November’s Library Chat focuses on humor and laughter. Library staff discuss humorous adult and youth books and what makes them laugh. They also discuss Laughter: The Best Medicine episode from the podcast Hidden Brain hosted by NPR social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam.
Check out the book list below highlighting the books we discussed during the podcast.
Library Chat: November 2020 Book List
Adult Titles
Good omens: the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch : a novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman DB37043 BR21217
If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits? by Erma Bombeck DB11627 LT555
The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams DB18339 BR14438
I feel bad about my neck: and other thoughts on being a woman by Nora Ephron DB63378
Three men in a boat: (to say nothing of the dog) by Jerome K. Jerome DB66776 BRN10235
The world according to Garp: a novel by John Irving DB11764
Why not me? by Mindy Kaling DB82596
Live right and find happiness (although beer is much faster): life lessons and other ravings from Dave Barry DB82269
A walk in the woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson DB46519 LT5740
The life and times of the thunderbolt kid: a memoir by Bill Bryson DB63131 BR16929
Marley & me: life and love with the world’s worst dog by John Grogan DB61561 BR16584
The importance of being earnest, and other plays by Oscar Wilde DB26431 BRN8395
If you ask me: (and of course you won’t) by Betty White DB73334 LT10032
Skinny dip by Carl Hiaasen DB58649 LT7552
Children and Youth Titles
Princess and the pony by Kate Beaton DB83927 Print/Braille
Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus! by Mo Willems DBO00481 Print/Braille
The book with no pictures by B.J. Novak DBC09571 Print/Braille
Also check out the library’s monthly Library News podcast and Braille Bits podcast. Check out the library’s Podcast Page for information on all the library’s podcasts and episodes.