Funniest Book You have ever read

[Ammanas]

So this thread is dedicated to books that make you laugh. For me that story is Kings of the Wyld by Eames. It came out earlier this year and I was reading it while going through a really stressful time; it helped me get through it. I think the humor in it works for everyone. What's your favorite? I imagine that I will get some Discworld answers...

[Modal Seoul he/him]

The Zamonian Series by Walter Moers.

[Unhinged he/him]

Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

[Mestiv he/him]

I think it had to be one of Pratchett's, but I really can't remember which

[Left he/him]

I think either Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment or Soul Music.

[Iarwainiel I she/her]

Funniest book I've ever read: "Big Trouble" by Dave Barry (http://www.davebarry.com/book-page.php?isbn13=9780425239476)  I read it when it was first published in 1999, and I have no idea if it has aged well ... but I here's what remember: I could see the comedy coming - knowing for sure what was going to happen - and when it did happen, laughing hysterically anyway. When does that ever happen?

Funniest part of a book (not the whole book): There's one part of John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" that is the #1 funniest thing I've ever read, hands down. I will NOT spoil this here (and don't anyone else do so either! :-) ... when you read it, you'll know.

Funniest part of a new book: The part near the end of Brian McClellan's "Sins of Empire" where Celine tells Ben what happened ... (trying to avoid spoilers). I must have read this 10 times, and every time I laugh till I cry. Out of context, the dialogue would seem very, very odd, and that makes it even funnier. If you haven't read SoE, you should check it out!

[The Sovereign]

On 5/10/2017 at 7:44 AM, Left said:

I think either Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment or Soul Music.

I'd 2nd Soul Music. On a very different level of humor Stephen Colbert's "I am America, and so can you" is pretty high on this list for me too.

[Draginon he/him]

Many books have made me laugh, but if I had to pick one it would probably be Alcatraz.

[+Wax he/him]

It's non-fiction, but it is, "Are you joking, Mr Feynmann?" - by a nobel prize winning scientist

The adventures of the thunderbolt kid - another non fiction about life in the 50s for kids is quite funny as well

Falling free by lois mcmaster bujold is also funny for a sci fi

Edited July 23, 2017 by axcellence

[Hood he/him]

PG Wodehouse's Jeeves series. The BBC adaptation is very good too.

Then, Mort by Terry Pratchett. Equal Rites is fine as well.

And finally, Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome.

 

[Aon Ati he/him]

Probably the funniest book I've ever read was Carl Hiaasen's Chomp. I had trouble breathing at certain parts.

[Caesura she/her]

I didn't read the whole book, because I just picked it up somewhere and read a bit while waiting for something, but The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe by Romain Puértolas is just as ridiculous as it sounds.

My mum read me sections of a Terry Pratchett book she was reading one time. Unsure of the name. Death goes on holiday, and there's a dyslexic rooster?

[mattig89ch he/him]

The Martian.  Those wise chull remarks by all the characters, made me loose it may times.  Even during re-reads.

[The Invested Beard]

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Douglas Adams.

Edited October 12, 2017 by The Invested Beard

[AbsentKeeper he/him]

2 hours ago, The Invested Beard said:

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Douglas Adams.

This.

A thousand times this.

Edited October 12, 2017 by Cowmanthethird
Fixed spelling in the quote

[The Invested Beard]

lol I spelled it DouglASS. Fixed.