 2.94 avg rating — 35 ratings
23.
This Is My Dad. He's Dead. (After Life #1)
This Is My Dad. He's Dead. (After Life #1) 3.61 avg rating — 46 ratings
29.
Brother of the More Famous Jack
Brother of the More Famous Jack 3.88 avg rating — 5,616 ratings
29.
Black Sunrise
Black Sunrise 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
31.
Fludd
Fludd 3.57 avg rating — 5,528 ratings
32.
The Ladybird Book of the Shed
The Ladybird Book of the Shed 3.83 avg rating — 342 ratings
32.
Hits and Misses: Stories
Hits and Misses: Stories 3.87 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
34.
Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories
Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories 3.73 avg rating — 1,522 ratings
34.
Man Seeking Woman (originally published as The Last Girlfriend on Earth): And Other Love Stories
Man Seeking Woman (originally published as The Last Girlfriend on Earth): And Other Love Stories 3.90 avg rating — 6,209 ratings
36.
Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth
Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth
by: The Onion
4.12 avg rating — 6,847 ratings
37.
Metropolitan Life
Metropolitan Life 3.80 avg rating — 2,019 ratings
38.
FUDS: A Complete Encyclofoodia from Tickling Shrimp to Not Dying in a Restaurant
FUDS: A Complete Encyclofoodia from Tickling Shrimp to Not Dying in a Restaurant 3.91 avg rating — 64 ratings
39.
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned 4.08 avg rating — 118,306 ratings
40.
More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer
More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer 3.74 avg rating — 193 ratings
41.
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas 4.16 avg rating — 78,800 ratings
42.
Samaritan
Samaritan 3.71 avg rating — 2,318 ratings
43.
The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure
The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure 3.78 avg rating — 190 ratings
44.
The Mezzanine
The Mezzanine 3.83 avg rating — 10,002 ratings
45.
Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp (Book 1)(Movie Tie-In)(Library Edition)
Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp (Book 1)(Movie Tie-In)(Library Edition) 4.02 avg rating — 9,669 ratings
46.
Do the Windows Open?
Do the Windows Open? 3.63 avg rating — 492 ratings
47.
The Babysitter at Rest
The Babysitter at Rest 3.92 avg rating — 938 ratings
48.
Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty
Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty 3.22 avg rating — 388 ratings
49.
I Love Dick
I Love Dick 3.48 avg rating — 19,644 ratings
50.
Dan
Dan 3.73 avg rating — 157 ratings
51.
E! Entertainment
E! Entertainment 4.22 avg rating — 105 ratings
52.
Pitch Dark
Pitch Dark 3.79 avg rating — 1,622 ratings
53.
Hotel
Hotel 3.28 avg rating — 231 ratings
54.
True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,468 ratings
55.
Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hard
Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hard 3.59 avg rating — 32 ratings
56.
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer 3.81 avg rating — 13,591 ratings
57.
Aliens of Affection
Aliens of Affection 3.85 avg rating — 187 ratings
58.
The Greatest of Marlys
The Greatest of Marlys 4.42 avg rating — 1,620 ratings
59.
The Blade: Shellville High School Yearbook
The Blade: Shellville High School Yearbook 4.73 avg rating — 49 ratings
60.
Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Volume One
Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Volume One 4.10 avg rating — 740 ratings
61.
Last Days of Summer
Last Days of Summer 4.38 avg rating — 5,330 ratings
62.
Bad Monkeys
Bad Monkeys
by: Matt Ruff
3.61 avg rating — 11,111 ratings
63.
Skipped Parts (GroVont Trilogy, #1)
Skipped Parts (GroVont Trilogy, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 2,545 ratings
64.
Willful Creatures
Willful Creatures really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,375 ratings
65.
The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion 3.37 avg rating — 1,028 ratings
66.
My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist
My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist 3.69 avg rating — 1,906 ratings
67.
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A. 4.09 avg rating — 25,185 ratings
68.
The Ask
The Ask 3.30 avg rating — 6,820 ratings
69.
Creamy & Delicious
Creamy & Delicious 3.19 avg rating — 27 ratings
70.
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo 3.85 avg rating — 4,795 ratings
71.
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them 3.71 avg rating — 5,946 ratings
72.
Little Failure
Little Failure 3.66 avg rating — 7,701 ratings
73.
A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag
A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag 4.21 avg rating — 826 ratings
74.
The Water-Method Man
The Water-Method Man 3.38 avg rating — 13,145 ratings
75.
Kill the Boy Band
Kill the Boy Band 3.52 avg rating — 8,428 ratings
76.
The Haters
The Haters 3.41 avg rating — 6,277 ratings
77.
The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To
The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To 3.43 avg rating — 2,740 ratings
78.
The White Boy Shuffle
The White Boy Shuffle 4.09 avg rating — 6,128 ratings
79.
American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese 3.88 avg rating — 100,052 ratings
80.
Under the Frog
Under the Frog 3.95 avg rating — 2,069 ratings
81.
Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War
Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War 3.51 avg rating — 411 ratings
82.
Negrophobia: An Urban Parable
Negrophobia: An Urban Parable 3.83 avg rating — 292 ratings
83.
The Folded Clock: A Diary
The Folded Clock: A Diary 3.70 avg rating — 3,781 ratings
84.
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World 3.59 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
85.
The Girl on the Fridge
The Girl on the Fridge 3.86 avg rating — 3,768 ratings
86.
The Professor and Other Writings
The Professor and Other Writings 3.79 avg rating — 317 ratings
87.
Money
Money 3.70 avg rating — 25,092 ratings