As John Hodgman says in this book's introduction, “We all know that books are funny. First, they are made of paste and cloth, which is funny, as is the fact that people still buy and read them.” With that in mind, the McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes collects the best book-related humor from the humor-laden archives of McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Open it and be regaled by such sketches, lists, letters, and spoofs as:

Postcards from James Joyce to his Brother Stan

Winnie-the-Pooh is My Coworker

Ikea Product or Lord of the Rings Character?

Popular Children's Fairy Tales Reimagined Using Members of My Family

The Very Unauthorized Biography of Steven Seagal

Chuck Norris Erotica

John Updike, Television Writer

Jane Eyre Runs for President

Cormac McCarthy Writes to the Editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican

Holden Caulfield Gives the Commencement Speech to a High School

Letters from Odysseus's College Roommate

And many dozens more.