Bibliography

This list of pun-related books is far from complete. We’ll be adding to it soon. If your favorite is missing, let us know.

TitleAuthor(s)PublisherDate of Publication
101 Shaggy Dog StoriesRichard, E. and L. ChurchillScholastic1986/06
3650 Jokes, Puns, and RiddlesKostick, AnneBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers2009/08/26
Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our LanguageLederer, RichardDell1989/08/05
Ants Are My Friends, The: A Punderful Celebration of SongLederer, Richard and Kegel, StanMarion Street Press, Inc.2007/09/01
Bennett Cerf's Treasury of Atrocious PunsCerf, BennettHarper & Row1968
Best Book of Puns, TheMoger, ArtCitadel1998/08/25
Bred Any Good Rooks Lately: A Collection of Puns, Shaggy Dogs, Spoonerisms, Feghoots & Malappropriate StoriesCharlton, JamesDoubleday1986
Collected Feghoot, TheBriarton, GrendelPulphouse Publishing, Inc.1992
Compleat Feghoot, The: The Lives and Times of History's Greatest TravellerBriarton, GrendelMirage Press1975/06/01
Crazy EnglishLederer, RichardPocket1998/06/01
Cruel and Unusual PunsHauptman, DonLaurel1991/11/03
Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and Their Significance, ARubinstein, FrankiePalgrave Macmillan1995/12/15
Dinosaur Joke Book, The: A Compendium of Pre-Hysteric PunsBennett, ArtieRandom House Books for Young Readers1998/03/17
Eats, Shites & Leaves: Crap English and How to Use ItParady, A.Michael O'Mara2008/04/28
Embrace the PunCorbett, BarryCorbett Design2005/09/01
Filthy Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Most Outrageous Sexual PunsKiernan, PaulineGotham2007/10/04
Fractured EnglishLederer, Richard and Dave MoricePocket Books1996/11/01
Funster Punster: A Book of PunsHaynes, Martin "Deck"Outskirts Press2009/07/08
Get Thee to a Punnery: An Anthology of Intentional Assaults Upon the English LanguageLederer, RichardGibbs Smith2006/04/21
Grime and PUNishment: A collection of sexciting puns Gordon, Harvey C.Warner Books1981
Haiku/Pun for Everyone, A: Book ThreeTreatnan, PauliUniverse, Inc.2008/02/19
Have Yourself a Punny Little ChristmasLederer, RichardGibbs Smith2006/07/17
Himie Koshevoy's Treasure Just of Best PunsKoshevoy, HimieWest Vancouver: Graydonald Graphics1969/01/01
Jokes, Shaggy Dog Stories and Other NonsenseVornhagen, VincentMorris Pub1995/02
Mammoth Book of Jokes, The: Over 6, 000 Shaggy Dog Stories, Limericks, Puns and Put-downs for All OccasionsTibballs, GeoffRobinson Publishing2000/09/28
More Anguished English: an Expose of Embarrassing Excruciating, and Egregious Errors in EnglishLederer, RichardDell1994/09/04
New Pun Book, TheBrown, Thomas A.General Books LLC2010/03/07
Play of Words, The: Fun & Games for Language LoversLederer, RichardPocket Books1991/09/01
Pun and Games: Jokes, Riddles, Daffynitions, Tairy Fales, Rhymes, and More Word Play for KidsLederer, RIchardChicago Review Press1996/06/01
Pundemonium: Puns Are EverywhereGordon, Harvey C.Punsters Press1983/09
Pundits' DictionaryBerle, GustavPundit Press1986/10
Pun Enchanted Evenings: A Treasury of Wit, Wisdom, Chuckles and Belly Laughs for Language Lovers -- 746 Original Word Plays Yale, David R.A Healthy Relationship Press2010/04/05
PUNishment: The art of punning or how to lose friends and agonize peopleGordon, Harvey C.Punster's Press1977
Punning For Your LifeBrett, Theodore A.Xlibris Corporation2002/10/22
PunsRedfern, WalterBlackwell Pub1985/03
Puns and Pundits: Word Play in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern LiteratureNoegel, Scott B.Capital Decisions Ltd2000/03
Puns IntendedNoel, BarbaraTrafford2009/10/21
Puns of FunBillingsley, TeresaiUniverse, Inc.2008/01/03
Puns Spooken HereLederer, RichardGibbs Smith2006/07/17
Rhyme & PUNishment: Adventures in WordplayCleary, Brian P.Millbrook Press2006/01/15
Smart Feller Fart Smeller: And Other SpoonerismsAgee, JonHyperion Book CH2006/10/03
Smoking Pun, The: Crimes Against the LanguageTaylor, ThaddeusCerebral Market2006/08/28
Stoopnagle's Tale Is Twisted: Spoonerisms Run Amok James, KeenStone and Scott2001/12
The Best of An Almanac of Words at PlayEspy, WillardMerriam-Webster1999/09
The Big Book of National Insults: 1001 Xenophobic Quips and QuotesL'Estrange, JulianCassell2006/02/28
The Biggest Book of Animal RiddlesLederer, Richard and James D. ErtnerWarner Books2001/09
The Bride of Anguished English: A Bonanza of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-BoosLederer, RichardSt. Martin's Griffin2002/07/23
The Cunning Linguist: Ribald Riddles, Lascivious Limericks, Carnal Corn, and Other Good, Clean Dirty Fun Lederer, RichardSt. Martin's Griffin2003/12/17
The Game of WordsEspy, WillardBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers2003/08/18
The Giant Book of Animal Jokes: Beastly Humor for GrownupsLederer, Richard and James D. ErtnerStone and Scott2006/02/14
The Revenge of Anguished English: More Accidental Assaults Upon Our LanguageLederer, RichardSt. Martin's Griffin2007/11/13
Through Time and Space With Ferdinand FeghootBriarton, Grendel and Ariss, BruceParadox Press1962
Visual puns and hard-edge poems: Works by Frederick HammersleyTraugott, JosephMuseum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico1999
World's Funniest Puns, TheAlexander, JamesCrombie Jardine Publishing Limited2006/06/01
World's Wackiest French Joke Book, The: 500 Puns Guaranteed to Give You Deja-Eww!Fenton, SueMcGraw-Hill2006/09/20
World's Wackiest Spanish Joke Book, The: 500 Puns Guaranteed to Drive You Across the Rio Grom -deFenton, SueMcGraw-Hill2006/09/20
"Shaggy Dog" Story, The: Its Origin, Development and Nature (With a Few Seemly Examples)Partridge, Eric and V.H. DrummondPhilosophical Library1955