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Posted on 7/26/15 at 8:52 pm to
Posted by MaroonWhite
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 8:52 pm to
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Don Quixote



I was going to post this as well.

The back-and-forth dialog between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza is hilarious.
Posted by REG861
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 8:55 pm to
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The funniest book I ever read is "A Confederacy of Dunces


This and Lucky Jim by Kinglsey Amis
Posted by Gorilla Ball
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 9:15 pm to
"A walk through the woods" sorry don't recall the author
Posted by mikrit54
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 9:17 pm to
"Welcome to the Monkey House" by Kurt Vonnegut.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 9:20 pm to
That's a pretty good one.
Posted by Voorhies7
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 9:29 pm to
quote:

I was going to post this as well. The back-and-forth dialog between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza is hilarious.





Great book. My favorite of all time. I've read it 3 times over the last 20 years. Think it about time again.
This post was edited on 7/26/15 at 9:30 pm
Posted by Hoyt
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 9:30 pm to
"I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" by Tucker Max
Posted by Voorhies7
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 9:34 pm to
Probably not very many people on the 0T that have read Don Quixote. 2000 pages scares off most.
Posted by Aspercel
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 9:48 pm to
Good omens
Posted by Rohan2Reed
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:01 pm to
Confederacy of Dunces
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Posted by MaroonWhite
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:07 pm to
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Probably not very many people on the 0T that have read Don Quixote. 2000 pages scares off most.


It's not an easy read to be sure.

Still, I highly recommend this novel to anyone who is willing to invest the effort to read one of the greatest written works ever created.
Posted by Twenty 49
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:10 pm to
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"A walk through the woods" sorry don't recall the author


You may be thinking of Bill Bryson's humorous writing about hiking the Appalachian Trail. His books aren't really novels, but they are all funny as hell.
Posted by HaveMercy
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:17 pm to
As others have mentioned Confederacy of Dunces is a must. Honorable mentions:
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime
A Spot of Bother
Breakfast of Champions - Vonnegut
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
I Don't Care About Your Band (chick humor, but damned funny)
shite My Dad Says
Dress Your Family in Denim and Corduroy
Posted by shutterspeed
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:19 pm to
Augustin Burroughs's Running With Scissors and Possible Side Effects.
Posted by yankeeundercover
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:20 pm to
He's a "satirist". He writes essays that are well-written and many times topical and overall hilarious.
Posted by ell_13
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:23 pm to
Lamb by Christopher Moore is hilarious
Posted by CoachChappy
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:25 pm to
Go read Go Set a Watchman Its hilarious........ly bad!
Seriously though, try some of Shakespeare's comedies if you haven't read them.
Posted by TigerattheU
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:31 pm to
I second Kurt Vonnegut and Chuck Klosterman essays. The David Sedaris Holidays on Ice short stories are really funny. Grisham's Ford County was colorful and entertaining. So was Playing for Pizza.
Posted by vodkacop
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:34 pm to
I would recommend confederacy like others have, and you will find it funny, but not being from the area you might not find it as funny as we do. But good omens is also very funny. I can read them over and over.
Posted by jimmy the leg
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 10:40 pm to
The Dirt...about Motley Crue
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Funny shite my dad says

For a quick read that is funnier than hell check out the chapter on John Daly in the book called Whose your caddy.
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