The Thought Gang by Tibour Fischer is actually laugh out loud funny
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I got a lot of funny looks a few years ago on holiday when I properly laughed out loud plenty of times whilst reading this beside the pool 
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Funniest book you've ever read?
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I can't believe we've got this far and no one's mentioned A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole!
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It was good but not hilarious, I thought.
People recommending The Thought Gang: Do you have a working knowledge of philosphy? I liked it a lot but wondered if it would be funny to anyone who hadn't studied the subject.
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PJ O'Rourkes early books I found laugh out loud funny. Considering I'm at the other end of the spectrum politics wise that was a fair achievement.
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The Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle
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Kitchen Confidential with chef Anthony Bourdain
Really well written, very real, and made me burst out laughing.Posted 6 months ago # -
I found a lot of "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" by Bill Bryson to have a lot of laugh of loud parts. Even on the 3rd reading that are parts that made me laugh.
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Yes Man.
Not the best book I've read, but definitely the funniest.
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Just bought a load of books recommended here both in paper and on the kindle, thanks chaps.
What did you get, out of interest?
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The first four brentford books, a spike milligan, the throwback which I'm sure I've read but happy to read again and the four men in a boat one.
I also saw that the latest Neal Stephenson's book is out so I got that too.Posted 6 months ago # -
Funniest book I've ever read is;
"Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse"
Just read it.
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I found a lot of "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" by Bill Bryson to have a lot of laugh of loud parts. Even on the 3rd reading that are parts that made me laugh.
Ha! The set piece about the diner where they used to wind up the owner by putting insects in the soup. I thought I was going to have a seizure.Posted 6 months ago # -
The Thought Gang by Tibour Fischer is actually laugh out loud funny.
+1. "Under the Frog" is also very good.
Most P. J. O'Rourke books are great (despite his republican leanings) - "Parliament of Whores" would be my favourite.
"Scoop" by Evelyn Waugh.
Any of the "South American" novels of Louis de Bernieres. Better known for Captain Corelli's Mandolin but not many laughs there. Try:
"The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts"
"Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord"
"The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman"Full of outrageous Latin-American stereotypes but very funny.
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It's a toss up between Charlie Richardson or Ronnie Woods autobiographies. Ronnie was comical but Charlie had me almost pee my pants at the end.
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