Funny books

[Joe Buck]

Off to Greece for couple of weeks next week and wondering if anyone can recommend a good light hearted,humorous books. Think we need cheering up after a few weeks of reading the bitterness of the exchanges from some on this forum.

[TheOriginalLongsider]

Driving over lemons

[Jambounchained]

Would certainly recommend the Alan Partridge books, if that’s your thing!

[piston broke]

Bill Bryson. The Road To Little Dribbling.
His second tour of England book after Notes On A Small Island.

[Marney&Mee]

Pies and prejudice by Stuart Maconie

[Joe Buck]

Driving over lemons

Read that a few years ago and enjoyed it. Wasn’t it written by an ex member of a famous rock group

[Dougall]

Catch 22
Anything by Terry Pratchett!

[dsr]

The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared; or The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden. Both by the same Norwegian author whose name I can't remember. (Nothing at all to do with the Girl with the Dragon tattoo.)

[Hendrickxz]

Round Ireland with a Fridge. It's fairly old but if you haven't read it worth a look. Especially if you have ever been over there.

[Fretters]

I definitely recommend Yes Man. Not only is Danny Wallace brilliantly funny, it changed my life as it made me think differently about opportunities. It's far better than the film, before anyone asks.

[Foshiznik]

Alot of big words in it but I have been reading The Secret Barrister.

[Bullabill]

Not another book about coffee?

[dsr]

Not another book about coffee?

On the same lines as "The Quiet Americano" and "Murder on the Orient Espresso"?

[JohnMac]

Depending on how old you are Spike Milligan's series surrounding World War 2 are hilarious, sad and tragic but without being too deep.

[Croydon Claret]

Round Ireland with a Fridge. It's fairly old but if you haven't read it worth a look. Especially if you have ever been over there.

Was just about to post the same.

Excellent light hearted book

[MrTopTier]

Two books I would heartily recommend are
This is going to hurt by Adam Kay and We had some laughs by Dan Waddell.

[starting_11]

Bill Bryson. The Road To Little Dribbling.
His second tour of England book after Notes On A Small Island.

Ugh, really?

I found the first paragraph funny about the parking barrier and that was it.

I found it a half arsed, can't be arsed to go more than 30 miles from my home in London, insult to the first one.

Notes from a small island I would thoroughly recommend.

[piston broke]

I found it a half arsed, can't be arsed to go more than 30 miles from my home in London, insult to the first one.

Don’t get you. He travels all over.

[starting_11]

He doesn't.

Re-read it

[piston broke]

Pies and prejudice by Stuart Maconie

Horses for courses. My daughter passed this on to me a while back. I’ve read the first chapter twice, Beautiful South, and gave up to it. On your recommendation I tried again but skipped chapter 1. I still haven’t found a smile in it.
I told the daughter and she says “I didn’t like it but I thought you might”. Ah well!

[TheOriginalLongsider]

Read that a few years ago and enjoyed it. Wasn’t it written by an ex member of a famous rock group

Chris Stewart. He was in Genesis before they were famous. If you liked that book then he has done a few more since

[Mondsley]

A Good man in Africa by William Boyd.

[peter_nobles_fringe]

Again depending on how old you are "the moons a balloon" David Nivens account of his life and relationships in the film world is a very good read his experiences with Errol Flynn were hilarious.

[Exsus]

Why Me ?
Neil Forsyth.
"The very important emails of Bob Servant".
Just reading this for the second time, makes me "laugh out loud"

[Bullabill]

Depending on how old you are Spike Milligan's series surrounding World War 2 are hilarious, sad and tragic but without being too deep.

Yep, 'Hitler, my part in his downfall' had me in stitches.

[eastanglianclaret]

Some good recommendations here too :
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=82110

[Ptangyangkipperbang]

Although wrote in the 1800s I never see Diary of a Nobody on these threads so I will add that

[Stalbansclaret]

Round Ireland with a Fridge. It's fairly old but if you haven't read it worth a look. Especially if you have ever been over there.

Agree this is good as his another book by Tony Hawkes, Playing the Moldovans at tennis.

[Stalbansclaret]

You can’t go wrong with the classics :
Three men in a boat by Jerome K Jerome
Most things by PG Wodehouse especially the Jeeves books

[Goalkeeper]

Once again I will mention A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Laugh out loud funny.

[ecc]

A Good man in Africa by William Boyd.

Great call. Read that in a former life and loved it.

Although it doesn't read well from a PC point of view, Evelyn Waugh's "Scoop" also about Africa is an excellent comedy.

[Mayoclaret]

Just read "The Accidental Soldier" by Owain Mulligan. Described as "A non-fiction Catch 22". A very funny read.

[Croydon Claret]

Round Ireland with a Fridge. It's fairly old but if you haven't read it worth a look. Especially if you have ever been over there.

Was just about to recommend the same book. This one's a classic

[theboydonegood]

Hitler was my mother-in-law...... Les Dawson..

[billyhamilton82]

If you've got audible I can highly recommend Only Fools and Horses - first 16 episodes package.

Translates extremely well as a listen, and would probably have worked as a radio show as well.

If you listen at work, bear in mind you will be constantly laughing out loud.