Funny books Page 2

Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ June 16 2011, 10:13 PM BST

Actually, I just remembered that the funny books I read are generally comics, having trawled through my 160 book profile on GoodReads...

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is it silly of me thought to feel a bit embarrassed to be reading comics at work?

im 38!

people can be arses!

Quote: sootyj @ June 16 2011, 10:17 PM BST

Ooh good choice.

One of the few booksthat's made me explode with laughter

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£2.55 well spent then

Quote: lofthouse @ June 16 2011, 10:18 PM BST

people can be arses!

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Terry Pratchett and Tom Holt are prolific and reasonably reliable if comic fantasy is your thing. If you like your comedy seasoned with solid historical research try Holt's novels about ancient Greece or George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman series.

Quote: lofthouse @ June 16 2011, 10:19 PM BST

is it silly of me thought to feel a bit embarrassed to be reading comics at work?

im 38!

people can be arses!

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Terry Jones' books are usually very funny. My mum read "Trouble On The Heath" in about 20 minutes the other day and really enjoyed it. I read his fairytale type things as a kid, too, and loved them though probably missed a lot of the jokes.

And I'm a 19 year old girl. If anyone is going to get hassle, of one kind or another, for reading comics it's probably me.

Terry Pratchett another good choice.

I'd start with "Guards Guards Guards"

It's one of the most accessible and it's a good door to the back story.

Tom Holt but he's somehow a little bit cold for me.

I can't stand fantasy stuff.

Obviously Douglas Adams books are very funny, but you'll have read them already I expect.

The Complete McAuslan by George Macdonald Fraser (he of Flashman fame - which are also funny)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-McAuslan-George-MacDonald-Fraser/dp/0006513719/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308259838&sr=1-3

A semi autobiographical account of the authors time in a Highland regiment. Not only is it extremly funny, it is as you would expect from GMF, beautifully written.

I will give you a money back guarentee. If you buy this and don't love it I will refund you the money myself!

A completly different read but Peter Kay's first autobiography is a laugh out loud hoot.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sound-Laughter-Peter-Kay/dp/009950555X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

Hey! ive got both Peter Kays books! Im from Bolton - they are like the Bible to us.

this looks good-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1843171694/ref=s9_ri_bw_ir01?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-8&pf_rd_r=1VN3V4Z5PKRMZKER1J5A&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=40835927&pf_rd_i=89

Not bad they get a bit tired towards the end

Quote: Will Cam @ June 16 2011, 10:34 PM BST

The Complete McAuslan by George Macdonald Fraser

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Endorsed.

Complete Prose by Woody Allen and also Flight from Deathrow by Harry Hill are two books that regularly had me pissing myself laughing on public transport.

I also enjoy the Charlie Brooker books that are compilations of his Guardian articles.

I found Dawn of the Dumb a bit mediocre tbh

Woody Allen rules though

will check that out

Evelyn Waugh's early books 'Decline And Fall' (about a crappy little public school) and 'Scoop' (about a crappy big newspaper), a little dated but still funny. Short, readable gems.

Cheers OR

P.S. can you recommend any good Hancock books? was thinking of buying this ;