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Books like The Devil’s Dictionary

Looking for read-alikes for The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce? These 24 titles overlap in Dictionaries, Linguistics, Humor, and Literary Collections and overall literary texture.

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Top related books to The Devil’s Dictionary

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Devil’s Dictionary.

The Book of Nonexistent Words

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Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Literary Collections

The King’s English

Kingsley Amis

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Humor

German Essentials For Dummies

Wendy Foster

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

Doublespeak

William Lutz

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Humor

Spanish All-in-One For Dummies

The Experts at Dummies

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

How to Speak Pirate A Treasure Chest of Seafaring Slang

Geordie Telfer

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Humor

The Dictionary of Difficult and Unusual Words Over 10,000 Confusing Terms Explained

Diagram Group

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Humor

Japanese Phrases For Dummies

Eriko Sato

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

Spanish Grammar For Dummies

Cecie Kraynak

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#10

Spanish Essentials For Dummies

Gail Stein

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#11

Collins COBUILD Elementary English Grammar & Practice

Dave Willis

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#12

Collins COBUILD Intermediate English Grammar & Practice

Kolektif

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#13

Shoot the Puppy A Survival Guide to the Curious Jargon of Modern Life

Tony Thorne

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Humor

#14

The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary

Editors of the American Heritage Di

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#15

Blimey, I’m Knackered! An American’s Survival Guide to British English

Marshall Hall

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Humor

#16

Satisdiction One Man’s Journey Into All The Words He’ll Ever Need

Ammon Shea

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Humor

#17

A Dictionary Of Modern Slang, Cant And Vulgar Words Used At The Present Day In The Streets Of London (1860)

John Camden Hotten

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Literary Collections

#18

Heinle’s Basic Newbury House Dictionary of American English

Philip M. Rideout

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#19

Japanese For Dummies

Hiroko M. Chiba

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#20

Italian For Dummies

Francesca Romana Onofri

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#21

A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English Abridged from the Work Entitled Slang and Its Analogues (1921)

John S. Farmer

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Literary Collections

#22

Dictionary of Word Origins

Joseph Twadell Shipley

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Literary Collections

#23

Pronouncing Handbook Of Words Often Mispronounced And Of Words As To Which A Choice Of Pronunciation Is Allowed (1873)

Richard Soule

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

#24

Pernin’s Universal Phonography In Ten Lessons The Simplest, Most Legible And Rapid Shorthand Method In The World (1902)

Helen M. Pernin

Themes: Dictionaries • Linguistics • Language Arts & Disciplines

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Dictionaries, Linguistics, Humor — the same threads that run through The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce. Among the authors featured: Stefano Massini, Kingsley Amis, Wendy Foster, William Lutz, and others.