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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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TooManyChislers · 16/05/2010 16:22

William Sutcliffe. His early stuff

MadamDeathstare · 16/05/2010 16:21

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Takver · 16/05/2010 16:18

Yes again to Three Men in a Boat - and possibly Three Men on the Bummel even more so.

Quite a few bits of Georgette Heyer esp Devil's Cub and These Old Shades

Snorbs · 16/05/2010 12:06

Mil Millington's latest "Instructions for Living Someone Else's Life" had me laughing out loud quite a few times, as well as an awful lot of sniggering.

RedCharityBonney · 16/05/2010 11:44

Three Men in a Boat - here too, but attempted re-read as an adult and ... not so much.

Wolf Hall, surprisingly, had a lot of laughs in it.

I lolled at some bits in Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man (Fanny Flagg) and ditto to some bits in a Rachel Cusk one the name of which escapes me. Character spends time minding/tutoring a disabled youth ... there's a car driving bit which made me roar.

hocuspontas · 16/05/2010 10:47

Ooh yes. Lots of Bill Bryson's books have loud sniggering stuff in them

hocuspontas · 16/05/2010 10:46

I still remember not being able to breathe for laughing the first time I read about J and the cheese (Three Men in a Boat). Must read again

ZacharyQuack · 16/05/2010 10:43

Neither here nor there - Bill Bryson

The first few Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series

DameGladys · 16/05/2010 10:42

Oh yes, Diary of a Nobody - George and Weedon Grossmith

LowLevelWhinging · 16/05/2010 10:42

Unreliable memoirs - Clive James

Admittedly I was 16ish, but still, the only other reading matter that has made me laugh out loud is MN

DameGladys · 16/05/2010 10:42

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis

Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome