Comedy book recommendations

James Cook, who ran the stand-up comedy course I attended, recommends a whole bunch of great books on the subject of comedy and I thought I'd share them below ...

• The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes by Jimmy Carr and Lucy Greeves. Penguin
• Getting The Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy by Oliver Double. Methuen
• Comic Insights: The Art Of Stand-Up Comedy by Franklyn Ajaye. Silman-James Press
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin. Pocket Books
• The Serious Guide To Joke Writing by Sally Holloway. Bookshaker
• How To Write Funny by Scott Dikkers. Createspace
• Be A Great Stand-Up by Logan Murray. Teach Yourself
• Truth In Comedy by Charna Halpern, Del Close, Kim Howard Johnson. Meriweather.
• Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy by Adam Bloom.