Most Popular Humor Books of the 1980s

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Discworld #4

Mort

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Reaper

1987

8.2/10 202 ratings

Discworld #8

Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Dragons

1989

8.1/10 152 ratings

Discworld #6

Wyrd Sisters

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Witches

1988

7.8/10 183 ratings

Discworld #2

The Light Fantastic

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · TV Series

1986

7.9/10 174 ratings

Discworld #7

Pyramids

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · BSFA Award

1989

7.8/10 135 ratings

Discworld #3

Equal Rites

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Witches

1987

7.7/10 171 ratings

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction

1980

7.7/10 183 ratings

Discworld #5

Sourcery

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy

1988

7.6/10 149 ratings

Discworld #1

The Colour of Magic

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · TV Series

1983

7.5/10 229 ratings

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction

1982

7.4/10 158 ratings

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #4

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction

1984

7.2/10 150 ratings

The Bromeliad Trilogy #1

Truckers

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Young Adult

1989

7.1/10 92 ratings

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles #4

Talking to Dragons

Patricia C. Wrede

Fantasy · Young Adult

1985

7.1/10 102 ratings

Dirk Gently #1

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction

1987

7/10 90 ratings

The Stainless Steel Rat #5

The Stainless Steel Rat for President

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1982

6.7/10 18 ratings

Dirk Gently #2

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Douglas Adams

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1988

6.7/10 107 ratings

Xanth #7

Dragon on a Pedestal

Piers Anthony

Fantasy · Dragons

1983

8/10 6 ratings

Xanth #4

Centaur Aisle

Piers Anthony

Fantasy · Centaur

1981

8/10 4 ratings

Myth Adventures #2

Myth Conceptions

Robert Asprin

Fantasy

1980

8/10 3 ratings

Myth Adventures #3

Myth Directions

Robert Asprin

Fantasy

1982

8/10 2 ratings

Myth Adventures #8

Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections

Robert Asprin

Fantasy

1987

8/10 1 ratings

Myth Adventures #7

M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link

Robert Asprin

Fantasy

1986

8/10 1 ratings

Xanth #12

Man from Mundania

Piers Anthony

Fantasy

1989

7.3/10 3 ratings

The Stainless Steel Rat #7

The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1987

7/10 4 ratings

Brentford #4

The Sprouts of Wrath

Robert Rankin

Fantasy

1988

7/10 2 ratings

Myth Adventures #6

Little Myth Marker

Robert Asprin

Fantasy

1985

7/10 2 ratings

Brentford #3

East of Ealing

Robert Rankin

Science Fiction

1984

7/10 2 ratings

Myth Adventures #4

Hit or Myth

Robert Asprin

Fantasy

1983

7/10 2 ratings

Brentford #2

The Brentford Triangle

Robert Rankin

Science Fiction

1982

7/10 2 ratings

Brentford #1

The Antipope

Robert Rankin

Fantasy

1981

7/10 2 ratings

Expecting Someone Taller

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1987

7/10 1 ratings

The Stainless Steel Rat #6

A Stainless Steel Rat is Born

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1985

7.1/10 15 ratings

Strata

Terry Pratchett

Science Fiction

1981

6.1/10 9 ratings

Xanth #6

Night Mare

Piers Anthony

Fantasy

1982

6/10 4 ratings

Xanth #11

Heaven Cent

Piers Anthony

Fantasy

1988

6/10 3 ratings

Xanth #8

Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn

Piers Anthony

Fantasy

1984

6/10 3 ratings