Books that made you laugh out loud.

[cbfair]

Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson

[eejit]

"The Van" is one of my favorite books as well.

You may already know that it is part of a trilogy, including, "The Snapper" and "The Commitments."
"The Van" was the best of the three.

All three were movies as well. If you haven't seen "The Commitments", check it out, hilarious, my favorite movie ever.

[Bv3]

A Confederacy of Dunces

[RunDownHouse]

Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy O'Toole) is a good suggestion. Anything by Nick Hornby as well, with the exception of Fever Pitch.

[Kuanti]

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Cervantes describes Quixote’s growing obsession with knight-errantry, saying, “he so immersed himself in those romances that he spent whole days and nights over his books; and thus with little sleeping and much reading his brains dried up to such a degree that he lost the use of his reason” (Book 1, Part 1).

[stigmata]

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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

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I found this had some strange similarities to one of the other suggestions: "Confederacy of Dunces" (John Kennedy O'Toole). If you liked the comedic style of one, you will probably appreciate the other (although they are utterly different books.....)

[ZimbuTheMonkey]

No one has mentioned Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy? Wow...

That, and the Discworld series by Pratchett.

[Jeff W]

Ignatius is definitely a Quijotic hero.

[shayneon]

Home Land by Sam Lipsyte has some great lines.

[revots33]

I highly recommend A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, by David Foster Wallace. The title essay alone is worth the price of the book. Hysterical, and the guy's a great writer to boot.