Funny Books for Teens

Sometimes all you want is to sit down, relax and have a good old...LAUGH!

With these super funny, stomach-cramp inducing, knee-slappingly hilarious books, time will fly by as you laugh your way through each page.

For an upgrade from the younger Wimpy Kid books but the same level of silly humour, you can't miss The Private Blog of Joe Cowley. If you're an overthinker but also want to be a super-confident feminist, Diary of a Confused Feminist is for you. Henry Tumour is an award-winning and funny approach to a teen's health challenges, and finally if you're in the mood for something a little witchy, Hexed: Don't Get Mad, Get Powers, is a great magic realism read for those wanting a good, hearty laugh! Even reluctant readers can't miss out on these funny books.

Each of these books will make you laugh in a different way and offer unique reading experiences, but you can stay reassured that moments of sheer hilarity await!

If you're on the hunt for more teen bookish recommendations, be sure to check out some of our other book roundups, including Non-Fiction Books for Teens, Best Graphic Novels for Teens, Best BookTok Books for Teens, The Best YA Fantasy Books, Romance Books for Teens and Mysteries & Thrillers for Teens!

Georgina Atwell

Toppsta

2023-08-03

Funny Books for Teens

The Private Blog of Joe Cowley: Straight Outta Nerdsville

Too old for wimpy kid? Meet Joe Cowley! Blog! You have NO IDEA how happy I am right now. I'm smiling so much, I look like The Joker in a wind tunnel. GET A LOAD OF THIS: - Harry, Ad, Greeny, and me are living in our own flat, right in the heart of the city. I know, amazing! We're city-slicking, hard-hustling, good-timing, not-even-missing-our-mummies-one-little-bit city boys. - The Sound Experience are about to sign a major recording contract and as their manager I intend to shake the music industry to its core with my unconventional approach. - AND I'm dating a cool older girl, who is totally into my sophisticated city-boy charm. Big things are happening! The Tammerstone Massive are keeping it real and living it large. Fame, fortune, and fast cars await . . . it definitely won't end in failure, fiasco, or fighting . . . The fourth book about the unstoppable, unfathomable, and unbelievable Joe Cowley, in a series being hailed as Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Inbetweeners. Perfect for anyone who loves to laugh at others misfortune on YouTube or Instagram and packed with masses of illustrations and doodles by top illustrator Mike Lowery.

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Diary of a Confused Feminist: Book 1

Meet Kat Evans: Feminist. Overthinker. Hot mess.
A hilarious antidote to our Insta-perfect world, Diary of a Confused Feminist is for girls who want to do it right but always feel they're getting it wrong ...

15-year-old Kat wants to do GOOD FEMINISM, although she's not always sure what that means. She also wants to be a writer, get together with Hot Josh (is this a feminist ambition?), win at her coursework and not make a TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT of herself at all times.

But the path to true feminism is filled with mortifying incidents, muddling moments and Instagram hell. And it doesn't help that Hot Josh is just, well, properly, distractingly hot.

And when everything at school starts to get a bit too much, Kat knows she's lost her way, and the only way forward is to ask for help ...

Bold, authentic and laugh-out-loud funny, Kat's diary fearlessly navigates her way through life, love and teenage anxiety.

'Holly Bourne fans should love this uproarious debut by standup comic Weston' Guardian

'This book will make you laugh out loud' - Sunday Times Book of the Week

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Henry Tumour

From the Carnegie Medal winning author of Lark, comes Henry Tumour - winner of the 2006 BookTrust Teenage Prize.

It wasn't my choice: Henry was in charge.

As if school bullies and his mum's tofu sandwiches weren't enough for Hector Brunty, he now has another dilemma: a talking brain tumour.

Henry Tumour turns out to be the perfect alter-ego, advising Hector on haircuts, high-fashion, and tactics for snogging the best-looking girl in school, Uma Upshaw. Controlling his speech and brain chemicals is one thing, but soon Henry Tumour is trying to make more decisions about Hector's life than he'd like.

Can Hector overpower his tumour in order to get what he really wants . . . before they both go under the knife?

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Boys Don't Knit

Meet Ben Fletcher, an Adrian Mole for a new generation

Ben Fletcher must get to grips with his more 'feminine' side following an unfortunate incident with a lollipop lady and a stolen bottle of Martini Rosso from Waitrose. All a big misunderstanding of course.

To avoid the Young Offenders unit, Ben is ordered to give something back to the community and develop his sense of social alignment. Take up a hobby and keep on the straight and narrow. The hot teacher he likes runs a knitting group so Ben, reluctantly at first, gets 'stuck in'. Not easy when your dad is a sports fan and thinks Jeremy Clarkson is God. To his surprise, Ben finds that he likes knitting and that he has a mean competitive streak. If he can just keep it all a secret from his mates...and notice that the girl of his dreams, girl-next-door Megan Hooper has a bit of a thing for him...

Laugh-out-loud, often ridiculous, sometimes quite touching, and revelatory about the knitting world, BOYS DON'T KNIT is a must for boys and girls...

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Hexed: Don't Get Mad, Get Powers.

Jessie Jones has just discovered she's a witch. Too bad there isn't a hex to make slimy Callum Henderson and his friends disappear ... yet. The first book in a feisty, funny YA series about discovering your place and your power.

New girl, new school, new life on stupid island - thanks Mum. All Jessie Jones wants is to keep her head down, avoid school douchebag Callum Henderson, and coast - middle-of-the-road-like. But when strange powers start to manifest during crippling period pains, flying under the radar seems highly unlikely.

Can Jessie embrace her new-found witchiness, control her erratic powers and work out a way to bring down Callum and his cult of toxic masculinity?

Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets Sex Education - a YA debut perfect for fans of Holly Bourne.

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Funny Books for Teens

The Private Blog of Joe Cowley: Straight Outta Nerdsville

Diary of a Confused Feminist: Book 1

Henry Tumour

Boys Don't Knit

Hexed: Don't Get Mad, Get Powers.

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