Humor
The Make-Believe Man
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Richard Harding Davis
Adventure was what our protagonist was looking for, when he boarded the steamer "Patience" for his holiday, and when one has a man…
Europe Revised
Read by Sibella Denton
Irvin S. Cobb
Irwin Cobb's humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, "To My …
Vagabond Adventures
Read by John Greenman
Ralph Keeler
Ralph Keeler failed as a novelist, but this autobiography reflects a life well-lived with humor and adventure. Keeler was in the same litera…
Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective
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Ellis Parker Butler
Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To…
A Dash for a Throne
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Arthur W. Marchmont
The young Count von Rudloff got himself into so much trouble with the Imperial Family in Berlin, that he sees no other way out of it than to…
First Fifty Digits of Pi
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Scott Hemphill
56 flavors of Pi proudly produced by LibriVox volunteers to celebrate Pi Day, 2008. (3/14) Don't worry, you don't have to listen to an infin…
English as She is Spoke
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Pedro Carolino
English as She is Spoke is a 19th century Portuguese-to-English phrasebook that has become a classic of absurdist humor, owing chiefly to th…
The United States of Air: a Satire
Read by J.M. Porup
J.M. Porup
The National Sewer Agency is spying on people's toilets, looking for food terrorists... Food Enforcement Agent Jason Frolick believes in Ame…
Peggy Raymond's Way (or Blossom Time At Friendly Terrace)
Read by Daryl Wor
Harriet Lummis Smith
In this fifth and (as far as is known) final volume of Peggy Raymond and her Friendly Terrace entourage, we find the Girls winding down from…
Duel of the Fates
Read by Jack Mangan
Jack Mangan
As originally heard on the Dragon Page Wingin' It! Podcast: Duel of the Fates assembles highly diverse, iconic combatants from across the wi…
Vice Versa
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F. Anstey
Set in Victorian times, the novel concerns business man Paul Bultitude and his son Dick. Dick is about to leave home for a boarding school w…
You Never Miss the Dopamine (until the brain runs dry)
Read by Bill Schmalfeldt
Bill Schmalfeldt
He's quickly becoming the Lewis Black of Parkinson's Disease. In a series of hilarious essays, Bill Schmalfeldt (author of "No Doorwa…
Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors
Read by Christopher Gronlund
Christopher Gronlund
When Michael O'Brien and his father, James, buy a new car just in time for the family's summer vacation, James signs over more than the titl…
The Book of Snobs
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William Makepeace Thackeray
The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:—I am the individual destined to write t…
The World Is Badly Made
Read by Thomas Corfield
Thomas Corfield
When the palace of Arabesque’s aide d’camp, a cat named the Tremblees, stumbles upon a translation of an ancient language that reveals the e…
Casey at the Bat
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Ernest Lawrence Thayer
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Casey at the Bat by Ernst Lawrence Thayer. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Decemb…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 author…
The Hunting of the Snark (version 2)
Read by Shawn Craig Smith
Lewis Carroll
The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursu…
Nonsense Novels
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Stephen Leacock
Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03
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H. G. Wells
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors…