5 Reasons It’s Impossible to Find Funny Books

[Lutraa]

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

Try " Some Experiences of an Irish RM" - you might have to talk yerself into a used copy from Amazon, but you'll never regret it, bejaysus......

Hopefully.....

Free courtesy of Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34630

I love Somerville & Ross's books, but they might not appeal to the average 'Murican.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by covingtoncat73

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As far as authors who can make me laugh out loud, Christopher Moore and Carl Hiaasen come to mind.

I agree about these two. Some of there books have had me in tears. The fiorst time I read Blood Sucking Fiends a Love Story, my wife thought I was nuts. I was constantly laughing while I read the book. I convinced her to read it and had my revenge when she had the same reaction.
Apache

[covingtoncat73]

Originally Posted by Apache

I agree about these two. Some of there books have had me in tears. The first time I read Blood Sucking Fiends a Love Story, my wife thought I was nuts. I was constantly laughing while I read the book. I convinced her to read it and had my revenge when she had the same reaction.
Apache

I love that. Also, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens: the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch is a book I find hilarious. The late, great Douglas Adams, too.

[The Old Man]

Rhubarb by H. Allen Smith. Not in ebooks. Read it many years ago in paperback and remember I laughed a lot. The movie that was made from the book is okay but not great.

[Solitaire1]

Two series I will mention are:

The Myth Adventures Series by Robert Asprin. I had the first book in my too be read pile for months, then one afternoon decided to read it. It turned out to be one of the funniest books I'd read in a long time.

"A Series Of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket. Not a laugh-out-loud type of series, but still very funny.

[ccowie]

I chuckle when reading lots of books. I'm currently reading an Alan Bradley mystery and I always chuckle at Flavia DeLuce.

The one author that always makes me actually laugh out loud is Douglas Coupland. In particular, Jpod and All Families Are Psychotic. Two brilliant books that have something to say, but are also very funny.

[Lin2412]

Originally Posted by HappyMartin

To me it's like saying "5 reasons there are no people in New York". I find lots of funny books. I mean, how subjective is humor. No way you can legislate what is funny.

I have a tendency to be cynical so I don't often find funny books hilarious all the time. It's a precious gem to find them, but they do exist. At least for me too. I just bought "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" a month ago and that was seriously a laugh out loud book. The best thing about it is the first time you at least try to criticize it, the author already calls you out for it. The self-deprecating humor works.

The only way stand up comedies/movies work is because the details that you notice add to the whole attempt to tickle your funny bone. In books, you only have the description and the rest is up to your imagination.

[Ninjalawyer]

I totally agree with this article. But I would add one more item: comedy is so subjective, it's hard to even go by the recommendations of others.

The author of this Cracked article really likes Douglas Adams (so do I!), but also loved Moore's Lamb, which I don't think even caused me to crack a smile while reading. Same thing with A Confederacy of Dunces, the author of this piece loved it but I found it full of bland slapstick and fart jokes that I would have rolled my eyes at in junior high. This isn't because Lamb and A Confederacy of Dunces are unfunny (and everyone who likes them is wrong), they're just not the type of funny that I find funny.