I need a funny book – suggestions? No Janet Evanovich or Jen Lancaster – I’ve read them all!
I need a funny book – suggestions? No Janet Evanovich or Jen Lancaster – I’ve read them all!
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Class Mom!
Laurie notaro
Dorothea Benton Frank’s “All the Single Ladies” is pretty funny.
Laurie Notaro and Jen Mann
Jenny Lawson and Tucker Max
Christopher Moore
I loved Bloodsucking Friends followed by Bite Me. So funny!
Lamb was hilarious!
I loved all of his books!
I really like Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson or any David Sedaris book.
Class Mom is FUNNY – especially if you’ve volunteered in school.
Laurie Notaro
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Christopher Moore…start with Lamb
If you like YA, Carter Finally Gets It made me LOL
Oooh oooh! You should try some by Carl Hiaasen! I’ve read most of his stuff. He’s hilarious. I particularly liked “Skinny Dip” and “Tourist Season”.
I was just going to suggest him!
I nearly peed my pants during parts of Tourist Season! Lucky You is funny also. I also loved Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella.
I LOVE Carl Hiaasen – read all of his too. Is there someone else out there that is Carl Hiaasen funny?
I’ve read all of Sophie Kinsella too.
Anything with Skink!! ?
Jill mansell
I loved Breakfast at Stephanie’s!
All her books pretty much….if it’s British and it’s “chick lit” I’m all over it?
Stacy Butcher ME TOO!!! I’m always googling British chick lit for new authors, I don’t know why they are better than American chick lit. I named my daughter Gemma after Jemima J!
@Christine Loved that book!!!!
@Stacy it was a really good book. She’s another great author
@Christine read Holly’s Inbox!
@Stacy I’ll keep that I mind, I don’t do much reading lately as my girls, 2 year old twins, won’t allow it, lol
@Christine Author is Holly Denham
@Christine THAT MEANS YOU NEED MORE READING TIME WITH CHIC BRITS!!!!!
@Stacy I know I do!
Laurie Notaro!
Stacey Ballis, Beth harbison
Jenny Lawson or Carl Hiassen
Jill Conner Browne
Tim Dorsey is awesome
Class Mom.
We are never meeting in real life by Samantha Irby!
Following
Jennifer Crusie
Following ?
Author?
Jenny Lawson, definitely.
David Rosenfelt.
Lunatics by Dave Barry
Matt Bellassai’s memoir made me laugh out loud.
Failure Is An Option – bonus points if you audiobook-it as it’s by the man behind the voice of Bob in Bob’s Burgers & Archer
I loved this book so very much h
I read insane city by Dave Barry and found it funny.
Laurie notaro
Happiness by Will Ferguson
Lunatics by Dave Barry, anything by David Sedaris
Black Heels to Tractor Wheels – Dee Drummond
Jenny Lawson!!!
Gretchen Archer- Davis Way series. Reminds me of Janet Evanovich humor.
Jenna McCarthy
Celia Rivenbark has some pretty laugh out loud funny books – my favorite of hers is “You Can’t Drink All Day If You Don’t Start In The Morning” ?
YES!
Chelsea Handler – My Horizontal Life
Even my husband loved that one!
@Cathy I still re-read certain chapters. Uganda be kidding me was good too.
Following ….
David Sedaris
Laurie Notaro
Laurie Notaro
Laurie Notaro
Lamb, The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore is laugh out loud funny.
YES!!!! Practical Demon Keeping is also very good.
Anything by Christopher Moore!!!
Wow lots of suggestions! I’m looking them up on Amazon.
Calypso. David Sedaris
The Spellman Files
Yes!!
I second this!
Who is the author for Following?
Hi ??!! I realized you asked this more than once … so I’m going to save you (because I also didn’t realize what that meant…) …we comment ‘following’ so that the newsfeed shows up on our account so we can keep track of the thread. In this case I wanted to follow the conversation to also get humorous book suggestions?
@Randi Duh on my part! I was driving myself nuts looking it up on Amazon! Thanks for letting me know.?♀️
@Amy What else are book friends for ?
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Class Mom. Laurie Gelman.
Where’d you go Bernadette ! It was a riot!
No Touch Monkey! by Ayun Halliday
The Key West Escape Series by Tricia Leedom!! So so good!
Holly’s Inbox was laugh out loud funny also. I love the British Chic Lit
Carl Hiaasen!!
LOVE HIM!!!
We need a new book ASAP!!!!
@Ashley I loved reading him when I lived in Florida and recognizing where he was and what he was talking about.
Which book would you suggest for first time reader of Carl Hiassen?
@Carie lucky you was good, star island.
Loved Star Island and also Razor Girl!
@Christine thanks ?
@Ashley it’s been awhile since I read him, but I remembered those two
Jancee Dunn- But Enough About Me or Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo
David Sedaris
@Jen books!
Jennifer Cruise…I find her writing hilarious.
Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shafer
davis sedaris
Travels of Marco YOLO (yes. “YOLO” not “Polo”)
Food, A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan. Also, Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan. A friend saw me walking while I was listening to the Food one and texted “are you going insane, cause I just saw you walking down the road laughing hystericaly with no one with you.”
Reading My Dad is Fat now hehe
Jim Gaffigan reads his audio books. Highly recommend!!!
If you like Janet Evanovich, the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones is so so good!
Thanks for all the suggestions. My Amazon cart runneth over!
Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog – Lisa Scottoline
Chelsea Handler
Laurie Notaro! She’s hilarious and there’s a lot to choose from. I love all her books!
Pretty much all the comedians memoirs make me cry from laughing…audiobooks read by the author of course is like so many hours of a private stand up show just for you! ♥️
I didn’t love Amy Shumer’s. Other than that, I totally agree.
I’m reading Life as I blow it by Sarah Colonna right now.
She’s besties with Chelsea Handler (read all her books too).
Also, the non-shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella. I grew so tired of the shopaholic girl, but her other books? Fabulous. Have read them multiple times each. Wedding night, Can You Keep A Secret, I’ve Got Your Number and Undomestic Goddess
I loved the Undomestic goddess.
I loved twenties girl
Let’s pretend this never happened
Denis Leary “Why We Suck” or “Why We Don’t Suck”…or Justin Halpern “Shit My Dad Says”.
I loved shit my dad says!
I love Dennis Leary!
David Sedaris!
Dave Barry or Carl Hiaasen? UnDomestic Goddess & Class Mom
Christopher Moore
Class Mom
Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking
Following!
Stephen J Martin Super Chick it’s the first book in a trilogy. They are pretty damn funny.
I love Alice Clayton
How about lindsey kelk? Or jenny colgan?
Jenny Lawson
@Jen is great! Hilarious!
Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
I’ve read her books, while funny, she can get quite vulgar
@Christine yes but the vulgar just adds to the humor?
@Michelle true. Even though I think she can be vulgar, I still read her books, lol
Jenny Mullen (2 books, read in order) is superb-
If you can find it (try Interlibrary Loans): The Defense Diaries of W Morgan Petty by Brian Bethell. You may want to read it IN the bathroom. You will pee!
Ann Charles deadwood series or darynda Jones first grave on the right
Alice Clayton books 🙂 <3
I like her books!
I just found one of hers in my TBR pile – YES!
@Amy which one is on your TBR? My fav is Wallbanger series
Wallbanger
The Hudson Valley series (Buns) is really good too!
Samantha Irby.
Oh! And Jenny Lawson.
My best friend told me this is the funniest book she has ever read and has never laughed so hard, so I bought it….on my TBR list now ??♀️
I’ve read two of those.
@Kyra I laughed so much reading those books
Just finished Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, quick & funny.
The title!!
Laurie Notaro!
Laurie Notaro or Celia Rivenbark
Jenny Lawson
Meg Cabot’s Heather Wells Series. It starts with Size 12 is not Fat.
Any book by the Amazing Celia Rivenbark.. My fav is, “Rude bitches make me tired”.. Soooo funny
Class Mom
Agree . Laurie Notaro. The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club is by far her funniest!
Agree
Following ?
I really enjoy Jennifer Crusie especially “Agnes and the Hit Man” and “Bet Me.” She makes me laugh.
I agree wholeheartedly!!
“e: A Novel” by Matt Beaumont.
Christopher Moore- Dirty Job, Lamb
PG Wodehouse is the funniest writer I’ve ever read, bar none, especially Jeeves and Wooster. However, the humor is very different that something like Janet Evanovich. (That’s no shade on JE, by the way – I once almost wrecked my car laughing while listening to a Stephanie Plum novel on audiobook.)
Following
Did you read class mom?
That one has come up a lot. I don’t have kids, would I still like it?
Have you tried any David Rosenfelt?
How funny! I was just going to post the same thing! I love Andy Carpenter!
@Melissa I like sarcasm that is funny.
David Sedaris
Marian Keyes
Sushi for Beginners
Her earlier books were BRILLIANT! I read so many of her books but when I tried to read under he duvet, I lost interest. I would like to try her again or even reread her earlier books, they were fantastic
@Christine maybe because that’s more biography?
Love Meg Cabot too– even though I don’t follow Princess Mia books
@Jules I didn’t finish the book, I remember thinking how depressing it was.
@Christine I haven’t read it–thanks for saving me some time!! Lol
Watermelon was my favorite. Love the Walsh sisters!
@Amy they are great right?! Rachael’s holiday was good too! Now I can’t wait to visit my mom to get my copies!
Christopher Moore
Laurie Notaro
Celia Rivenbark
If you like mysteries — or Florida — anything by Carl Hiaassen.
I consider him a dark comedy mystery type of author, love his books
Following
Anything by Celia Rivenbark. You know that anyone who titles their book “Stop Dressing Your 6 Year Old Like A Skank” has got to be funny. And she definitely is. After Jen Lancaster, of course, she is my other HAVE to read author.
Lorna Landvick
Jenny Lawson is hysterical
Of course what we need is a new Jen Lancaster book
Tiffany Haddish
Sloane Crosley is good. Also Jenny Lawson. David Sedarais
Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Loved this one.
Yes!!! I completely forgot about this one! Hilarious!
Chelsea handler
Laurie Notaro, Celia Rivenbark, Jenny Lawson – these ladies are guaranteed to make you laugh!! And, if you’re a little loose in the morals department (as I am ??) Tucker Max…?
If you like romance mixed in Katie McCalister her dragon series books were funny