Ooh I'm glad someone mentioned Lamb by Christopher Moore. That made me laugh a lot.
Ooh I'm glad someone mentioned Lamb by Christopher Moore. That made me laugh a lot.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, i just finished my second read through this year, one of the funniest, in a subtle way, books i've ever read.
L'enfer, cest les autres
This has made me realize I almost never read funny stuff... oh no... I can't think of any novel that really made me laugh. I am sure there has to be something.
Oscar Wilde's plays tend to be funny. I always laugh with Shakespeare... Cymbeline, for example.
Though not a funny book, it definitely made me laugh out loud a few times: Notes from Underground
I may have to pick up a few books all of you have mentioned... I need some comedy in my life.
"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours." -Aldous Huxley
"Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires." -William Blake
Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff (Christopher Moore)
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
Red Dwarf (Grant and Naylor)
Good Omens (Pratchett and Gaiman)
Kraken (China Mieville)
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The Education of Hyman Kaplan by Leo Rosten and the sequel The Return of Hyman Kaplan are very funny, especially if you have ever tried to teach English to a group of non- English speakers. Hilarious.
"The Heart of a Dog" and "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov.
"The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols = Rib-aching tears of joy.
Haven't read The Heart of a Dog, but The Master and Margarita is great. Love the cat.Originally Posted by Des Essientes
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'Catch 22' by Joseph Heller.
'The Liar' by Stephen Fry. Oh, and DO NOT read the wikipaedia entry or a review on this before reading the book. It will just spoil the fun.
I've also found some novels by Kurt Vonnegut rather funny, though the chuckles are bitter.
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy. Very funny account of an American ingenue's experiences in Paris after WW2.
While technically not a novel, Mark Twain's Practical Jokes With Artemus Ward was by far the funniest book I ever read. So sad it is out of print.
When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent
~ Isaac Asimov
Hi friends
Just finished reading Three men in Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Its Good but you wont be able to enjoy it fully unless you are a Londoner or have taken a ride through Thames as per book.
I think of all the genres in literature , humor is toughest to master.
So who are the authors you think are masters of this art.
And which is the funniest book you have ever read.
Ciao
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh is very funny, as is Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis.
David Lodge's Small World was very funny.
I used to like Spike Milligan's war diaries: Hitler, My Part in his Downfall, and the others. I am not sure I'd find them so funny now.
James Herriot's vet books were hilarious.
George MacDonald Fraser's Private McAuslen books were hilarious also. Some of his Flashman books were pretty funny too.
Larry McMurtry gave some of his characters great lines in the Lonesome Dove series.
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According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
I've been on several boat trips on the Thames. I've even swam down a few miles of it. However I did not think Three Men in a Boat was very funny and could not see what the fuss was about. It's quite a pleasant book; it's not very funny.
According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
That's one of my all-time favorites right there.
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