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Comedy is generally underrated. What are some /lit/ books with funny/comedy related content? Is there a chart for this?

>> No.15079561

yes there is. read the sticky https://4chanlit.fandom.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading/Literature_by_type#Humor

>> No.15079563

start with the greeks (i.e. aristophanes)

>> No.15079564

>>15079556
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas made me laugh out loud multiple times. Shakespeare's comedies are funny. Don Quixote/Catch-22/books which are expressly comedy are not that funny.

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>>15079556
Finnegans Wake

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>>15079556
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

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>> No.15079653

>>15079556
P.G. Wodehouse’s books. Evelyn Waugh’s novels also have a fair amount of dark humor.