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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.

Sophie Kinsella’s - I’ve Got Your Number and Can You Keep a Secret? I thought were funnier than Shopaholic

While most of his work is not funny, the funniest thing I ever read was Chapter 26 - The Bull with the Bowler Hat of James Herriot’s book The Lord God Made them All. The chapter relates a country vet’s first experience with a collecting a sample for the new technique of artificial insemination.

Cheaper by the Dozen - based on a true story, the ending is sad, but the book as a whole is funny and joyous. There’s also a sequel.

Gore Vidal is very witty and amusing, though not laugh out loud funny.

Portnoy's Complaint

Bridget Jones's Diary made me laugh out loud constantly when I read it 20 years ago. If you can put Renee Zellwegger out of your mind; she completely ruined it for me once I had to picture her face as the main character. It lost all wit and charm for me.

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.

Winterdance by Gary Paulsen
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian - Sherman Alexie

Norm MacDonald’s Based on a True Story.

Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole.

Jincey willet’s “Winner of the national book award” made me lol to the point of causing a (minor) ruckus in a waiting room-could not stop laughing.

I think the only book I actually laughed out loud reading was Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley

Crud I read the initial post too quickly. Scratch my suggestion!

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

I laughed out loud reading the epistolary novel Dear Committee Members

I love a good laugh out loud book, be it Trevor Noah's born a crime or most other comedians (Tina Fey, etc), I liked the earlier Shopacholic series. I am looking for something funny and not too cheesy. Lighthearted, not like high brow funny - you know what I mean.