Books that made you laugh out loud?

[Mutts Nuts]

This for me, introduced to it by my brother who himself bought it at Victoria and laughed on the commuter train all the way back to Brighton. The Timewaster Letters: Amazon.co.uk: Robin Cooper: 9781843171089: Books

Tom Sharpe start with his 1st,his stories are great they are all hilarious also James Herriot again must be read in order of publication.

 

[ArcticBlue]

Another classic example of a book being far better than a film. Wilt, the book was superb. Wilt, the film was utter shite.

Agreed.

One of my favourite funny books is called Getting Rid of Mr Kitchen by Charlie Higson (fast show etc). Full of dark humour not jokes. A good story too.

Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen: Amazon.co.uk: Charlie Higson: Books

 

[Doc Lynam]

A paperback I found once called "The Next To Last Train Ride".

I lent it to someone else and never saw it again, got no idea who wrote it, it was about some bloke travelling around the USA, in search of his girlfriend.

At one stage he gets picked up by two happy hookers in the MidWest and gets freebies on tap.

Anybody know who wrote it?

Jeffery Archer?

 

[Doc Lynam]

There you go Binney on acid.

 

[clapham_gull]

I have never read a book as funny as this. I, Partridge We need to Talk About Alan, is simply a work of comedy genius that ties together the whole Alan Partridge story from the man himself. There is barely a paragraph that goes past that isn't funny.

I've been reading it while getting Youtube clips from the relevant shows as well. Can't recommend the book enough to anybody that has even had a passing interest in Partridge over the years.

Yes it's brilliant.

 

[16 bit 44.1]

Kill Your Friends by John Niven
Very funny - will strike an obvious chord if you have ever had anything to do with the music industry (particularly in the hedonistic days of the 90s) but thats definitely not a pre requisite to enjoying it.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Riotous Assembly is pant wetting funnily. Definitely start there and then move on to the Wilt series.

This exactly, especially Riotous Assembly

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Yep, Wilt and Riotous Assembly, Porterhouse Blue.

Just coming to the end of Riotous Assembly, very funny, took a while to really get to grips with the black humour and utter incompetence of the central characters, but some of the scenes are just ridiculously played out, you do indeed end up laughing out loud - I'd love to see a picture of the actual elephant gun Tom imagined that caused so much havoc. I'll certainly be adding some more Tom Sharpe to my list.

 

[Beach Hut]

This, some of his writing is so funny you just have to keep re-reading it. And 'Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid' is my favourite book ever.

That bit about the clock being set at the wrong time and the explosion in the house was probably the funniest written thing I have ever read in my life.

 

[element]

ALL of Tom Sharpes books

 

[Smirko]

Another vote for Tom Sharpe and Blott on the landscape esp.

Laugh out loud, tear enducing humour

 

[piersa]

Certain parts of Mr Nice made me laugh loudly which by all accounts is an acheivement according to people who know me.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

I can't believe there's been this many replies and no one has even mentioned P.G. Wodehouse - only the finest comic writer of all time!

(Code of the Woosters is my favourite!)

Exactly what I was going to say.

The Master.

Mind you, I bet most people on here won't have read any of his books - if so, you are in for a real treat.

And one from way back. The Henry Root Letters, especially the bit about Esther Rantzen.

 

[brakespear]

That bit about the clock being set at the wrong time and the explosion in the house was probably the funniest written thing I have ever read in my life.

Hah, yes, I'd forgotten about that, cracking piece of writing

 

[SussexHoop]

This for me, introduced to it by my brother who himself bought it at Victoria and laughed on the commuter train all the way back to Brighton. The Timewaster Letters: Amazon.co.uk: Robin Cooper: 9781843171089: Books

Thank you for this. Had a look at the sample on Amazon last night and had to stop after a few pages in case I woke my wife up. Bought it earlier tonight and have just spent the last hour almost crying with laughter.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Thank you for this. Had a look at the sample on Amazon last night and had to stop after a few pages in case I woke my wife up. Bought it earlier tonight and have just spent the last hour almost crying with laughter.

For those who don't know the book its a series of letters and responses. Little example below is part of a pitch letter to a London publishing house about a new children's book he (Robin Copper) has written. The basic story.

Catty knits a woolen world where speech is forbidden and children are forced to live in caves. The whole place is run by the evil Dr Finch. In the end Catty defeats Dr Finch by letting him suckle on her until he falls asleep. Catty then burns Dr Finch in front of the villagers.
The book publishers' response was "The image of the 'baddies' suckling on Catty is a slightly disturbing image, which I think would be unsuitable for a children's book"

Honestly the funniest book i've ever read. Pleased you liked it SussexHoop.

 

[catfish]

Exactly what I was going to say.

The Master.

Mind you, I bet most people on here won't have read any of his books - if so, you are in for a real treat.

And one from way back. The Henry Root Letters, especially the bit about Esther Rantzen.

The Wodehouse books are priceless and I'm gradually working my way through them. Managed to pick up three first editions but mostly they are very expensive & out of my price range.

 

[FamilyGuy]

Frank Skinner's autobiography

what he said!

 

[wallyback]

As previously mentioned, 'Unreliable Memoirs' caused me great embarrassment on a beach in Portugal in 1987 and I now adopt the Partridge/Ponder method of ordering/condiment gathering mentioned in 'I, Partridge'

Unreliable Memoirs - It has to be!

I remember reading this in a pack train coming back from London to Brighton. I found it so hard to stop myself from bursting out with laughter.