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From comedians George Carlin and Paula Poundstone to the Pretty Good Jokes series from A Prairie Home Companion, these audio collections are sure to keep you laughing. For more fun, check out the Car Talk collections under Public Radio.

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Mennonite in a Little Black Dress

Rhoda Janzen; read by Hillary Huber

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Written with wry humor and huge personality—and tackling faith, love, family, and aging—Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing, certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead. Learn More

Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! Famous People Who Returned Our Calls

Hosted by Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell

NPR’s “oddly informative” news quiz program includes a segment during which celebrity guests answer questions that are way outside their normal area of expertise. The hilarious results always reveal something unexpected. Learn More

Even More Pretty Good Jokes

Garrison Keillor; performed by Garrison Keillor, Roy Blount Jr., and an ensemble cast

Includes jokes from A Prairie Home Companion Joke Shows airing between 2004 and 2008, and additional skits. Learn More

The Best of Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!

Hosted by Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell

The cream of the crop (so far) from NPR's “oddly informative news quiz.” Learn More

The Dog Says How

Kevin Kling; read by the author

Popular storyteller Kevin Kling weaves scenes of childhood antics and adult absurdities into tales that provoke laughter—and elicit tears Learn More

NPR Funniest Driveway Moments

Hosted by Robert Krulwich

A collection of some of the funniest stories and interviews with the funniest people on NPR. Learn More

At Knit's End

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee; read by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

At Knit’s End is for every woman who can’t seem to put her needles down—and now she won’t have to, even to enjoy these meditations! Learn More

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee; read by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

More tongue-in-cheek, laugh-out-loud observations on the world of knitting from the best-selling author and self-proclaimed “Yarn Harlot.” Learn More

Car Talk Classics

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; performed by Tom and Ray Magliozzi

Four all-time favorite episodes from the popular radio show—complete, unexpurgated, and hilarious. Learn More

Long Time Leaving

Roy Blount Jr.; read by Roy Blount Jr.

It's North against South, and Georgia-born humorist and social commentator Roy Blount, Jr., now a resident of the Northeast, is debating exactly which side should win the titles Most Eccentric and Most Misunderstood. Learn More

Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! The Best of "Not My Job"

Hosted by Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell

Features highlights from the popular “Not My Job” segment of the show, during which celebrity guest contestants answer questions on topics unrelated to their particular area of expertise. Learn More

There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say

Paula Poundstone; read by Paula Poundstone

There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant To Say is self-awareness and honesty at its most hilarious. Learn More

Mommies Who Drink

Brett Paesel; read by Brett Paesel

Wickedly funny and irreverent, yet deeply honest and touching, Mommies Who Drink confronts a brave new world of motherhood. Learn More

New and Not Bad Pretty Good Jokes

Garrison Keillor; performed by Garrison Keillor, Paula Poundstone, and an ensemble cast

Originally the bonus CD in the Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes compendium, this collection from Joke Shows 7-8 is now available separately. Learn More

Growing Up Lutheran

Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann (Johnson) Nelson; read by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann (Johnson) Nelson

If you search for the word ‘coffee’ in the Bible, if you're pretty sure that all the pairs of animals in Noah’s Ark were married, and if you know that Heaven is up and Hell is down, you'll love Growing Up Lutheran. If the Lutherans you know seem rather, er, mysterious, it will do you good.” Learn More

Fresh Air: Laughs

Terry Gross; interviews with comedians

A collection of interviews with top comedians from the award-winning NPR interviewer Terry Gross. Learn More

George Carlin Reads to You (Digital Edition)

George Carlin; performed by George Carlin

Great comedy and a good deal, this new gift set gathers three timeless Carlin recordings including two Grammy® winners.

Includes Brain Droppings, Napalm & Silly Putty, and More Napalm and Silly Putty. Learn More

Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes

Garrison Keillor; performed by Garrison Keillor, Roy Blount Jr., Calvin Trillin, Paula Poundstone and an ensemble cast

Includes all the jokes from the first eight Joke Shows. Learn More

I Think There's Another Terrorist In My Soup

David Brenner; performed by the author

This release completes Brenner's recording of I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup, his brilliant, healing post-9/11 comedy collection. Learn More

I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup

David Brenner; performed by the author

Brenner offers brilliant comic riffs—well-tested on his audiences—on a wide range of issues, from the personal to the political. Learn More

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

Al Franken; read by Al Franken

Franken trains his subversive wit directly on the contemporary political scene, earning him the nickname the "master of political humor" (Washington Post) . Learn More

Wigfield

Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert; read by the authors

Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert join forces to write and read this satire on the American Small Town. Learn More

A Few More Pretty Good Jokes

Garrison Keillor; performed by Garrison Keillor, Calvin Trillin, and an ensemble cast

A Few More Pretty Good Jokes is the second collection of material taken from the popular A Prairie Home Companion Joke Shows. Learn More

Live from New York

Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller; read by Christopher Burns, Eric Conger, Agnes Herrman, Jeffrey Joseph, Phil Lee, Don Leslie, Kevin McCue, Beth McDonald, Ron McLarty, Paula Parker, Charles Stransky, and Oliver Wyman

Live from New York does what no other book about the show has ever done: It lets the people who were there tell the story in their own words, blunt and loving and uncensored. Learn More

More Napalm and Silly Putty

George Carlin; performed by George Carlin

What his candid take on "life's little moments" lacks in political correctness, it more than makes up for in gut-busting laughs. He's the guy who dares say what the rest of us hesitate even to think. Learn More