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Hi guys,

could you recommend some humouristic or funny books?

I recently read:

-Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
-The Zombie Survival Guide

>> No.1280321
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1280321

>humouristic

>> No.1280320

The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

>> No.1280324

I don't know whether you're a book worm or not, so I might as well say The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy books.

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1280326

All's Quiet on the Western Front.

>> No.1280329

Someone in a previous thread mentioned The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I second it.

>> No.1280333

>>1280320
seconded. and referred:

http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/

>> No.1280337

>>1280324
OP here, i read those a while ago, great stuff

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>>1280329
Might try this one

anything else?

>> No.1280357

Book of Bunny Suicides and The Worst Case Survival Handbook which has its charms

>> No.1280366

>humouristic

fag detected

>> No.1280375

>humouristic

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) is quite humouristical.

>> No.1280657

Ulysses by James Joyce was a riot.

>> No.1280668

>>1280657
joyce seemed to think so. his wife said that she could hear him laughing as he wrote it. a literary ruse that would last generations... and if /lit/ is any indicator, it hasn't lost any steam.

>> No.1280675

>>1280668

He was a fucking troll, of course he was laughing while writing the book.

>> No.1280720

A Confederacy of Dunces is one of the funniest books I've ever read.

>> No.1280723

>>1280675
That's the joke bro.

>> No.1280724

one-upmanship

>> No.1280760

catch 22 and youth in revolt

crime and punishment is hilarious in a way that i think most people will find inaccessible, but if you appreciate the humor, you'll find it hilarious

>> No.1280769

candide

>> No.1280805

No Pratchett yet?

Also, Christopher Moore. Lamb is his opus, but A Dirty Job, The Stupidest Angel, and Fool are all hilarious as well.

>> No.1280810

>>1280769

i never thought this would happen... but d&e, you are correct, sir. that is the winner. i second this motion.

>> No.1280818

>>1280769

Candide is not for everyone, though.
If you are knowledgeable enough about the context it was written in and the philosophy of said context, especially Leibniz's, give it a go.

>> No.1280821

>>1280319
>The Zombie Survival Guide
>humouristic

I think you got your facts wrong

>> No.1280980 [DELETED] 

Candide by Voltaire
God and Human Beings by Voltaire
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Looking for Alaska by John Green (if you want some high school-esque humor by a writer of the highest echelon of writers of YA-fiction - a genre of which I am not a huge fan)

>> No.1280982 [DELETED] 

Candide by Voltaire
God and Human Beings by Voltaire
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Looking for Alaska by John Green (if you want some high school-esque humor by a writer of the highest echelon of writers of YA-fiction - a genre of which I am not a huge fan)

>> No.1280985

Candide by Voltaire
God and Human Beings by Voltaire
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Looking for Alaska by John Green (if you want some high school-esque humor by a writer of the highest echelon of writers of YA-fiction - a genre of which I am not a huge fan)
There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say by Paula Poundstone

>> No.1280991

You should read The Good Soldier Švejk, excellent First World War satire.