Subject: What's the funniest book you've read?
Posted by: alaspooryoric
Date: Dec 16 10
I would have to say a tie between Douglas Adams's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Tim O'Brien's "Tomcat in Love." A close second would be John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces." If one could count a play as a book, then I might say Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."
Posted by: alaspooryoric
Date: Dec 16 10
I would have to say a tie between Douglas Adams's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Tim O'Brien's "Tomcat in Love." A close second would be John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces." If one could count a play as a book, then I might say Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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jabb5076 
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I agree with so many of the prior posters' choices. For hilarious wit you can't beat "The Importance of Being Earnest." When Lady Bracknell states, "I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone," it never fails to bring down the house. She and Algernon have some of the funniest lines Ever written. Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams are also a riot, and for sheer laugh-out-loud funny read Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. You would be hard pressed to find funnier characters than Grandma Mazur and Lula. Reply #21. Sep 04 12, 5:38 PM |
paulmallon
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probably one of Carl Hiiasen's early books Reply #22. Sep 06 12, 3:22 PM |
Daaanieeel
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"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" for sure. Reply #23. Sep 06 12, 5:31 PM |
| londoneye98
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"Don Quixote" without any doubt (though it takes 100 pages or so to get going properly). Hasek's "The Good Soldier Schweyk" is the second funniest. I've read nothing else that could hold a candle to these two. Reply #24. Oct 17 12, 8:37 AM |
bionic4ever
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"Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs" Reply #25. Oct 17 12, 11:59 AM |
Greatguggly
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Larry Wilde's "Official book of Sick Jokes" Reply #26. Oct 17 12, 2:05 PM |
kysus
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Bored Of The Ring, Harvard Lampoon Brings a smile just thinking about it. Reply #27. Oct 23 12, 2:34 PM |
13LuckyLady
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Anything by Erma Bombeck. Reply #28. Oct 23 12, 3:29 PM |
diade68
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anything by Jerome K. Jerome Reply #29. Oct 24 12, 4:08 PM |
jolana
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I have just finished "Good Omens" by Pratchett and Gaiman - a pretty good laugh. Reply #30. Oct 24 12, 4:40 PM |
Scottie2306
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Cold comfort farm by Stella Gibbons stands out. I read it when I had just left school and I found it hilarious. Not sure I still would ough Reply #31. Nov 03 12, 11:24 PM |
Chavs
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I haven't read the following for decades but they made me laugh out loud at the time: *Various books By Cynthia Heimel (Titles such as "If you cna't live without me, why aren't you dead yet?" *The Jeeves/Wooster series by PG Woodhouse *The Adrian Mole diaries. Reply #32. Nov 04 12, 8:21 AM |
tiye
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I think all the books by David Sedaris and Nick Hornby are witty and very funny. Reply #33. Nov 30 13, 3:28 PM |
jabb5076
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Just thought of a book I bought my husband for Christmas a couple of years ago. I saw it in the bookstore, started reading it, and ended up laughing so loudly people were staring! It's a little book called "Sh*t My Dad Says." It's hilarious! Reply #34. Nov 30 13, 3:48 PM |
daver852
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"To Hell In a Handbasket," by H. Allen Smith. The funniest writer who ever lived. Period. Reply #35. Nov 30 13, 5:47 PM |
Reynariki
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"Witches Abroad" by Terry Pratchett. His other works are pretty funny too. Reply #36. Dec 16 13, 4:53 PM |
| jolana
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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared is pretty funny. Reply #37. Jun 25 14, 1:39 PM |
| alpinesquill
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The Good Soldier Ċ vejk Reply #38. Oct 23 14, 8:26 PM |
HairyBear
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No Bull Selling by Hank Trisler. I had to look it up and discovered he just died in 2012. I highly recommend this book to anyone just for the humor, but if you're in sales, he has a lot of helpful pointers, too, and I say that not as a salesman but as a customer. Stop trying to sell me on features I don't care about. Reply #39. Nov 09 14, 10:30 PM |
rockinsteve
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The Blade, a fake yearbook featuring SHEEP instead of human students! It's by Don Novello, AKA Father Guido Sarducci. Reply #40. Nov 29 14, 10:59 PM |
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