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Can anyone recommend me some really funny books?

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Pinkkahori · 21/12/2016 23:55

I was thinking today that it has been a while since I read anything that really made me laugh.

I love PG Wodehouse and also find some Bill Bryson books very funny.

Diary of a Nobody is probably one of my favourite funny books. I also love Evelyn Waugh Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies.

Has anyone any suggestions?

Thanks

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Blondie1984 · 22/12/2016 00:12

Watching the English

Booksellerswar · 22/12/2016 00:11

Three men in a boat by Jerome K Jerome - hilarious

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 22/12/2016 00:10

The Gerald Durrell ones (the Corfu Trilogy in particular). James Herriot is similar.

I also found Peter Kay's autobiography very funny the first time I read it.

DeepAndCrispAndEvenTheWind · 22/12/2016 00:09

Stephen Fry?

The Liar is funny, and Paperweight, a collection of columns

annandale · 22/12/2016 00:08

Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield
How Far Can You Go by David Lodge

DeepAndCrispAndEvenTheWind · 22/12/2016 00:08

It's bittersweet, but Time For Bed by David Baddiel has some hilarious bits.

annandale · 22/12/2016 00:05

French Revolutions by Tim Moore
The Egg and I, The Plague and I and Anybody can do Anything by Betty Macdonald
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford