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Anyone got any recommends for a good read? I usually read thrillers & the like but looking for some humor for a change, not read a genuine funny read for a while.
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Robert Rankin.
Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions
The Flashman books have humour,thrills and sauciness.
I love Jeeves and Wooster.
And also Saki (H.H. Munro) esp. The Chronicles of Clovis (pretty sure they are now public domain)
*Edit - yep: [url] http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3688 [/url]
+1 for Breakfast Of Champions.
And for more exquisite blokey humour - 'Three Men In A Boat' [url] http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/308 [/url]
James Cracknell's autobiography, bloody brilliant!
Also, Danny Wallace- Join Me
Chris Stewart books are ace, driving over lemons and all the subsequent titles. Especially if you like foreign travel.
J&W are a perennial delight.
Perhaps try som Jasper Fforde as well, for inspired and clever silliness.
Roddy Doyle - particularly the Barrytown trilogy
Bill Bryson's books, which are sort of travel books, are genuinely funny, as well as educational, he chucks in all sorts of of facts, which add to the humour.
He takes the piss out of everyone, including himself, in a gentle fashion, which adds to the appeal.
The Martian by Andy Weir, humor, thriller (of sorts) & a great read. More humorous are John Scalzi's Agent to the Stars & Fuzzy Nation
Perry Groves autobiography. Genuine laugh out loud moments, will help if you like football though
Recently read Joe R Lansdale's - The thicket. Funny and pretty gruesome at times. A great read.
Have you considered Christopher Brookmyre? Thriller of sorts with black humour.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld. It was my first real introduction to fine comedy/satire and became a lifelong fan very quickly.
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Tim Moore books are very good, the sort of books you're crying with laughter on a train and everyone thinks you're mad
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^^^ Not actually a "comedy" book, but incredibly funny in places!
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Tim Moore and Bryson are both good calls, as is the "Attention all shipping" recommendation.
See also this lunacy;
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And, Jasper Rees, "Bred of Heaven".
If you want [i]actual [/i]funny, you're into the realms of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Robert Rankin, Tom Holt. They're all authors I've had to put down to recover before I could carry on reading.
Have you considered Christopher Brookmyre? Thriller of sorts with black humour.
+1 to this. Similarly, Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
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Begin at the beginning...
Speaking as a PTerry fan, it's probably worth noting; you should start at the beginning, but the first couple of books are relatively poor. Stick with it if you do, they get better.
^ good call. I was lucky as began with 'Mort'. Talking of which, totally forgot until is moment, but I wonder which ex has my original 'Mort' figurine ? GrrrrrrARRGHHHH!
Tim Cahill for good travel/adventure. Last one I read 'Jaguars ripped my flesh' - a collection of writing from 'Outside' mag had me laughing as well as being pretty insightful.
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck.
A hilarious road trip around the US with Steinbeck and his dog Charley.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Travels-Charley-America-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141186100
Two Roads to Dodge City.
Another road trip classic. Father and Son start at each side of the US and meet in Dodge City. The book is a compilation of the letters they write to each other in the days before emails.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Roads-Dodge-City-Chronicle/dp/0060390646
Jonas Jonasson - The hundred year old man who climbed out of a window / The girl who saved the king of Sweden. Surreal and hard to put down…
Irvine welsh - a good ride
Just finished reading "Not on my patch lad" by Mike Pannett. Its based on when he was a rural bobby based in Malton by York. Enjoyed it loads and knew some of the places in the book really well.
Thanks guys, lots to take a look at. 🙂
Jonathan Coe's What A Carve Up.
A hugely relevant critique of modern free-market politics, which also happens to be hilarious.
As another Terry Pratchett fan here, I'd suggest you don't start at the beginning. The books get better as the series goes on. If you started with 'Going Postal' and enjoyed it, that is followed by 'Making Money' and 'Raising Steam' with mostly the same cast. Then, when you're hooked, go back a bit.
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