Comedy

I really liked "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn and "Lamb" by Christoper Moore and "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole.

Like Sedaris, they're funny in a thought provoking way.

I have never really found any of Sedaris' stuff that funny. I think he is very overrated.


"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" was one of the funniest books I've read in quite some time.

Laugh out loud funny stuff.

Anything from Ephraim Kishon.

I'm gonna check that out, Jane.

Please do gustav, you won't be sorry - especially his books
filled with short stories about his family.

I have printed some of the stories in "international news"
a couple of months ago when Kishon died. Read them!

I will. Who is Job Kunstatter?

One of the characters in his books.....

Ok, I found the aforementioned thread and gave it a quick peruse. I will order some of his stuff from the library. Thanks, CJ.

Now..... off to the Argentenian Duck Festival.

Terry Pratchet does fantasy* comedy with moral twists and cutting social comment. I'd highly recommend any of his 30-odd Discworld books, for making you laugh and making you think about the real world in a different way. Not strictly necessary, but I'd also recommend reading them in roughly the order they were written.

* Of the wizard-and-witches type. Not the whips-and-chains type.

Well, did you specifically read Naked? I read another one of his books and didn't like it nearly as much.

I have to agree that few authors make me laugh like Pratchett:
my only amendment would be that while reading each 'mini series'* in the correct order is advisable, i'd skip the first couple, (The colour of magic and The Light Fantastic) and the others in the Rincewind series and instead read the Witches books or the Night Watch books.

I'd also say that Are you Dave Gorman and My Googlewack Adventure (both by Dave Gorman) made me laugh out loud - not exactly taxing stuff but good for a giggle!!

*For those who aren't familiar with the Discworld, while all the books take place on the same world, and paths do cross fairly regularly, the books were originally separated into Trilogies: the Witches, The Watch, The Unseen University, Death... these have now been expanded but it's still possible to e.g. read Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Carpe Jugulum... without ever reading any of the books about the night watch

Hi Bekaboo. Although I've read them all and own at least 20, I never realised there were "trilogies" buried in there! You learn something everyday... I like that certain characters, like Death and Cut-Me-Own-Throat Diblah, also get cameo walk-on parts in the books that focus on the other characters.

I'd also like to recommend the Red Dwarf series of books. They are based on a successful British 90's sci-fi sitcom, and were written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (although the first two are co-written as Grant Naylor). Funny, slapstick, with some quite sad parts at times.

-Red Dwarf
-Hitchhikers

I'm also reading "Billy" the biography of Billy Connolly by his wife - Pamela Stephenson, and finding it quite funny in some parts.

All Hitchhiker Guide books (Douglas Adams) were really funny! I love them!

The funniest book I've ever read is "Talking Cock" by Richard Herring, or "Are You Dave Gorman?" By... Erm... Dave Gorman.

Prick Up Your Ears gets pretty damn funny. Kinda depressing, too.