Looking for a good book to read that has lots of laughs in it. Any suggestions?
Looking for a good book to read that has lots of laughs in it. Any suggestions?
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Looking for a good book to read that has lots of laughs in it. Any suggestions?
Check out Amy Poeppel—her books make me LOL!
Last days of summer by steve kluger
Crazy Rich Asians Series
Anything David Sedaris has written. He’s hilarious. Try Me Talk Pretty One Day
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series – always funny!
@Moira I’ve wanted to get into this series. Where is a good place to start?
Here’s a list of the books in order. I recommend following this. https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld-reading-order/
@Moira Thanks!
I absolutely recommend Sir Terry Pratchett 100%! Anytime I’m feeling depressed, he’s always been there for me and can make me laugh when no one else can
I really liked Jenny Lawson’s Furiously Happy!
@Heidi YESSS! First few chapters were exceptionally funny.
Sophie Kinsella. I read “Can you keep a secret?” I was laughing all the book. It’s really funny!
@Colmenero oh any Sophie Kinsella is hilarious!
@Megan when i was reading that book i have such a good time. And my husband used to look at me as if I was crazy hahaha. I never have read shopaholic series. Have you read it?
One of my all time favourite books. Literally laugh out loud funny
David Nicholls’ “One Day”
Welcome to Freedom Point by Marina Mularz
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I love books that have a mystery to them. Lawrence Block wrote a series about an alcoholic PI called Matthew Scudder which I got really into years ago. He also wrote a couple of books about a burglar (Bernie Rhodenbarr) who owned a bookstore who kept getting involved in all kinds of illegal stuff. The frequent dialogues between Bernie and a female friend who owns a pet grooming business kept me in stitches each time I read and reread the books.
There is some dark humor in the Matthew Scudder books but I wouldn’t call them funny. However the burglar books are hilarious.
Jen Lancaster books make me laugh. They’re not fiction and they’re just her own life experiences, but they’re hilarious!
The series ” Charley Davidson ”
By Darynda Jones
Yes! Moreso if you listen to the narration by Lorelei King.
Janet Evanovich author of the Stephanie Plum series. Funny. Read the series in order if possible, it’s not essential though.
Wow love the responses. My book club is looking for humour. I now have so many suggestions. Thanks everyone. I’m sure we will read more than one.
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Lamb by Christopher Moore or Parasites Like Us by Adam Johnson
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal: Christopher Moore: 8580001047232: http://amazon.com/ Books
https://www.amazon.com/Lamb-Gospel-According-Christs-Childhood/dp/0380813815/ref=asc_df_0380813815/?tag=&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312114918153&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16954716824323331041&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028079&hvtargid=pla-436534547975&psc=1&adgrpid=58874700661#immersive-view_1549943705730
http://amazon.com/ Parasites Like Us: A Novel (9780142004777): Adam Johnson: Books
https://www.amazon.com/Parasites-Like-Us-Adam-Johnson/dp/0142004774/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549943816&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=parasites+like+us&dpPl=1&dpID=51U1R9ZtNtL
http://amazon.com/ Parasites Like Us: A Novel (9780142004777): Adam Johnson: Books
https://www.amazon.com/Parasites-Like-Us-Adam-Johnson/dp/0142004774/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549943816&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=parasites+like+us&dpPl=1&dpID=51U1R9ZtNtL
Lamb is the only book that has made LOL on an airplane. Carl Hiaason’s stuff is super funny as well.
stephanie plum novels their hilarious
Where’d You Go Bernadette. Attachments. Laughed out loud multiple times on each of these. ???
Thx. I will download now.
DISCWORLD ?
If you’ve watched MONK, read the novels. They’re written by the same writer of the show and they are hysterical! Anything by Erma Bombeck. If you can handle some rough language, The Martian by Andy Weir. Off to be the Wizard by Scott Meyer. Some others I’d suggest have already been mentioned. Fannie Flagg’s Fried Green Tomatoes. The majority of what I read is fantasy/sci-fi, mysteries and adventures. With some nonfiction and historical things thrown in the mix.
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons…it’s a noted comic novel published in 1932. I saw the movie first then read the book & loved every second of it.
Shit my dad says
Janet Evanovich
The Bridget Jones series
Janet Evanovich also but specifically her Wicked Business Trilogy. I was in tears of laughter with it
It’s true, I laughed so hard in parts that I had to get my eyes to clear to keep reading. Janet Evanovich.
@Kay her books are really laough out loud funny.
laugh oops
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
The Martian by Andy Grier (weir? I forget)
Weir ?
The Rosie Project
Jana DeLeon “miss fortune” series. Never disappoints.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue!
Time and Forever. Susan B James.
Natural Born Charmer Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Faking It Jennifer Cruisie
YES!! To Faking It!!
Anything by Katie Macalister – I’ve been known to burst out laughing while reading.
Books by Bill Bryson, PG Wodehouse
Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects by Christopher Miller. Awesome!
Can you keep a secret? Sophie Kinsella
Erma Bombeck or Janet Evonovitch. Any book by either author. Bombeck is from back in the 60’s and 70’s. So if you like a look back at the “good old days” she’s for you. Evonovitch is more contemporary. I read everything she writes. Her books are quick reads with memorable characters and are hysterical.
@Edna Janet’s Stephanie Plumb books are very funny!
@Jola ?❤️
Commenting to keep up with suggestions! Thanks in advance!
Anything by Christopher Moore. Everything he writes is hilarious!
The Shelby Nichols Adventures Series by Colleen Helme — more funny if you can listen to the audio books as read by Wendy Tremont King. Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie.
Carl Hiassan … I read Skinny Dip … his YA book Hoot was made into movie. Dave Barry is funny too. Love these questions cuz then I’m forced to see what my fav writers have been up to. I knew Dave Barry was in band with Amy Tan sometimes Stephen King and roving cast of writers.
Hard Listening – Coming June 18th 2013
http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/pages/hard-listening.html
@Beverly Carl’s books are hilarious!
@Beverly they really are!!!
Lewis Grizzard was a Southern comedian. His books are a hilarious look at real Southern life. You can’t make this stuff up ?
@Beth you are so right on Lewis Grizzard. Utube channel called It’s A Southern Thing very funny. Thing should be pronounced Thang
Dave Barry, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimin, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
Agnes and the hit man,by Jennifer Cruise, it’s so good.
First Grave on the Right series by Darynda @Leroy.
Piers Anthony , Xanth series
Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
The quirky Arly Hanks series set in Maggody. By Joan Hess
Kathy Lette is funny!
Funny! Inspiring! I have to recommended this book! Whether or not your are/were a fan of Little House on the Prairie this book is a MUST read! I actually listened to the audible version which is read by the author herself and it was great! In between stories of life on set she talks about the abuse she experienced as a child and how she used that and her time as Nellie Oleson to become an activist to improve laws against child abuse. During the 80’s she also supported HIV/AIDS education and research. She truly is an inspiration.
This was a really good book!
@Heather I laughed and laughed. My co-workers kept asking what I was listening to!
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson. I was listening to the audiobook while driving to work and almost had an accident from laughing so hard .
@Michael yup we’ve quoted her but not read her book yet
Wilt by Tom Sharpe.
oh Wifey – they had me in hysterics ??
I found the writing in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark to be very witty.
@Rebecca I love that movie.
Aisha Tyler, Self-Inflicted Wounds
gentleman prefer blondes by anita something
That Guy by Kim Jones
P G Wodehouse always has me in splits
I love his books.
Rosie is My Relative, by Gerald Durrell. One of my favourite books.
Also Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.