Can anyone recommend any seriously funny reads please?

[JuanPotatoTwo]

I've recently read The Wimbledon Poisoner by Nigel Williams which I thought was very funny. I'd forgotten quite how satisfying a book that can make you laugh out loud could be, so on the back of The Wimbledon Poisoner I read two other books by the same author but found them a bit disappointing.

Have you read anything properly funny that you would recommend? TIA?

The last thing I giggled at was 50 shades of Mr Darcy. It may be a bit niche, as you have to be aware of both Pride and Prejudice and 50 shades of shit grey to fully appreciate it.

Warning though it is very silly, but just the sort of sarcastic sillyness I appreciated in a bit of light reading.

The Van by Roddy Doyle.

Second Time for Bed by David Baddiel which is laugh out loud brilliant. I've lost three copies of that book from lending it out.

Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpen is very good. All about his dad who is a bit of a "character".

Three men in a boat by Jerome K Jerome alwaysl makes me laugh.
Scruffy by Paul Gallico has a few laugh out loud parts in it along with lots of smiles.
Who was Oswald Fish by A.N. Wilson is another one I read from time to time when I need a laugh.
I agree with others above that David Lodge is also good fun.

God it's dangerous owning a kindle (App). It doesn't feel like you're spending money, and before you know it, you've spent a fortune! Thank you for so many suggestions - have bought loads one or two.

Bossypants by Tina Fey - kind of autobiograpy and rant. LOL funny

Three Men in a Boat is excellent.

Diary of a Nobody is an absolute classic.

And although Kingsley Amis was a dreadful old misogynist, some scenes in Lucky Jim still have me laughing out loud.

In non-fiction, Don't Tell Mum, a collection of RL emails sent home by gap-year travellers, is fun to dip into, especially if you have kids that age and can imagine receiving similarly gormless accounts of their adventures.

Was also going to suggest David Sedaris.

highland my dd is currently in Thailand, going on to NZ and Australia. Not sure if I want to read that book or not. :)

Quasi velvet shoes :) Think I wanted that as a user name, but some c*nt got there first.

My favourite Bill Bryson is Neither Here nor There - it's only the second book he published, but it's laugh out loud funny. It's about a tour he makes around Europe, and is full of deplorable national stereotypes but what can I say? It's hilarious.

Place marking - great suggestions

A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again by David Foster Wallace. The essay about holidaying on a cruise ship made me howl.

Time for Bed by David Baddiel

A third vote for Jasper Fforde. And there's always P. G. Wodehouse.

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina lempicka (sp?)

sadly her other books aren't quite as good, but this one is great.

Don't bother with the Woman who went to bed for a year. Really not funny.

E is very funny, some of the Falco books have laugh out loud moments and actually so do a lot of the Patrick O'Brien Aubrey/Maturin books. It's very 18th century humour though (though written in the 20th!) you have to keep a good look out for it.

The sequel Three Men on the Bummel is even funnier than Three Men in a Boat IMO - the fire hydrant scene + the lost newlywed both get me every time

Bill Bryson's memoir Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is really funny. It is also refreshing to read a memoir by an author who really likes his parents.

I see someone else already suggested Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh -
also by him perhaps A Handful of Dust and Scoop

Yes, Lucky Jim is hilarious and I've always enjoyed the Adrian Mole books.

I really like the Rivers of London series, very funny and an easy read

Another voice for David Sedaris, esp. Me Talk Pretty one Day.

ALSO Tim Moore, especially French Revolutions - doesn't matter if you're not into cycling, but for anyone with even a passing familiarity with France it's howlingly funny.

The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy. Dangerously funny.

Read Scoop again recently - just brilliant.

Black marker on the Noddy hats :)