David Sedaris is great but I would caution categorizing his latest, Calypso, as a comedy. There are funny portions but I thought overall it was much darker than his earlier books (understandable due to the subject matter).
I second that! Also, her book Furiously Happy is very funny. If you like audiobooks, they are both read by the author. I so admire her honesty about living with, and determination to overcome, depression. Her writing gives a voice to some serious topics that sometimes society can be uncomfortable discussing, and she is hilarious in sharing her own story.
@Barb totally agree with you! I am reading Furiously Happy now. It’s funny but serious at the same time. Love her husband, too – what a good sport and a supporting spouse!
I completely agree, it sounds like he does a great job putting up with her antics with a simple eye roll! I still giggle when I picture her behind him with the stuffed raccoon!!
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte…But Enough About Me by Jancee Dunn….Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris….Ali in Wonderland and Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth….Moo by Jane Smiley…Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas …Carry On, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse…My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell…Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson…Another Fine Myth by Robert Lynn Aspirin…Fired Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg…The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh…Emma by Jane Austin…Diary of a Public Radio Slave by Kerri Wood Thomson…Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding…
If you have been active in church life Just Shy of Harmony is laugh out loud funny. Good humored silliness about a church called Harmony and the quirky folks that worship there.
P. G. Wodehouse – Almost anything he wrote is good, but his best works are undoubtedly the Jeeves and Wooster novels and stories. Some of them are in the public domain and available at Project Gutenberg and LibriVox, such as “Right Ho, Jeeves” (my favorite Jeeves and Wooster novel) and “My Man Jeeves”. Other books I’d recommend are “The Inimitable Jeeves”, “Carry On, Jeeves” (containing five of the same stories as “My Man Jeeves”, so you can read it instead), “The Code of the Woosters”, “The Mating Season”, “Thank You, Jeeves”, and “Joy in the Morning” (or “Jeeves in the Morning”).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – all of them. They are hilarious! Janet Evonovich Stephanie Pum series, especially the first few novels. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
I like socio-politico satire & found 2016 Booker & National Bk Critics Circle winner Paul Beatty/ THE SELLOUT fine (probably influenced by seeing him do reading; laughing at his own writing early then weeping [with us] at end … . Won’t give away but o my: think president so missable even in Normal times. And ah way too self-indulgent haha of me to note but in autographing, he said “Kerry is my favorite name”).
And am looking forward to shortlisted 2018 Pulitzer/U.K. Women’s Prize — Elif Batuman/THE IDIOT [yes homage of sorts to 150 yrs ago].
A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson “A terribly misguided, and terribly funny tale of adventure…. The yarn is choke-on-your-coffee funny.” –The Washington Post
One of my favorite palate cleansers as another reader commented on books to read after reading a heavy, deep or depressing book, Wodehouse is wonderful!
I love the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series, set in Botswana. The stories and characters are both culturally insightful and funny, and they touch my heart as well. Always cheer me up; short books, too. You can start anywhere in the series, but I recommend starting with the first book for the maximum benefits. (I think there are 17 or 18 books.) You will find it hard to believe that a MAN is the author: Alexander McCall Smith. They feature the character Mma Precious Ramotswe, and her Assistant (whose shoes talk to her) and their families.
I think it was in HBO. I’ve listened to most of the series on audible. Helps me with the pronunciations. There are also three chapter books for younger readers.
ahhhhh: only got to #2 — CATCH-22! Only slightly less [ruefully] funny: more than once asked someone if knew that novel & said Yes — Named After the Saying. O dear.
If you want to learn while you laugh, Sarah Vowell’s ‘Assassination Vacation’, ‘The Partly Cloudy Patriot’, or ‘Lafayette in the Somewhat United States’.
“An Uncommon Reader” by Alan Bennett. I laughed until I wet my pants. The Queen is introduced to the power of books by the bookmobile serendipitously arriving at Buckingham Palace. Her queenly wave to crowds is soon converted to longer conversations when she asks “What are you reading lately” and then the Quenn can’t stay on schedule to the consternation of her handlers. It is a novella, so quick and easy read. You won’t regret it.
Years ago I was reading “Growing Up Catholic” and laughing so hard I was crying. Someone asked me if I was reading a joke book ? I said “No, Growing up Catholic was No Joke”. But as I look back I can Laugh now… Especially the chapter called “Father What a Waste”. Also The Last Catholic In America” was very Funny. They based the play “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up” (the 2nd Book) on this 1st book. The 2nd book wasn’t as funny.
@Jennifer Don’t know about that – I’ve never walked the AT and found it hysterical…I’m not one to giggle while reading much let alone fall into convulsive waves of full body laughter.
@Kristin that’s my point, though — it was even funnier than it would have been if I had no working knowledge of what it’s like to be on the trail for 6 days. And it was pretty dang funny to begin with! (I always remember those dang Snickers bars.)
Yes, Mama Makes Up Her Mind starts out with the most exquisite piece about taking Mama out for mullet in the most dive cafe imaginable–one of the best pieces of writing one can find anywhere. Every sentence is perfect.
Surprisingly, Shirley Jackson wrote two of the funniest books I ever read. They are about her children. Life Among the Savages and the sequel Raising Demons. Funniest stories ever.
M. C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series is SO FUNNY I enjoy audio books, and my kids are often in the car. So I look for books without things that would embarrass me or them. Pretty much Agatha pulls that off. ?
For those from the south (as well as those who wish they were) I would heartily recommend TR Pearson’s A Short History of a Small Place. It is laugh out loud funny even the darker parts. In fact I was asked politely to stop reading it on a flight from Seattle to Charlotte because my laughing was disturbing others. It is part of a trilogy – Off to the Sweet Hereafter and The Last of How It Was.
This is laugh out loud. There is a serious side but when I finished I wanted to applaud her and what you will take away is the funny sometimes hysterical parts. It is one of Reese’s picks also.
1) Where’d You Go, Bernadette 2) Help! A Bear is Eating Me 3) A Mother’s Kisses by Bruce J. Bruce J Friedman 4) My Horizontal Life 5) Shatnerquake 6) Breathers, a Zombie’s Lament 7) The Broke Diaries 8) I Just Want My Pants Back 9) I Feel Bad about My Neck
Alan Bradley’s Flavia DeLuce series the first of which is Sweetness At The Bottom of the Pie. Honestly, when I need to laugh out loud I go straight to Beverley Cleary’s Ramona.
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett
David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day
I read this one but got the audio version of Let’s explore Diabetes with Owls and liked it better.
I love all his books!
David Sedaris is great but I would caution categorizing his latest, Calypso, as a comedy. There are funny portions but I thought overall it was much darker than his earlier books (understandable due to the subject matter).
@Helen I agree
Confederacy of Dunces
Absolutely! Laugh-out-loud funny. My all-time favorite.
I’ve read it 3 times-not for everybody!
The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. Makes me laugh out loud in public!
And there are like 28 of them!!
A Dog’s Life by Peter Mayle ?
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams.
Life on the Mississippi – Mark Twain
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
If your sense of humor runs a bit on the debauched side, I just finished Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen and basically laughed all the way through.
Last Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish. Do her audiobook. She reads it. You will not stop laughing
Reading Walk in the Woods
I think this is Bill Bryson at his finest (and most hilarious!)
LOL book
It’s a Dirty Job – Christopher Moore
Any David Sedaris .
I second this! I just listened to Calypso on a trip to Mississippi with my mom and we loved it!
I love listening to his books on tape in the car. Makes the trip go so fast.
@Susan I was literally crying when he was talking about shopping in Japan
Me Talk Pretty One Day
This one always does the trick! VERY funny!
The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. Hysterical!!
The Rosie Project
Loved The Rosie Project!
I think Abbi Waxman’s books are both funny and poignant.
Fannie Flagg books
Janet Evanovich!!! You’ll laugh out loud
the Jen Lancaster books always made me laugh.
The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever read.
Road to gandolfo
Rosie Project. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Depending on your sense of humor, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson is hilarious. Not for the faint of heart, though!
I second that! Also, her book Furiously Happy is very funny. If you like audiobooks, they are both read by the author. I so admire her honesty about living with, and determination to overcome, depression. Her writing gives a voice to some serious topics that sometimes society can be uncomfortable discussing, and she is hilarious in sharing her own story.
@Barb totally agree with you! I am reading Furiously Happy now. It’s funny but serious at the same time. Love her husband, too – what a good sport and a supporting spouse!
I completely agree, it sounds like he does a great job putting up with her antics with a simple eye roll! I still giggle when I picture her behind him with the stuffed raccoon!!
Linda Howard books are filled with funny . . .
Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Tina Fey’s Bossypants, and David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day.
I loved Bossypants. So funny!!
Agree Bossy Pants audiobook !
A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson
A Walk in the Woods by Bryson
How Angel Peterson Got HIs Name by Gary Paulsen. Best as a read aloud!!
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Books ? by Janet Evanowitch
Where’d you go Bernadette
All Creatures Great and Small
Jim Gaffigan audiobooks
Are his books as funny as his standup?
yes
Tina Fey’s Bossypants
If you really want to LOL, “The Rosie Project” did it for me! Another for your list, @Tammy!
I feel bad about my neck — Nora Ephron
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore.
Funniest book I ever read.
@Georgia YES!!
Fool too, by Christopher Moore.
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte…But Enough About Me by Jancee Dunn….Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris….Ali in Wonderland and Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth….Moo by Jane Smiley…Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas …Carry On, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse…My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell…Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson…Another Fine Myth by Robert Lynn Aspirin…Fired Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg…The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh…Emma by Jane Austin…Diary of a Public Radio Slave by Kerri Wood Thomson…Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding…
I’m listening to the audiobook Walden on Wheels. Funny stuff so far.
David Sedaris
Janet evanovich
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Laugh out loud funny.
Tina Fey
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette”
Christopher Moore!
Don’t watch TV
Jennifer Cruise
Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern.
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.
A Walk in the Woods by Bill @Bryson
Sweet potatoe queens book of love
P. G. Wodehouse stories about Bertie and Jeeves.
Dave Barry
Kiss My Tiara
Tim Allen
Confederacy of Dunces
And thing by Fannie Flagg
Ellen Degeneres books
Any
Stephen Colbert’s books are stinking funny!!
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Friend
funny e’nuff
“Running with Scissors,” by Augusten Burroughs.
Stephanie plum series by evonovich
Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman.
Anything by David Sedaris
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
I love all his books – my daughter introduced me to his Bud, Not Buddy and I have continued to read his works.
A Man Called Ove
Any David Sedaris, James Thurber or Calvin Trillin.
Anything by David sedaris
David Sedaris
Harriet Beemer Takes the Bus ?
I loved Harriet Beemer!
Me too ?
Janet Evanovich audio books of The Stephanie Plum series read by Lorelei King will make you laugh out loud.
Molly Harpers Southern Eclectic Novels, I howled with laughter reading “Sweet Tea and Sympathy”.
My Italian Bulldozer
http://lisalutz.com/
I love these books!!!! I have laughed out loud many, many times reading them! I wish the series was still going.
@Briana I know! These books are a hidden treasure.
It kept showing up on my recommended books on Goodreads and I kept ignoring it ? I’m so glad I stopped that that.
The Undomesticated Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Love Lisa Lutz! The Spellman series is a hoot!
“Assume the Worst”
Jim gaffigan,s book. Hilarious!
Mark Twain’s short stories. Specifically, “Poliitcal Economy” or “The Invalid’s tale”.
I Though There Would Be Cake
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
All of Fannie Flaggs books!
Food Jim Gafigan.
“After All These Years” LOL funny.
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
I loved The Rosie Project. It made me giggle throughout. A little rom-com-ish… but sweet.
Loved The Rosie Experiment and Rosie Project!
I forgot there was a sequel. Is it as good? Should I pick it up?
@Sheila yes just as funny! I discovered them by lucky accident!
Manhunting- Jennifer Crusie
Anything Carrie Fisher wrote.
Memoir from Ant Proof Case, Mark Helprin
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher.
A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson. Really funny!
100 year old man who climbed out of the window
a confederacy of dunces, john kennedy toole or naked, david sedaris <3
yes, yes!
Any David Sedaris book
I second that!
David Sedaris or Chelsea Handler
Anything Connie Willis. Especially “To Say Nothing Of The Dog!”
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
All of Erma Bombecks books!
Bryant and May series by Christopher Fowler
P.G. Wodehouse
Don’t read the news. Dave Barry.
David Sedaris and Christopher Moore
Anything by Lewis Grizzard. It’s “southern” comedy. Very funny!
Christopher Moore.
David Sedaris. Anything. Laugh out loud funny.
Almost any Karl Haissan
Innocents Abroad
Read early Evanovich,One for the Money. Every page a laugh.
People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann
Laurie Novato or David Sedaris
Damon this auto correct it’s Notaro!
I think it got you again!
Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray
Alice, I think by Susan Juby. Marley and Me though there are parts that make you cry too
Where’d you go Bernadette
Molly Harper
David Sedaris, for sure!
The Rosie Project
Billy Crystal.
My friend just recommended The Mother Road to me. Said it is a hoot. Haven’t started it myself yet though.
30 first dates
Good Omens
I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart.
Poop! I can’t think of one book that I have read lately that made me laugh even just a little bit. Darn.
Carl Hiaasen.
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson!!!
Love that one! She is so funny!
If there are any left in print P. G. Wodehouse . James D. Doss makes my husband laugh out loud.
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion it’s like reading the Big Bang Theory.
Stephanie Plum books
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
I am listening to this book now and laugh out loud all the time to it! I am just loving it!
42
I hear Christopher Moore is hilarious.
Completely! Start with Bloodsucking Fiends (it’s much more entertaining than it sounds)
Fannie Flagg books.
Anything by Janet Evanovich
Any book by Jill Shalvis!!!!!
Bossypants.
Yes THIS ?❤️
I laughed a lot while reading Bill Bryson’s “A Walk in the Woods”
One for The Money series by Janet Evanovich… alway has me laughing out loud!!!
The Spellman Files!
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson.
GRITS – Girls Raised in the South. Even if you’re not from the South. Actually, may be funnier if you’re not! ???
Stephenie Plum by Janet Evanovich
Skinny Dip – Carl Hiassen
Anything by Carl Hiassen!!! My fav is Native Tongue!
Any Agatha Raisin book by MC Beaton.
Handling Sin by Michael Malone.
Oh, my gosh! I know so few people who have read that book – I loved it and it is hilarious!
SO, SO FUNNY! ANd now that I’m thinking about it, I need to pull it from the shelf and add to my stack.
The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abby Waxman
A Girl Named Zippy
Practical Demon Keeping by Christopher Moore.
Almost anything by Christopher Moore!
If you like the Big Bang Theory on TV, try Operation Ragnarok
P. G. Wodehouse – Jeeves and Wooster.
If you have been active in church life Just Shy of Harmony is laugh out loud funny. Good humored silliness about a church called Harmony and the quirky folks that worship there.
Movie: Instructions not Included.
My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell.
Mary Kay Andrews….Hissy Fit
David Sedaris
??
Me Talk Pretty One Day by Sedaris
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest is one of my all-time favorites!
@Susan Yes!!!
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff by Christopher Moore.
P. G. Wodehouse – Almost anything he wrote is good, but his best works are undoubtedly the Jeeves and Wooster novels and stories. Some of them are in the public domain and available at Project Gutenberg and LibriVox, such as “Right Ho, Jeeves” (my favorite Jeeves and Wooster novel) and “My Man Jeeves”. Other books I’d recommend are “The Inimitable Jeeves”, “Carry On, Jeeves” (containing five of the same stories as “My Man Jeeves”, so you can read it instead), “The Code of the Woosters”, “The Mating Season”, “Thank You, Jeeves”, and “Joy in the Morning” (or “Jeeves in the Morning”).
They are great to listen to as well!
Me Talk Pretty One Day, or Naked by David Sedaris. Literally laugh out loud funny.
Anything by Carl Hiaasen
James Thurber – The Night the Bed Fell on Father
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – all of them. They are hilarious! Janet Evonovich Stephanie Pum series, especially the first few novels. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court?
Anything by Carl Hiaasen.
The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. I just finished A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore and it was pretty funny, too.
Bossypants by Tina Fey!
I think I might be the only person in the world that really didn’t love Bossypants all that much….
700 Sunday’s by Billy Crystal
Read the Stephanie Plum series by Evanovich and laughed. It is a funny series and the characters are the best!!!! Especially the Grandma!!!!!! OMG!!!
grandma for sure
Lula is my favorite character. Love her!
Janet Evanovich –Stephanie Plum series.
Fool- Christopher Moore
I love the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evonovich.
Around the World with Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
Anything by Dennis. Also Moore, Dorsey, Hiaasen.
@Don Yes!
A Confederacy of Dunces (2nd on the voting list) had me laughing out loud! ??
David Sedaris.
Jen Lancaster
Depends on Type laugh you seek!
I like socio-politico satire & found 2016 Booker & National Bk Critics Circle winner Paul Beatty/ THE SELLOUT fine (probably influenced by seeing him do reading; laughing at his own writing early then weeping [with us] at end … . Won’t give away but o my: think president so missable even in Normal times. And ah way too self-indulgent haha of me to note but in autographing, he said “Kerry is my favorite name”).
And am looking forward to shortlisted 2018 Pulitzer/U.K. Women’s Prize — Elif Batuman/THE IDIOT [yes homage of sorts to 150 yrs ago].
The Light Princess by George MacDonald
Try some kids lit! Re-read an old favorite.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy!
A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson “A terribly misguided, and terribly funny tale of adventure…. The yarn is choke-on-your-coffee funny.” –The Washington Post
My post of the review may make it seem that I didn’t read it. I did and laughed out loud! Starting to read a second time.
@Kelly You might like Bryson’s book At Home: A Short History of Private Life. It is my favorite of his books.
Rainey by Clyde Edgerton
THE PICKWICK PAPERS
by Charles Dickens
…always makes me laugh!
P. G. Wodehouse.
One of my favorite palate cleansers as another reader commented on books to read after reading a heavy, deep or depressing book, Wodehouse is wonderful!
I just read Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood. I laughed out loud at many parts.
any speech by Trump!
No -they are just so depressing!
Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger or the Lisa Lutz stuff
Any of the Stephanie Plum books.
Yes. These are laugh out loud books!
You will cry laugh at the grandmother in these books
Yes!
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom! just do read it thinking you’re gonna get the movie, they’re (surprise!) very different from each other 😉
Long way from Chicago by John Peck. Teen book, a great story and grandma in book does funny things!
Any Christopher Moore, esp, LAMB and BLOODSUCKING FIENDS…John Kennedy Toole’s A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES…DON QUIXOTE by Cervantes…any Carl Hiassen
The Princess Bride by William Goldman.
Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs OR Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
BERNADETTE: very amusing … right from page 1/YAY socio-politico-econ-educ s.a.t.i.r.e.!
Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals
Anything by David Sedaris. Try Me Talk Pretty Someday.
All his are great and hilarious
All Creatures Great and Small
I’m reading A Walk in the Woods right now by Bryson… And I agree , a humorous adventure tale!! It also makes me miss the mountains!!
Where’d You Go Bernadette?!
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz.
I love the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series, set in Botswana. The stories and characters are both culturally insightful and funny, and they touch my heart as well. Always cheer me up; short books, too. You can start anywhere in the series, but I recommend starting with the first book for the maximum benefits. (I think there are 17 or 18 books.) You will find it hard to believe that a MAN is the author: Alexander McCall Smith. They feature the character Mma Precious Ramotswe, and her Assistant (whose shoes talk to her) and their families.
@Shelley It was on TV, but did not track the books well at all, IMO. Was fun to watch, though.
@Kathryne yes I enjoyed the series but not like I enjoyed the books
I think it was in HBO. I’ve listened to most of the series on audible. Helps me with the pronunciations. There are also three chapter books for younger readers.
@Lisa thanks now that you mention it, I think it was HBO
Christopher Moore’s Lamb made me laugh so hard I was embarrassed and then I worried a little for my soul! Must read!!
I’ve read 3 of his books, just started Lamb, it so funny!
Books by Ali wentworth
Erma Bombeck… I still laugh out loud when I read her books
Oh, yes!
Janet Evanovich
Bossy Pants by Tina fay
Great books, she has a crazy cat named Prozac.
Tamar Myers Pennsylvania Dutch mysteries, but only the first one or two of the series. Jokes get old after that, but the first one is adorable.
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Straight Man by Richard Russo. It Takes a Village Idiot by Jim Mullen. Reread them both every once in a while for a good many laughs.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5447.Funniest_Novels_of_All_Time
This ought to hold you for a while.
ahhhhh: only got to #2 — CATCH-22! Only slightly less [ruefully] funny: more than once asked someone if knew that novel & said Yes — Named After the Saying. O dear.
@Kerry oh my, it’s like I’ve talked to people about books and they.say oh yes, the movie? It was a book, too? SMH
Dave Barry’s “Dave Barry Does Japan” and “Best. State. Ever.” are my go-to laugh out loud books.
Like him too!
A Walk in the Woods
A Man called Ove
Ugh!
Bailey White
Read anything by Dave Berry. He has written a couple of novels, and they are a riot.
Any book by Christopher Moore.
Good Omens by Terry pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Janet Evanovich’s books!!
David Sedaris!
I agree. David Sedaris writes books of essays, and they are hilarious.
Go see him live !
Go see Book club at the movie. I laughed so hard , but need to be aleast 50 to get it ??
Sorry it’s not a book ??
Reaper Man (Discworld #11) by Terry Pratchett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaper_Man
What am going to do with you, @Kris?
Not sure what we are doing, @Tammy, but it doesn’t matter. YES!! Feels a little Thelma and Louise-sih!
Anything by Carrie Fisher.
If you want to learn while you laugh, Sarah Vowell’s ‘Assassination Vacation’, ‘The Partly Cloudy Patriot’, or ‘Lafayette in the Somewhat United States’.
Sarah Vowell is awesome!
Carl Hiaasen’s books!
Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster. You will not regret it!!
How funny – was going to recommend the same book.
So now another one I’ll have to read.
Beautiful Ruins
“Shit my father says”.
Christopher Moore Take your pick but “Lamb” is my favorite.
I didn’t like it but lowed thru it. It is farcical!
His other stuff is less controversial and very entertaining.
Stephanie Plum or anything by Terry Pratchett
The Rosie Project
There’s something about my Neck.
Someone mentioned that in another thread yesterday! I have it on my list now.
Where’d you go Bernadette
Fanny Flagg: Cant Wait to Get to Heaven and The All Girls Filling Station.
“My (Not So) Perfect Life” by Sophie Kinsella
Let’s pretend this didn’t happen – a memoir by Jenny Lawson
Where did you go Bernadette will keep you laughing.
The Princess Bride
https://books.google.com/books/about/Less_Winner_of_the_Pulitzer_Prize.html?id=QCtrvgAACAAJ
Anything by Bill Bryson. Makes me laugh out loud every single time.
Yup!
Where’d you go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Ditto Bernadette!
#davidsedaris
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove or My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry. I plan to read more of his stuff.
I’ve read a couple others of his, that may not be as “funny” but I have not been disappointed
Rosie Project
Between, Georgia, gods in Alabama, or Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
@Karen best book EVER!
@Donna Pretty much!!
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened is hilarious also. I still wish I had a 5’ metal chicken!!
“An Uncommon Reader” by Alan Bennett. I laughed until I wet my pants. The Queen is introduced to the power of books by the bookmobile serendipitously arriving at Buckingham Palace. Her queenly wave to crowds is soon converted to longer conversations when she asks “What are you reading lately” and then the Quenn can’t stay on schedule to the consternation of her handlers. It is a novella, so quick and easy read. You won’t regret it.
Didn’t he write The Madness of King George? I really enjoyed that book – thanks for the tip on this one!
I’ve read other novellas/short stories by Alan Bennet memorably The Woman in the Bus and one about a guy supposedly listening to Mozart.
Bridget Jones Diary or anything by David Sedaris
Also Eleanor Oliphant
Forrest Gump!!!!
Idiot Girl Action-Adventure Club by Laurie Notaro
seen anything trump said today?
Dave Barry makes me laugh right out loud.
As does David Sedaris. But he is not for everyone.
both Dave Barry and David Sedaris amuse me to no end.
Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster ??
The Complete Guide To Guys.
The Rosie Project or if you want a bit more of a wicked and thoughtful howl, the sellout is hilarious.
The Grass Is Always Greener by Irma Bombeck
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
A Confederacy of Dunces. Anything by Christopher Moore.
Anything by David Sedaris.
Couplehood by Paul Riser. Hilarious ?
Bridgette Joneses Diary
Jasper Fforde Thursday Next series and Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum
I love Stephanie Plum 😀
I Feel Bad About my Neck, Nora Ephron.
Mindy Kaling’s autobio, and Amy Poehler’s
Any David Sedaris
My first Sedaris was Me Talk Pretty One Day. I was hooked!
Jilly Cooper’s frightfully British novels!
Years ago I was reading “Growing Up Catholic” and laughing so hard I was crying. Someone asked me if I was reading a joke book ? I said “No, Growing up Catholic was No Joke”. But as I look back I can Laugh now… Especially the chapter called “Father What a Waste”. Also The Last Catholic In America” was very Funny. They based the play “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up” (the 2nd Book) on this 1st book. The 2nd book wasn’t as funny.
Marian Keyes
Walk in the Woods by Bryson so so funny!
Yup! ??
YES! I read it after I had hiked part of the AT, so it was even funnier to me than it would be to most!
@Jennifer Don’t know about that – I’ve never walked the AT and found it hysterical…I’m not one to giggle while reading much let alone fall into convulsive waves of full body laughter.
@Kristin that’s my point, though — it was even funnier than it would have been if I had no working knowledge of what it’s like to be on the trail for 6 days. And it was pretty dang funny to begin with! (I always remember those dang Snickers bars.)
Carl Hiaasen
If you can find it PS Your Cat Is Dead by James Kirkwood Jr
Good Omens
Erma Bombeck books
I loved the book When You’re Up to Your Ass in Alligators
Jokes but so many funny things! Made me LOL.
anything by Bill Bryson
can’t wait to get to heaven by fannie flagg my go to for laughs
Sleeping at the Starlite Motel and Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White.
Yes, Mama Makes Up Her Mind starts out with the most exquisite piece about taking Mama out for mullet in the most dive cafe imaginable–one of the best pieces of writing one can find anywhere. Every sentence is perfect.
Discworld
I still like Dave Barry.
The Undomestic Goddess
Bill Bryson anything, but I really liked The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
David Sedaris
Christopher Moore
Carol Burnett’s books are very fun to listen to.
Surprisingly, Shirley Jackson wrote two of the funniest books I ever read. They are about her children. Life Among the Savages and the sequel Raising Demons. Funniest stories ever.
Anything by Jonathan Ames!
Christopher Moore or Janet Evanovich.
Good Omens
Christopher Moore is hysterical! Bite Me. Bloodsucking Fiends. To name only a few.
Anything by Bill Bryson!!
Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series
The Rejected Writers Book Club, by Susanne Kelman. Laughed many times.
Bossypants by Tina Fey
The Tower, The Zoo and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart
Are You There Vodka, it’s Me Chelsea
This is where I leave you
Who are you? And I ask because it defines my recommendation. If you have kids in elementary school, or ever did Class Mom.
M. C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series is SO FUNNY I enjoy audio books, and my kids are often in the car. So I look for books without things that would embarrass me or them. Pretty much Agatha pulls that off. ?
Anything by David Sedaris.
Miss Julia books by Ann B. Ross
Any of the Sweet Potato Queen books, by Jill Conor Brown.
Erma Bombeck “If life is a bowl of cherries, why am I always in the pits?”
Mirror?
For those from the south (as well as those who wish they were) I would heartily recommend TR Pearson’s A Short History of a Small Place. It is laugh out loud funny even the darker parts. In fact I was asked politely to stop reading it on a flight from Seattle to Charlotte because my laughing was disturbing others. It is part of a trilogy – Off to the Sweet Hereafter and The Last of How It Was.
That is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. Glad to know others have enjoyed it too.
Owen meant
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Anything by Jenny Lawson
Sh*t my dad says
This is laugh out loud. There is a serious side but when I finished I wanted to applaud her and what you will take away is the funny sometimes hysterical parts. It is one of Reese’s picks also.
I loved this book!!
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper…laugh out loud funny.
Agreed on Tropper book. Funny and engaging. Good movie too
His others are also good but I can’t remember if they’re funny
1) Where’d You Go, Bernadette
2) Help! A Bear is Eating Me
3) A Mother’s Kisses by Bruce J. Bruce J Friedman
4) My Horizontal Life
5) Shatnerquake
6) Breathers, a Zombie’s Lament
7) The Broke Diaries
8) I Just Want My Pants Back
9) I Feel Bad about My Neck
Bill @Bryson
Just read Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. Brought back memories of growing up in the 50’s. Very funny.
@Laurie I love his other books..just downloaded the audio version of the Thunderbolt Kid – thanks for suggestion!
Straight man by Richard russo
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
Phillip Gulley and his Harmony series (Harmony is a town) He is hysterical! All sorts of funny in a small town with quirky characters.
A Man Called Ove!!
Living biblically. At the same time, I found it insightful. (Not the exact title)
The Warlock In Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff or In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Anything by bill bryson, but sunburned is my favorite
Any Janet Evanovich book
Fran Liebowitz’s book Social Studies
My two favorites-Kevin Hearne (fanatasy) and Jenny Lawson (non-fiction)
Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
I love her books.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Funny and sad.
Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series
Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil -hilarious southern humor.
The Boat That Wouldn’t Float, by Farley Mowat
A very funny book! ?
Farley Mowat was a great storyteller!
Haha? I will check this out because I love the title.
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Darynda Jones Charley Davidson Series
Shit My Dad Says
Jennifer Cruise
Midnight in the garden… really a good read. Great characters.
Where’d you go Bernadette?
The Rosie Project
Alan Bradley’s Flavia DeLuce series the first of which is Sweetness At The Bottom of the Pie. Honestly, when I need to laugh out loud I go straight to Beverley Cleary’s Ramona.
Junie B Jones does that for me too.
These are old, but I have a few books written by Erma Bombeck that still make me laugh out loud.
I have one too ?⭐️
I read and loved several books by Erma Bombeck!