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Can you come up with 5 to 10 comedic or funny novels or novels that simply made you laugh out loud? Note they shouldn't require that much concentration. So light and funny books. Not literary masterpieces. Not that they can't be fun too...

My five - but I've already read them...and it's all I can remember. Also I'm not sure about the last three. So it's really only two. The last three had funny sections, but angsty ones too, and the fourth one - I'm guessing was unintentionally funny in places.

1. Lamb or the Gospel According to Biff by Christopher Moore
2. Right Ho, Jeeves by PD Wodehouse
3. Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters
4. 50 Shades of Grey by EL James (yes, I have a odd sense of humor, I admit this and only for the first book in the trilogy).
5. The Amazing Maurice by Terry Prachett (although Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett may fit there as well, except it felt like a drawn out joke at times but then so did 50 Shades of Grey.)

Oh...films are easier:

1. To be or not to be by Mel Brooks
2. Noises Off
3. Grosse Point Blank
4. There's Something About Mary
5. The Producers (original non-musical film version) by Mel Brooks

Date: 2013-08-29 08:18 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] flake-sake.livejournal.com
I'm not big about comedy but there is some neat stuff around:

1. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
2. Basically all of Diskworld and almost everything by Terry Pratchett
3. Hitchhiker's guide through the Galaxy
4. Almost everything by David Sedaris, although that's more short stories
5. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke
6. Bite me by Christopher Moore
7. Making History by Stephen Fry

The first that come to mind. :)

Date: 2013-08-29 10:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com
I don't know about 5 or more but I have a favorite that I doubt you - or anyone else - has ever read : An Embarrassment of Riches (http://www.amazon.com/Embarrassment-Riches-James-Howard-Kunstler/dp/0812584988/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377770655&sr=1-3&keywords=an+embarrassment+of+riches) by James Howard Kunstler. Just thinking about it makes me smile.

Date: 2013-08-29 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadowkat67.livejournal.com
That looks like a lot of fun. And it's cheap too.

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