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Anonymous

11/03/2022 22:24 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

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

ugh that book made me sick to my stomach..

Jessi Klien is hilarious.. both you'll grow out of it and the second one.

please dont sit on my bed with your outside clothes is also really good but very gen z

Anonymous

11/03/2022 22:18 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:57 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much anything by David Sedaris
Stiff by Mary Roach

Me Talk Pretty One Day

(I am the same poster about The Merde 😂)

Yes, I laughed out loud on a bus in San Francisco once while reading Me Talk Pretty One Day.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:47 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

I love Fannie Flagg and second the recommendation for Can’t Wait To Get To Heaven. I also laughed a lot at Straight Man by Richard Russo and A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:37 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

This is OP - thank you so much for the suggestions! I don’t find Serdaris books funny - to me. I don’t find that type of book in general funny. It’s witty and clever for sure! I loved Sophie Kinsella and Bridget Jones diary, Trevor Noah, a number of female comedian books - Amy Schumer, Mindy Kailing, etc, looking for more of that

low brow I guess?

Oh and highly recommend “Hello, Molly” by Molly Shannon.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:34 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:31 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote:

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!

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:18 Subject: Re:Please recommend a laugh out loud book

The books by Mindy Kaling! They are very funny

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:11 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:11 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Straight Man by Richard Russo

Anonymous

11/03/2022 21:06 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote:A year in The Merde …older but awesome…
I literally laughed our loud on the plane from France to UK

I haven't thought of this book in ages. Yes, so funny. I'm going to re-read.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 20:54 Subject: Re:Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote: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.

I started listening to I’ve Got Your Number this evening based on your rec and literally laughed out loud in chapter two with the singing telegram bit. Thank you.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 20:54 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Boyfriend Material! And it’s hot.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 20:47 Subject: Re:Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote: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.

I started listening to I’ve Got Your Number this evening based on your rec and literally laughed out loud in chapter two with the singing telegram bit. Thank you.

Anonymous

11/03/2022 20:44 Subject: Please recommend a laugh out loud book

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much anything by David Sedaris
Stiff by Mary Roach

Me Talk Pretty One Day

(I am the same poster about The Merde 😂)