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Pithy, funny books - like This Is Going To Hurt

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AvocadosBeforeMortgages · 23/08/2018 19:14

Any recommendations? Something sharply written, funny and preferably available as an audio book so I can listen to it when long distance driving.

While I loved This Is Going To Hurt, it need not be medical!

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CramptonHodnet · 23/08/2018 21:00

I've heard good things about The Secret Barrister. Not sure if it will have much humour but think it will fit pithy category. I've heard a sample and the narrator sounds good too.

KERALA1 · 23/08/2018 21:02

He's a prat but how to lose friends and alienate people by Toby young made me laugh. I loved TIGTH

hackmum · 23/08/2018 21:10

The Secret Barrister is excellent, but really depressing. Unthinkable by Helen Thomson is a good, accessible non-fiction read.

Dottierichardson · 23/08/2018 22:31

Mark O'Connell's To be a machine is quite funny, in a deadpan way, also work by writers like David Sedaris.

Sadik · 24/08/2018 19:33

I enjoyed The Dark Net by Jamie Bartlett (all about the dark side of the internet) - very well read on audible, fascinating, and relatively light given the subject matter.

Troubleandstrifebagforlife · 30/08/2018 18:49

May contain nuts John o Farrell really funny

Cornishblues · 02/09/2018 20:25

Don’t know about audio version but Henry marsh’s do no harm is a brilliant non-fiction read and laugh out loud in places.

whingeyarse · 02/09/2018 20:26

David Sedaris

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