laugh out loud funny book to read?

Question

looking to lift myself out of a deep depression, so nothing too heavy, these books have been recommended but I can only afford to get one, which one or do you know of a better one?
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs

Answer 1

I agree, I read Good Omens and it's a feel good witty book
All these three are very funny, but I actually would recommend Nick Hornby's About a Boy. I don't know if you've seen the movie or not but it's based on that book and it's absolutely hilarious. I loved it, laughed so many times at his arrogance and self-centered-ness and had great fun =)

Answer 2

I have found that when depressed, I don't want to think deeply. Dave Barry fiction as in Deep Trouble is ideal. Get Hitchikers on tape from the library, original radio play and it's better than the book which is far better than the movie. Good luck and best wishes

Answer 3

Running w/ scissors is not funny, it's a biography. It's about a teen finding out about his sexuality. (Homosexual)
Hitchhikers guide .... is a sci-fiction book often found on teenagers summer reading list.

I recommend No 1 Ladies Detective Agency or any of the books in this series because they are comical! I also liked curious incident of the dog

Answer 4

Good Omens is genius but the Hitchhikers Guide is funnier.. I've never read "running with scissors". I myself, for a good giggle, love Tom Robbins

Answer 5

Good Omens is pretty good, But my most fav. is a series of books by Janet Evanovich-Steohanie Plum series about a female bounty hunter VERY funny I've read all of them a couple of times and I stll lmao- by the way why don't you join a library for free and check out a bunch of funny books and save yourself some $$

Answer 6

You don't need to buy them, go to the public library and get a free library card. Ask the librarian to show you the humor section (it's in the 800s area). Bring home an armload of Erma Bombeck, Dave Barry, Bill Bryson and whoever else you find there.
Don't forget to check the cartooning section (790s, I think) for Garfield, Cathy and your favorite comic strips in book form.
Some of the Chick Lit is pretty funny too, especially the Shopaholic series.

Answer 7

This book made me and my sister laugh soo hard that we almost peed our pants... I can send it too you if you want.

My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
she is a tv star on Girls Behaving Badly and she has her own talk show on comedy central. she is a gifted comedian. her book is about all her one night stands and horribly bad dates that she has been on before she found her true calling with acting, but the way that she words things and uses metaphors and similies is superb... even if you read something else, or don't pick this as best answer, promise me that you will read it and laugh and then email me at [e-mail] to let me know how much you loved it.. ok?
namaste
don't worry things will get better, they always do, i have been right where you are now and where you were before and it will pass, i promise you. from one depressed-book-loving-nut to another.
namaste

Answer 8

Read the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich, start with 1 and read them all:

One for the Money
Two for the Show
Three to get Deadly
Four to Score
High Five
Hot Six
Seven Up
Hard Eight
To the Nines
Ten Big Ones
Eleven on Top
Twelve Sharp

Trust me on this, you will laugh(Damn near drowned myself reading 10!)(was reading in the bathtub)

Answer 9

Running with Scissors. Augusten Burroughs had a very... INTERESTING life as a kid.

Answer 10

They are good choices, but try A Confereracy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole--it's got a bit more literary thought behind it (won the Pulitzer) but it's got some great pee-your-pants funny stuff in it.