Superman116 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'm looking for some good novels or author's that are humorous. Something that'll lighten up my mood and make me laugh. Sometimes I need a break from the emotional heart grabbing novels, or the suspense thrillers that I normally read, so if anyone knows of any please leave me a reply. Quote "Limits like fears are often just an illusion†— Micheal Jordan To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary" Bruce Lee"The key to success is failure" <p> Micheal Jordanhttp://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/39666-superman116-quest-for-wellness/ Link to comment
Superman116 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Someone suggested Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I also get weird looks when I tell people I've never read it or watched the movie. Lol Quote "Limits like fears are often just an illusion†— Micheal Jordan To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary" Bruce Lee"The key to success is failure" <p> Micheal Jordanhttp://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/39666-superman116-quest-for-wellness/ Link to comment
SirHammerlock Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Perhaps you should try Stephen Fry's Making History. It's pretty sophisticated humor and it's about a mind-experiment of what happened if Hitler hadn't been born. Quite a fun read. Quote Link to comment
Superman116 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Perhaps you should try Stephen Fry's Making History. It's pretty sophisticated humor and it's about a mind-experiment of what happened if Hitler hadn't been born. Quite a fun read.Thanks, I'll be sure to check it out. Quote "Limits like fears are often just an illusion†— Micheal Jordan To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary" Bruce Lee"The key to success is failure" <p> Micheal Jordanhttp://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/39666-superman116-quest-for-wellness/ Link to comment
Lady Eleventy Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Tempest Tales by Walter Mosley is a good read, more on the dark humour side and is about a man sentenced to hell but refused to go and has to justify his choices in life to an angel. Also, Dog on It by Spencer Quinn. A mystery novel from the perspective of a dog. Brilliant, unusual, and very amusing ^.^ Quote Hobbit Assassin RecruitLevel 0Str: 0 Dex: 0 Sta: 0 Con: 0 Wis: 0 Cha: 0 “Though she may be but little, she is fierce!†― Helena, Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare Challenge Page | Soon to be Bucket list page Howard Shore is my homeboy Link to comment
TheFourth Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Anything by Terry Pratchett. 1 Quote Sir Issac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space! Link to comment
KnitJoy Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Lamb by Christopher Moore. And I second anything by Terry Prachett. I especially like The Wee Free Men and the Tiffany Aching series. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheFourth Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I'm a fan of the watch series. Vimes' particular brand of sarcasm cracks me up every time. Quote Sir Issac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space! Link to comment
Liberator Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 David Sedaris' books make me laugh to the point of tears. 1 Quote Link to comment
Roswenthe Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Hitchhiker's Guide is one of my favorite books of all time. I highly recommend it. I read it in ninth grade to impress a boy, and started a lifelong love of science fiction. I just read All the Paths of Shadow by Frank Tuttle and loved it. It's steampunk fantasy, but with lots of humor. I think it has the best sidekick ever. 1 Quote Hobbit BardLEVEL 0STR: 0 | DEX: 0 | STA: 0 | CON: 0 | WIS: 0 | CHA: 0“There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place.†-JK RowlingAn Epic Journey Begins With One StepFind me on HabitRPG! Link to comment
Bearded_Dragon Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I know they're not really novels, but anything by Bill Bryson will lighten the mood. Quote Link to comment
Timmy M Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared' is pretty good, dry humour and a few grammatical translation errors (swedish author) but it does what it says on the tin... and then goes mad, there's all sorts of little adventures, from accidental manslaughter, befriending an elephant and building the A-Bomb Quote Link to comment
Bearded_Dragon Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Oh, and the Flashman series of novels by George Macdonald Fraser are a good light read, and very swashbuckley! Quote Link to comment
Timmy M Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 i think you mean Flashheart... AHAHAHAHAHAAAAA WOOF! 2 Quote Link to comment
Draken50 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Another for Terry Pratchett. Though I tend to recommend starting with a later one like Going Postal. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bearded_Dragon Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 i think you mean Flashheart... AHAHAHAHAHAAAAA WOOF! Hahahahaha it's really not far off! Quote Link to comment
whipsmile Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Soon I Will be Invincible by Austin Grossman Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett just about anything from Christopher Moore 3 Quote Jessi A work in progress. Daily trying to chisel out the best version of myself. Link to comment
Maj. Bloodnok Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 If you don't mind reading stuff that's nominally aimed at younger readers, might I suggest Daniel Pinkwater? His stuff is hilarious, Surreal (in the formal sense; read 'Lizard Music' and you'll find out) and thought-provoking. His latest trilogy is "The Neddiad", "The Yggysey", and "Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl", which involve a shoelace-fortune heir named Neddie Wentworthstein, a Navajo shaman named Melvin, several ghosts, and a girl named Yggdrasil Birnbaum. (Don't call her Iggy if you know what's good for you.) Other classics are the aforementioned 'Lizard Music', 'Alan Mendelssohn, the Boy from Mars', 'Young Adult Novel', 'The Education of Robert Nifkin', 'Borgel'... A lot of these are available as audiobooks on the author's website, pinkwater.com. Quote "If you get into trouble, you can always eat something, blow something up, or throw penguins." - Jim Henson Link to comment
kylesolo Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Maria Semple used to be a writer on Arrested Development. She wrote Where'd You Go, Bernadette? about two years ago, and that book is hysterical, especially if you know anything about Microsoft or Seattle. Quote Link to comment
pearlescence Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have to agree with a lot of the suggestions on here, especially David Sedaris and Terry Pratchett. I also like to get back into my love of scifi/fantasy when trying to get away from heavier reading. Anne McCaffery may not be humor-based, but her books are light, fun, but emotionally grabbing enough to be enjoyable. Have you read her Dragonriders of Pern series? I'm actually going to re-read them once I finish the books I'm currently working through. 2 Quote Level 0 Adventurer (STR) 0 - (DEX) 0 - (STA) 0 - (CON) 0 - (WIS) 0 - (CHA) 0 Link to comment
eddie_lizzard Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 David Sedaris' books make me laugh to the point of tears. This! I read Me Talk Pretty One Day recently. Hysterical. Quote Link to comment
Maj. Bloodnok Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 If you like mysteries or thrillers, I'd definitely recommend the collected works of Carl Hiaasen and Joe R. Lansdale. Hiaasen writes about scam artists, thieves and ordinary folks in South Florida, and he's a scream. His latest novel 'Bad Monkey' involves real estate and Medicare scams, restaurant health inspectors, and the titular Bad Monkey, who co-starred with Johnny Depp in some pirate movie. Lansdale's 'Hap and Leonard' novels are set in East Texas, and involve a pair of somewhat mismatched friends who try to solve crimes while not getting killed. The first book is 'Savage Season', and it's great stuff. Quote "If you get into trouble, you can always eat something, blow something up, or throw penguins." - Jim Henson Link to comment
Ascalon Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 P.G. Wodehouse is hilarious - the Jeeves and Wooster novels are brilliant. If you don't mind reading plays, pick up a collection of Oscar Wilde's stuff. The Importance Of Being Earnest is one of the funniest things I have ever read. 1 Quote Link to comment
EvillePanda Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I have to agree with a lot of the suggestions on here, especially David Sedaris and Terry Pratchett. I also like to get back into my love of scifi/fantasy when trying to get away from heavier reading. Anne McCaffery may not be humor-based, but her books are light, fun, but emotionally grabbing enough to be enjoyable. Have you read her Dragonriders of Pern series? I'm actually going to re-read them once I finish the books I'm currently working through. I adore Anne McCaffrey. I second her books. Great read. Stay away from The Ship Who Sang if you want light-hearted though. Everyone else has already said Terry Pratchett. I'm afraid I don't read many light books. Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate is fun. Quote "I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that causes total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will allow it to pass over me and through me until only I remain." My Current Challenge Level 2 Bene Gesserit AssassinSTR 4 | DEX 3 | STA 3 | CON 3 | WIS 4 | CHA 3 Link to comment
Deslok Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Lamb by Christopher Moore. And I second anything by Terry Prachett. I especially like The Wee Free Men and the Tiffany Aching series. Lamb is one of my favourite books and it always makes me laugh. Quote DeslokLevel 2 Human AdventurerStats: STR - 4 DEX - 3 STA - 3 CON - 3 WIS - 3 CHA - 2 Begin Date: 1/6/2014 - Target Date: 1/5/2015Begin Weight: 302.5 lbs - Current Weight: 288.0 lbs - Target Weight: 200 lbsHeight: 5'8" - Age: 43 Daily Battle Log No longer updated 6 Week Challenges1st challenge2nd challenge3rd challenge4th challenge I Floop the Pig! Link to comment
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