Anonymous
Post 11/30/2023 08:16     Subject: books that are actually funny?
I read Do This For Me by Eliza Kennedy in a waiting room and laughed so much that a woman asked me for the title so she could read it too.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2023 08:13     Subject: books that are actually funny?
Anonymous wrote:There is one really hilarious part in Born a Crime


Not just one. That book was both poignant and hysterically funny.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2023 03:51     Subject: books that are actually funny?
Came to yell Bill Bryson! But I see others beat me to it.
Early David Sedaris is absolutely hilarious. His most recent works less so. Maybe I just find coming of age stories especially funny.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2023 02:04     Subject: books that are actually funny?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is one really hilarious part in Born a Crime


The Hitler part? I nearly drove off the road while listening to that in the car!


For me it was the Fufi part. I absolutely lost it laughing (also while listening on audio.)
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 21:19     Subject: books that are actually funny?
I’ll also add Gary Shteyngart’s work. Russian debutante handbook, his debut novel, is really funny. I haven’t read all his stuff.

And I remember thinking a Heartbreakjng work of staggering genius was funny when I came out but it’s been 20 years so I can’t really remember.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 21:16     Subject: Re:books that are actually funny?
Naked by David Sedaris was THE BEST.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 21:15     Subject: books that are actually funny?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The funniest book I’ve ever read is A Confederacy of Dunces.


I can't read people who suicided.


I am sure you have a very personal reason for this but it was an outstanding book.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 21:12     Subject: books that are actually funny?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you want stories that use humor vs. books in the humor genre...

In fantasy:
T. Kingfisher (she writes horror, too, but her fantasies use humor)
Olivia Atwater
Heather Fawcett
Margaret Owen

In Romance:
Tessa Dare
Jennifer Ashley
Ali Hazelwood

In Mystery:
Kerry Greenwood
Ashley Gardner (aka Jennifer Ashley)
Lynn Messina
Julia Seales (just one book out)


Ugh. Can’t read women authors.


Has the Incel invaded this thread?
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 19:13     Subject: books that are actually funny?
I do not find David Sedaris funny but I do find his sister, Amy, very funny. She has written some stuff but I have not read it. She cracked me up on Strangers With Candy however.

I am often amused when reading Nelson DeMille books, some more than others.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 17:57     Subject: books that are actually funny?
Anonymous wrote:“Winner of the national book award” by Jincy Willett made me lol. on the metro, trying not to, uncontrollable lol at one point.


The first Terry Pratchett book I ever read had one scene that made me laugh so hard I fell off a bench in a crowded London Tube station, eliciting comments from the stranger sitting next to me. I'll never forget the scene.

(Lords and Ladies, which yes I know is a strange one to start with but someone had given it to me.)
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 17:39     Subject: books that are actually funny?
Anonymous wrote:I second Bill Bryson (and actually meant to add him to my post!) A Walk in the Woods is my favorite.


This is OP - and I used to DIE laughing over Bill Bryson. I haven't read him in so long!
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 11:43     Subject: books that are actually funny?
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh.

Noel Coward's plays are hilarious!

I also love the Jeeves & Wooster stories and Carl Hiassen.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 11:34     Subject: books that are actually funny?
I second Bill Bryson (and actually meant to add him to my post!) A Walk in the Woods is my favorite.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 11:31     Subject: books that are actually funny?

Some phrases in Bill Bryson's books, notably the collection of newspaper columns "I'm a Stranger Here Myself", are etched in our collective family memory, because after I'd fallen off my chair laughing, I had to share with the rest of my family. My favorites are his recollections of winter in New Hampshire, specifically getting the Christmas tree, and skating.



Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 11:22     Subject: Re:books that are actually funny?
Agree on Jonathan Tropper--love his books. I laughed out loud on the subway reading Civilwar Land in Bad Decline by George Saunders. Also recommend Tom Perrota; British author David Lodge, especially the set in academia, starting with Changing Places. And Nora Ephron's "I Feel Bad About My Neck."