Funniest Book Ever Read

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Originally Posted by Babak Movahed

Holy crap that is the first Pinter comment I've seen on these forums, The Dumb Waiter and The Caretaker are amazing and quite funny.

Also I thought Candide by Voltaire, The Doctor is Sick by Burgess, The Fur Hat by Voinovich and Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut were all pretty funny.

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Indeed! I too enjoyed the birthday party and the chambre.

JP Donleavy has had me laughing harder than any other author. But it's been many years, and perhaps I've matured since then!

I agree that Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Frank Baum, Lewis Caroll and even Shakespeare are quite funny. And not to forget Stephen Leacock, the great humorist. Recently I read Roald Dahl's ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' and enjoyed it a lot.

I'd have to suggest "Three Men in a Boat"- Jerome K. Jerome. I was really surprised at how hilarious it was in parts. Brilliant portrayal of middle-class snobbishness.

I tend to be someone who rarely laughs out-loud at anything particularly the written word. However, Adams, Spark, Waugh and Heller, I find terribly funny.

A Confederacy of Dunces - Kennedy

Catcher in the Rye -Salinger

The two funniest books that I can recall.

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Originally Posted by rufustfirefly

A Confederacy of Dunces - Kennedy

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I had forgotten that one. It's the same sort of humour as The Office. You have to watch it from behind the sofa. But very funny.

I have read two plays of George Bernard Shaw and thoroughly enjoyed them, especially Arms and the Man. It is not just funny but witty too.

Maybe its just me, but I burst into laughter at least once each chapter when reading Don Quixote. When he charges the flock of sheep and gets stoned by the shepherds, oh my, how I chuckled at that.

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Originally Posted by rufustfirefly

Catcher in the Rye -Salinger

...funniest books that I can recall.

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huh??

Confederacy of Dunces, any Vonnegut novel & Catch 22 are good calls. I just finished White Noise (Delillo) which definitely had its moments; as did Notes from the Underground (while not known as a side splitter it certainly can get you rollin').

Don Quixote really is pretty damn funny.

I also thought that Dorian Grey was hillarious, but that's just my sense of humour. I loved Dorian, I thought that he was a riot.

Vonnegut and Douglas Adams have a flair for wit. But, I'd say that Catch 22 is the rare book that had me turning heads as a result of my seemingly random laughter.

Byron's Don Juan, had me laughing out loud every stanza

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Originally Posted by Brad Coelho

Confederacy of Dunces, any Vonnegut novel & Catch 22 are good calls. I just finished White Noise (Delillo) which definitely had its moments; as did Notes from the Underground (while not known as a side splitter it certainly can get you rollin').

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You know your right; I don''t think of Notes from the Underground at all as a comedy, but it was pretty funny actually.