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45 Funny Literature Jokes

ByChe Lewis

Here are 45 funny literature jokes and the best literature puns to crack you up. These jokes about literature are great literature students and adults.

Here is our top list of literature dad jokes. Find your favorite puns about literature, have a laugh, then share and enjoy this literature humor with others.

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Literature puns

Here are some of our favorite dad jokes about literature that are also awesome literature jokes for adults and kids to be told!

  1. What’s the best way to get an English major in the mood? Metaphorplay.
  2. Why did the comma break up with the apostrophe? Because it was too possessive.
  3. What do you get when you mix American Literature and alcohol? Tequila Mockingbird.
  4. What did the Australian teacher say to his talkative literature class? Excuse me everyone please stop Tolkien.
  5. What happened when Past, Present, and Future walked into a bar? It was tense.
  1. Have you seen Finnick? Odair he is.
  2. What do writers eat for breakfast? Joyce Carol Oatmeal.
  3. What would you find in Charles Dickens’s pantry? The best of thyme, the worst of thyme.
  4. What do you call an Italian dish that is equal but more equal than other Italian dishes? Animal parm.
  5. Why did Shakespeare only write in pen? He couldn’t decide which type of pencil to use—a 2B or not 2B.
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  1. Did you hear about Jay Gatsby’s new car? It was a real hit with the ladies.
  2. What’s a car’s favorite genre of literature? An auto-biography.
  3. What do you get if you put a Greek classic in the fridge? The Chilliad.
  4. How did Charlotte Brontë make it easier for everyone to breathe? She created Eyre.
  5. Why did the reader give up on Pride and Prejudice? The characters were too Austentatious.
  1. What is Holden Caulfield’s favorite children’s show? My Little Phony.
  2. What kind of dinosaur writes romance novels? A Brontësaurus.
  3. Why do words, phrases, and punctuation keep ending up in court? To be sentenced.
  4. Why is John Milton terrible to invite to game night? Because when he’s around, there’s a pair of dice lost.
  5. What did the math book say to the literature book? I envy you, you’re so full of stories and I’ll I’ve got is problems.
  1. What is Beowulf’s favorite snack? Hwæt thins.
  2. What kind of word should you invite to a tea party? A proper noun.
  3. What is Odysseus’s favorite body of water? The Odysea.
  4. What did Juliet say when Romeo asked her where she wanted to go on their honeymoon? Anywhere but Paris.
  5. Why is there so little Puerto Rican literature? Because the spray paint can wasn’t invented until 1949.
Cartoon graphic of a man acting out Shakespeare with outfit on with a skull in his hand on a blue background.

Literature one liners

Here are some great literature joke one liners that you can quip whenever someone is talking about literature.

  1. Escalator Literature. A step by step guide to reaching new levels.
  2. My brother just started taking a Klingon literature course. He says it has its prose and Khans.
  3. That Charlotte Brontë, she’s a breath of fresh Eyre.
  4. I’m having a hard time trying to decide on which pencil to use for my English literature exam. 2B or not 2B – that is the question.
  5. It’s a pity they didn’t cast Ryan Reynolds as Jay Gatsby since he’s both the green lantern and dead pool.
  1. Honestly, everyone should just leave writing poetry to the prose.
  2. My English teacher looked my way and told me to name two pronouns. I said, ‘Who, me?
  3. I started walking around without any shoes and it became sort of a Hobbit.
  4. 1984 is a great work of literature. I think all kids should be forced to read it.
  5. Penguin books seem to only publish extremist literature. For them, everything is just black and white.
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Best literature jokes

These next funny literature puns are some of our best jokes and puns about literature!

  1. What’s Emily Dickinson’s favorite reindeer? Dasher.
  2. How does Voltaire like his apples? Candied.
  3. What was Socrates’ favorite thing to mold? Play dough.
  4. What makes “Civil Disobedience” such a great essay? Thoreau editing.
  5. I tried to make a comprehensive list of all the vampires in classical literature. But I forgot to Count Dracula.
  1. Is there a word that uses all of the vowels, including Y? Unquestionably.
  2. Why was Odysseus in such a rush to get home? Because Homer is where the heart is.
  3. Why are writers always cold? Because they’re always surrounded by drafts.
  4. Which author is often mistaken for an artificially built water source? George or well?
  5. A long time ago, I had a job where I translated pre-classical Greek literature into Braille. It feels like ancient history.

Final thoughts

After reading through all these hilarious jokes about literature, we hope you had a good laugh.

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Hi! I'm Che, and I hope you enjoy these jokes as much as me. These jokes lists are curated by me alone. I handpick the jokes for quality, create some myself or add ones that have been contributed by readers like you.

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