Best comedy books of all time (clockwise from left): Evelyn Waugh; cover of Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm, Helen Fielding author of Bridget Jones's Diary; Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel ...

Rounding up the best comedy books of 2021 with releases from Amber Ruffin, Jen Spyra, Mel Brooks, Quinta Brunson, Seth Rogen, Simon Rich, Libby Marshall, Amy Solomon, Kliph Nesteroff, and more.