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What was the last book that made you laugh out loud whilst reading?

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StupidBloodyKindle · 14/07/2015 23:41

Hello

I am feeling a bit down and could do with a literary pick-me-up.
I can read anything in terms of genre and black humour also fine.
I have read lots of David Sedaris.
I tried both Tina Fey and Amy Poeler's autobiogs but did not like the snippets enough to buy them, was that an error?
Read 'Dad is fat' but not that impressed, his stand up is better.
Also read Josh Ferris.
Chick lit, enjoyed My life on a plate and Mad about the boyBlush but less impressed with Jojo whatserface or Marian Keye's latest.
Found bits of After Birth darkly funny although not everyone would agree.

So, what was the last book you read where you belly laughed?
FlowersCake thanks in advance xx

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lisa2104 · 22/08/2015 18:00

I know this will sound like I'm taking the mick but every Adrian Mole book has me in stitches no matter how many times I read them.
More recently The Rosie Project was a really funny read.

hackmum · 08/08/2015 13:07

Years and years ago I sat opposite a man on a train who was absolutely helpless with laughter. He was reading Wilt by Tom Sharpe.

(I've since read Wilt, and the opening pages are very funny, but my memory is that it loses momentum after that.)

NeedSpeed · 08/08/2015 02:06

Marking place. Some promising suggestions

OhSoggyBiscuit · 08/08/2015 01:38

The book adaptation of An Idiot Abroad. Funny in TV show form, hilarious in book form!

UptoapointLordCopper · 05/08/2015 20:15

Oddly enough I'm reading a Martin Beck book "The Terrorists" and it's making me laugh. Hmm But it is funny.

hackmum · 05/08/2015 08:31

I read The Year of Reading Dangerously at the weekend - I wouldn't describe it as laugh-out-loud funny but it's a very enjoyable read.

Anilec · 04/08/2015 22:53

Bill Bryson is one of those authors that I cannot read on public transport. I remember having to bury my head in the book of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid with shoulders heaving - the closest I've ever got in my life to public hysteria. A Walk in the Woods is another classic.

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 04/08/2015 02:41

I do love Bill Bryson too though!

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 04/08/2015 02:41

I'm afraid I am not going to be much help because mine is Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy which DD2 and I read together recently - it was like reading it for the first time all over again Smile

RitaKiaOra · 04/08/2015 02:34

Bumping for a fellow insomniac!

BothEndsBurning · 28/07/2015 23:05

My favourite Bill Bryson is the European tour, 'Neither Here Nor There', I pmsl so many times. Like the bit when he is trying to book a hotel room in Amsterdam, so funny.

Chillywhippet · 28/07/2015 21:39

Sorry OP I know you said you're not a big Bill Bryson fan but for those that are I really enjoyed his "a Walk in the Woods" the story of him and his friend walking the Appulacian Trail at 45. I laughed out loud loads lying by the pool in the shade on holiday

Galaxymum · 28/07/2015 21:31

Another vote for Andy Miller's Year of Reading Dangerously. Very funny and thoughtful. I felt a new love for being a reader after.

ifgrandmahadawilly · 28/07/2015 19:59

I meant anything BY Augusten Burroughs.

ifgrandmahadawilly · 28/07/2015 19:59

"Tabloid" by Sharon Marshall is hilarious. She's the woman who turns up on daytime TV giving the news from the 'SOAPS'. She used to be a journalist and "Tabloid" is her tell all book.

I also find anything but Augusten Burrows pretty funny.

TheSteveMilliband · 28/07/2015 19:51

That should be Toity Jar. Doidy cups are slanty cups for babies (though could never use one without thinking of the Toity jar. Ours didn't get used much...)

TheSteveMilliband · 28/07/2015 19:29

A bit late to this thread but if you want a funny easy read, anything by Chelsea handler is great. The Life and Times of a thunderbolt kid (Bill Bryson) is good too you'll find out what a "doidy cup" is - hilarious. An old one but lovely is Harpo Speaks - cowritten by Harpo Marx, a really warm, funny man

HazleNutt · 28/07/2015 15:07

The Naughty Girl's Guide To Life

QforCucumber · 28/07/2015 14:56

Jon Richardson (the comedian) 1st book, can't for the life of me remember it's name but loved it!

whoreandpeace · 28/07/2015 14:50

Two books that had me trying to stifle my chortles whilst reading in bed whilst DH was trying to sleep were two autobiogs actually:

How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran
My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding

Albaalba · 27/07/2015 23:18

Stephen Fry's The Liar is hilarious in places, especially the committee meeting scene. All Christopher Brookmyre's early novels are funny and black humour and farcical.

tormentil · 27/07/2015 17:33

David Nobbs: The Complete Pratt.

It's a trilogy, I read it years ago and remember it as being very funny

PolyesterBride · 26/07/2015 22:55

I read The Hell of it all by Charlie Brooker in the radiotherapy waiting room every day for 2 weeks and laughed out loud so many times that the other patients asked me about it and one of them said she would get it for her kindle. Not fiction though if that's what you're looking for.

thunderbird69 · 24/07/2015 16:29

Just read A Man Called Ove - it's not laughs all the way but there were bits that made me chuckle and I had to read them out to family members

AnneOfAramis · 24/07/2015 11:12

Oh sorry, I really should have read the OP first Blush I was just so excited to share. If you have been feeling down then don't read it. But, do read it eventually. Grin