The Best Comedy Books of 2022 Will Have You Laughing on the Inside

On this fine day, we'd like to present a challenge for you. Next time you're feeling down, want a distraction, or hell, just plain need a good laugh—lock your phone in a box. Turn it off. Throw it out the window. You're not allowed to doom-scroll, or watch another episode of Below Deck, because you're on Season Eight and solely because of that, you hate yourself. Yes, yes, we know hilarious movies can be a salve. TV shows too. Don't care! Pick up a book. More specifically, a collection of pages that we're certain will both distract you and leave you feeling pretty good about yourself when you put it down.

If you're up for the task, we've taken it upon ourselves to collect the best funny pages of 2022 to date, which will give you the getaway we know you're so desperately looking for. There are plenty of names here, so there's no excuse to go crawling back to Bravo. Sedaris is here. Apatow, too. Gadsby! How about a little Shannon? Odenkirk. So please, when you're ready, take a look through our list of the comedy books of the year, so far.