The Best Literary #DadJokes for Father’s Day

1. The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.
2. American literature is so detailed. You could say it’s Thoreau.
3. Why is John Milton terrible to invite to game nights? Because there’s always a pair of dice lost.
4. Which author is commonly mistaken for an artificial water source? George Orwell.
5. Life is like Frankenstein’s monster chasing a werewolf: It’s just one damned thing after another.
6. What kind of word should you invite to a fancy tea party? A proper noun.
7. Which author always shows up for Wimbledon? Tennessee Williams.
8. Yesterday a book fell on my head. I have only my shelf to blame.
9. How did Voltaire like his apples? Candied.

10. -Do you have Oliver Twist in hard cover?
-Yes, we do.
-Well, let him out, he’s a friend of mine!

11. A backward poet writes inverse.

12. My father gave me a really cheap dictionary for my birthday.
I couldn’t find the words to thank him.

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