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Humor or Dark Comedy recommendations
Posted on 3/7/21 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 3/7/21 at 2:24 pm
Looking for some lighter reading. Haven’t really found much in this category.
Fiction or non-fiction
Fiction or non-fiction
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Posted on 3/7/21 at 2:59 pm to Nodust
Also the Lampoon High School Yearbook and Sunday Newspaper parodies, if you can find them.
Posted on 3/7/21 at 8:10 pm to Nodust
Catch-22
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series
Terry Pratchett's discworld books
Good Omens
Carl Hiaasen (Tourist Season and Skin Tight are particular standouts)
Dave Barry's Big Trouble
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series
Terry Pratchett's discworld books
Good Omens
Carl Hiaasen (Tourist Season and Skin Tight are particular standouts)
Dave Barry's Big Trouble
This post was edited on 3/7/21 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 3/8/21 at 10:48 am to Nodust
I wouldn’t call it light reading, but Don Quixote is probably the most funny book I’ve read. Suttree by Cormac McCarthy has a lot of hilarious moments as well, despite being a pretty serious book.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 3:10 pm to Nodust
Max Shulman (Dobie Gillis, Anyone Got a Match?). Haven't read them since High School, but I always liked Lewis Grizzard for a good laugh.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 3:42 pm to DaleGribble
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liked Lewis Grizzard for a good laugh.
Read a few of his and was funny. Dave Barry looks to be similar.
I’ve got some of these suggestions on my list so good to know I’m heading in right direction
Posted on 3/8/21 at 4:32 pm to Nodust
Good Omens
Posted on 3/12/21 at 7:12 pm to Nodust
I mentioned this book in another thread, but True Grit the novel (not the movies) is hilarious
Posted on 3/12/21 at 9:58 pm to Jefferson Dawg
quote:same w/Semi-Tough
True Grit the novel (not the movies) is hilarious
Also
The bar mitzvah movie section in this is sidesplittingly funny
Posted on 3/17/21 at 8:32 am to Nodust
For dark comedy I love Kurt Vonnegut.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 8:50 am to Nodust
Good Omens - Gaiman and Pratchett
Posted on 3/19/21 at 10:44 pm to Nodust
Dark? Pahlaniuk
Less dark? Tom Robbins
Just funny? Hiassen, Adams, and Moore
Good Omens is a collaboration between Gaiman and Pratchett, but Pratchett is largely much funnier in general than Gaiman. Gaiman is fantastic, but comedy writer he is not (usually). Pratchett’s own work is worth reading for comedy.
Less dark? Tom Robbins
Just funny? Hiassen, Adams, and Moore
Good Omens is a collaboration between Gaiman and Pratchett, but Pratchett is largely much funnier in general than Gaiman. Gaiman is fantastic, but comedy writer he is not (usually). Pratchett’s own work is worth reading for comedy.
Posted on 3/20/21 at 11:13 am to Nodust
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This post was edited on 4/9/21 at 10:52 am
Posted on 4/6/21 at 10:30 pm to Nodust
Running with Scissors
Absurdistan
Confederacy of Dunces
Crying of Lot 49
Catch 22
Candide
Absurdistan
Confederacy of Dunces
Crying of Lot 49
Catch 22
Candide
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