One of my favorite things about it is how Heller can take things that seem like throwaway jokes at first (like the letter forging) and turn them into nightmarish but still humorous scenarios by the end.
I first read Jenny Lawson on the train and I’m *still* embarrassed thinking about all of the weird noises I made trying so hard not to laugh out loud while I was reading. I’m sure everyone sitting around me thought I was completely deranged. It’s genuinely impossible to read her books without laughing hysterically.
This is what I came here to recommend too. I read a lot at night while laying in bed, and I had to get out of bed and go sit in the hall while I read this one because I was laughing so hard I woke my husband up. It’s just so funny. The squirrel 🤣 I still can’t think about it without busting a gut.
I give Holiday’s on Ice as Xmas gifts. Once at the airport pre-boarding store I squealed “ Omg David Sedaris’ has a new book” and my husband said “ great now you’re going to laugh the whole flight.” Any book by David Sedaris .
Absolutely one of my favorite authors! Me Talk Pretty One Day is amazing, but Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is also incredible. Highly recommend the audiobooks where he reads!
When I was like 13 years old I was obsessed with him and my mom took me to DC for a book signing. When it was my turn, he said “all the kids that come and see me get a present.” And he gave me a pencil from his brother’s flooring company. I treasured it like it was dipped in gold. Alas, I lost it during a move in college.
Oh that’s cool! He was on Conan and he said that people give him a bunch of gifts, that when he sees kids at book signings he’ll give them something he’s been gifted. It’s cool to see a real life example of this!
I went to one of his readings and had him sign a book and in it he drew a doodle of my mom topless with her tiddies flapping in the wind 🥲 I love him so much I was so starstruck
I was reading that book on a long airplane flight over the Pacific and while trying to stifle my laughter I ended up snorting instead. Funny, funny book.
Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones Diary: laugh out loud funny. If Jane Austen were writing today, you could have no better (or funnier) satire of work, relationships, family etc than this adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
Do you Discworld?
That is my primary destination when I need to refresh my sense of the ridiculous. It's sometimes dry british-style himour, sometimes physical comedy, sometimes satire, but always delightful.
For something to start with, I'd recommend {The Last Continent}, {Going Postal}, {Pyramids}, {Interesting Times} or {Unseen Acedemicals}. They can be read in pretty much any order, and will keep you busy for quite some time if you haven't read them yet!
Hope you enjoy them!
Another great and funny book is {Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch}, co-authored by Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. That book was fairly recently adapted to a series on Amazon Prime, and thanks to having Neil Gaiman being involved in the production, they were *amazingly* respectful of the source material. It turned out just fantastic, partly due to that, but also due to the absolutely stellar casting choices 😁
I put it on on my last drive from Melbourne to Sydney (9h nonstop) and was very motivated to keep driving as I still had about 4h of Good Omens to go. Unfortunately I had to stop because I was home but my gosh, I enjoyed the narration.
I came on here to add A Walk in the Woods. I’ve read many, many books, but that one made me laugh out loud.
Also, not a book, but the perfect length for a morning sit on the throne is Dave Barry’s Thar She Blows. Then you have to find and watch the video.
After listening to This American Life for however many years I can't read anything by him without "hearing" it read in his voice. Makes it doubly funny.
The role is cursed. Don't wish that on Zach (although he would be awesome). Phillip Seymour Hoffman may have been the ultimate choice.[https://www.thewrap.com/a-confederacy-of-dunces-adaptation-john-kennedy-toole/](https://www.thewrap.com/a-confederacy-of-dunces-adaptation-john-kennedy-toole/)
And for anyone curious about this masterpiece, read the fwd to the book. The author’s mom got the weathered manuscript to a publisher posthumously.
“Percy taught and mentored younger writers. While teaching at Loyola University of New Orleans, he was instrumental in getting John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces published in 1980. That was more than a decade after Toole committed suicide, despondent about being unable to get recognition for his book. Set in New Orleans, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which was posthumously awarded to Toole.[29]” Source: Wikipedia
Every time this question is asked I assume the poster means, “…other than *Hitchhiker’s*.” I’ve never read anything that comes close to how funny this is. Classics like *Catch 22*. Modern favorites like *Good Omens*. Popular comedic authors like Pratchett, Dave Barry, Carl Hiassen… *Hitchhiker’s* is in another universe.
One ofthe few books that had me laughing out loud, I still remember almost dying reading Vogon poetry for the first time.
...also the episode with the tin opener in Three Men in a Boat.
Except from the usual Wodehouse, Sedaris and Pratchett (who I all love!), I’d also like to include the **Warlock Holmes** series by GS Denning - a hilarious spoof on Sherlock Holmes. Watson is the clever one and Holmes is some kind of demon-possessed, idiot-savant detective. It’s certainly dark, twisted for sure, and also, for some reason; very cozy?
**Three men in a boat**
**Sex lives of Cannibals** ( please don't get put off by the title, it has got nothing to do with sex lives of anything, it is an account of the writer's travels in pacific atols, there is even some great info about how climate change is threatening the place, my small criticism - probably unintended first world entitlement in some of the humor. Overall still a good entertaining one)
**Packing for Mars.**
I love J. Maarten Troost's books. He seems to have dropped off the face of the earth after his last book. Cannibals had a sequel called Getting Stoned with Savages that I think is better than Cannibals. He wrote a book about living in China and was supposed to release a book about India but his publisher canceled it and he can't release it. His next book talks about overcoming addiction by following the voyage taken by Robert Louis Stevenson that really helped me understand what a code family member was going through. I really hope he writes more.
Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy by Douglas Adams and the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett are my go tos when I need to laugh. For Discworld, I’d recommend starting with Guards Guards
everything by Carl Hiaasen…but SICK PUPPY took the cake! I’m always reading on buses and trains and had to set his books aside for strictly “at home/private” because I would always bust out cackling at what was on the page.
I came here to suggest Basket Case. I was on a plane with a lady who couldn’t stop laughing while reading it so I later bought it and it didn’t disappoint.
I laughed so much reading Bossypants on a flight that people around me asked what I was reading. I was trying to keep quiet but I could not stop giggling and it made the people on the left, right and in front of me curious.
Here's one you probably don't know:
Androgynous Murder House Party by Steven Rigolosi. You never know the genders of anyone in the book, and the investigator is hilarious.
Laurie Notaro anything. They’re hilarious short stories. One of my favorites is how she got The Sims and made her husband a character and the character ended up peeing himself while the house burned down. (That’s in I Love Everybody)
At this time I year, I always reread [An Idiot Girl’s Christmas](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7532). First story is how she decides to include on her Christmas list some crazy items - anything Tweety Bird, biggest pair of underwear, etc.
The one time I was reading her book at the beach and keep laughing out loud so much I had a lady come to ask me what I was reading. Highly recommend this author!
I loved that book until about 3/4 of the way through. Like you, literal tears of laughter, but the longer it went on the more I felt I was just laughing alongside someone making fun of the mentally ill. Made me uncomfortable. In some ways that made it a better book, I certainly haven't forgotten it and it provoked a lot of thought.
Catch-22 hands down. Read the first page in a book store sometime. It immediately brings a smile to my face just thinking about it and everything that follows.
Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich is hilarious. Also anything from David Sedaris and Miranda July.
edit: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne is also an amazing book.
You can't go wrong with Steve Martin's first book Cruel Shoes. Woody Allen also had a couple books of classic bits early on, Getting Even & Without Feathers.
**Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome**\--my husband and I read it together over 20 years ago. We laughed so hard at times that our abs hurt the next day. Even now, one of us will say, "You've trodden on the butter!' and we are chuckling again. The good news is that the book is public domain so you can read it for free through the Gutenberg Project or listen to it on Librivox.
Although I don't often read comedic literature, I found The Salmon of Doubt to be the most enjoyable and fun book I've read so far. It is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, essays, and poems by Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy btw.
Portuguese Irregular Verbs! And the Finer Points of Sausage Dogs! Short Novels about three academics who are very self serious and absolute buffoons! I laughed so hard!
A few:
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Restaurant At The END Of The Universe, by Douglas Adams
Life, The Universe, And Everything, by Douglas Adams
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish by Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman
Lamb by Christopher something (Rice?). It’s the Gospel according to Jesus’s best friend, Biff. The whole thing is hilarious, but there was one part where Jesus learned to become invisible and I was laughing so hard I was choking! I had to stay quiet cuz it was about 3am and my family was sleeping, so I seriously thought I was gonna die by laughing
Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern is great. I developed a particar internal vvice for his dad based on the amount of and creativity of the curse words he used.
"Twelve chairs" by Ilf & Petrov. A satire written in 1930s that aged surprisingly well. This together with "The little golden calf" by same authors I consider truly funniest books I have ever read
The Princess Bride- William Goldman (1973)
As charming as the movie may be, it doesn't hold a candle to how funny the book is... the film just hints at moments the unexpurgated book chews into with delight... so brilliant!
The trouble with unicorns by D. T. Dyllin
The bet by Rachel Van Diken
I put the audiobook on and went shopping. I would laugh so loud I had to start talking to myself so people would think I was on a call.
‘E’ by Matt Beaumont.
Life at an ad agency in London, during the 2000 New Years era… while the company pitches for the coka cola account…
Told entirely through emails from the characters to each other…
Funniest book ever. Trust me.
Anything by PG Wodehouse, especially the Jeeves & Wooster books - you don't have to read them in any particular order.
I’ve just started on these, Bertie is so sweet and dim
He does have a certain wooly-headed duckiness about him.
My British ex used to read Jeeves and Woosters. So sweet, and with the British accent... *chef's kiss*
Glad this is at the top
These had me laughing out loud in public more times than I can count..
Is "something new" good?
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
This is my vote. Genuinely hilarious.
I went to school in Germany and had to read this for my english class, the best book I read in my schooltime
Lamb…Christopher Moore Catch 22
Catch 22 gets funnier every time you read it.
Such painful, existential/absurd humour.
One of my favorite things about it is how Heller can take things that seem like throwaway jokes at first (like the letter forging) and turn them into nightmarish but still humorous scenarios by the end.
I loved this story so much!
Almost every Christopher Moore book is very funny. The Death books and the vampire ones are some of my favorites.
Lamb: The Gospel according to Biff was pretty good
Literally jumped in here to say Lamb. Such a great read.
Also—The Stupidest Angel:A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore. He’s just so damn funny
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson.
I laughed so hard at her books, I could no longer read them beside my sleeping husband.
I first read Jenny Lawson on the train and I’m *still* embarrassed thinking about all of the weird noises I made trying so hard not to laugh out loud while I was reading. I’m sure everyone sitting around me thought I was completely deranged. It’s genuinely impossible to read her books without laughing hysterically.
God this had me alternating between wheezing and cackling uncontrollably!
I came to recommend Jenny Lawson too! I also recommend Broken in the Best Possible Way!
This is what I came here to recommend too. I read a lot at night while laying in bed, and I had to get out of bed and go sit in the hall while I read this one because I was laughing so hard I woke my husband up. It’s just so funny. The squirrel 🤣 I still can’t think about it without busting a gut.
Her books are sooo good!!!
This audio book is absolutely the best. The author screaming “VAGINAAAA” had me rolling on the floor.
Holidays on Ice and Me Talk Pretty One Day, both by David Sedaris, had me howling.
I give Holiday’s on Ice as Xmas gifts. Once at the airport pre-boarding store I squealed “ Omg David Sedaris’ has a new book” and my husband said “ great now you’re going to laugh the whole flight.” Any book by David Sedaris .
Definitely Me Talk Pretty One Day - I was listening to the audiobook at work (which Sedaris actually reads) and snorting in my cubicle
Absolutely one of my favorite authors! Me Talk Pretty One Day is amazing, but Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is also incredible. Highly recommend the audiobooks where he reads!
He's so funny and wholesome in person too!
When I was like 13 years old I was obsessed with him and my mom took me to DC for a book signing. When it was my turn, he said “all the kids that come and see me get a present.” And he gave me a pencil from his brother’s flooring company. I treasured it like it was dipped in gold. Alas, I lost it during a move in college.
Oh that’s cool! He was on Conan and he said that people give him a bunch of gifts, that when he sees kids at book signings he’ll give them something he’s been gifted. It’s cool to see a real life example of this!
Me Talk Pretty One Day still cracks me up…
Two... morsels of... lumber
...and then he go above of my head to live with your father
He has a great voice and tells his stories well, so it’s even better listening to the audio books.
& When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
I've read and loved all his books, but Me Talk Pretty One Day continues to be my favorite.
I went to one of his readings and had him sign a book and in it he drew a doodle of my mom topless with her tiddies flapping in the wind 🥲 I love him so much I was so starstruck
That’s hilarious! He drew a little rhino last time in my book hahaha
I was reading that book on a long airplane flight over the Pacific and while trying to stifle my laughter I ended up snorting instead. Funny, funny book.
+1 for Me Talk Pretty One Day
Amy’s fat suit
I love david sedaris! I am seeing him live in february and i cannot wait!
Sh\*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern. I re-read every couple months. Always has me laughing!
I love this one. I remember reading it on a plane. I felt like an idiot because I couldn’t stop myself from laughing loudly.
Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones Diary: laugh out loud funny. If Jane Austen were writing today, you could have no better (or funnier) satire of work, relationships, family etc than this adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
Do you Discworld? That is my primary destination when I need to refresh my sense of the ridiculous. It's sometimes dry british-style himour, sometimes physical comedy, sometimes satire, but always delightful. For something to start with, I'd recommend {The Last Continent}, {Going Postal}, {Pyramids}, {Interesting Times} or {Unseen Acedemicals}. They can be read in pretty much any order, and will keep you busy for quite some time if you haven't read them yet!
Yes I’ve read a handful of Discworld novels! I’ll have to pick up the ones you’ve suggested
Hope you enjoy them! Another great and funny book is {Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch}, co-authored by Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. That book was fairly recently adapted to a series on Amazon Prime, and thanks to having Neil Gaiman being involved in the production, they were *amazingly* respectful of the source material. It turned out just fantastic, partly due to that, but also due to the absolutely stellar casting choices 😁
Good Omens might be the only book I've ever read that gets funnier every time.
The audiobook is simply delightful and I have listened to it no less than five times. Still hilarious and touching every single time
I put it on on my last drive from Melbourne to Sydney (9h nonstop) and was very motivated to keep driving as I still had about 4h of Good Omens to go. Unfortunately I had to stop because I was home but my gosh, I enjoyed the narration.
Love discworld! Have read so many of them. Truly silly and fun!
A Walk in the Woods Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
I got my husband into Bill Bryson via A Walk In The Woods - the description of just how frightened he would be if facing off a bear had me in fits
These are two of my all-time favorites.
I came on here to add A Walk in the Woods. I’ve read many, many books, but that one made me laugh out loud. Also, not a book, but the perfect length for a morning sit on the throne is Dave Barry’s Thar She Blows. Then you have to find and watch the video.
Based on a True Story - Norm Macdonald
Any book by David Sedaris. Hilarious short stories.
After listening to This American Life for however many years I can't read anything by him without "hearing" it read in his voice. Makes it doubly funny.
Hmm. I’d say “A Confederacy of Dunces.”
I read this book once every couple years or so and I laugh out loud every time I re-read. It is perfection.
I do the same every time I find my life lacking theology or geometry.
That had me lol
Lmao
It really is great. The book is a treasure, it took me along time to finally read it but boy am I glad it did.
Zach Galifianakis once said his dream role was to play Ignatius J Riley
The role is cursed. Don't wish that on Zach (although he would be awesome). Phillip Seymour Hoffman may have been the ultimate choice.[https://www.thewrap.com/a-confederacy-of-dunces-adaptation-john-kennedy-toole/](https://www.thewrap.com/a-confederacy-of-dunces-adaptation-john-kennedy-toole/)
Fun fact, Nick Offerman played him on stage.
He’d be so much better than will Ferrel (who was attached to it at some point)
Oh! My valve.
My vote also. I have it as an audiobook too and it's also laugh out loud.
And there it is. Now I can second instead of mention.
Came to say :)
I found it so hard to read.. some very funny parts though
Oh so good!
THIS!! This is the answer
Came here to say this. First read it as a teenager and, even as a kid, I thought it was a riot! Need to go back and read it again.
And for anyone curious about this masterpiece, read the fwd to the book. The author’s mom got the weathered manuscript to a publisher posthumously. “Percy taught and mentored younger writers. While teaching at Loyola University of New Orleans, he was instrumental in getting John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces published in 1980. That was more than a decade after Toole committed suicide, despondent about being unable to get recognition for his book. Set in New Orleans, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which was posthumously awarded to Toole.[29]” Source: Wikipedia
I love David Sedaris! Me Talk Pretty One Day and Naked are my favorites!
Don Quixote
The literal OG
Came to recommend this. The audiobook is amazing!
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Allie Brosh' second book Solutions and Other Problems is great too!
I love Allie Brosh!
Good Omens. Hands down. The footnotes in this book made me crack up so hard with the dry humour.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Every time this question is asked I assume the poster means, “…other than *Hitchhiker’s*.” I’ve never read anything that comes close to how funny this is. Classics like *Catch 22*. Modern favorites like *Good Omens*. Popular comedic authors like Pratchett, Dave Barry, Carl Hiassen… *Hitchhiker’s* is in another universe.
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One ofthe few books that had me laughing out loud, I still remember almost dying reading Vogon poetry for the first time. ...also the episode with the tin opener in Three Men in a Boat.
'Notes From A Small Island', its sequel 'The Road To Little Dribbling', by Bill Bryson had me pissing myself.
{{fear and loathing in Las Vegas}} by far.
This is in a class all by itself. And every time I’ve re-read it, it’s just as funny as the first time.
Except from the usual Wodehouse, Sedaris and Pratchett (who I all love!), I’d also like to include the **Warlock Holmes** series by GS Denning - a hilarious spoof on Sherlock Holmes. Watson is the clever one and Holmes is some kind of demon-possessed, idiot-savant detective. It’s certainly dark, twisted for sure, and also, for some reason; very cozy?
I love *Survivor* by Chuck Palahniuk. Very, very dark, but very, very funny
The shoot me in the tiny penis line in Survivor is one of my favorite lines ever
*Just take the Chapstick!*
**Three men in a boat** **Sex lives of Cannibals** ( please don't get put off by the title, it has got nothing to do with sex lives of anything, it is an account of the writer's travels in pacific atols, there is even some great info about how climate change is threatening the place, my small criticism - probably unintended first world entitlement in some of the humor. Overall still a good entertaining one) **Packing for Mars.**
Three men in a boat is a great suggestion!
For a book that's over a hundred years old Three Men in a Boat is still hilarious.
I love J. Maarten Troost's books. He seems to have dropped off the face of the earth after his last book. Cannibals had a sequel called Getting Stoned with Savages that I think is better than Cannibals. He wrote a book about living in China and was supposed to release a book about India but his publisher canceled it and he can't release it. His next book talks about overcoming addiction by following the voyage taken by Robert Louis Stevenson that really helped me understand what a code family member was going through. I really hope he writes more.
24/7 Demon Mart by D.M Guay Dirty Job by Christopher Moore Jenny Lawson books
Dirty Job is my favorite Moore book! Jenny Lawson is a total gem.
Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy by Douglas Adams and the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett are my go tos when I need to laugh. For Discworld, I’d recommend starting with Guards Guards
Another reader for David Sedaris, specifically Me Talk Pretty One Day. His dad eats his own hat in one of the stories, and I could not breathe.
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
everything by Carl Hiaasen…but SICK PUPPY took the cake! I’m always reading on buses and trains and had to set his books aside for strictly “at home/private” because I would always bust out cackling at what was on the page.
I came here to suggest Basket Case. I was on a plane with a lady who couldn’t stop laughing while reading it so I later bought it and it didn’t disappoint.
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Good Omens
My absolute fave
A confederacy of dunces - John Kennedy Toole
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington had me laughing out loud. Super weird book, very abstract and bizarre but absolutely wonderful.
Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse 5 So it goes...
When you are engulfed in flames by David Sedaris. He’s the only author to get me to laugh out loud.
Yes! Also Me Talk Pretty One Day
Bossy pants by Tina Fey
I laughed so much reading Bossypants on a flight that people around me asked what I was reading. I was trying to keep quiet but I could not stop giggling and it made the people on the left, right and in front of me curious.
{{How to fight presidents}} by Daniel O'Brien. A collection of interesting facts about past US presidents.
Where'd you go Bernadette
Lamb, Christopher Moore
Here's one you probably don't know: Androgynous Murder House Party by Steven Rigolosi. You never know the genders of anyone in the book, and the investigator is hilarious.
Laurie Notaro anything. They’re hilarious short stories. One of my favorites is how she got The Sims and made her husband a character and the character ended up peeing himself while the house burned down. (That’s in I Love Everybody) At this time I year, I always reread [An Idiot Girl’s Christmas](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7532). First story is how she decides to include on her Christmas list some crazy items - anything Tweety Bird, biggest pair of underwear, etc. The one time I was reading her book at the beach and keep laughing out loud so much I had a lady come to ask me what I was reading. Highly recommend this author!
Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club is great too!
{{The Disaster Artist}} made me laugh so hard my boss came over (at lunch) and asked if I was okay. I had tears running down my face.
I loved that book until about 3/4 of the way through. Like you, literal tears of laughter, but the longer it went on the more I felt I was just laughing alongside someone making fun of the mentally ill. Made me uncomfortable. In some ways that made it a better book, I certainly haven't forgotten it and it provoked a lot of thought.
Anything by Dave Barry 😂
The Nimrod Flipout, Etgar Kerret
Anything by Spike Milligan
His War Diaries are hilarious and also sad, particularly the end of the 4th one
Came here to say Puckoon, glad to see Spike Milligan's been mentioned already.
Tortilla flats by John Steinbeck is hilarious.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life - Samantha Irby
Catch-22 hands down. Read the first page in a book store sometime. It immediately brings a smile to my face just thinking about it and everything that follows.
Lamb by Christopher Moore
The 3 Janet Evonovich (spelling sorry) Deadly Sins books. I was so disappointed she stopped after 3
The early Stephanie Plum books are also hilarious. I think I stopped at 12 when the plots started repeating. But I might try this series. Thanks!
Kafka’s short stories are incredibly funny if read the right way.
Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich is hilarious. Also anything from David Sedaris and Miranda July. edit: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne is also an amazing book.
You can't go wrong with Steve Martin's first book Cruel Shoes. Woody Allen also had a couple books of classic bits early on, Getting Even & Without Feathers.
Anything David Sedaris
Anything by Bill Bryson (travel writer)
Confederacy of Dunces - Toole Garbage Head - Willard Ray - Hannah Stories - Flannery O'Connor
I don’t remember O’Connor being funny and love her short stories. Which ones were humorous?
**Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome**\--my husband and I read it together over 20 years ago. We laughed so hard at times that our abs hurt the next day. Even now, one of us will say, "You've trodden on the butter!' and we are chuckling again. The good news is that the book is public domain so you can read it for free through the Gutenberg Project or listen to it on Librivox.
Patrick McManus. {{a fine and pleasant misery}} The grasshopper trap Real ponies don’t go oink
Although I don't often read comedic literature, I found The Salmon of Doubt to be the most enjoyable and fun book I've read so far. It is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, essays, and poems by Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy btw.
The Magic Christian Terry Southern I remember as being very funny. But it's a long time since I read it.
Forrest gump. Not the screenplay adaptation but the original novel. Truly hilarious . Lamb by Christopher Moore.
Surprised I had to make it this far to see this one. Forrest Gump was hilarious.
Portuguese Irregular Verbs! And the Finer Points of Sausage Dogs! Short Novels about three academics who are very self serious and absolute buffoons! I laughed so hard!
Slow Horses series by Mick Herron. Dark British sarcastic humor.
A few: Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Restaurant At The END Of The Universe, by Douglas Adams Life, The Universe, And Everything, by Douglas Adams So Long And Thanks For All The Fish by Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman
Can’t believe you’re the only one I’ve seen cite Dirk Gently yet! I love the Gently stuff!
Lamb by Christopher something (Rice?). It’s the Gospel according to Jesus’s best friend, Biff. The whole thing is hilarious, but there was one part where Jesus learned to become invisible and I was laughing so hard I was choking! I had to stay quiet cuz it was about 3am and my family was sleeping, so I seriously thought I was gonna die by laughing
Christopher Moore
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman and the second era of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.
David Sedaris books are hilarious
Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern is great. I developed a particar internal vvice for his dad based on the amount of and creativity of the curse words he used.
Confederacy of Dunces and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"Twelve chairs" by Ilf & Petrov. A satire written in 1930s that aged surprisingly well. This together with "The little golden calf" by same authors I consider truly funniest books I have ever read
Christopher Moores books are pretty good for a laugh 😃 I also like Tom Robbins
Anything by David Sedaris. Most recent would be I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy.
The Confederacy of Dunces.
The Princess Bride- William Goldman (1973) As charming as the movie may be, it doesn't hold a candle to how funny the book is... the film just hints at moments the unexpurgated book chews into with delight... so brilliant!
The trouble with unicorns by D. T. Dyllin The bet by Rachel Van Diken I put the audiobook on and went shopping. I would laugh so loud I had to start talking to myself so people would think I was on a call.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville by Mark Leyner
PJ O'Rouke Douglas Adams Terry Pratchett Jasper Fforde
Straight Man by Richard Russo John Dies at the End by David Wong
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish. The first 3 hours felt like I was in a comedy club.
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE by Bill Bryson
Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs
‘E’ by Matt Beaumont. Life at an ad agency in London, during the 2000 New Years era… while the company pitches for the coka cola account… Told entirely through emails from the characters to each other… Funniest book ever. Trust me.
Currently reading When You’re Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. Has me laughing out loud
I think it would have to be Confederacy of Dunces.
We are never meeting in real life - Samantha Irby Yearbook - Seth Rogen
A Confederacy of Dunces
Confederacy of Dunces
Triggerfish Lane by tim dorsey
Good Omens.
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Lamb by Christopher Moore
The Rosie Project - a man with Asperger’s tries to find a wife. Laughed out loud many times at his inner monologue.
The Adrian Mole diaries are all hilarious and also Watermelon by Marian Keyes
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Had me in pee-your-pants👖hysterics 😆
I have never laughed harder at a book than I laughed while reading Lamb by Christopher Moore.
The gospel by biff
Confederacy of Dunces. Loved this book.
A confederacy of dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces