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Comedy books reviewed

Comedy history and biographies

That Peter Kay Book

by Johnny Dee


Yeah But No But, The Biography of Matt Lucas and David Walliams

by Neil Simpson


Me: Moir Vol 1

by Vic Reeves


And Now For Something Completely Digital

by Alan Parker and Mick O'Shea


If I Don't Write It, Nobody Else Will

by Eric Sykes


Eric Morecambe Unseen

Edited by William Cook


Ken Dodd: The Biography

by Stephen Griffin


Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ

by Rik Mayall


Pryor Convictions

by Richard Pryor


Bill Hicks: Agent Of Evolution

by Kevin Booth


Frankie Howerd: Stand-Up Comic

by Graham McCann


The Authorised Biography of Ronnie Barker

by Bob McCabe


Goodbye Again: The Definitive Peter Cook and Dudley Moore

Edited by William Cook


The Book What I Wrote: Eric, Ernie And Me

by Eddie Braben


Dudley Moore: An Intimate Portrait

by Rena Fruchter


Sunshine on Putty

by Ben Thompson


The Radio Times Guide To TV Comedy

by Mark Lewisohn


The Pythons Autobiography

Eric Morecambe: Life's Not Hollywood, It's Cricklewood

by Gary Morecambe


Spike Milligan: The Biography

Edited by William Cook


Tragically I Was An Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook

Edited by William Cook


The Comedy Store: The Club That Changed Comedy

by William Cook

 

Performing comedy

Fringe

by James Aylett and James Lark


Getting The Joke

by Oliver Double


Laughing Matters

by Steven Jacobi


Attitude: Wanna Make Something Of It?

by Tony Allen


Comic Insights: The Art Of Stand-Up Comedy

by Franklyn Ajaye


When Will I Be Famous? Travels Through The Dark Side Of Showbiz

by Martin Kelner


A selection of other books on the topic

 Books by comedians

As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela

by Mark Thomas


Love All The People

by Bill Hicks


Bullet Points

by Mark Watson


The Ripple Effect

by Dominic Holland


Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure

by Dave Gorman


Nineteen Seventy-Nine

by Rhona Cameron


Sit-Down Comedy

Various; edited by John Fleming and Malcolm Hardee


Vive La Revolution

by Mark Steel


The A-Z Of Living Together

by Jeff Green


Things Snowball

by Rich Hall


Are You Dave Gorman?

by Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace


Only In America

by Dominic Holland


The Perfect Fool

by Stewart Lee

 

Fiction about comedy

Gagged

by Richard Asplin

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