Anonymous
Post 12/09/2021 16:28     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Anonymous wrote:What do you mean by happy? Do you want to laugh? Do you want to feel good about humanity? Do you want to love the characters? Do you want fiction or nonfiction? Is angst ok if there is a happy ending?


I will take it all. OP here. Yesterday I opened up a news article and felt dreary and bleak about the world. Was looking to counter it; everything you said would apply.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.

Anonymous
Post 12/09/2021 11:39     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Any of Bill Bryson's travel books. Double bonus of making you laugh and doing a bit of arm-chair traveling!
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2021 08:04     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
What do you mean by happy? Do you want to laugh? Do you want to feel good about humanity? Do you want to love the characters? Do you want fiction or nonfiction? Is angst ok if there is a happy ending?
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2021 07:23     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Cold Comfort Farm
Confederacy of Dunces
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2021 04:31     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Anonymous wrote:I second the rec for Anxious People - I loved all the characters.


+1 Everyone in my book club loved it.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2021 04:30     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Anonymous wrote:Sh*t Actually by Lindy West made me laugh very, very hard. It’s about blockbuster movies from the 1990s/early 2000s and it is really funny.


Ohh this is a good one.

And I second romance novels, both the OG ones PP mentioned like pride and prejudice and modern day sexier and less thought-provoking ones, like Tessa Dare’s stuff. Tessa Dare is hilarious.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2021 03:00     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Definitely some Hunter S. Thompson, great stuff.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2021 01:18     Subject: Re:Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Sophie Kinsella - Can You Keep a Secret?, I’ve Got Your Number

Fools Rush In by Janice Thompson (Christian Fiction)
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2021 22:51     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Sh*t Actually by Lindy West made me laugh very, very hard. It’s about blockbuster movies from the 1990s/early 2000s and it is really funny.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2021 21:11     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
I like silly stuff like Bossypants by Tina Fey.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2021 20:48     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Pride and Prejudice or Emma do it for me every time.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2021 20:46     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
I (re)read Bridget Jones Diary when I am feeling down in the dumps.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2021 20:13     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
The house in the cerulean sea
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2021 20:05     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2021 19:59     Subject: Please recommend happiest, feel good book
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Road by Cormac McCarthy.


This is OP and this made me literally laugh out loud. Thanks!


Am i missing something? What's the context behind this? Np


It's depressing.