Couplehood by Paul Reiser, Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sadaris (I own every book he ever wrote.)
@Tina well there you go. Your decision has been made for you by the Powers that Be. Plus your name is Tina, so you already have a deep, personal connection to the book.
Oooo that sounds wonderful! I’m new to Tom Sharpe, having only read the first two in the Wilt series so far, but I think they have made me laugh more than any other books I’ve ever read ?
Well… I have just realized that… I don’t actually read comedy… I mean, there is humour in the books I read but I don’t choose them for comedy… How sad is that? ?
I usual calculated how many cars will get bad future in those books. Stephanie Plum and Gradma Mazur are so hilarious and also Morelli/Ranger sometimes. ?
Judith Flanders has a three-book mystery series that has a humorous tone. It is British humor with an intellect I enjoyed. I read them over the Christmas holidays and I hope she writes more.
Anything by Erma Bombeck “The Grass is Alway Greener Over the Septic Tank”, “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits”, “Family – the Ties that Bind and Gag”, etc.
If you have read any Janet Evanovich’s books or Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward, you understand what I mean when I say that some dialogues between characters can be quite hilarious. ? Or maybe I’ve very odd humor.
Bridget Jones, the first book. I saw that someone wrote Douglas Adams, PG Wodehouse and Jerome K Jerome: I love all of them, although personally I wouldn’t have put them under comedy. Why, I could not say 🙂
Since Bossy Pants and Sh*t My Dad says have been mentioned, I’ll add God Said, “Ha!” by Julia Sweeney (get the audio version!) and The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, which isn’t a comedy book, just a funny book. It’s great either read or listened to (I’ve done both), but the audiobook has a distinct edge as the narration takes the comedy up a notch.
The famousCatch-22 has some qualities that might rate it above the obscure but brilliantly imaginative Journey Beyond Tomorrow aka Journey of Joneses by Robert Sheckly who should never have been forgotten. He has a large number of books many of which are among the most hilarious, including several hundreds of short stories, while some like the fine novel Immortality, Inc were serious deep fictional adventures. Immortality Inc. was inadequately adopted as the film Freejack with Mick Jagger.
Toss up between Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin or Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. Both left my giggling hysterically. The latter made me fall off the sofa laughing.
I was listening to the audiobook of “When You Are Engulfed In Flames” by David Sedaris while running on a treadmill and had to pull the emergency stop cord because I was laughing so hard that I thought I was going to fall off.
Agree about Douglas Adams, particularly the first two books, though the funniest book I can remember is Spike Milligan’s ‘Puckoon’ and maybe some of his short stories.
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.
I love a lot of his stuff. I was scrolling up to see if he had been named.
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore.
Straight Man by Richard Russo.
Wilt by Tom Sharpe or any of the books by Danny Wallace
Following.
Lets Pretend This Never Happened – Jenny Lawson
Also a winner!
Best laid plans by terry fallis and no relation by Terry fallis both are hilarious! And the Rosie project by Graeme simsion
Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K.Jerome – my favourite book of all.
Couplehood by Paul Reiser, Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sadaris (I own every book he ever wrote.)
I love paul reiser.
The One-Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
FOOD a memoir by Jim Gaffigan. Really ROFL!!
David Sedaris’ books.
Food: A Love Story was SO funny!! I laughed and laughed!
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
Reveloution by Russell Brand made me laugh out loud many times
Following
Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris
I hope they serve beer in hell
This is where I leave you, by Jonathan Tropper, was one of my favorites.
Bossypants by Tina Fey
just looking at it, is it good?
@Tina hilarious. I read it on a plane and couldn’t stop laughing. The other passengers wanted to know what I was reading.
how you think about it’s audible ?
https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Biographies-Memoirs/Bossypants-Audiobook/B00FEZPE9S?pf_rd_p=771c6463-05d7-4981-9b47-920dc34a70f1&pf_rd_r=GVXP3E99MMJTBS4HRDE0&
I don’t use Audible, but if it’s Tina Fey reading it, it’s probably even better than the print version.
@Lindsay Yes she is the Narrator 😀
The audio book is wonderful!
@Tina well there you go. Your decision has been made for you by the Powers that Be. Plus your name is Tina, so you already have a deep, personal connection to the book.
@Lindsay Just about to buy it in audible 😀 thanks
Be careful if you listen to it while driving. I drive for work, was doing lots of windy hill roads and almost died a few times from laughing so hard ?
@Zaga OMG I am excited I will start tonight
@Tina if you start tonight, you will likely finish tomorrow. Then you can move onto Furiously Happy – but it won’t be quite the same.
@Lindsay sure thanks
Bossy Pants is a book I have in both print and audible. Worth reading and later going back for a listen, or vice versa.
Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern.
This audiobook is laugh-out-loud hilarious and performed so well, with the narrator knocking it out of the park in every way.
The Rosie Project and The Hundred Year Old Man who climbed out of the window
Most PG Wodehouse books.
Republican Party Reptile, P.J. O’Rourke.
The one the made me laugh outright the most would have to be all the books in the Curse of The Gods series by Jaymin Eve.
Furiously Happy
A Confederacy of Dunces
hmmm. hyperbole and a half by allie brosh. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17571564-hyperbole-and-a-half
Oh yeahhhhh!!!!!!!!! This one IS as good or better than Bossypants.
I loved bossypants too!
@Katie dying waiting for Allie Brosh to write more ?
This….. So funny. So true.
Anything by Bill Bryson, Dave Barry or Christopher Moore.
Ditto that!
My Point…. And I Do Have One by Ellen Degeneres.
Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe
This is on my To Be Read list ?
A must. Busy working on adapting it into a play
Oooo that sounds wonderful! I’m new to Tom Sharpe, having only read the first two in the Wilt series so far, but I think they have made me laugh more than any other books I’ve ever read ?
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
.
Help! I’m being held prisoner by Donald Westlake
I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart
Well… I have just realized that… I don’t actually read comedy… I mean, there is humour in the books I read but I don’t choose them for comedy… How sad is that? ?
Not sad at all.
I Hate My Neck
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series. Genius!
The idiot girls action adventure club – Laurie Notaro
Janet evanovich one two three books. Grandma is so funny
Those books crack me up!
Stephanie Plum is pretty hilarious……
I usual calculated how many cars will get bad future in those books. Stephanie Plum and Gradma Mazur are so hilarious and also Morelli/Ranger sometimes. ?
Ferrol Sams.
Not really a comedy but it had funny parts- Crazy In Alabama by Mark Childress
Never read the book, but I loved the movie! I still love PeeJoe in NCIS new Orleans.
Getting Stoned with the Savages
Judith Flanders has a three-book mystery series that has a humorous tone. It is British humor with an intellect I enjoyed. I read them over the Christmas holidays and I hope she writes more.
I really enjoyed Amy Poehler’s memoir as well as Martin Short’s.
“The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal” by Christopher Moore
The Princess Bride!
Anything by Erma Bombeck “The Grass is Alway Greener Over the Septic Tank”, “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits”, “Family – the Ties that Bind and Gag”, etc.
Let’s pretend this never happened by Jenny Lawson is glorious
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.
The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love by Jill Connor Brown
I really laughed out loud with this one.
Adding to my list. Thanks!
To Be or Not To Be: That is the Adventure. (It’s a choose your own adventure book based on Hamlet and it had me laughing very loudly in public.
Letters from a Nut
Forrrest Gump
Good Omens
If you have read any Janet Evanovich’s books or Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward, you understand what I mean when I say that some dialogues between characters can be quite hilarious. ? Or maybe I’ve very odd humor.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos for novels. Essays: Samantha Irby’a We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. Essays.
Bridget Jones, the first book. I saw that someone wrote Douglas Adams, PG Wodehouse and Jerome K Jerome: I love all of them, although personally I wouldn’t have put them under comedy. Why, I could not say 🙂
I agree. There were some funny parts in Wodehouse but wouldn’t consider it a comedy either
Toss up between Lamb and Night Of The Avenging Blowfish.
Night of the Avenging Blowfish was great — thank you for reminding me of that book.
Naked or Me Talk Pretty One Day – both David Sedaris
Anything by David Sadaris… but he can be a bit saucey. Not for everyone.
I love him! The two I mentioned are particular faves of mine…but yes…anything by him is great.
Good Grief
‘The Egg and I’ and ‘The Plague and I’ – both by Betty Mac Donald. If I need a lift I read them.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood @Pal
Yes sir… ,
U accidentally tagged me but i will read this book for sure???
Anyway today is Virginia Woolf’s bday.. and google also pay tribute to her.
Janet Evanovich and Me Talk Pretty One Day
Bossy pants Tina Fey
Leviticus
Ha.
Fool, Christopher Moore
Nora Ephron
I Feel Bad About my Neck.
Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis!
The sound of laughter by Peter kay
Tina Fey’s Bossypants and Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. My go to series for a laugh.
Also try his Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Great.
Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls. (I th ink this is the title. ) David Sedaris. I laughed so much I got sore abs.
Piccadilly Jim- PG Wodehouse
I don’t read that much comedy but a funny one that I’ve read is To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Ilf and Petrov’s “Little Golden America” & Twelve Chairs – homages to coming through all troubles with a smile
Don’t Bend Over in the Garden Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes!
The 100 year old man who climbed out of a window and disappeared
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sederis. I couldn’t read it in published c because I was laughing too hard!
Hold Me Closer Necromancer ! And it has its own playlist! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8041873-hold-me-closer-necromancer?ac=1&from_search=true
i love books with playlists
Since Bossy Pants and Sh*t My Dad says have been mentioned, I’ll add God Said, “Ha!” by Julia Sweeney (get the audio version!) and The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, which isn’t a comedy book, just a funny book. It’s great either read or listened to (I’ve done both), but the audiobook has a distinct edge as the narration takes the comedy up a notch.
The famousCatch-22 has some qualities that might rate it above the obscure but brilliantly imaginative Journey Beyond Tomorrow aka Journey of Joneses by Robert Sheckly who should never have been forgotten. He has a large number of books many of which are among the most hilarious, including several hundreds of short stories, while some like the fine novel Immortality, Inc were serious deep fictional adventures. Immortality Inc. was inadequately adopted as the film Freejack with Mick Jagger.
Ok, GOOD OMENS by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett maybe qualify as one of the best funny novels too.
I love Good Omens! Great book!
Lamb
Lamb is the best!!
One of my favorites
The BEST!
Who’s the author?
Christopher Moore
Handling Sin by Michael Malone
Jay Leno’s “Headlines”. Hands down.
F
Dolls behaving badly (not girls behaving badly)
Most of Carl Hiassen’s books
All books written by Joseph Wambaugh. I can relate to actions ( failings ) in my life.
Join Me – Danny Wallace
“Fool” by Christopher Moore
The Rosie Project.
Dad is Fat
Bitter is the New Black and Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster were absolutely hilarious!
Toss up between Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin or Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. Both left my giggling hysterically. The latter made me fall off the sofa laughing.
Gervase Phinn
Texasville
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Art of the Deal
Hahahaha! Wonderful answer!! ?
Furiously Happy- Jenny Lawson.
Furiously Happy! A hilarious book about horrible things…
Dan vs nature by Don Calame. It’s a teen book. Hysterical.
Lamb
Me Talk Pretty One Day.
A Year in Provence… read it while traveling by train to Florence. Made me belly laugh…
Love Fannie Flagg! Funny but very human!
I was listening to the audiobook of “When You Are Engulfed In Flames” by David Sedaris while running on a treadmill and had to pull the emergency stop cord because I was laughing so hard that I thought I was going to fall off.
Where did you go Bernadette
Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian
“Wilt” by Tom Sharpe.
Osho’s joke book Take It Seriously
HitchHiker’s Guide, the complete set. And anything else by Douglas Adams.
Agent to the stars!
Redshirts!
Agree about Douglas Adams, particularly the first two books, though the funniest book I can remember is Spike Milligan’s ‘Puckoon’ and maybe some of his short stories.
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Love Vonnegut…Dead Eye Dick……?
Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor.
Monica, I have to agree!
I have read the book a hundred times and the humour is new every time.
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore. Saw allot of other ones recommended by Christopher Moore but not this one.
Definitely second anything by Christopher moore!
Marley and Me both funny and sad
Angry Housewives eating Bon Bons
Bellwether or Cross Talk by Connie Willis and just about anything by Christopher Moore.
A walk in the woods
Are you there vodka? It’s me Chelsea
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
♡♡♡Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love!!!!♡♡♡
Added it to my list.