Before a writer finishes a book, there’s only last thing to consider ahead of publishing it, and that’s a book dedication. After all, masterpiece or not, the finished copy is there for hundreds of people to see, and it’s the last chance for the (in)famous writer to attract the possible reader.
How many book dedications do you remember? My point exactly. Most of them are generic and unimaginative. But not these. Bored Panda has collected some of the greatest book dedications ever written to prove that writers do have the most excellent sense of humor and can tell a story even in a sentence or two.
From hilariously funny jokes about family life to warning mom about the sex scenes in the book, these dedications, without a doubt, get the audience interested in the title even before the entertaining book begins. So scroll down to read our selection of the best jokes from the first pages of publications, and don’t forget to vote for your favorite funny books.
#1 Graduate Texts In Mathematics – An Introduction To Algebraic Topology By Joseph J. Rotman
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#2 Relatable
#3 Skulduggery Pleasant – Mortal Coil By Derek Landy
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#4 Top-Tier Book Dedication
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#5 Joan Rivers’ Dedication Page Of Her Last Book, Diary Of A Mad Diva
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#6 Skulduggery Pleasant – Death Bringer By Derek Landy
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#7 I’ve Never Before Chosen A Book Based Simply On The Dedication
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#8 E.E. Cummings Self-Published his book With The Help Of His Mother And Dedicated It To The Fourteen Publishing Houses Who Turned The Collection Down
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#9 No Way Back By Matthew Klein
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#10 The Selection By Kiera Cass
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#11 The End Games By T. Michael Martin
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#12 Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir By Jenny Lawson
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#13 One Of The Most Important Parts Of Connor Franta’s New Book Is The Dedication
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#14 I Love This Book Dedication
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#15 Finally Sitting Down To Enjoy The Utterly Beautiful, Funny, Captivating New Book From Moose Allain, Which Has The Most Wonderful Dedication
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#16 When You’re So Far In The Friendzone You Get A Book Dedication. Austenland By Shannon Hale
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#17 Mortal Gods (The Goddess War) By Kendare Blake
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#18 City Of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1) By Tad William
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#19 Hooked On Judd Apatow’s Book Since The Dedication Page
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#20 Opened Up My Finance Textbook And Found This Dedication
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#21 That Moment When You’re Already Amused And It’s Only The Dedication Page
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#22 Best Book Dedication
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#23 Product Details The Land Of Stories: Beyond The Kingdoms By Chris Colfer
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#24 Picked Up A Book By My Lecturer And I’m Pretty Sure The Dedication Is To His Dog
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#25 The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics Of Pirates By Peter Leeson
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#26 Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang By Chelsea Handler
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#27 A Well Written Dedication Can Tell You More About The Author Than Their Bio At The End
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#28 The House Of Hades By Rick Riordan
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#29 To Everyone Who Wonders If I’m Writing About Them
#30 My Next Bedtime Reading. The Dedication Makes Me Chuckle
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#31 This Is A Book Dedication
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#32 Skulduggery Pleasant: The End Of The World By Derek Landy
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#33 Omg The Dedication In My Lady Jane
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#34 Skulduggery Pleasant – Dark Days By Darek Landy
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#35 The Dedication Page In Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
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#36 More New Life Goal: Someday Writing A Book Dedication Half As Good As This One
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#37 Yes. I Bought This Book Based On The Dedication Page
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#38 Enjoying Admiral By Sean Danker. Great Book, Great Dedication. Lookin Fwd To Reading More Mr D
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#39 They Deserved It!
#40 Sometimes I Try To Gauge How Much I’ll Like A Book By Reading The Dedication. This One’s Definitely A Winner
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#41 Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong By Prudence Shen And Faith Erin Hicks
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#42 The Dedication Page To This Book Is Great
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#43 Found A Great Dedication In A Book I Got For Christmas
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#44 Reading Bryn Greenwood’s ‘All The Ugly And Wonderful Things’ And This Is My Favourite Book Dedication Ever
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#45 Dedication Page Of A Book I Just Borrowed
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#46 Thicker Than Water, Melissa L Meyer
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#47 The Best Dedication Page Ever. Go Andy Weir
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#48 Reading One Of The Frances Book To My Son And Found This Dedication So Charming I Laughed Out Loud
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#49 Perv: The Sexual Deviant In All Of Us By Jesse Bering
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#50 “Spindle” By E.K. Johnston
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#51 The Dedication In This Book
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#52 Makbara By Juan Goytisolo
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#53 Funniest Book Dedication Ever
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#54 You Might Be A Zombie And Other Bad News By Editors Of Cracked
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#55 The Santa Beacon By Graham Gardener
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#56 Post Office By Charles Bukowski
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#57 And People Think That Lawyers Aren’t Sincere
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