Funny Books

[angnshaun]

Besides Bossy Pants and Chelsey Handler...

what books do you think are funny

This Is Where I Leave You - Johnathan Tropper

[imoan]

I just read The Bloggess' (Jenny Lawson) book Let's Pretend This Never Happened. Super funny. I also recommend all books by Mary Roach (Stiff, Bonk, Spook and Packing for Mars). Informative and funny!

[bookbunny]

I love Laurie Notaro so much! Her Idiot Girl books always make me laugh.

[imoan]

Oh, and if you don't mind some misogynism all in good fun, try I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max.

I also love anything by David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs

[sparrowsong]

Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson (owner/star of The Bloggess)

I remember sitting up in the middle of the night reading A Prayer for Owen Meany and my dad coming to see what was wrong with me, I was laughing so much. It's just one section, but it's pretty hysterical.

[lemondrop]

David Sedaris' books make me laugh really hard.

I also second Mary Roach's books. She has a real knack with making science funny.

[EllieArroway]

Anything Bill Bryson

[pugz]

Jen Lancaster's novel "If You Were Here"

[mdgirl]

May 16, 2012 18:37:42 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

Anything Bill Bryson

:Y: (although I wasn't crazy about The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid)

[angnshaun]

May 16, 2012 18:35:55 GMT -5 imoan said:

Oh, and if you don't mind some misogynism all in good fun, try I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max.

I also love anything by David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell was my first book of this year. It was hilarious... i forgot about that one.

And ive heard so many good things about David Sedaris

[sparrowsong]

May 16, 2012 18:37:14 GMT -5 lemondrop said:

David Sedaris' books make me laugh really hard.

The part where he tries to explain what Easter is about in French is hilarious. His books are funny in general, but I was listening to the audio and actually had to pull over I was laughing and crying so hard at that point.

[lemondrop]

May 16, 2012 18:43:03 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

May 16, 2012 18:37:14 GMT -5 lemondrop said:

David Sedaris' books make me laugh really hard.

The part where he tries to explain what Easter is about in French is hilarious. His books are funny in general, but I was listening to the audio and actually had to pull over I was laughing and crying so hard at that point.

I could not attempt to drive and listen to his books. They make me tear up all the time.

[chicacocodrilo]

Probably not to everyone's taste, but Lamb by Christopher Moore cracks me up every time I read it.

[GilliC]

I love Bill Bryson, especially Down Under (In a Sunburned Country).

also Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

And the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books crack me up.

[amyb2332]

I third Mary Roach's books. She is one funny lady! I think Stiff and Bonk are my favorites. I found Packing for Mars surprisingly enjoyable for a topic (space) that I didn't much care about.

I also really liked Knocked up by Rebecca Eckler. She's a newspaper columnist and wrote a book about her pregnancy. It has a wide range of reviews on goodreads, some really hate the author but I thought she was hilarious! Kind of snarky and kind of self centered but I interrupted a lot of it as just being dramatic or sarcastic. So I think if you don't take the book too seriously, it was pretty funny!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/486626.Knocked_Up

[bluelikejazz]

David Sedaris!!!!

[PinkSquirrel]

Let's Pretend it Never Happened was tres funny and Jen Lancaster is pretty damn funny too.

[lintscreen]

Christopher Moore's books (other than Lamb, it was boring to me)

[curmudgeon]

Anything by Christopher Moore. Just getting ready to start A Dirty Job again.

[sporklemotion]

Fourthing Mary Roach.

AJ Jacobs is also really funny-- he takes on projects and writes books about them. He read the Encyclopedia Britannica, spent a year adhering to every tenet of the Bible, and outsourced his life to India. His latest book is about fitness-- I haven't read it yet, but hope to soon.

[angnshaun]

Keep them coming ladies!!!

[alleinesein]

May 16, 2012 18:39:57 GMT -5 mdgirl said:

May 16, 2012 18:37:42 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

Anything Bill Bryson

(although I wasn't crazy about The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid)

I loved The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid BUT I think its because my mom grew up in the same area of Des Moines as Bill Bryson and I knew of all the places that he mentioned in the book. A few of the chapters had me laughing so hard I had tears running down my face!

[charminglife]

I think Christopher Buckley is hysterical - I really liked Supreme Courtship: www.goodreads.com/book/show/3288096-supreme-courtship

[Deleted]

Ditto the David Sedaris. Also, Kathy Griffin's Official Book Club Selection is hilarious. She has a few moments where she does get real about her family and is serious, but most of the book is lighter reading and she just has a great way of telling a story.

[angnshaun]

May 30, 2012 8:37:54 GMT -5 @mjmksb04 said:

Ditto the David Sedaris. Also, Kathy Griffin's Official Book Club Selection is hilarious. She has a few moments where she does get real about her family and is serious, but most of the book is lighter reading and she just has a great way of telling a story.

Its funny, i have a problem listening to her voice, but i do think shes really funny... it might be easier for me to read it than watch her lol