Most Popular Humor Books of the 20th century

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Ben Kincaid #7

Extreme Justice

William Bernhardt

Legal Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1998

Lucky Bastard

Charles McCarry

Spy Thriller · Thriller

June 9, 1998

Stephanie Plum #4

Four to Score

Janet Evanovich

Mystery · Romance

June 15, 1998

Wish You Were Here

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1998

Hoka

Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!

Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1998

Jack Parlabane #2

Country Of The Blind

Christopher Brookmyre

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1997

The Return of Philo T. McGiffin

David Poyer

April 22, 1997

King Con

Stephen J. Cannell

Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1997

Charlie Willis #2

Dead Space

Lee Goldberg

Crime Fiction · Mystery

March 1, 1997

Stephanie Plum #3

Three to Get Deadly

Janet Evanovich

Mystery · Romance

February 14, 1997

Open Sesame

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1997

Jack Parlabane #1

Quite Ugly One Morning

Christopher Brookmyre

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1996

Ben Kincaid #5

Cruel Justice

William Bernhardt

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 23, 1996

Stephanie Plum #2

Two for the Dough

Janet Evanovich

Mystery · Romance

January 10, 1996

Paint Your Dragon

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1996

My Hero

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1996

Charlie Willis #1

My Gun Has Bullets

Lee Goldberg

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1995

Red Dwarf #3

Last Human

Doug Naylor

Science Fiction · Space Opera · TV Series

April 1995

Odds and Gods

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1995

Djinn Rummy

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1995

Ben Kincaid #4

Perfect Justice

William Bernhardt

Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1994

Coyote Blue

Christopher Moore

Fantasy

1994

The Stainless Steel Rat #8

The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1994

Grailblazers

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1994

Ben Kincaid #3

Deadly Justice

William Bernhardt

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1993

Split Heirs

Esther Friesner, Lawrence Watt-Evans

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1993

Overtime

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1993

Ben Kincaid #2

Blind Justice

William Bernhardt

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1992

Pine Cove #1

Practical Demonkeeping

Christopher Moore

Fantasy

1992

Myth Adventures

The Second Myth-ing Omnibus

Robert Asprin

Fantasy · Collection

1992

Myth Adventures

The Myth-ing Omnibus

Robert Asprin

Fantasy · Collection

1992

Downtown

Ed McBain

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1989

Island

Thomas Perry

Crime Fiction · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

Who's Afraid of Beowulf?

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1988

Kinky Friedman Mysteries #1

Greenwich Killing Time

Kinky Friedman

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

1986

Myth Adventures

Myth Adventures One

Robert Asprin

Fantasy · Collection

1985