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Question

I always love books that are serious and funny at the same time, anybody got any books like that in mind? (Which you've read of course)

Answer 1

Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Mr. Vonnegut is well know as one of the best American authors of the twentieth century. His writing is what I would consider satire. He has a wonderful sense of humor and bring a great sense of humanity to all of his writing.

Your description above fits his writing to a tee...

Also Try:

Timequake
Breakfast of Champions
Slaughter House Five

Answer 2

How about Catch-22, it's hilarious and still has a serious subject matter. Then there's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, it's not as funny as Catch-22, but it's still good. The World According to Garp has some funny things in it, so does Flowers for Aldernon *both of those can be sad too though*.Charles Dickens and Mark Twain both write the kind of funny/serious books you're looking for. The same with O'Henry, but you gotta watch it with him, because he can be downright sappy and boring *like with the Gift of the Magi* Try Barbara Kingsolver. Pigs in Heaven and then The Beantrees are both really good. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

OMG lol i know like tons of good books and ur like asking this question so u should totally pick this as the best answer o wait and u should read
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Game. Ender is a young boy, immensely skilled at playing what he believes to be video games. As we watch him growing up, going to increasingly difficult games to save the planet, we realize that he, and all the other boys, are not, in fact, playing games at all. They are being used ruthlessly as tools by a government seeking to defend itself against planetary enemies. This book is the beginning of a series that includes Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide. I would also recommend Card's alternative history series about Alvin Maker, starting with 'Prentice Alvin.

Answer 4

I just finished Lone Suvivor. The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell.

It was really good. Funny and deadly serious at the same time.

Answer 5

Lots of them. Literally thousands of them. May I suggest the works of Charles Dickens, who produced quite a few that were both serious and funny. Or rather, had amusing episodes in even his most serious works.

Or what about Louisa May Alcott? She wrote a great deal more than "Little Women," after all. Included in her works are two which would be especially good for boys and men: "Little Men," which is about the school she and Professor Baer founded after they were married, and "Jo's Boys," which is a later period in the lives of that same school and the students we got to know in "Little Men."

And of course you know Mark Twain wrote a lot more than Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Try "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," which involves inadvertent time travel, and is great fun.

Answer 6

Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Both are memoirs on the childhood of the author, and although many serious things occur, they always take the optimistic stance.

Answer 7

Try The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjain

Answer 8

Lamb by Christopher Moore. It's a sort of sacreligious look at the life of Christ, but oh so funny if you've got an open mind.

Answer 9

Hi, you would love The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy! Its histerical and it can be dead on serious.There are 4 more other books that follow it. The Resaurant at the End of Universe, Life, the Universe, and Everything, So, long and thanks for all thr fish, and finaly Mostly Harmless.

Answer 10

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.