Humor audiobooks

Don't Get Scrooged - Abridged

By: Richard Carlson

Narrated by: Richard Carlson

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The holidays can bring out the worst in people and turn cheer and good tidings into ""I saw that first"" and ""Bah, humbug!"" But this season you don't have to get scrooged by other people's bad behavior. Don't Get Scrooged will show you how to avoid, appease, and even win over the Scrooges who haunt your holidays. Whether it's the salesclerk... Read more

Chart Throb - Abridged

By: Ben Elton

Narrated by: Adam Godley

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Brought to you by Penguin.


Chart Throb.The ultimate pop quest.

Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner.
And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show.

Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers whom he has pre-selected in his... Read more

Provence A-Z - Abridged

By: Peter Mayle

Narrated by: Peter Mayle

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An indispensable, richly informative, and always entertaining sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own.

Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there has found to be the most interesting,... Read more

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author.

From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. A book that delivers on the promise that it is “laugh-out-loud funny.”

Some say that... Read more

Destined for Destiny

By: Scott Dikkers & Peter Hilleren

Narrated by: Scott Dikkers & Peter Hilleren

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In Destined for Destiny, George W. Bush offers readers an intimate, plainspoken, and often readable look at the character-shaping achievements that led to his inevitable rise to the office of President of the United States.

Written from the heart, not from the brain, this definitive autobiography takes readers on a journey through the 43rd... Read more

Bill Bryson Collector's Edition - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 17 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Notes from a Small Island
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. The result is a hilarious social commentary that... Read more

A Visit to Mark Twain's House

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic performance of Garrison Keillor's American Radio Company was broadcast live from the Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford Connecticut.



The Hartford house is where Twain wrote many of his works. The show pays homage to Twain's genius and personality with humor, period music, and a classic Keillor monologue. Guests included Roy Blount, Jr.,... Read more

Motor Mouth

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: C. J. Critt

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

It's the last race of the season, and the wheels are smoking and the temperature is rising at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Alexandra Barnaby is NASCAR driver Sam Hooker's raceday spotter, his eye-in-the-sky, telling Hooker when to pass and when to get off the gas. From her vantage point high above the grandstand she's also seeing things going on in... Read more

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

By: Tucker Max

Narrated by: Tucker Max

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Tucker Max graduated with high honors from the University of Chicago in 1998 and received an academic scholarship to Duke Law School, where he graduated in 2001, despite the fact that he spent part of one semester--while still enrolled in classes--living in Cancun. He took these degrees and set out to help the world--by drinking, hooking up,... Read more

Mostly Harmless

By: Douglas Adams

Narrated by: Martin Freeman

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up, the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time, the spaceship you are on crashes on a remote and Bob-fearing planet, and all you have to fall back on are a few simple sandwich-making skills. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the... Read more

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

By: Douglas Adams

Narrated by: Martin Freeman

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!

“A madcap adventure . . . Adams’s writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.”—United Press International

Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic... Read more

Spoiled Rotten America - Abridged

By: Larry Miller

Narrated by: Larry Miller

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Like Kofi Annan, Larry Miller is one of the most irresistible comic personalities working today. Known for years as an actor, writer, comedian, and sexual pioneer, he's gained a new following as a cultural commentator and frequent guest on political shows. Now, in Spoiled Rotten America, he fixes his gaze on what's funny about our daily... Read more

Motor Mouth - Abridged

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: C. J. Critt

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's the last race of the season, and the wheels are smoking and the temperature is rising at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Alexandra Barnaby is NASCAR driver Sam Hooker's raceday spotter, his eye-in-the-sky, telling Hooker when to pass and when to get off the gas. From her vantage point high above the grandstand she's also seeing things going on in... Read more

The News Quiz: Hold The Front Page

By: John Lloyd & Simon Littlefield

Narrated by: Simon Hoggart & Various

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The News Quiz, one of Britain's funniest and quirkiest panel games, has been providing headlines and punchlines since it first aired in 1977. In these four episodes, among the panellists offering wit and wisdom on both national and parochial events are Alan Coren, Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay and Francis Wheen. Together with... Read more

Dave Barry's Greatest Hits

By: Dave Barry

Narrated by: John Ritter & Arte Johnson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Tupperware ladies, eighties people, and leisure concept salesmen beware: Dave Barry is on the loose and no one is safe! In this collection of eighty essays, the inimitable columnist observes everything that makes America the unique, special place you've grown to love: taxes, toilets, airbags, baseball, beer commercials, and numerous other... Read more

Jewtopia - Abridged

By: Bryan Fogel & Sam Wolfson

Narrated by: Bryan Fogel, Sam Wolfson & Jackie Tohn

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Finally, the ultimate book of Jewish humor is here, complete with Jewish nursery blueprints (which includes a panic room, fireproof wallpaper, and a guardian ninja, of course), the top-ten list of Jewish 'dont's', the complete timeline of Jewish expulsion, and much, much more.
Before creating Jewtopia the play in 2003, Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson... Read more

Car Talk: The Greatest Stories Ever Told

By: Tom Magliozzi & Ray Magliozzi

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

You decide to waste another perfectly good hour getting bogus car advice from the Car Talk guys when what should happen but some remark from the caller launches either Tom or Ray off topic and onto a story about The Sleek Black Beauty, their most recent wife, or their days at MIT. Read more

The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

By: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The aptly titled sequel to "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" which is also recorded by Assembled Stories and proved immensely popular.In this succeeding outburst of whimsy Jerome reflects on a variety of subjects such as 'the art of making up one's mind', 'the care and management of women' and 'the minding of other peoples business'. A childhood... Read more

The First Assistant

By: Mimi Hare & Clare Naylor

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Second Assistant, readers across the country found a heroine they loved to love in Lizzie Miller, the smart and witty East Coast girl clinging for dear life to the bottom rung of the Hollywood ladder. But no more coffee runs and sorting thumbtacks by color for Lizzie; she's been promoted. As first assistant to Scott Wagner, now president... Read more

The Zombie Survival Guide

By: Max Brooks

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now.

Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most... Read more

Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up

By: Dave Barry

Narrated by: Arte Johnson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Since Dave Barry writes about weird things, you might be tempted to think he has a weird brain. He does, of course, but that's not the whole explanation: A lot of the things he writes about—exploding Pop-Tarts, for example—are real. Join Dave as he examines UFO thrill-seekers and Elvis-worshippers, runs for president, and plays Claptonesque... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Live

By: BBC & Iain Pattinson

Narrated by: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Humphrey Lyttelton,...

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to attend a live recording of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, the antidote to panel games, now is your chance to discover how much fun they are! These two extended editions of the programme, from 1995 and 1996, offer an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes, in the company of players Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer,... Read more

A Prairie Home Companion 10th Anniversary

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This tenth anniversary show—recorded July sixth-seventh, 1984—is considered a must-have by long time fans of A Prairie Home Companion.



Guests include Greg Brown; the Butch Thompson Trio; the Dale Warland Singers; Lieberman, Fogel and Bey; Sue Shepard; Stoney Lonesome; and Vern Sutton. Read more

The Areas of My Expertise - Abridged

By: John Hodgman

Narrated by: John Hodgman

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Century and Jon Stewart's America comes The Areas of My Expertise, the brilliant and uproarious #15 bestseller (i.e., a runaway phenomenon in its own right-no, seriously) - a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom - all of it completely... Read more