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Humorous "Reference" Books
Books in which information of questionable truthfulness is presented as some sort of dictionary meant to get some laughs.
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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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4.05 avg rating — 10,926 ratings
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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
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Die Laughing: War Humour From WW1 To Present Day
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4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Villain's Guide to Better Living
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3.66 avg rating — 326 ratings
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The Midwest Survival Guide: How We Talk, Love, Work, Drink, and Eat . . . Everything with Ranch
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3.96 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
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The Meaning of Liff (Meaning of Liff, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 4,403 ratings
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The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information
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3.99 avg rating — 1,127 ratings
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The Periodic Table of DC
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4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Book of Heroic Failures: The Official Handbook of the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain
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3.85 avg rating — 414 ratings
score: 99,
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The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
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3.94 avg rating — 4,789 ratings
score: 99,
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Who in Hell...: A Guide to the Whole Damned Bunch
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3.96 avg rating — 49 ratings
score: 99,
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Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source
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4.14 avg rating — 13,143 ratings
score: 98,
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The Yorkshire meaning of Liff
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4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Saints Preserve Us!: Everything You Need to Know About Every Saint You'll Ever Need
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4.07 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Dave Barry's Gift Guide To End All Gift Guides
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Dave Barry (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
3.58 avg rating — 314 ratings
score: 97,
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The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu
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3.88 avg rating — 48 ratings
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How to Rule the World: A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
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3.66 avg rating — 539 ratings
score: 96,
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The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation
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Christopher Cerf (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
3.89 avg rating — 100 ratings
score: 96,
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How to Be a Villain: Evil Laughs, Secret Lairs, Master Plans, and More!!!
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3.84 avg rating — 961 ratings
score: 95,
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to Old Age
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3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Hagar the Horrible's Very Nearly Complete Viking Handbook
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3.74 avg rating — 47 ratings
score: 94,
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The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification
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4.11 avg rating — 292 ratings
score: 94,
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The Lexicon of Comicana
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4.23 avg rating — 56 ratings
score: 93,
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The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works
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4.04 avg rating — 169 ratings
score: 91,
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The Official Dictionary of Idiocy: A Lexicon For Those of Us Who Are Far Less Idiotic Than the Rest of You (Official Dictionary, 4)
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James Napoli (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language
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3.91 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 89,
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The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook: Updated! New Entries!
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3.52 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 88,
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
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4.46 avg rating — 5,329 ratings
score: 87,
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Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
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3.91 avg rating — 140 ratings
score: 86,
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Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
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Barbara Cassin (Editor)
4.55 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 85,
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Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning
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Eli Burnstein (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
3.96 avg rating — 327 ratings
score: 84,
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Grandiloquent Words: A Pictoric Lexicon of Ostrobogulous Locutions
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Jason Travis Ott (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
4.37 avg rating — 43 ratings
score: 83,
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A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People
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score: 82,
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Bullshit: A Lexicon
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3.48 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 81,
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They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases
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Howard Rheingold (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
3.87 avg rating — 316 ratings
score: 80,
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What Body Part Is That?: A Wacky Guide to the Funniest, Weirdest, and Most Disgustingest Parts of Your Body
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4.02 avg rating — 279 ratings
score: 79,
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The Junior Woodchucks' Guide
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4.76 avg rating — 38 ratings
score: 78,
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Portlandia: A Guide for Visitors
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3.38 avg rating — 486 ratings
score: 77,
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Oh My Gods! (Mythlopedia): A Look-It-Up Guide to the Gods of Mythology
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4.18 avg rating — 526 ratings
score: 76,
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Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe
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3.96 avg rating — 1,489 ratings
score: 75,
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American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny
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3.91 avg rating — 115 ratings
score: 74,
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Eat Drink Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics
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3.89 avg rating — 204 ratings
score: 73,
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A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: All the References from African Swallows to Zoot
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2.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 72,
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The Annotated Marx Brothers: A Filmgoer's Guide to In-Jokes, Obscure References and Sly Details
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4.36 avg rating — 56 ratings
score: 71,
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Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena
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3.86 avg rating — 3,863 ratings
score: 70,
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THE REDD FOXX ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BLACK HUMOR.
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4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
score: 69,
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Encyclopedia of Bad Taste
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Jane Stern (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
3.98 avg rating — 231 ratings
score: 68,
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1 person voted
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Encyclopedia Paranoiaca
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3.28 avg rating — 99 ratings
score: 67,
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Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
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3.95 avg rating — 7,145 ratings
score: 66,
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The National Lampoon's Encyclopedia Of Humor
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Michael O'Donoghue (Editor)
4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings
score: 65,
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9 voters ·
list created March 30th, 2012
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