Funny book?

[sophie_1003]

Can anyone suggest a good funny book and say what sort of humour it is? Looking for ideas of a book to read once I've finished the David Pelzer books, want something funny to contrast with a very serious (very good nonetheless) book!

[andy-hughes]

Try 'Hi-Fidelity' by Nick Hornby.

It's a wry look at relationships, and how geeky some guys can be. It is funny, gentle, and touching, and maybe you know someone like the hero? i do - me!

[shammydodger]

Fiction or non-fiction? If the latter, then "The Lost Continent" by Bill Bryson is good. As is Spike Milligan's "Hitler: My Part in His Downfall." Then again, humour is so subjective. You could recommend books to me and, if I then read them, I might wonder why you hadn't been committed!

[waimarie]

Hi sophie_1003, For me it has to be 'Catch 22'. A continuous chuckle with well drawn characters and situations. At the same time there is a serious thread running throughout, the stupidity of war, those who rule over our daily lives and the individual challenge to rise above it all. That may not sound the sort of thing you are looking for but believe me it's a very, very funny book.

[mycats]

Bill Bryson's - "Notes from a big country" has me in tears (or any of his actually)
Any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett
"Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy"
"Catch 22" is very good.
"And to my nephew Albert I leave the island what I won off Fatty Hagan in a poker game" -is one of the funniest books I've ever read.

[LeMarchand]

"Pest Control" or "Cross Dressing" by Bill Fitzhugh. Humorous crime novels about a pest contoller whose ad for "exterminating vermin" is mistaken as something else, and about a guy who masquerades as his priest brother to get him medical care and ends up having to pose as a preist when the bro dies (respectively!).

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a literati, Jasper Fforde's "Thursday Next" series about a detective who investigates crime in/against literature (such as minor characters staging a revolt and trying to better their place in a novel) are very amusing.

[Veggibear]

'It's Ok I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers' and 'Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging' by Louise Rennison (teenage girl diary)

'Only in America'(romantic comedy) and 'The Ripple Effect' (football+donuts! comedy) by Dominic Holland

'Going Out Live' by Mark Lawson (satirical TV comedy)

[mycats]

LeMarchand thos Jasper Fforde's sound really good, I'm away to find some, thanks for that lol

[JamesEverton]

Anything by P G Wodehouse. If you don't want to go with the Jeeves and Wooster books, I recommend 'Psmith in the City'.

[rockyracoon]

Check this link, there may be more info for you.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Arts_and_Litera ture/Question247483.html

[Quizmonkey]

Any of Ben Elton's novels. Am currently reading his Dead Famous, a whodunnit set in the Big Brother house, where one of the housemates gets murdered. Excellent.

[Joe Shmoe]

The Portable Door by Tom Holt. I know that I am forever recommending this book on here but it really is that good . Look it up on Amazon.co.uk .Not one bad review last time I looked . Classed as comic fantasy . The Hero Paul Carpenter . Not your typical hero finds life is anything but normal when he starts his new job at JW Wells.:-D