To ask for funny books...

[paintedfences]

Properly hilarious witty ones that have made you laugh out loud

1. that aren't P.G. Wodehouse (got lots of him

[JohnCusacksWife]

Tom Sharpe? Very black but very funny.

[crumpeteer]

The mortdecai book? Don't know how written it.

[AnyoneforTurps]

Cold Comfort Farm
Scoop
My Family & Other Animals

[crumpeteer]

-who has I meant of course

[paintedfences]

JohnCusacksWife Oh man I forgot about Tom Sharpe! I remember the exploding ostriches in one of his books just cracked me up.

[AnyoneforTurps]

Oh and Three Men & A Boat and its sequel, Three Men on the Bummel (not what it sounds…)

The Pursuit of Love

[RuggerHug]

Dead Organised - Audrey Corr. HOWLED laughing at this years ago and still go back when I need a giggle

[RubbishRobotFromTheDawnOfTime]

I thought of Tom Sharpe straight away, so I second that recommendation. Can't think of any others but if I do I'll let you know!

[ImperialBlether]

Try Fiona Jane Collins - very funny novels. She's a Mumsnetter, too!

[TSSDNCOP]

Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson

[BrokeAndBad]

Anything by Ben Elton - funny and thought provoking too

[Zillie77]

The Internet Is A Playground, by David Thorne.

Also, anything by David Sedaris!

[GoooRooo]

e by Matt Beaumont

[BoyFromTheBigBadCity]

Lake woebegone days, garrison kill or (sp?)

The rosie project, gray

I second bill bryson but his earlier stuff.

[SaucyJack]

I like Marian Keyes for when I need to comfort read.

[Zillie77]

I am nearly 50 and I still love the Tintin series by Herge, wonderful drawings, very diverting.

[AnneSansTete]

I found the dialogue in 'love, etc' by Julian Barnes very funny. Also more recently read 'We are all completely beside ourselves' which was very funny and moving at the same time.

Ooh, and the new Louis de Bernieres book 'Dust that falls from dreams' is Wodehouse esque. Although sad and shocking too.

[Dismalfuckers]

The Trials of Tiffany Trott

[paintedfences]

Ooh definitely not a Ben Elton fan I'm afraid. Really don't think he's funny at all! Bill Bryson's good but have read a lot of his stuff and looking for fiction really - sorry, should have specified.

Marian Keyes is good but have read most of hers - sorry, I'm being awkward now.

[Shoppingwithmother]

Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

[ThreeQuartersEmpty]

I immediately thought of The Throwback by Tom Sharpe. Proper laugh out loud funny. Must read it again actually, loads of my books got lost in house move, so will have to get it on iBooks.
Looking forward to other suggestions too.

[Ilovetorrentialrain]

Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend. For a real treat read all of the A. Mole books in order. Absolutely medicinal in how fantastic they are. Laugh out long funny.

[AlpacaPicnic]

The 100 year old man that jumped out of a window and disappeared. It did the rounds of our staff room and everyone laughed out loud...

[PuntasticUsername]

Anything by Tom Holt. Quite Pratchettian and very good.

[Ilovetorrentialrain]

I should add I'm assuming you're avoiding anything challenging in any way, just funny? Adrian Mole is just the antidote to pretty much anything!

I also love Viz but that's a comic and not to everyone's taste I know.