Humor Books Recommendations - Page 2

crash1211 · 12-21-2012, 11:50 AM

If you are an outdoorsman or enjoy that type of thing.
Patrick F McManus has some very funny books filled with short stories. They are from articles he used to write in Field & Stream. Some of the stories would have me crying I would be laughing so hard.

Geralt · 12-21-2012, 07:29 PM

by Justin Halpern

I laughed so much I got my boyfriend interested enough for him to read it. He did, and he laughed so much he woke me up several times

His other book I Suck at Girls I tried and it wasn't funny at all, had to drop it.

Coops · 12-22-2012, 08:48 AM

Wodehouse is of course genius...

Douglas Adams died unfortunately after finally creating the perfect character for his writing... Dirk Gently, the Holistic Detective and the follow up, 'The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'. Lovely funny stuff...

"It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport." Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of ugliness that can only be the result of a special effort. This ugliness arises because airports are full of people who are tired, cross, and have just discovered that their luggage has landed in Murmansk (Murmansk airport is the only exception of this otherwise infallible rule), and architects have on the whole tried to reflect this in their designs."

Apache · 12-22-2012, 07:10 PM

Mash by Richard Hooker. He also wrote a sequel Mash Goes to Maine.
Apache

MickeyC · 12-23-2012, 02:27 PM

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Gazella · 12-23-2012, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

I've been wanting to read this one for some time now, I have it on my Amazon wish list. I heard the last one by Eoin Colfer isn't funny.

HoopyFrood · 12-24-2012, 04:45 PM

Some of Jean Shepherd's short stories are pretty funny. He wrote the short story that the film "A Christmas Story" is based on. There are several compilations.

manou · 12-24-2012, 07:33 PM

Reading anything by Tom Sharpe never fails to make me laugh out loud.

miklizro · 01-01-2013, 10:23 AM

Patrick McManus
Love Bill Bryson, didn't care for Tina Fey but for sheer hilarity, favorite book from last year was Jenny Lawson's autobiography. http://thebloggess.com/lets-pretend-...y-true-memoir/

miklizro · 01-01-2013, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike L

You mentioned A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson. I would say any of Bill Bryson's travel books. They are all hilarious.

Mike

My current favorite is "I'm a Stranger Here Myself". I giggled and guffawed my way through it.

12-21-2012, 07:29 PM	#17
Geralt Witcher Posts: 933 Karma: 7321117 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swamp. Slaying Drowners. Device: Kindle PW2	by Justin Halpern I laughed so much I got my boyfriend interested enough for him to read it. He did, and he laughed so much he woke me up several times His other book I Suck at Girls I tried and it wasn't funny at all, had to drop it. Last edited by Geralt; 12-21-2012 at 07:32 PM.

01-01-2013, 10:23 AM	#24
miklizro Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 532042 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cape Cod Device: Samsung Galaxy S3 running Aldiko and Kindle and Kindle 3 keyboard	I have a few favorites. Patrick McManus Love Bill Bryson, didn't care for Tina Fey but for sheer hilarity, favorite book from last year was Jenny Lawson's autobiography. http://thebloggess.com/lets-pretend-...y-true-memoir/

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12-21-2012, 11:50 AM	#16
crash1211 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 500 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Houma, Louisiana Device: Sony PRS-600, Entourage Edge, Nook Simple Touch, iPad2, Kindle 4	If you are an outdoorsman or enjoy that type of thing. Patrick F McManus has some very funny books filled with short stories. They are from articles he used to write in Field & Stream. Some of the stories would have me crying I would be laughing so hard.

12-22-2012, 08:48 AM	#18
Coops Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 77756 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Kindle Oasis, Sony T3 backup	Wodehouse is of course genius... Douglas Adams died unfortunately after finally creating the perfect character for his writing... Dirk Gently, the Holistic Detective and the follow up, 'The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'. Lovely funny stuff... "It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport." Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of ugliness that can only be the result of a special effort. This ugliness arises because airports are full of people who are tired, cross, and have just discovered that their luggage has landed in Murmansk (Murmansk airport is the only exception of this otherwise infallible rule), and architects have on the whole tried to reflect this in their designs."

12-22-2012, 07:10 PM	#19
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,132 Karma: 89858112 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	Mash by Richard Hooker. He also wrote a sequel Mash Goes to Maine. Apache

12-23-2012, 02:27 PM	#20
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

12-24-2012, 04:45 PM	#22
HoopyFrood Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 1005064 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Missouri Device: Cruz e-reader, 2 Kindles and a Kindle DX, Sanza Clip	Some of Jean Shepherd's short stories are pretty funny. He wrote the short story that the film "A Christmas Story" is based on. There are several compilations.

12-24-2012, 07:33 PM	#23
manou Grand Seamstress Posts: 64 Karma: 1001374 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hong Kong Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G, iPhone, iPad	Reading anything by Tom Sharpe never fails to make me laugh out loud.