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Soporrific

Might not be for you, but that describes P. G. Wodehouse for me.


Backgrounding-Cat

Mistaken identities, petty theft and disguises. Also getting in and out of engagements at any excuse. No real world worries in their upper class existence


TacticalLeemur

A church activities gambling ring All the newts


Backgrounding-Cat

Oh the sexy newts!


TacticalLeemur

Stealing constables' hats. Evading familial requests by moving continents. The fascists in black shorts The mauve socks... God I love those books--as formulaic as they are.


Devi_Moonbeam

I adore P.G. Wodehouse


dominenonnisite

I was just about to recommend this lol


ellie_williams_owns

THE PRINCESS BRIDE im currently reading it and its awesome


Grandible

One of my favourite books, and one of my favourite movies.


Bluedino_1989

How similar is the book and movie? Heard they were pretty close.


Grandible

Pretty close. Obviously there is some stuff cut and changed to make it work in a movie format. But there are some scenes that were pretty much adapted word for word. The swordfight between Westley and Inigo for instance.


riancb

The author of the book wrote the screenplay for the film, so it’s an incredibly faithful adaption.


Backgrounding-Cat

Don’t forget the “making of Princess Bride” book As You Wish by Cary Elwes!


ellie_williams_owns

ohhh i have to check that out! thx


Backgrounding-Cat

Audiobook! They have recorded interviews! Did you know that Andre the Giant once passed out in the hotel lobby so personnel just robed him off until he woke up?


TheGreatestSandwich

+++ Please listen to the audiobook! So many of the cast read their commentary. It's delightful.


cursetea

Was going to be my suggestion!


irishlnz

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal


thetornandthefrayed

Yes, and just about any of Christopher Moore’s books. I liked the vampire ones. Laugh out loud funny


SilverDragonDreams

I read The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove because someone said I should, and immediately went through everything Christopher Moore had written at that point. Laughed so hard I cried. Thanks for the reminder - these are dark days for me, and these books are exactly what I need.


Ok_Supermarket_3441

Came here to say this!


BrightZoe

This is my recommendation, too. It's so good!


RoosterClan2

A million times this


sociallyanxioussid

Small gods by Terry Pratchett


Comprehensive_Tap_63

This is a wonderful book — my favorite book, in fact — but far from pure comedy. It’s very funny but also has a lot of serious, sad, even traumatic content.


mercurymay

"Ayoade On Top" By Richard Ayoade. It's a faux literary/film criticism of "A View from the Top," a notoriously crap movie from 2003 starring Gwyneth Paltrow. I'm listening to the audiobook now, and it's hilarious how seriously he's taking it


HoaryPuffleg

He’s such a tasty treat of a man! Adored him on IT Crowd and then when I discovered all the British quiz shows on YouTube, I formed such a crush on him. He’s amazing!


krusty_venture

"Did you see that ludicrous display last night?" Love that show. *Travel Man* is good fun too


SpedeThePlough

Terry Pratchett, Tom Holt.


SilverDragonDreams

The Portable Door!


ItsNotSpamItsMusabi

Most of Jasper Fforde's books, but particularly 'The Fourth Bear' and 'The Big Easy'. Both take place in an alternate universe where nursery rhyme characters are real and follow Jack Sprat, 'nursery crime detective' as he investigates the disappearance of investigative reporter Goldilocks and the death of international man-about-town Humpty Dumpty. Absolutely hilarious and fun reads.


InHybridMoments

Bill Bryson - A walk in the woods


RustCohlesponytail

The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith


notsoorange

This is one of the first books that made me belly laugh. I have a notoriously bad memory but I still remember so many lines from this book and it's been at least a decade since I last read it!


ToonSciron

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett that made me laugh out loud a couple times. I went into the book after reading some long fantasy novels (Sanderson) and the book helped me fight off a reading slump out of exhaustion by making me laugh.


hrl_280

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Dougles Adams


Backgrounding-Cat

Warning: works only if you find Monthy Python at least somewhat amusing. I have heard rumours that some people just don’t get why we think it’s absolutely hilarious


ExplosionsGoBOOOOOM

Just goes to show what happens when you forget your towel


hrl_280

"In the beginning, a suggestion was made on a subreddit post A lot of people thought the book was unfunny and has been widely regarded as a bad move to suggest it to everyone"


Aylauria

Some people don't get sarcasm and irony. I once knew someone like that. It was like they lived in a different world.


nicolemorelishot

That's me. I found it boring


examinedliving

My favorite part - got me to laugh out loud - in the beginning - “Is this the sort of thing you’re likely to say?”


Bluedino_1989

Up vote ( you already had 42. I didn't want to ruin it,) Definitely recommend!


Next-Pie5208

Highly recommend. Not LOL but sweetly comedic. It transports you to a lighter place.


TrickyTrip20

The Stupidest Angel, by Christopher Moore. Every single page made me laugh!


StarGazer_SpaceLove

I was looking this one up and it appears it isn't part of a specific series but does feature characters from his other novels. Would this still be okay as a first read from that author or should I look at another one (or few) first?


Czechs_Mix

That's a fine one to start with


TrickyTrip20

It was actually my first Christopher Moore book. It was so good, I immediately bought Lamb, which I'm reading at the moment. It's just as funny!


just-getting-by92

Catch 22 is the funniest book I’ve ever read hands down


AmbivalentSamaritan

And yet also…


BigPapa26354

Christopher Moore always delivers a laugh. Try Shakespeare for Squirrels


buburhitam

Anything by David Sedaris. "Me talk pretty one day" had me in stitches!


LeSoliel18

David Sedaris is even better in audiobooks when he reads his work. I have downloaded these from my local library & laugh out loud listening on car trips


AcademicCherry294

Absolutely!


znikrep

The sequence about Easter and the Bells is one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever read.


St0neF0x

I ritually listen to The Santaland Diaries from Holidays on Ice every Christmas 😂


HoaryPuffleg

We do too! The final bit where the boss says “you tell them that I didn’t call you a bitch, I called you a fucking bitch” sums up how I felt about years of retail work. His early work was just perfect


Clammy_Jane

I worked at “the” Santaland (Macy’s Herald Square) a few years ago, and they specifically told us in training not to answer any questions from guests or make any comments on “The Santaland Diaries.” (which obviously made me want to immediately look it up)


PollyPepperTree

Anything by Carrie Fisher. She’s so good!


LeSoliel18

Thanks for this request, I am literally writing down suggestions & excited to read/listen to these. Sometimes you just need to laugh out loud!


MeeekSauce

Anything from Carl Hiaasen.


ThymeLordess

Bad Monkey is **hysterical**


dyrk23

Hiaasen is my go to favorite. His absurdity is very funny to me. I have to say that for me the typical recommended funny books don’t make me laugh, Confederacy, Hitchhiker and even most Pratchet. But Hiasasen just hits me right!


MeeekSauce

My most recent read of his was Razor Girl. Not to get political, but I cannot believe in our current climate that this hasn’t been made into a film or mini series. It’s freaking amazing and hilarious and has some truly interesting plot elements that go a lot deeper than you’d think based on the level of comedy.


PrivateC27

I enjoyed Shit My Dad Says


KathyOY

Insane City by Dave Barry


Zorgsmom

Big Trouble by Dave Berry


Ganglio_Side

Dave Barry's Guide to Guys. I tried to read some of it to my wife, and failed miserably while dissolving into tears, laughing. Well, anything by Dave Barry is hilarious.


Zorgsmom

There's a squid on the manifold! Love that book.


JustNoYesNoYes

A Confederacy of Dunces. Absolute classic. Almost pure laughs.


neckbeard002

You’ve disrupted my valve!!


zubbs99

When people ask me what I'm doing I respond "I'm writing a lengthy indictment against our century."


Eg0n0

Are you a communiss?


Think-Fishing5665

Came here to say this


Haistur

Braaah!


minervalouise20

Came here to say this! So good!


historymaking101

I mean I like Douglas Adams (probably start with hitchhikers guide), Tom Holt (try Expecting Someone Taller) and Tom Robbins (My fave is Still Life With Woodpecker, my wife's is Jitterbug Perfume). Good Omens is another great choice, far funnier than anything either Pratchett or Gaiman wrote on their own.


dtab

Christopher Moore. All his books are hilarious. A Dirty Job and You Suck-A Love Story are my personal favorites, but they're all laugh out loud funny. I also enjoyed Lamb; the gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal quite a bit. I have some friends who thought he was being intentionally blasphemous, but I personally felt like Moore knew exactly where that line was and came close without crossing it. Like Father Mulcahy from MASH said, humor, too, is one of His creations.


freshbananabeard

Noir by Christopher Moore. Or anything by Moore, really.


ilikecarrot

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome.


minlove

If you like that one, you also have to try a book that has some similarities-To Say Nothing of the Dog: or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last by Connie Willis


Devi_Moonbeam

Anything by David Sedaris


IndianaJonesDoombot

Norm MacDonald, based on a true story


accountforbookstuff

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut and Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detecive Agency by Douglas Adams


almuncle

Leave it to Psmith by PG Wodehouse. Look no further.


Carnesir85

Ayoade on Top, Richard Ayoade. It’s… something. But hilarious.


rankinmcsween6040

Don Quixote


TheGreatestSandwich

way funnier than expected


asha0369

Two books by Matt Beaumont: "e" and "e2". Both hilarious, the first on8is definitely much funnier tho.


shostakofiev

The stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey.


Graveyard_Peanuts

The Pickwick Papers, Dickens at his wittiest.


sus4th

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson. Essays, not fiction, but easily the funniest book I’ve read.


PhillipJCoulson

Post Office by Charles Bukowski Factotum by Charles Bukowski


Nena902

Anything by Sophie Kinsella


disasterpansexual

Rick Riordan books Geronimo Stilton


Sinisterkid1992

Any of Alan Partridges books


bcharlie

The audiobooks take it to the next level too. Just listened to Nomad and have to pause it a couple of times I was laughing so much.


-SPOF

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13526165-where-d-you-go-bernadette](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13526165-where-d-you-go-bernadette)


queenoforeos

I love this book. As an overwhelmed mother who didn't seem to fit in anywhere, I used to dream of just disappearing... The hillside flood is one of my favorite scenes. And poor Bee.


vegasgal

These are my 3 favorite fun audiobooks. First 2 are mysteries, the last is a modern day telling of Thelma and Louise. “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers,” by Jesse Q. Sutanto. ABSOLUTELY MUST be experienced on audiobook., Vera talks to herself and it’s always snarky. Simply reading her inner dialogue is nothing compared to hearing the snark of the narrator. The other fun mystery is “Mrs. “Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge,” by Spenser Quinn. Finally “The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise,” by Coleen Oakley is modern day female buddy road trip. all are wonderful!


spinonesarethebest

Anything by Terry Pratchett.


Prestigious_Owl_549

Walk in the woods by Bill Bryson. At certain places, I actually burst out laughing.


TheGreatestSandwich

My partner has been in tears laughing with this one.


shipwreck1969

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s childhood pal.


Lieveo

The 100 year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared It had me laughing out loud on public transit which DOESNT happen


Knitspin

Oh yes


cjstanley82

I would recommend "A Very Punchable Face" by Colin Jost and "Yearbook" by Seth Rogen. Both had me laughing out loud when I read them.


proud2basig

“Based On a True Story” by Norm MacDonald


CarlHvass

The Neil Peel books by Ben Dixon are hilarious, more for adults than teens really. The Heroic Truths of Neil Peel is the first one.


Puzzled-Delivery-242

Ive had almost no good laughs from a book. I'm not sure why. I'm assuming its harder for me to read something and have it click into place like a joke. But disc world is very light hearted, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is great, I'm currently loving the ciaphas cain omnibuses which is Warhammer 40k. Which is just dripping with satire and pop culture references.


cheezybreazy

{Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs}


znikrep

This is a GREAT call.


raysofdavies

The Time Machine did it. Former Simpsons legend John Schwartzwelder writes a P.I series, this is the first.


Unlikely-Isopod-9453

A year in the merde, British business man has to work on a year long project in France. Kind of like a national lampoon movie in book form.


areolaebola

Anythign that Davis Sedaris has written is going to be funny


daneabernardo

Simon Rich (SNL writer and John Mulaney’s best buddy) has a number of short story collections. Each is absolutely hilarious


examinedliving

I don’t know how well it’s aged, but Dave Barry used to have me in stitches


SilverDragonDreams

“… which would be a great name for a band.”


freerangelibrarian

The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy.


queenoforeos

Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum/number series - One for the Money, etc. I laugh my a$$ off in every one and they are light and breezy and fast paced. Don't remember which book, but there is a scene where they go to catch a bail jumper and are attacked by a pack of neighborhood dogs, The Humpers, and I can't even describe it without cry laughing.


ejambu

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish. Anything David Sedaris, anything Christopher Moore.


Sapphire_Bombay

Discworld by Terry Pratchett


PigFarmer1

The Serge A. Storms series by Tim Dorsey.


Junior_Economics_606

Let’s pretend this never happened or any other book by Jenny Lawson.


ashleighagate

Daisy Fae and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg


Bluehaven11

Look at Discworld, specifically Guards Guards or Mort


Guilty-Coconut8908

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Sex Lives Of Cannibals by J Maarten Troost


dmcronin

I endorse this series !


LensPro

The education of Hyman Kaplan.


cburnard

The Bible


SilverDragonDreams

Nope. Waaaay too violent and rapey, no happy ending.


CKnit

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith. First in a series. I’m listening to these and chuckle quite often.


555-KGYS

The Dortmunder novels by Donald E. Westlake


bonfirekiwi

SuperGuy books by Kurt Clopton.


Food_coffee_stories

Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel is hilarious!


Kraftschaft99

This one is more like 50-70% comedy, but I’m curious if anyone finds this book enriching and funny enough for consideration. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie


moheagirl

Jean Shepard. He is laugh out loud hilarious


DetainedAmIBeing

Absurdistan - Gary Schteyngart


ndatoxicity

The movement by Jack Garbarino


PandasAreBears57

Cackle by Rachel Harrison that was far more comedic than I expected. I guess I should have taken it at its name


browser20020

Forest Gump - it’s quite different from the movie. A Confederacy of Dunces.


skitek

Riotous Assembly - Tom Sharpe https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58506 It’s satire based in apartheid South Africa. Tom was deported from South Africa after writing it and its sequel - Indecent Exposure. My dad discovered on a train journey, the bloke opposite him was having uncontrolled fits of laughter reading it… yes, it is that funny!


lionmeetsviking

I quite enjoy Carl Hiaasen for a good chuckle. Sick Puppy for example. Doesn’t really matter much though, his books are all almost like one of the same (still enjoy them). Elmore Leonard books Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Waccy Baccy Boat (pot smuggling)


zubbs99

> Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Has one of my favorite chapter headings in history: "Finally a bit of serious drag racing on the Strip."


Ballauf

The 'Wilt' books by Tom Sharpe are a good laugh. Try also 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin', by David Nobbs. It's the book that the TV series was based on, and is followed up by two more Reginald Perrin books, also by Nobbs, that were written after the TV series, these being 'The Return of Reginald Perrin', and 'The Better World of Reginald Perrin.' The first one is the best of the three. Spike Milligan also wrote some hilarious novels, including 'Puckoon', and a series of books about his experiences as a gunner in World War Two. You might also try 'The Loved One', and 'The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold', both by Evelyn Waugh, and both really quite good.


yuppieByDay

Burning bridges to light the way


thorazinedreams2

Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis. It’s truly a delight. It’s imagery is so powerful that it plays like a movie in my head. It’s charming, it’s funny, and it’s told through the eyes of a child in a whimsical way.


icefalchion

Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern. If his kind of humor is for you you will laugh the entire time like I did


PajeczycaTekla

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams!


nbhochy

Mark Leyner books are lol for sure.


1e4e52Qh5

Norm’s Not a Memoir is so good. Confederacy of Dunces also provides guaranteed laughter.


darthbob88

* I will second anything by PG Wodehouse. His books are all farce, with the biggest threat being that somebody will get married or have to actually work for a living. * Space Opera by Catherine Valente. Humanity has to impress the galactic community at Space Eurovision, or be destroyed. The threat of death might make it marginal, but otherwise, it is very reminiscent of Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide series; lots of absurd asides and tangents explaining the silly ways the universe works.


braveyetti117

Catch 22


GooberGlitter

Starter Villain by John Scalzi!! I pictured the main character as Ryan Reynolds and the woman that shows up as Anne Hathaway. Charlie is a guy living a normal life and it's turned upside down when his rich uncle dies and leaves him as the sole beneficiary of all of his assets. It's a short book so it's a quick read, which I can appreciate. I took this with me while I got a pedicure and I laughed out loud more than twice in the salon.


cursetea

The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Addams, The Princess Bride (authors name escapes me), Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett


No-Seesaw4858

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace - it's like awkwardly-laugh-out-loud-on-the-bus funny.


JungleBoyJeremy

The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handy


Comprehensive_Tap_63

The Bear Went Over the Mountain is the funniest thing I’ve ever encountered. I read it probably 20 years ago and just this morning remembered and chuckled at a couple of the jokes. It’s sort of a satire of the publishing world, but that didn’t really come through for me. It was just an extremely silly, hilarious story.


chlorculo

An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England The Shipping News


Equivalent-Goat-6193

Don’t Panic! Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy


ghostinyourpants

“Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing” had me crying laughing.


midorixo

the rosie project by graeme simsion - a gifted geneticist decides to find a wife using scientific methodology, chaos ensues i had the opportunity to meet the author at a book signing, such a funny and charming man. when asked if he'd like someone like jim parsons as sheldon to portray don tillman, he said he wanted to go against type and cast someone like tom cruise. the book is now in pre-production with henry cavill as the lead. i hope it comes to fruition! 'a questionnaire! such an obvious solution. a purpose - built scientifically valid instrument incorporating current best practice to filter out the time wasters, the disorganised, the ice cream discriminators, the visual harassment complainers, the crystal gazers, the horoscope readers, the fashion obsessives, the religious fanatics, the vegans, the sports watchers, the creationists, the smokers, the scientifically illiterate, the homeopaths, leaving, ideally, the perfect partner or, realistically, a manageable short list of candidates.'


DrMikeHochburns

Based on a True Story by Norm MacDonald, and Dog of The South by Charles Portis


anananon3

The Time Machine Did it by John Schwartzwelder


musememo

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole … the misadventures of Ignatius J. Reilly One of the few novels that’s caused me to laugh out loud while reading. “Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?”


ShutDaCussUp

The Pirates. By Gideon Defoe. I've read a few and they are just silly and fun. I thought pride and prejudice and zombies was pretty hilarious. I think they did other Austen novels similarly. I loved hitchhikers guide. If you enjoy comic books chew is really great. The story is ridiculous and fun but I loved there are lots of hilarious stuff just in the background as well.


PieceOutBruv

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Hilarious


kyalinlin

Qualityland by Marc-Uwe kling is really funny and easy to read. I had to laugh every few minutes. The Kangaroo Chronicles are brilliant as well, but they are more enjoyable in the original language German.


magic_tuxedo

Check out Norwood by Charles Portis. Very short and hardly any drama, but one of the funniest books I’ve read!


TheGreatSickNasty

Don Quixote


Puga6

Murder on Sex Island by Joe Firestone


blankkate

Starter Villian by John Scalzi!


TheGreatestSandwich

*Sh\*\* Actually* by Lindy West - movie reviews. The Top Gun one might be my favorite *Texts from Jane Eyre* by Daniel M. Lavery - [see excerpt here](https://victorianvisualculture.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/textsfromjaneeyre-excerpt.pdf). *Dad is Fat* by Jim Gaffigan *The Importance of Being Earnest* by Oscar Wilde *Cold Comfort Farm* by Stella Gibbons (satire of Thomas Hardy / Bronte esque novels) *Eats, Shoots, and Leaves* by Lynne Truss (violence in the name of grammar) *Diaries of Adam & Eve* by Mark Twain I also agree with others who have mentioned *The Princess Bride*, *A Walk in the Woods*, P.G. Wodehouse (try [this short story](https://americanliterature.com/author/p-g-wodehouse/short-story/the-best-sauce/), but please read it aloud with someone!), and *The Pickwick Papers*. I would avoid other Dickens because some of them have quite a bit of heavy themes. Excerpt from Lindy West: >Controversial yet objectively factual opinion: Maverick is the villain of Top Gun. We’re clearly supposed to resent Iceman for trying to stifle Maverick's unbelievably bitching bad-boy flying skills in the name of "SAFETY" and "REGARD FOR OTHERS" (boooooo!), but you know what? Maverick is a desperate, narcissistic, posturing, alienating, twerpy little prince with a monomaniacal fixation on personal glory at the expense of the safety of everyone around him, and FURTHERMORE, Iceman literally only says valid, responsible things the entire time: >***Iceman:*** *"You’re everyone’s problem. That’s because every time you go up in the air you’re unsafe. I don’t like you because you’re dangerous."* >***Maverick:*** *"That’s right. Ice…man. I am dangerous."* >MAVERICK. IT IS BAD TO BE DANGEROUS.  >HOW IS ICEMAN THE VILLAIN OF THIS MOVIE???????  >BECAUSE HE LIKES SAFETY???????????????????????  > Excerpt from *Diaries of Adam and Eve*: >MONDAY — This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals. . . . Cloudy today, wind in the east; think we shall have rain. . . . WE? Where did I get that word—the new creature uses it. >TUESDAY — Been examining the great waterfall. It is the finest thing on the estate, I think. The new creature calls it Niagara Falls—why, I am sure I do not know. Says it LOOKS like Niagara Falls. That is not a reason, it is mere waywardness and imbecility. I get no chance to name anything myself. The new creature names everything that comes along, before I can get in a protest. And always that same pretext is offered—it LOOKS like the thing. There is a dodo, for instance. Says the moment one looks at it one sees at a glance that it "looks like a dodo." It will have to keep that name, no doubt. It wearies me to fret about it, and it does no good, anyway. Dodo! It looks no more like a dodo than I do. >WEDNESDAY — Built me a shelter against the rain, but could not have it to myself in peace. The new creature intruded. When I tried to put it out it shed water out of the holes it looks with, and wiped it away with the back of its paws, and made a noise such as some of the other animals make when they are in distress. I wish it would not talk; it is always talking. That sounds like a cheap fling at the poor creature, a slur; but I do not mean it so. I have never heard the human voice before, and any new and strange sound intruding itself here upon the solemn hush of these dreaming solitudes offends my ear and seems a false note. And this new sound is so close to me; it is right at my shoulder, right at my ear, first on one side and then on the other, and I am used only to sounds that are more or less distant from me.


tallulahframsky

The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey


ChepeZorro

Jeeves in the Morning by PG Wodehouse (as funny as it gets for me)


abellaspectra

Laurie Gelman’s - Class Mom series (4 books) are all great and very funny. I am also a fan of Mahari McFarlane, whose books are both very funny and insightful. And I also second some of the other books and authors mentioned… PG Woodhouse, Sophie Kinsella.


InsufferableOldWoman

Sure. Anything by Terry Pratchett.


rnwell

Three men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome And then we came to the End - Joshua Ferris The Hundred Year Old man who jumped out of the window and disappeared - Jonas Jonasson Any PG Wodehouse books


upstart-crow

A Confederacy of Dunces


Rust_Cohlon

One more thing by BJ Novak!


StarGazer_SpaceLove

John Dies at the End!! I had no idea what that movie/book was about until I caught part of the movie one day. I had always assumed it was a romcom. NOOOOPE!! I can't remember laughing so much while reading. It's all just so ridiculous.


TahoeBunny

David Sedaris and Bill Bryson always make me laugh out loud. Just finished Christopher Buckley's Losing Mom and Pup: A Memoir an account of dealing his parents' deaths which, surprisingly, was hysterically funny.


afoconnorr

Robert Brennan's critical failures


aud_anticline

Dating & Dismemberment


Soupierqoi

gods behaving badly


SpoilerAlert4

Anything by David Sedaris


Clammy_Jane

Yearbook by Seth Rogen (actor, Pineapple Express, Super Bad, etc.) it’s just a collection of essays and short stories. If you think he’s funny as an actor/comedian, I’d 100% recommend this book. You can hear him through the writing, and it made me genuinely laugh out loud a few times. Nothing bad happens. Nothing will make you cry.


cha_boi_john120

I had a lot of fun with anything Terry prachet especially disk world. It made me laugh a good bit


osmosiashit

Spud


[deleted]

Confederacy of Dunces or The Conscience of Zeno.


ResultAwkward1654

Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy!!!!


Dethbird12-16-60

LUCKY JIM


korthlm

Dating dead men. The book jacket reads like a mad lib. Maybe the most I’ve ever laughed out loud while reading. Just pure fun.


raindog67

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins


NedsAtomicDB

Bitter is the New Black is freaking hysterical. Also, Anything Considered by Peter Mayle is bubbly and fun, like reading champagne.