Jane Elliot Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I don't care if it's children's, young adult's, or adult's. I'm just in the mood for some humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) Pretty much anything by Erma Bombeck gets me giggling :D Actually, I really should re-read those now that I'm actually a mom and a homemaker. They were hilarious before; I'll bet they're even funnier now! ETA: Oh, and anything by Dave Barry as well! Edited September 29, 2010 by melissel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Me Talk Pretty One Day made me laugh out loud several times. I don't recommend it if you're especially conservative, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Dave Barry Does Japan and more seriously but still killingly funnily, Moo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. It's about his adventures on the Appalachian Trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 The Magic Pudding--hands down, the very funniest book I have ever read. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 David Sedaris. Bill Bryson, especially Neither Here Nor There. Augusten Burroughs. Erma Bombeck. I have a somewhat different sense of humor though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I like Terry Pratchett a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Wodehouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (definitely not for everyone, as many would probably find it shocking or offensive) The Midnight Examiner (again, probably not for everyone) The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear Terry Pratchett books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alte Veste Academy Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Roughing It by Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Roughing It by Mark Twain I nearly died when the cows kept coming through the roof. Innocence Abroad, too: There was only one donkey in the holy land I could ride, because I hadn't seen its back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Me Talk Pretty One Day made me laugh out loud several times. I don't recommend it if you're especially conservative, though. Agreeing with you -- this is one of the most hilarious books I've ever read. But it's not for the easily offended, and it's honestly the *tamest* of David Sedaris' books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Anything by Laurie Notaro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alte Veste Academy Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I nearly died when the cows kept coming through the roof. Innocence Abroad, too: There was only one donkey in the holy land I could ride, because I hadn't seen its back. I will have to pull that one down. I don't think I ever really understood the power of true wit before I read Twain. I could not stop laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Yep, how could I forget Mark Twain?! Or Oscar Wilde.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Bill Bryson's Notes From a Small Island. It made me LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I keep James Thurber in my nightstand when I need a good laugh. Poetry by Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky will do the trick too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I keep James Thurber in my nightstand when I need a good laugh. Oh, how I remember being read The Night The Ghost Got In! "...ate dead burnt hoss flesh, ate dead burnt hoss flesh, ate dead burnt hoss flesh". Or after Grampa shot the police man, the boy saying "He thinks you're deserters from Mead's Army." Back, ye lilly-livered cattle, back to the lines! Or were those from The Night the Bed Fell? There are some very funny scenes in My Family and Other Animals and his other Birds, Beasts, and Relatives. I particularly remember his mother thinking syphilis was being discusses, rather than erysipelas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreth Please Don't Eat The Daisies is too often forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 "Sh!t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern. Also, not for very conservatives. He uses a lot of curse words. However, I laughed so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Lots of good choices so far, I heartily second many of them. But, THE funniest? Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Douglas Adams has some great books, his Dirk Gently books are really funny. And I have said this before, but there is a scene in the second Bridget Jones book that makes it worth reading both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Thanks, everybody. You've listed a lot of favorites (Twain, Wodehouse, Thurber, Barry), some I haven't thought about in years (Please Don't Eat the Daisies - how could I have forgotten about that one), and many I've never heard of. I'll be making list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Hank the Cowdog... "The Case of the Monkey Burglar" audio book. "The Impossible Chrysanthemum Song" which the author sings on the audio book never fails to make me laugh. Twain's "Letters from the Earth" is good too. Or you could write your own story -- Mad Libs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 David Foster Wallace's collection of essays, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Jen Lancaster's autobiographies, starting with Bitter Is the New Black. Any of Maira Kalman's kids' books, especially What Pete Ate From A to Z and the Max Stravinsky series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) . Edited September 29, 2010 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Anything by Laurie Notaro. :iagree: I logged on to specifically recommend Laurie Notaro, especially The Idiot Girl's Action-Adventure Club. Do not drink anything while reading this. You will spray it everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Me Talk Pretty One Day was the first thing that came to mind. It's also really good as an audio book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greensummervillian Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Wigfield by Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, and Paul Dinello As I read this I laughed uncontrollably until my family decided I had lost my mind. I also agree with some of the others who recommended Me Talk Pretty One Day. Everything I've read by David Sedaris has been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn&charles Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden Here's another... One of the rare books that made me laugh out loud. Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood Edited September 29, 2010 by jenn&charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Thought of another... Kinky Friedman's books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden I can already totally relate to this book by the title alone! I must check this one out. :lol: (BTW, I'm not the OP, but thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I've already requested quite a few from my library.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PygmyShrew Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I like Lewis Grizzard books:lol:. Here's some of my favorites titles: The Best of Lewis Grizzard If I ever get back to Georgia, I'm gonna nail my feet to the ground Don't Bend over in the garden, Granny - you know them taters got eyes They tore my heart out and stomped that sucker flat If love were oil, I'd be about a quart low My dad was a pistol, and I'm a son of a gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaissezFaire Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Cheaper by the Dozen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) Anything by Dave Barry. Bill Cosby and Erma Bombeck are also good. Edited September 30, 2010 by KidsHappen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 At four weeks postpartum, the funniest book around is Baby Blues: This is Going to be Tougher Than We Thought by Kirkman and Scott. My husband and I laughed until we cried. Of course, we were in that walking zombie stage so perhaps anything would have seemed funny .... Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilymax Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Ditto on Barry, Bombeck and Grizzard...and Bridget Jones. But my absolute favorite funniest read is "The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37 3/4ths" by Adrian Plass. Plass is just awesome, period. Love him--and am always surprised that we don't hear more about him here in the states. He's an amazing writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I always go back to two authors when I want to laugh - Gerald Durrell (the naturalist), particularly his books about his family while they were living in Greece during WWII. Those are Birds, Beasts and Relatives and My Family and Other Animals. Any of his are funny, really. They are all focused on animals. The other author is Peter Mayle, and his books about living in Provence - A Year in Provence and Toujour Provence. There's another in the series, but I forget the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay by Skinner and Kimbrough. Down the Garden Path by Beverly Nichols. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBirdX7 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) Broken record here, but Dave and Erma. I seriously laugh out loud when reading Dave's books. Edited September 29, 2010 by ceecee75 Spelling error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socalmom Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 We listen to audio books on long car trips. My husband, 2 girls, and I loved "Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka" by Jon Scieszka. It is stories from the author's childhood, growing up with 5 brothers in the 1950's. Amazon lists it for grades 3-6 but we all thought it was very funny. Margie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy in Australia Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I second My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. I never laugh out loud and this book had me snorting :) It was so fascinating, I read it in one night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Anything by Bill Bryson, and 1930's Beachcomber. James Herriot. Even Jane Austen, at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Funny in Farsi and its sequel Laughing Without an Accent. There were some parts that I would read to my dh, and we both laughed till we cried. :lol: We were on vacation and in a hotel room in PA. 5 o'clock in the morning, laughing our heads off, and waking up the kids ... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald James Herriot's books and probably one noone has heard of: God and Mr. Gomez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 The Egg and I by Betty MacDonaldJames Herriot's books and probably one noone has heard of: God and Mr. Gomez Yes, I second James Herriot books. I read through them all this summer for the first time. I can't believe I never read them before. My family constantly asked me 'What's so funny' I giggled so much as I read. I shared a few of the stories, but ended up telling them they had to read it for themselves! Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore. Along those lines there is also Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacie Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I like Terry Pratchett a lot. I love Terry Pratchett too. I started reading him about 14 years ago. He is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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