Funniest Book Ever

[theBruiser500]

Calvin and Hobbes

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Dunces was very funny. And I second the Vonnegut nomination.

I also thought 'The World According to Garp' was very funny.

NT

[Blarg]

I'm pretty sure the one I was thinking of was a German one, not Czech, and from about the same period you're talking about. I could be incorrect, as I never read the book myself, but don't really know which one of us is right. Normally the similarities are such that I'd just concede the point instantly to you, but for some reason outside mere egotistical desire to be right on my part, I just feel strongly that my memory might not be wrong on this.

I saw the book in paperback in a bookstore at least six or seven years ago, I think. I wonder if it's in print now. Maybe I'll check a little later and see if I turn anything up.

[Matt Flynn]

can't agree with you there bruiser. but it's a good book.

the two i enjoyed the most humor-wise were The House of God by Samuel Shem (pseudonym) and The Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey.

i'll leave it to you to choose the lesser of two weavils.

matt

[FatMan]

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", Hunter S. Thompson

[Blarg]

Jeez I forgot about that one too. That book was howlingly funny.

[scrub]

I agree heartily with Confederacy of Dunces anything by Wodehouse, Portnoy's Complaint , Hitchiker's Guide... , and The Ginger Man .

The Good Soldier S{consonants}ek was Czech. My mother bought it for me but it was incredibly long and I never worked up the enthusiasm to start it.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, which I think is one of the funniest novels ever written.

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[KJS]

Does non-fiction count? If so, Sedaris's stuff always has me laughing out loud. C of D is a good choice too. I also like stuff from TC Boyle, ie. East is East.

KJS

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Does non-fiction count? If so, Sedaris's stuff always has me laughing out loud. C of D is a good choice too. I also like stuff from TC Boyle, ie. East is East.

KJS

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Some of the Boyle stuff is fantastic.

In the NPR-contributor-gay-humorist-named-David category, I liked David Rakoff's Fraud more than most of Sedaris's stuff.

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[jakethebake]

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Without a doubt, Confederacy of Dunces.

[/ QUOTE ]Holy Crap! I can't believe this!!! I read that book like 20 years ago, and when I saw the topic of this post I was going to list it, thinking surely no one had beaten me to it. Great book!