Please recommend a laugh out loud book

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Anonymous wrote:Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole.

This is far and away the worst book I have ever read and it's not the least bit funny.

+1!

I’m this pp learning to read the whole thread before commenting. Glad to see so much hate for this book because I just couldn’t stand it.

What is with you people?
It's not the greatest book I've ever read but it has it's moments. I am happy to have it on my bookshelf.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole.

This is far and away the worst book I have ever read and it's not the least bit funny.

It took me a little bit to get into it but I thought it was really funny and very well written. It's not an quick/easy read and I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea. I read it when I didn't have the demands of kids around.

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I think I posted this in another thread- The Echo Chamber by John Boyne

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I know from other threads that not everyone liked this one, but I thought "Today Will Be Different," by Maria Semple, was laugh-out-loud funny.

(I listened to the audiobook, so maybe that helped. Completely zany and hilarious!!)

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Chelsea Handler's books. I don't like her on video or anything but scared the dog laughing so hard reading her books.

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Anonymous wrote:Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

I was going to mention this! I listened to it on audible and there are times I laughed hard at certain points of the book.

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Anonymous wrote:Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole.

This is far and away the worst book I have ever read and it's not the least bit funny.

+1!

I’m this pp learning to read the whole thread before commenting. Glad to see so much hate for this book because I just couldn’t stand it.

Yup, hated it. Completely overrated

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Anonymous wrote:Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole.

This is far and away the worst book I have ever read and it's not the least bit funny.

You beat me to it. It's awful.

Bill Bryson's early work is great, particularly "I'm a Stranger Here Myself", a compendium of a British weekly newspaper column, about coming back to live in the US after many years in Britain.
I fell off my chair when reading the passage about snowmobiling through the woods, and explained what "jettisoning weight via my bladder" meant to my 8 year old. Now it's a household phrase. Equally hilarious are the passage about his experience ice-skating and the one where he carries the Christmas tree into the house.

yes yes yes - I'm a Stranger and A Walk in the Woods, his book about hiking the Appalachian Trail. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard from a book.

Another Bill Bryson fan here. EVERY book he has written has great, witty intelligent humor in it. Pick up any of his books and you are bound to laugh.

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^ The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America" by Bryson is also a classic!

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Anonymous wrote:Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole.

This is far and away the worst book I have ever read and it's not the least bit funny.

You beat me to it. It's awful.

Bill Bryson's early work is great, particularly "I'm a Stranger Here Myself", a compendium of a British weekly newspaper column, about coming back to live in the US after many years in Britain.
I fell off my chair when reading the passage about snowmobiling through the woods, and explained what "jettisoning weight via my bladder" meant to my 8 year old. Now it's a household phrase. Equally hilarious are the passage about his experience ice-skating and the one where he carries the Christmas tree into the house.

Well, the overwhelming majority of people disagree with you humorless people. You probably hate New Orleans too.

I’m joining in with the group that couldn’t get through Confederacy of Dunces. I think NO is great though.
I’m also joining in with those who recommend Born a Crime.

No other titles come to mind, so I’ll return to add to the list the next time I read something appropriate.

I checked my bookshelves, so here’s an addendum:

--I’ll Take It by Paul Rudnik literally had me laughing until I cried. It helps that some of the settings and characters and, um, behavior felt very familiar. I love this book.

— Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg also had me howling with laughter.

—Raney by Clyde Edgerton is also laugh-out-loud funny.

Omg, I thought I was the only person who loves I’ll Take It! I think it’s out of print, maybe? I was looking for it on Kindle. Need to look again.

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Recommended in another thread: Moo by Jane Smiley. I read it every few years and lol every time.

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please dont sit on my bed with your outside clothes

I'm not familiar with this book but it just reminds me of a typical DCUM post you might see in Relationships -- How would you handle if your MIL insists on sitting on your furniture in her outside clothes?

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please dont sit on my bed with your outside clothes

I'm not familiar with this book but it just reminds me of a typical DCUM post you might see in Relationships -- How would you handle if your MIL insists on sitting on your furniture in her outside clothes?

This book is very funny, though

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Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. Or really any other Jennifer Crusie book.

The Blacksmith Queen by GA Aiken.

Headliners by Lucy Parker

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Anonymous wrote:Recommended in another thread: Moo by Jane Smiley. I read it every few years and lol every time.

I loved this book!