What is the book that made you laugh? Mine is “Youth in Revolt”
What is the book that made you laugh so hard you had to put it down to wipe the tears?
Mine is “Youth in Revolt”
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Me Talk Pretty One Day.
Born a crime
Michael Malone’s “Handling Sin”
Gold Coast
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell or Barrel Fever by David Sedaris.
Sedaris is always funny….?
My husband fell off the lounge chair reading The World According to Garp. Literally on the floor laughing
Yea that was a good one.
The Rosie Project. I laughed until the book became boring.
That was a fun read!
The Amateurs by John Niven had me howling with laughter.
Ferrol Sams, he wrote a trilogy about a Georgia farm boy. Whenever I hit a rough patch I drag it out and re-read all three or least the first one.
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore – just fun!
Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs.
Islands in the stream… it’s a running joke in my family ever since reading that book!?
Help me Rhonda – that part cracks me up no matter how many times I read it!
Confederacy of Dunces!
Me too, Lisa!
Good one
I love to read light weight books in between my heavier reads and Alexander McCall Smiths No 1 Ladies detective Agency series is always a goto as Mma Makutsi and her observations and those of her talking shoes always has me in stitches
I thoroughly enjoyed that series! Would like to visit Botswana after reading about it.
@Lisa me too on both counts
Me three Grahame! I love that series and it makes me want to visit Botswana.
Janet Evanovich…Stephanie Plum series….
This one made me chuckle out loud.
I love Carl Hiassan. He’s my go-to recommendation for light hearted beach reads.
@Jed This is the first book I read by him. I really enjoyed it.
I loved Skin Tight.
I think Stormy Weather was my first one. What a hoot!!
A Connecticut Yankee in Sir Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain. The zingers always came out of nowhere.
Catch me if you can
My Life And Hard Times by James Thurber, the chapter The Day The Dam Broke. Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome.
I think Bridget Jones with Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging but also Marley & Me.
Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, most of Patrick McManus’s books, all of David Sedaris’s. Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals, that entire series really.
I second Patrick McManus
i was on a plane reading one of his books and I had to put it down because I couldn’t control my laughter.
Gerald Durrell – looks I may have found a new author. Thx!
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski. The audiobook is great. It’s very crude and can be offensive, but it’s one of the only books that made me actually laugh.
Buke was the man…..yea he is funny.
Though not really a humor book, I laughed out loud a lot reading The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne.
The Ultimate Hickhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Alexei Sayle Barcelona Plates!
Following!
The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
I love all his Pine Cove books!
He’s still my favorite author.
Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood. If you’re from Louisiana, you lived a lot of this book!
One for the Dough..Janet Evanovich
The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float by Farley Mowatt
Anything by A.J. Jacobs, but I think The Year of Living Biblically is the funniest.
I found a new author!
I’ve listened to all of his books on audio, which he narrates. He does a great job!
Love that one!
The Fault in our Stars, while it was a very sad book it also made my eyes water from laughter.
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Furiously Happy i think is even funnier. She’s great!
Oh anything by Christopher Moore.
Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec. I was cry laughing from the start.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Skipping christmas
Confederacy of Dunces.
Sellevision by Aughusten Burroughs.
Confederacy Of Dunces
Sh*t My Dad Says
Anything by Bill Bryson.
A Walk In the Woods and In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson.
Furiously Happy, audiobook on an airplane hysterically laughing … headset on… laughing out loud, forgetting i was surrounded by strangers.
Her reading of it was absolutely amazing. I really wish I could have seen the pictures while she described them though.
The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Furiously Happy
Furiously Happy
Bossypants
Angela’s Ashes made me laugh and cry
The Discworld series books. They are all hilarious.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Loved that book. It was funny as hell
I love all of Christopher Moore’s books. Bite Me audiobook is amazing!
White Girl Problems made me laugh so hard it hurt.
The first four Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich.
The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels. So good!
Furiously Happy!!
I would have to agree about “Furiously Happy”. I even tried to read some parts to my husband, I was laughing so hard I was crying, couldn’t finish what I was reading to him – had to hand him the book to read it and then HE was laughing and crying LOL
Any Bill Bryson book and also Cheaper by the Dozen.
Love Bill Bryson’s books! Always informative and giggle-inducing!
A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson. Funniest book ever. Also Bossypants by Tina Fey.
Bridget Jones Diary.
Yes. It was funny!
The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out by Jen Tucker.
Many different scenes in the Dresden Files books by Jim Butcher
Canterbury Tales. Was reading it while commuting on the subway. Quite embarrassing!
Let’s Pretend this Never Happened
Marley and Me! Best dog story I have ever read!
The movie is a real tear jerker ?
@Wendy it was but funny too!
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny.
$h#t my dad says, by Justin Halpern
I laughed so hard I couldn’t breath.
Anything by David Sedaris or Sophie Kinsella
Or Dave Barry
Tribute by Robert Lee Johnston if you want to learn some Aussie slang. Laughed so hard I pissed myself. But a warning about the confronting first chapter. Not for the faint-hearted.
Probably! I’ve been raving about it to everyone. It’s totally unconventional but such an emotional ride.
Sounds interesting. Adding to my list!!
Would love to hear your thoughts! I can’t get any of my male friends to read it.
@Wendy, published in Oz? I’ll see if I can get a hold of it in the US.
I think you can get on Amazon Kindle.
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson.
I was going to say the same, and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, too, by the same author.
Beyoncé the Chicken is my favorite.
Practical Demonkeeping and Lamb, both by Christopher Moore.
Christopher Moore is awesome
First time I’ve seen a mention of Practical Demonkeeping! So unique!
@Susan It made me snort like a grampus! I read parts of it to my husband. When I finished it, he read it and read parts back to me. They were still funny!
Any of Chelsea Handler’s books… she gets into these dumb situations but is sooo funny! Also I read aloud to my students (I teach second) and I know they’re kids books but Junie B. Jones and Wayside Stories (by Louis Sachar) has us all rolling with laughter! Best part of our day!!
“This Island Isn’t Big Enough For the 4 Of Us” — it was an adolescent read, but I cried laughing multiple times when I was a kid. I wonder if it holds up….
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Several parts were so funny, when I tried to read them to my husband, I just had to hand him the book. (Also almost anything by Jennie Lawson, or Bill Bryson.)
Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K. JErome, My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, 1066 And All That by W.C. SEllar and R.J. YEatman
Lots of Vonnegut. Definitely Douglas Adams.
Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
Anything Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series.
Something in Three Men and a Boat…
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson. I’m chuckling even as I type …
Fat assassins by marita Fowler as a chubby chic I could relate lol
How to Fight Presidents by Daniel O’Brien
The Misremembered Man!
????
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich – and others in the series at the beginning. It’s gotten a little old by now. Just marry Joe, for God’s sake!
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – I was going through a major depressive episode/family crisis at the time and I couldn’t believe a book could make me laugh out loud when I was feeling so hopeless.
This is where I leave you – Jonathan Tropper Laugh Out Loud Funny
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson – speaking of depression – here’s a book about depression that’s funny.
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh. This contains the most accurate depiction of depression I’ve ever read, but also hopeful and hilarious. The pictures are worth the price of the book.
Loved it. Some of what she wrote there could apply equally to chronic pain.
@Lynette, are we related???
Probably not. But, I am big HAAH fan, too. 🙂
I just don’t meet many Hilliards.
Not a lot. My husband’s family was from Ohio and then NC. He grew up in Tampa, but I don’t think they had any other people there to speak of.
My Hilliard line is from NC & south Georgia, then northern Florida (Hilliard, Florida and Jacksonville). Hilliard is a common name in England.
Something fresh. By Wodehouse. The scene in which Ashe, George and Baxter bump into each other at night??
Fool, Christopher Moore. My husband and I both had to constantly read bits aloud to each other.
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson. Laughed till I wept. Funniest book I’ve ever read.
Skipping Xmas was a funny one
Metzger’s Dog by Thomas Perry, Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg although that has violence. The main character is a hit man turned Rabbi.
Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
David Sedaris Naked, specifically the story True Detective.
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. Laughing led to crying while waiting for my cardiologist. I had to make myself stop reading.
Tent!
Little Big Man.
The early Stephanie Plum books.
Brocksport, USA
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison is quite funny.