If you are anything like me, you probably enjoy playing with words. Basing your joke on the way words are pronounced or spelled adds an entire new layer to the funny part. And as an avid reader, I can definitely appreciate a good book pun when I see one.
An interesting thing about puns is that even bad jokes somehow make you laugh if they are built on word play. Even if you are more of the intellectual humor type, you can’t help but agree that book jokes can actually be used for more than just passing entertainment.
Puns with book titles are a fun and unconventional way of drawing interest towards reading. Libraries and bookstores have been employing this method, placing book puns on posters, boards, and souvenir cards, and were indeed able to get quite a few chuckles – and happy visitors – in return. A joke about books will not only put a smile on your face but is very likely to get you interested in a book or author you may not have read before.
Here are some of our absolute favorite book and reading puns. I am really curious to know what the best pun about books you have ever come up with was, so make sure to leave a comment and let me know!
#1 Clearly, the shelf had it out for me
A book fell on my head. I can only blame my shelf.
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#2 This One’s Quite the Bard Joke
Why did Shakespeare always write with a pen? Because pencils made him ask, “2B or not 2B?”
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#3 This One’s Got Layers
What building has the most stories? The library.
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#4 Plot twist: I’m actually lost
I started reading a book about mazes—I got lost in it.
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#5 Library visit or epic quest?
I haven’t been to the library in a while—how Dewey find the books?
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#6 Plot twist, literally
A book never holds a grudge: it is always ready to turn over a new leaf.
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#7 Footnotes: The OG breadcrumb trail
How do you track a book?
You follow their footnotes.
You follow their footnotes.
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#8 This kid’s got closet goals
Why did the kid always sit in his wardrobe when reading a book?
Narnia business!
Narnia business!
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#9 Accidentally sucked into this one
I'm reading a book about black holes; it really draws you in!
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#10 Plot twist: They’re already dead inside
What is the spookiest kind of author?
A ghostwriter.
A ghostwriter.
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#11 Busy but still reading, somehow
Why don’t readers have extra time? They’re booked.
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#12 Plot twist: Dewey Decimal no more
I’ve decided to retire as a librarian to start a new chapter in my life.
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#13 This Friendship’s Not Shire-locked
My best friend just told me she doesn’t like Lord of the Rings, but she definitely doesn’t know what she’s Tolkien about.
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#14 When Your Feet Decide They’re Frodo
I started walking around without any shoes, and it sort of became a Hobbit.
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#15 Swipe right for killer intros
Why was the book so good at using Tinder?
He had a good opening line.
He had a good opening line.
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#16 Too Sirius for Its Own Good
Did you hear they were going to make an entire book about Harry Potter’s godfather, but then it got axed?
They thought it would be too Sirius.
They thought it would be too Sirius.
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#17 This dad joke chapter is peak comedy
Why did the man stick himself between the pages of a book?
He was a book Mark.
He was a book Mark.
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#18 Plot twist in relationships
Why do bookworms breakup ?
Because they are not on the same page.
Because they are not on the same page.
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#19 Iconic vibes or just sketchy parties?
Never read Fitzgerald? You Gatsby kidding me!
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#20 Books with perks and quirks
Do you like the book you're reading? It has prose and cons.
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