10 Classic Dilbert Comic Book Collections to Get You Through a Boring 9 to 5

Scott Adams' beloved Dilbert speaks to the office worker's soul in his satirization of the desk job. 

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Scott Adams has spent decades brightening up the Sunday morning paper by bringing a humorous twist to the mundanity of the 9-5 office job. By satirizing the cubicle, strangled co-worker small talk, and the boredom of sitting behind a desk all day, the Dilbert comics have become a favorite for disillusioned adults seeking a humorous way to cope with their dull routines.  

These ten books from the Dilbert Comic Collection will help you get through your stressful work week by laughing through the pain and seeing the irony in the corporate chug. 

Cubicles That Make You Envy the Dead

Cubicles That Make You Envy the Dead

By Scott Adams

This collection of classic Dilbert comics maintains the sarcastic, witty, and relatable edge that Adams' work brings to the office, highlighting the cubicle-bound character in an especially humorous anthology. 

This book is the perfect source of quips to send to your coworkers as you glance across the cubicle-stuffed floor, looking for water-cooler conversation and a break room coffee chat.

When Body Language Goes Bad

When Body Language Goes Bad

By Scott Adams

As the 21st in the Dilbert collection, this book gives loyal readers a satisfying update on the careers of their favorite characters, including Wally, Alice, Asok the intern, and, of course, Dilbert himself. 

In this collection, the gang wades through the day-to-day inanity of office life, participating in directionless projects, enduring mismanagement and company takeovers, surviving insipid team-building meetings,  and rolling their eyes at company morale initiatives and contests. 

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Eagerly Awaiting Your Irrational Response

Eagerly Awaiting Your Irrational Response

By Scott Adams

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Dilbert's office returns in Eagerly Awaiting Your Irrational Response, facing daily challenges and annoyances including hazardous restructurings, coworker toenail clippings, and swivel-chair hijinks. 

With pretentious jargon, insufferable office personalities, and cheesy workplace activities aplenty, this installation of the Dilbert collection is sure to make you appreciate your office a little bit more: at least your cubicle neighbor Jeff doesn't clip his toenails (we hope).

I'm Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly

I'm Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly

By Scott Adams

Dilbert and company "flail around in futility" in this brilliant installation of the Dilbert collection, facing a corporate hierarchy full of bosses who don't remember where they came from and abuse company resources, further exploiting their workers' labor. 

As the CEO Dogbert uses the company jet to go on vacation and poorly plans a new data center, Dilbert and his crew embody the average office worker, reacting to the daily nuisances of corporate life. 

How's That Underling Thing Working Out for You?

How's That Underling Thing Working Out for You?

By Scott Adams

In this Dilbert book, every inane project has a WDG (Worthless Dumb Guy) and the crew is put through the latest company initiatives: sensitivity training, brainless consultants, and employee surveys to boot. 

You'll probably find a few things in How's That Underling Thing Working Out For You? that resonate with your office experience, further proof that Dilbert is one of the most relatable and realistic comic strip characters to grace newspapers and bookstore shelves everywhere. 

14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box

14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box

By Scott Adams

Any office worker can relate to the drone of cubicle madness that punctuates the classic nine to five job. 

With Dilbert as a touchstone of the office experience, laugh at the monotony of business mishaps, corruption, incompetent leadership, and insufferable coworkers. Dilbert believes you when you're convinced that your office mates are less-than-human, your dog is out to get you, and your boss is unfit. 

Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review

Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review

By Scott Adams

In this 22nd installment of the Dilbert chronicles, readers are updated on the dull day-to-day of their beloved office cast, including Dilbert, Wally, Alice, and the pointy-haired boss. 

In this iteration of Dilbert's life, the office is plagued with a leeching "consultick" who is draining the business of money and leaving the boss even more unpleasant. With anti-depressants and lab accidents to boot, Dilbert is turned into a sheep at one point, barely noticed by his droning coworkers.

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I Sense a Coldness to Your Mentoring

I Sense a Coldness to Your Mentoring

By Scott Adams

This installment of the Dilbert comic books is all about the pointy-haired boss, an incompetent, obnoxious man who basically invented the meeting that could have been an email. His lack of mentoring abilities is only outshined by his inane requests, mistreatment of his employees, and work environment from hell. 

I Can't Remember If We're Cheap or Smart

I Can't Remember If We're Cheap or Smart

By Scott Adams

Dilbert and his gang of mindless corporate zombies march on, leaving readers wondering if Scott Adams has bugged their offices. 

This book tells the story of Dilbert's office in its journey through the mortgage bubble burst and the dot-com bubble, settling into a post-recession world. Adapting to an ever-changing environment isn't easy for a group of routine-addicted cubicle-bound office dwellers, and Dilbert faithfully conveys this experience with his all-familiar sarcastic wit. 

Your New Job Title Is "Accomplice"

Your New Job Title Is "Accomplice"

By Scott Adams

A clever take on workplace corporate corruption, this Dilbert comic book collection finds the gang within the modern world, maintaining the heart of the comic as it started in 1989. 

Our newfangled devices, cutting-edge software, and confusing apps haven't changed much about the daily life of a cubicle-bound worker bee, and this edition of the Dilbert chronicles captures the unchanging dynamics between brainless bosses, irritated underlings, and hellish coworkers.