| Funniest book you’ve read. 19:21 - Oct 26 with 2821 views | Mick_S |
Cheers Bristol!
We’ve both mentioned Spike Milligan’s war memoirs. I’m a bookshop mug when I read “ the funniest” etc on the sleeve because they rarely are, but it’s too late as it’s in my bag. I think my favourite may be A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. He killed himself because initially people didn’t get his work and when they did it was a bit on the late side. [Post edited 26 Oct 19:23]
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 19:25 - Oct 26 with 1756 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Another Milligan vote.
"Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall".
Incredible, incredible talent. |  |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 19:30 - Oct 26 with 1742 views | MrSheen |
Martin Amis - Money
Philip Roth - Portnoy’s Complaint
Any of George Macdonald Fraser’s Flashman books.
Portnoy’s Complaint shades it. [Post edited 26 Oct 19:32]
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 19:33 - Oct 26 with 1715 views | Boston |
Only time I ever took a book with me when I was on the Underground, and the only time I ever laughed uncontrollably...thank you Spike Milligan. |  |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:03 - Oct 26 with 1622 views | Logman |
Roger's Profanisaurus
Compulsive reading. Should be in every Christmas stocking. [Post edited 26 Oct 20:03]
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:12 - Oct 26 with 1572 views | Mick_S |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 19:25 - Oct 26 by BrianMcCarthy |
Another Milligan vote.
"Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall".
Incredible, incredible talent. |
Definitely going back to this one, Brian. Must remember: don’t lend books to people, especially good ones. | |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:18 - Oct 26 with 1540 views | Konk |
Mate, that is my favourite book too! Heartbreaking that he didn't get to see its success. |  |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:18 - Oct 26 with 1539 views | scot1963 |
Trying to remember as there have been books that have made me laugh out loud but I don't think any of them are recent reads. Tom Sharpe - I read those a long time ago. The Flashman series of course and that was a long time ago as well. Maybe, from memory, the most recent was The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared. [Post edited 26 Oct 20:26]
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:40 - Oct 26 with 1454 views | enfieldargh |
Spike Milligan...Puckoon |  |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:54 - Oct 26 with 1402 views | DWQPR |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:18 - Oct 26 by scot1963 |
Trying to remember as there have been books that have made me laugh out loud but I don't think any of them are recent reads. Tom Sharpe - I read those a long time ago. The Flashman series of course and that was a long time ago as well. Maybe, from memory, the most recent was The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared. [Post edited 26 Oct 20:26]
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I started to read Tom Sharpe in the early nineties so I reckon it’s about time to revisit them. Recently bought Bob Mortimer’s first novel, The Satsuma Complex. If it is as funny as the man himself then I’ll more than enjoy it. | |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:02 - Oct 26 with 1384 views | dmm |
I too have read Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall and Puckoon, but way, way back when and loved them.
I've tried to think of other humorous books I've read and can't think of that many. Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island is amusing, as are the other books of his I've read.
There's an old paperback still on my bookshelf from years back called The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile. That was entertaining.
However, I listened to my first audiobook a month or so ago and that really was laugh out loud funny. Thatcher Stole my Trousers by Alexei Sayle, and read by the man himself. Great stuff. |  | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:16 - Oct 26 with 1328 views | scot1963 |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:54 - Oct 26 by DWQPR |
I started to read Tom Sharpe in the early nineties so I reckon it’s about time to revisit them. Recently bought Bob Mortimer’s first novel, The Satsuma Complex. If it is as funny as the man himself then I’ll more than enjoy it. |
Yes I read them way back - in the late 70s/early 80s possibly - and wonder if they've stood the test of time as your sense of humour changes. | | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:17 - Oct 26 with 1304 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:40 - Oct 26 by enfieldargh |
Spike Milligan...Puckoon |
Lots of love on here for 'Puckoon'. Have to say I disliked it. Paddywhackery. | |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:22 - Oct 26 with 1283 views | M40R |
Three Men in a Boat. Well the first three quarters of the book. Ageless. | | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:26 - Oct 26 with 1260 views | johann28 |
Woody Allen - Without Feathers
Bill Bryson - Neither Here nor There
Douglas Adams - Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy |  | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:28 - Oct 26 with 1251 views | Hugey |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:22 - Oct 26 by M40R |
Three Men in a Boat. Well the first three quarters of the book. Ageless. |
Great shout, another vote for this! |  | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:57 - Oct 26 with 1184 views | Northolt_Rs |
Puckoon by Milligan. It’s a work of genius. |  |
| Scooters, Tunes, Trainers and QPR. |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 22:02 - Oct 26 with 1175 views | Paddyhoops |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:40 - Oct 26 by enfieldargh |
Spike Milligan...Puckoon |
Read it on a Ryanair flight to Ireland.
People genuinely thought there was something wrong with me , I was laughing that much. | | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 22:23 - Oct 26 with 1123 views | CamberleyR |
I think Danny Baker's first volume of his memoirs, 'Going To Sea In A Sieve' had some genuine laugh out loud moments. |  |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 22:55 - Oct 26 with 1079 views | BristolR |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 20:12 - Oct 26 by Mick_S |
Definitely going back to this one, Brian. Must remember: don’t lend books to people, especially good ones. |
Yep, another vote for this one…must get another copy. Genius, as Bri states |  | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 23:00 - Oct 26 with 1059 views | hubble |
Talking of Irish writers, I think Flann O'Brien's 'The Third Policeman' is a work of sublime comic genius. An utterly astounding novel. |  |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 23:04 - Oct 26 with 1053 views | Myke |
All six editions of The Hitchhikers guide trilogy | | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 00:19 - Oct 27 with 949 views | johncharles |
Maybe not the funniest but I’m surprised that The Ginger Man (J P Donleavy) hasn’t had a mention mention. If you haven’t read you’ve got a treat in store. |  |
| Strong and stable my arse. |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 02:52 - Oct 27 with 862 views | jtuck |
Good call on Woody Allen.
Would add Sue Townsend for Adrian Mole books and The Queen and I.
Also...to really posh it up...Candide by Voltaire. Very funny. No really. Maybe Monsieur Stephan read it at school? | |
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| Funniest book you’ve read. on 05:20 - Oct 27 with 800 views | cyprusmel |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 21:22 - Oct 26 by M40R |
Three Men in a Boat. Well the first three quarters of the book. Ageless. |
Made me laugh and I didn't read it until my 50's.
Jerome K. Jerome Three men in a boat, classic. | | | |
| Funniest book you’ve read. on 07:00 - Oct 27 with 732 views | Dorse |
All the 'Mr Gum' books by Andy Stanton had me, at one point or another, crying with laughter whilst reading them to my kids.
The Profanisaurus is never out of my reach. My all time favourite definition isn't even rude! 'Monkey bath'.Genius.
Edit - spelling is hard without one's glasses [Post edited 27 Oct 7:01]
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