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Recommend a laugh out loud read!

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danahnahnahnah · 19/04/2019 04:30

I am in need of a good laugh!

Any good suggestions for a funny book?

I recently read 'This is Going to Hurt' which was fab! But need a new recommended read...

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Petalflowers · 19/04/2019 04:51

book

Just read the first of this series. It was fairly light hearted and fun. May not be laugh out loud, but enjoyable.

Fridakahlofan · 19/04/2019 04:58

Porterhouse blue by Tom sharpe

DownUdderer · 19/04/2019 05:43

I like Janet evanovich’s ‘one for the money’ and all the following books. I find they can make me laugh.

AbsolCatly · 19/04/2019 05:54

Just started reading Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of Saint Mary's and am recommending them to everyone

NW2SW · 19/04/2019 06:21

Oranges are not the only fruit. It's quite a sad storyline but the main character has a way with word and a dark sense of humour that had me chortling on the train.

Alltheprettyseahorses · 19/04/2019 22:53

3 books have had me laughing loudly while reading them on public transport:
Men At Arms by Terry Pratchett
The Sound of Laughter by Peter Kay
Open the Cage, Murphy! by Paul O'Grady

Cismyfatarse1 · 19/04/2019 22:55

Anything by Alexander McCall Smith.

Ivegotthree · 19/04/2019 22:56

YY to Tom Sharpe

Tinseltrauma · 20/04/2019 22:23

The Tent, the bucket and me . Really funny!

Bittern11 · 20/04/2019 22:27

Anything by Bill Bryson - his older books. Notes from a small island, a walk in the woods etc. Fab!

Also www.amazon.co.uk/Cruise-Ship-SOS-Life-Saving-Adventures-ebook/dp/B004GKMUKS?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Thirtyrock39 · 20/04/2019 22:50

The Rosie project made me laugh out loud

Bittern11 · 21/04/2019 00:43

So funny - I couldn't stand the Rosie Project. Couldn't finish it.

drigon · 21/04/2019 00:55

It's very old, but I love Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. Really daft humour and slapstick bits. It's a post-war book, but extremely funny.

drigon · 21/04/2019 00:56

Adrian Mole books always guaranteed a good laugh too.

drigon · 21/04/2019 00:57

The one with him living in a warehouse apartment with the swans outside is very good.

Tunt · 21/04/2019 00:59

Nina Stibbe really makes me laugh. Love, Nina is fab but her novels really make me belly laugh.

drigon · 21/04/2019 01:01

It's Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004)

BluntAndToThePoint · 21/04/2019 01:19

I second the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. They've had me cackling to myself like a madwoman on the plane a fair few times.

pinkginplease · 21/04/2019 01:28

This is going to hurt by Adam Kay
I second the Adrian mole books also my 11 year old son is now reading them which gives me such joy they are amazing!

Time40 · 21/04/2019 01:31

Diary of a Provincial Lady

Cold Comfort Farm

The Mapp and Lucia books

(all 1930s, but still hilarious)

Dontfuckingsaycheese · 21/04/2019 01:32

Starter for Ten had me guffawing 😉

Tolleshunt · 21/04/2019 02:06

David Lodge books, especially 'Therapy'.

HaroldsSocalledBluetits · 21/04/2019 02:38

Diary of a nobody

The collector collector

Three men in a boat

1066 and all that

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danahnahnahnah · 22/04/2019 04:34

Wow loads of great suggestions! Thank you.
I'll get my kindle on charge ready!

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AzraiL · 22/04/2019 04:42

The Adrain Mole books.
Anything written by Douglas Adams.

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