Most Popular Humor Books of the 1980s

Discover popular Humor books from the 1980s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Myth Adventures #5

Myth-ing Persons

Robert Asprin

Fantasy

1984

Xanth #9

Golem in the Gears

Piers Anthony

Fantasy

1985

Xanth #5

Ogre, Ogre

Piers Anthony

Fantasy · Ogre

1982

Xanth #10

Vale of the Vole

Piers Anthony

Fantasy

1987

Downtown

Ed McBain

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1989

Island

Thomas Perry

Crime Fiction · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

Who's Afraid of Beowulf?

Tom Holt

Fantasy

1988

Kinky Friedman Mysteries #1

Greenwich Killing Time

Kinky Friedman

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

1986

Myth Adventures

Myth Adventures One

Robert Asprin

Fantasy · Collection

1985

Stars and Bars

William Boyd

January 1, 1984

Metzger’s Dog

Thomas Perry

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 1, 1983

Hoka

Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1983

An Ice-cream War

William Boyd

War & Military · Historical Fiction

January 1, 1982

A Good Man in Africa

William Boyd

Historical Fiction

January 1, 1981

Dr Fischer Of Geneva or the Bomb Party

Graham Greene

Novella

January 1, 1980