Funny Gag Gift Books That Were Personally Touched By Me

July 2, 2026

At some point you run out of normal gift ideas. You've done the candles. You've done the gift cards. You've done the "I didn't know what to get you so I got you socks" thing. And now you're standing in a store or scrolling at midnight thinking there has to be something better.

There is something better. It's weird and it comes signed.

I make humour books for adults that look exactly like children's books. That is not an accident. That is the entire point. The cover is bright and friendly and you pick it up thinking "oh, cute" and then you read the title and the cute feeling goes away and a different, better feeling takes its place.

This gift guide is for people who have burned through the normal options and need something that will actually get a reaction.

Who This Gift Guide Is Actually For

This isn't for people who think The Office is edgy. This is for people who have scrolled past content that would make a normal person close the app and kept going. You know who you are. Your search history knows who you are.

These humour books for adults are for people who want a gift that feels like an experience. Something you hand someone and they say "where did you even find this" in a tone that could mean either impressed or mildly concerned. Both are wins.

Mom's Magic Gummies: Make Traffic More Fun is technically a book about commuting. The subtitle does a lot of heavy lifting. It's been gifted to actual moms. Those moms gave it five stars. I'm not going to ask any follow up questions about that.

Freak Off Party: The Legend of Dirty Ole Diddy exists because the news cycle is genuinely insane and sometimes you need to process current events through cartoon illustration. That's basically journalism. I'm a journalist now I think.

Single Moms Need Cock is a book about roosters. It's a wholesome story about farm life and poultry. If you believe that I have several more books you'll enjoy.

The "Looks Like a Kids Book" Thing

Every single one of these humour books for adults is designed to look like something your kindergarten teacher would put on the shelf. Big friendly font. Round cheerful letters. Colourful illustrations. An adorable little character on the front.

And then you read the title and the illusion evaporates completely.

Social Credit: A Guide to Virtue Signalling looks like a civics lesson for toddlers. It is not a civics lesson for toddlers.

Dad's Secret Family looks like a heartwarming story about family life. I mean. In a way. Sort of. Not really.

Peggy Peggington: Loves to Peg is one of my most-returned-as-a-gift-and-then-immediately-re-gifted books. The person who receives it will then find someone to give it to within the week. It has a long life.

Crypto Cuck: How Dad Lost His SOL is basically a financial memoir. Very relatable content for a significant portion of the population right now.

If you have someone in your life who doesn't laugh at normal things anymore... this is for them. Someone who has developed a particular sense of humour that most gift guides don't account for. You hand them one of these and either they love you more or they look at you differently forever.

Both outcomes are memorable. That is honestly more than you can say for a candle.

I make these out of my house in Toronto. I publish one or two humour books for adults every month. They're all signed. They all look like kids books. None of them are for kids.

If the person you're buying for laughs at things that make other people uncomfortable... you've found the right store. Browse the collection. Something in here will be perfect for them. Or deeply wrong for them. Those two things overlap more than you'd think.