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Not much fiction makes me actually laugh, I find them generally more humourous than funny, but these did make me laugh:

The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde

The Nursery Crimes series by Jasper Fforde

The Vesuvius Club and The Devil In Amber by Mark Gatiss

 

Non-fiction tends to make me laugh more, and these have been the best for making me laugh out loud:

Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace

All of Tony Hawks books

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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk actually always makes me laugh. He writes in such an awesome way and his commentary on society and such is brilliant.

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This question I asked is costing me a lot :lol:

Be worth it though to find a few funny books. Not had much luck with finding any before now. :)

 

Don't ask for recommendations unless you've just won the lottery ;) Most of us had only a few books on our TBR pile and now most of us have significantly more and then even more on a wishlist :17:

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These made me laugh:

 

The Jeeves and Wooster stories by P.G. Wodehouse

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

Lolita by Vladimir Naboko

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford

Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford

Rumpole of the Bailey mysteries by John Mortimer

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Far Side cartoons by Gary Larson

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Hi all,

I know humour is very subjective but can anyone suggest a 'funny' book.

Preferably dark humour, but really any books that have made you giggle.

 

thanks

 

mick

 

Hi Mick,

 

Have you read any of the recommendations yet, if so, what did you think of them?

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I started reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson on a plane which turned out to be a huge mistake as it is so funny you cannot help but laugh out loud. I hate to think what a number of passengers thought of the guy with the hankie stuffed in his mouth and tears running down his face. A seriously funny book.

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I am currently reading Al Murray's (comedian) "Book of British Common Sense". It is funny and very witty. There are even lots of facts about Britain in it too, ones that I even never knew. There are jokes about the history and culture of Britain and other close countries too.

 

It's a clever and humourous book.

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