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To ask for funny books...

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paintedfences · 30/07/2015 20:39

Properly hilarious witty ones that have made you laugh out loud

  1. that aren't P.G. Wodehouse (got lots of him
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JohnCusacksWife · 30/07/2015 20:41

Tom Sharpe? Very black but very funny.

crumpeteer · 30/07/2015 20:42

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

AnyoneforTurps · 30/07/2015 20:43

Cold Comfort Farm
Scoop
My Family & Other Animals

crumpeteer · 30/07/2015 20:44

-who has I meant of course

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paintedfences · 30/07/2015 20:45

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

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AnyoneforTurps · 30/07/2015 20:46

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

The Pursuit of Love

RuggerHug · 30/07/2015 20:47

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

RubbishRobotFromTheDawnOfTime · 30/07/2015 20:47

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 · 30/07/2015 20:48

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

TSSDNCOP · 30/07/2015 20:50

Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson

BrokeAndBad · 30/07/2015 20:50

Anything by Ben Elton - funny and thought provoking too Smile

Zillie77 · 30/07/2015 20:52

The Internet Is A Playground, by David Thorne.

Also, anything by David Sedaris!

GoooRooo · 30/07/2015 20:53

e by Matt Beaumont

BoyFromTheBigBadCity · 30/07/2015 20:53

Lake woebegone days, garrison kill or (sp?)

The rosie project, gray

I second bill bryson but his earlier stuff.

SaucyJack · 30/07/2015 20:53

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

Zillie77 · 30/07/2015 20:54

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

AnneSansTete · 30/07/2015 20:54

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 · 30/07/2015 20:56

The Trials of Tiffany Trott

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paintedfences · 30/07/2015 20:59

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. Grin

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Shoppingwithmother · 30/07/2015 21:00

Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

ThreeQuartersEmpty · 30/07/2015 21:00

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 · 30/07/2015 21:01

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 · 30/07/2015 21:02

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 · 30/07/2015 21:03

Anything by Tom Holt. Quite Pratchettian and very good.

Ilovetorrentialrain · 30/07/2015 21:03

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.