Fiction
Related: About this forumI'm looking for something funny to read. Any recs?
I seem to be reading a lot of serious and somewhat depressing books these days. Fire away!
dameatball
(7,392 posts)bif meet Biff
bif
(22,684 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)Twoflower
(1,019 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)Twoflower
(1,019 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)Twoflower
(1,019 posts)bif
(22,684 posts)jmbar2
(4,860 posts)I've read everything he's ever written.
StClone
(11,682 posts)ChazInAz
(2,558 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,366 posts)Great minds and all.
DEbluedude
(816 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,366 posts)bif
(22,684 posts)Although I couldn't finish his latest book.
Laffy Kat
(16,366 posts)That's too bad. I was looking forward to the paperback being released. His novels are all formula with basically the same plot, but it works.
bif
(22,684 posts)Part of it was tRump and Melanoma are characters in the book. But to each his/her own. A lot of folks enjoyed it.
Phoenix61
(16,992 posts)If youre from the south its even funnier.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,812 posts)Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson. Most of his books are quite amusing, but I laughed out loud many times reading that one.
bif
(22,684 posts)I love Bryson. I think I've read everything he's written. As an Anglophile, I can totally relate to his books about Britain.
Staph
(6,251 posts)It begins with Crocodile on the Sandbank, and continues for a total of 20 books. The later ones get a bit more serious as the world heads to the first world war, but there are still great moments of humor amid the mysteries.
Barbara Mertz was one of my favorite authorities on Egyptology. A hobby of mine.
When she branched out into fiction, I naturally followed. Loved all of her books, and still miss her amiable writer's voice.
Staph
(6,251 posts)She was as charming and funny in person as she was on the page!
She was one of the guides on a very expensive Nile cruise I took. Her erudition and sly humor made her the highlight of the tour. Got her to sign my treasured old copy of "Red Land, Black Land" for me!
krispos42
(49,445 posts)It's imaginative and amusing and very well written.
Per Wikipedia:
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)bif
(22,684 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,216 posts)all written by Patrick Dennis.
yellowdogintexas
(22,216 posts)LearnedHand
(3,387 posts)The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murderbot_Diaries