RIYL Funny Books

LOL (laugh out loud)

See Also:

• RIYL Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Author Title

Alexie, Sherman.  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

Angelberger, Tom.  Origami Yoda Series

Avi. Romeo and Juliet: Together (and alive!) at Last

Brown, Jeffrey Jedi Academy Series

Buckley, Michael.  NERDS:  National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society

Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries

Carter, Ally.   I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You

Clements, Andrew.  Frindle

Cowell, Cressida.  How to Train Your Dragon Series

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons go to Birmingham

Dahl, Roald. Matilda

Danziger, Paula. Remember me to Harold Square

Fine, Anne. Flour Babies

Gantos, Jack.  Joey Pigza Series

Gardiner, John Reynolds. Top Secret

Gliori, Debi. Pure Dead Magic

Hiassen, Carl.  Chomp

Howe, Norma. Adventures of Blue Avenger

Kiesel, Stanley. The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids

Korman, Gordon. A Semester in the life of a Garbage Bag

Korman, Gordon.  Born to Rock

Korman, Gordon.  No More Dead Dogs

Korman, Gordon.  Schooled

Korman, Gordon.  Son of the Mob

Lally, Soinbhe. A Hive for the Honeybee

Lynch, Chris. Slot Machine

Manes, Stephen. Be a Perfect Person in Just three Days!

Manes, Stephen. Comedy High

Murphy, Barbara. Ace Hits the Big Time

Park, Barbara. The Kid in the Red Jacket

Patterson, James.  Middle School Worst Series, I Funny Series, Jacky Ha Ha Series, Potty Mouth and Stoopid

Paulsen, Gary. The Schernoff Discoveries

Peck, Richard. A Long Way From Chicago

Peirce, Lincoln.  Big Nate Series

Plummer, Louise. The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman

Rennison, Louise. Angus, Thongs & Full-frontal Snogging

Rex, Adam. The True Meaning of Smekday

Rex, Adam. Smek for President

Russell, Rene. Dork Diaries Series

Rockwell, Thomas. How to Eat Fried Worms

Sachar, Louis. Wayside School is Falling Down

Sachar, Louis.  Holes

Sanderson, Brandon. Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians 

Schmidt, Gary. The Wednesday Wars

Sieruta, Peter. Heartbeats and other Stories

Sheldon, Dylan. Confessions of a Drama Queen

Snicket, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events

Stone, Bruce. Half Nelson, Full Nelson

Thomas, Rob. Green Thumb

Thomas, Rob. Rats Saw God

Thompson, Julian. Simon Pure

Townsend, Sue. The Adrian Mole Diaries

Young, Karen Romano. The Beetle and Me: A love Story

Wardlow, Lee.  101 Ways to Bug Your Parents

Weeks, Sarah.  Guy Time

Williams-Garcia Rita. Like Sisters on the Homefront

Wynn-Jones, Tim. Lord of the Fries and Other Stories

Yee, Lisa.  Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time

Yee, Lisa. Millicent Min, Girl Genius

Nonfiction Dewey #

Comics 741.5

Bart Simpson Comics

Big Nate Comics

Garfield Comics

Calvin and Hobbes Comics

The Far Side Comics

Jokes 818

Walton, Rick Real Classy:  Silly School Jokes

Kowitt, Holly.  This Book is a Joke

Poetry 811

Kennedy, X. J. Exploding Gravy:  Poems to Make You Laugh

Silverstein, Shel A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Where the Sidewalk Ends 

High School

Funny Book Displays in a High School Library

"How to Ruin..." series by Simone Elkeles

1. How to Ruin My Summer Vacation

2. How to Ruin My Teenage Life

3. How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation

Cole, Brock. Celine

Koertge, Ron. Arizona Kid

Bray, Libba.  Beauty Queens

Hardman, Ric Lynden. Sunshine Rider: The First Vegetarian Western

Black Hole Sun by David Gill

Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar

Spanking Shakespeare by Jake Wizner

Slot Machine by Chris Lynch

How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen

Wee Free Men by Teri Pratchett

Girl, 15, Charming But Insane by Sue Limb

How to Get Suspended and Influence People by Adam Selzer

Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl by D. Garfinkle

Gender Blender by Blake Nelson

Burger Wuss by M.T. Anderson

Whales on Stilts by M.T. Anderson

Science Fair by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

The Schwa Was Here (Shusterman)

Running with the Reservoir Pups (Bateman)

Ordinary Jack (Cresswell)

Miracle Wimp by Erik Kraft

Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film About the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman

All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

Teen Idol by Meg Cabot

Bad Kitty by Jaffe

Repossessed by Jenkins

Confessions of a Not-It Girl by Kantor

Boyfriend List by Lockhart

Year of Secret Assignments Moriarity

I was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Scott

How not to be popular--Ziegler

I Love You Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle

You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah by Fiona Rosenbloom

Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best Friend Must Do in Europe

My Best Friend, the Atlantic Ocean, and Other Great Bodies Standing Between Me and My Life with Giulio

Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford

Carter's Big Break by Brent Crawford

The Year My Life Went Down the Loo and following titles (Katie Maxwell)

Suite Scarlett books by Maureen Johnson.

Diary of a Chav by Grace Dent

Born Too Short by Dan Elish,

The Obnoxious Jerks by Stephen Manes

Wonder by Rachel Vail

Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski.

Swim the Fly by Don Calame,

Beat the Band by Don Calame

"Girl, 15, Charming but Insane" by Sue Limb

KELLY ANN DIARIES by Liz Rettig

JUMPING TO CONFUSIONS I AM A GENIUS OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL AND I WANT TO BE YOUR CLASS PRESIDENT

Janette Rallison's Life, Love and the Pursuit of Free Throws

Sue Limb's Jess series

Mates and Dates series by Cathy Hopkins

Here's a list of humorous books for teens from Vancouver Public Library:

http://www.vpl.ca/books_dvds_and_more/item_list/book_lists/80/C528

Happy/Funny Reads for 8th grade girl.

Fancy White Trash -- Geerling

Anna and the French Kiss – Perkins

lynne visible

into the wild nerd yonder

The Future of Us by Jay Asher

The Lonely Hearts Club Band by Elizabeth Eulberg

Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe

Ruby Oliver books by E. Lockhart

A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker

OyMG by Amy Dominy

Ondine (The Summer of Shambles & The Autumn Palace) by Ebony McKenna

Beth Fantaskey's Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

Spoiled

as easy as falling off the face of the earth

Withering Tights by Louise Rennison

Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell

How to Survive Middle School by Gephart

Popularity Papers by Ignatow

Appetite for Detention by Tanen

My Life in Pink and Green by Lisa Greenwald

Ally Carter's Heist Society

Maureen Johnson's Suite Scarlett

Flavor of the Week by Tucker Shaw

Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan

The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan

Ditched, by Robin Mellom

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Entwined, by Heather Dixon

Geektastic, an anthology by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci

Zombies vs. Unicorns, compiled by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier

Howl's Moving Castle

Alex Flinn’s Cloaked

Airhead series by Meg Cabot

Neverending Story by Ende

Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City by Miller

Maureen Johnson’s books “Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes” and “The Last Little Blue Envelope”

"Audrey, Wait!" by Robin Benway

"An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Boys, Bears and a Serious pair of hiking boots by Abby Mcdonald

Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes

Swim the Fly by Don Calame

Beat the Band by Don Calame

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

Small Persons with Wings by Ellen Booraem

Abby McDonald-Sophmore Switch

Anti-prom

Steve Kluger - My most excellent year: a novel of love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway Park

Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith

Avalon High by Meg Cabot

Graphic Novels & Manga:

Yotsuba&!

Chi's Sweet Home

Fruits Basket

Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge

Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi