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Which books made you laugh out loud?

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Sonilaa · 16/05/2010 10:40

  • Water method man - John Irving
  • The Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His Business -
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porkchops · 06/12/2010 00:42

Talk of the Town by Ardal O'Hanlon. I wept uncontrollably with laughter through the first half. Second half was a wee bit darker.

detachandtrustyourself · 05/12/2010 10:26

diary of a wimpy kid even

detachandtrustyourself · 05/12/2010 10:25

Adrian Mole, all of them
Diary if a wimpy kid series
The Charlie and lola book by Lauren child which is about not wanting to share. At the end Lola says "You can share my peas Charlie. I don't like peas".
Do not read any Further, Do not read or else and other one in series by Pat Moon.
Mrs Murphy Hires a Cleaner by Kath Kincaid, very funny, lovely happy ending, all lose ends tied up. IMO would be good film or series for TV.

LucyPerring · 05/12/2010 10:20

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Jux · 05/12/2010 10:19

Cold Comfort Farm

Jasper Fforde

Some Terry Pratchett

Dexterrocks · 05/12/2010 10:11

"A Tale Etched In Blood And Hard Black Pencil" - Christopher Brookmyre

CS7 · 05/12/2010 10:10

Michael McIntyre - live and laughing
I laughed from page 1 to the end.

detachandtrustyourself · 05/12/2010 10:05

Mrs Murphy hires a cleaner by Kath Kincaid.

Agree about Tom Sharpe gailforce

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mrsmillsfanclub · 03/12/2010 22:34

I second Deric Longden autobiographies-especially when talking about his mum.

gailforce1 · 03/12/2010 20:57

Tom Sharpe - was reading on a plane and Snorting with laughter - cue man sitting next to me giving some very quizzical looks!

GotArt · 03/12/2010 20:56

The Peculiar Memoirs of Owen Meany, John Irving.

Anything by Christopher Moore; especially Lamb; A Gospel According Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Very funny.

2bubs4me · 03/12/2010 20:42

oooh and

I Heart New York by Lindsey Kelk

2bubs4me · 03/12/2010 20:42

How to Kill Your Husband by Kathy Lette

MistletoeAndWhineWithMe · 03/12/2010 19:48

Adrian Mole.

purplefeet · 03/12/2010 19:47

A Cat Called Birmingham - Chris Pascoe

cyteen · 26/05/2010 15:48

Everything I've read of Tim Moore's. Frost On My Moustache in particular still makes me practically puke from laughing too hard, and I must have read it ten times.

The White Boy Shuffle, by Paul Beatty.

Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady - Florence King.

Mondayschild · 25/05/2010 22:44

Billy Liar on the Moon - Keith Waterhouse. Also all of the Adrian Mole books when I was younger.

CDMforever · 25/05/2010 20:37

A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz - one of my recent bestest reads.

BooToYouToo · 25/05/2010 14:55

The tent, the bucket and me by Emma Kennedy -confirms exactly why I shall never go camping

Behind the scenes at the museum by Kate Atkinson - my favourite book ever, a true original

And of course Bill B, esp. Notes from a Small Island when he arrives in UK and encounters Mrs Smegma and her grotty B&B

seeker · 24/05/2010 22:42

PG Wodehouse
James Herriot
Cold Comfort Farm
Molesworth
Mr Gum
Cressida Cowell

cereza · 24/05/2010 22:37

the girl with dragon tattoo - stieg larssen
it was so bad it was hilarious

JeffVadar · 24/05/2010 12:25

Bill Bryson definitely, also Roddy Doyle (who wrote the Committments).

A weird book called the Restraint of Beasts has some very funny scenes too.

crabb · 19/05/2010 08:18

The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow by AJ McKinnon. Haven't laughed so much in decades.

ParanoidAtAllTimes · 18/05/2010 21:38

Anything by Bill Bryson. Recently- dear fatty by Dawn French