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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole. [/quote]
This is far and away the worst book I have ever read and it's not the least bit funny.[/quote]

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.

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

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. 
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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.

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