I have just finished reading a very emotional but amazing book (The Lovely Bones) and I badly need cheering up. Anyone recommend a good humorous novel.
2006-09-24 05:01:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Many thanks for all the suggestions. I read all the Hitchhikers when I was a teenager and they were brilliant then.
2006-09-26 04:46:15 · update #1
I cant recommend enough how funny JOHN O'FARRELL books are. THE BEST A MAN CAN GET, THIS IS YOUR LIFE, or most recently MAY CONTAIN NUTS are all superb. I think you should go for 'may contain nuts' as its written from the perspective of a woman and seeing as you are one im sure you'll enjoy it. I have loads of good books to recommend if you want any other tips.
2006-09-24 05:11:29 · answer #1 · answered by dunc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't read it: Bridget Jones' Diary, by Helen Fielding. She also wrote "Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination", which I found very funny.
Janet Evanovich is also funny, and her books are super fast reads.
I also recommend Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". It's laugh-out-loud funny!
2006-09-24 05:58:01 · answer #2 · answered by nellierslmm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any thing by Douglas Adams: "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy," "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe," "Life, the Universe, and Everything," "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish," or "Mostly Harmless," and "The Salmon of Doubt" to name a few. Adams was the funniest man to ever put pen to paper.
2006-09-24 09:08:15 · answer #3 · answered by aas_627 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I recently went into Ottakers and asked for funny books and no one could recommend one. Eventually i picked one up by Sandy Toksvig, which is supposed to be funny but i have only just started it. Maybe look on Amazon under comedy and read some of the reviews.
2006-09-24 05:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by michelle a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Douglas Adams - the full set of Hitchhiker books.
Andy Went - Lost and Found
Christopher Brookmyre - ...
2006-09-24 20:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hit the Road by Caroline B. Cooney is a great funny book. Another often humorous book is Rash by Pete Hautman.
2006-09-24 08:54:37 · answer #6 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Candid by Voltaire. It is really funny. It is about a man that has a naive outlook on the world. Then a lot of things happen to him as he travels the world. And he becomes wiser. The things that happen to him are hilarious. Candid is a short novel.
2006-09-24 05:35:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels are the funniest. I think The Light Fantastic was the first one.
2006-09-25 02:19:15 · answer #8 · answered by felineroche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Books of:
Emily Barr, Margarida Rebelo Pinto, Mike Gayle, Anna Maxted,
((((Tifannie DeBartolo (sad but beautiful)))))
2006-09-24 05:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by Eyeline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Wise Children" by Angela Carter - it had me rolling on the floor of the tube train. Also almost anything by Gerlad Durrell and BiillBryson's Notes from A Small Island poking fun at us Brits.!!! Great
2006-09-25 09:50:52 · answer #10 · answered by JANE F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋