The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes - Jimmy Carr

Advantages: Funny, and tells us why it's funny
Disadvantages: A little hard-to-focus on at times

...co-written by Lucy Greeves, is the perfect travelling companion for any person who wishes to gain a more educated look into the world of humour. Have you ever wondered what is in a joke that really makes you laugh, and how to build on that factor to create a new series of jokes? Ever wondered what the official 'Funniest Joke Ever' is, or wanted to see what a robot that invents jokes comes up with? Then this is the book for you! Jimmy Carr travels ... Read review

Advantages: Good read very funny
Disadvantages: none

...enjoy it as it's about the history of comedy, featuring some of the best one liners ever from all the great comics. It's really interesting too, I first just jumped through and read all the funny jokes that are usually in bold on a separate page but then reading it properly it goes through why we use comedy, when the first joke was ever told, all things ,ike that and it's interesting to read why people are funny etc. I got the hardback version on ... Read review