Snowflake Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'm in the mood for reading something hilarious. What books make you laugh out loud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahrob Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About by Mil Millington. Made me cry laughing! I've read others of his, but nothing has matched this one. I also laugh at Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Try Gideon Defoe's Pirates! books - hilarious! And they'll have you crying "Aaaarrrrrrh!" & talking Pirate-speak for a little while afterwards - LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstrecool Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 One book that made me laugh out loud was Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure! It's hilarious, my husband thought I'd gone mad because I would burst out laughing as I was reading. If you want something to make you laugh this is definitely my recommendation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 'Are you Dave Gorman?' is funnier, IMO. Also, I got funny looks reading Tony Hawkes 'Round Ireland with a Fridge' and 'Playing the Moldovans at Tennis'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahF Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Dry by Augsten Burroughs. He is the same guy that wrote Running with Scissors. I loved Dry because it was funny, yet serious at the same time. I was not a fan of Running and perhaps I will try it again, but Dry made me laugh so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mia Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Also, I got funny looks reading Tony Hawkes 'Round Ireland with a Fridge' and 'Playing the Moldovans at Tennis'. Agree with both of those, especially the first! Books by Terry Pratchett and Sue Townsend make me laugh out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstrecool Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 'Are you Dave Gorman?' is funnier, IMO. I haven't read this one yet, but can't wait if it's funnier than Googlewhack Adventure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit made me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laramie Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 the fire thief, by terry deary. all of his books, actually oh, and all the books (pretty much all) by "james herriot" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I haven't read this one yet, but can't wait if it's funnier than Googlewhack Adventure! I went to the live tour of Googlewhack and it was great, plus I got my copy of the book signed! That tattoo was so much worse in the flesh! If you want to borrow 'Are you Dave Gorman?' just let me know (no ones wanted to borrow any of my books so far ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 If you want to borrow 'Are you Dave Gorman?' just let me know (no ones wanted to borrow any of my books so far ) Didn't I borrow a cat book from you a while back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 After many moons and many reads of 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole',I still laugh out loud... I also laughed out at 'Everything you know' by Zoe Heller... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Didn't I borrow a cat book from you a while back? Ok, no one, apart from Michelle a long while back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowflake Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 I went to the live tour of Googlewhack and it was great, plus I got my copy of the book signed! That tattoo was so much worse in the flesh! If you want to borrow 'Are you Dave Gorman?' just let me know (no ones wanted to borrow any of my books so far ) Thanks alot Acesare. I have just got them out of the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 'Down Under' by Bill Bryson. Anything by him is hilarious. I'm looking forward to reading his latest 'The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Terry Pratchett always makes me laugh.... especially Moving Pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 'Down Under' by Bill Bryson. Anything by him is hilarious. I'm looking forward to reading his latest 'The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'. I'll have to look for that, I really like Bill Bryson:) I laughed all through Gideon Defoe's Pirate books, too. I also think Douglas Adams and Tom Robbins are funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 "Who Goes Here" by Bob Shaw - excellent comedy sci fi "The Tin Men" by Michael Frayn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Ooh! It's ages since I read it, but yes, The Tin Men was hilarious. It may not be to everyone's taste, but I found it hard to control my hysterics when reading Flann O'Brien's newspaper articles from the 30s and 40s that are collated in The Best Of Myles. And also At-Swim-Two-Birds by the same author, although that's slightly less "laugh out loud". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophelia Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 'Dead Famous' by Ben Elton. A very funny yarn set in a 'Big Brother' type house. Made me laugh out loud. (Contains a fair bit of swearing, mind!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Excellent choice, Ophelia. Also Past Mortem by Ben Elton - every bit as funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 This year, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer kept causing me to burst out laughing, usually swiftly followed by a little sob. Very funny, very moving - ever noticed how a lot of humourous books are usually both those things? What's that old quote, comedy is just tragedy plus time? I think I mentioned elsewhere (Reviews board) that Angela Carter's Wise Children is very chortlesome. Bawdy in the extreme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 'Dead Famous' by Ben Elton. A very funny yarn set in a 'Big Brother' type house. Made me laugh out loud. (Contains a fair bit of swearing, mind!) Oh yeah! My dad had that as a present one Christmas, and I sat down and read it in about 3 hours. Compulsive stuff! The writing really seemed to reflect the 'trashiness' of it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abecedarian Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Bill Bryson is always good for a belly laugh or two..specially on audio-the guy has such a droll delivery! How about The Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle..Contains The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van..alll three are connected stories that center around a lower middle class Dublin family..the language is awful, but that's part of the humor. You'll swear you know these people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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