Eats, Shoots & Leaves vs The best of S.J. Perelman: Which Should You Read?

Eats, Shoots & Leaves Lynne Truss · 2003 ★★★★☆ 3.8 209 pages · ≈ 3 h 52 m · Light

Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. We all had the…

The best of S.J. Perelman S. J. Perelman · 1931 300 pages · ≈ 5 h 33 m · Challenging

First published in the US in 1947. In this collection, Perelman puzzles over the nature of the secret chocolate blend in Hostess Cupcakes, captures the excesses of Russian prose style in a story about cigarettes, and…