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Good evening /lit/
I'm in search of a decent laugh, so I ask you, what is the most humorous book you've ever read?
Can be any genre, style, whatever.

>> No.1535881

Finnegans Wake

>> No.1535894

A lot of Nabokov's books are quite funny.

Lolita is clever. Invitation to a Beheading is downright farcical.

>> No.1535896

I laughed out loud at Catch-22

>> No.1535906

"I am the best man in the world, and here are three men I've killed already, and two of the three were priests."

Quote related.

Also, satire in general usually gets me.

>> No.1535909
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A modest proposal made me chuckle at times

any of Wilde's comedies should suffice

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This.

>> No.1535948

I would recommend Tara Gilesbie's masterpiece, "My Immortal." This is an excellent work of absurdist literature and includes a great deal of thought provoking commentary regarding nihilism as well as the "culture of death" which is omnipresent in today's world. This novel also focuses on satirizing the ignorance and foolishness of the modern youth. I would highly recommend it. It is a very short read and can be found for free anywhere on the Internet.

>> No.1535956

Harris and Me. Made one 4th grader lol hard.

>> No.1535962

Catch-22
Nam-a-rama

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>>1535948

>> No.1535971

Candide is quite funny, as is a great of deal of Vonnegut's work.

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1536002

Not exactly intellectual, but quite entertaining!

>> No.1536022

>>1535948
This literally temporarily made me dumber after reading it. For a few hours, my thought processes were even more sluggish and incoherent than usual. [apoiler]It was worth it.[/spoiler]

>> No.1536043
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1536043

The title essay.

>> No.1536046

>>1536043
yesss

>> No.1536048
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1536048

Funny, & also informative. One of my favorites.

>> No.1536058

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas by far

>> No.1536060

Love a lot of the writers already listed. Shakespeare's comedies, Christopher Moore, Terry Pratchett...

>> No.1536067

>>1535948

>> No.1536071

A Confederacy of Dunces

>> No.1536078

Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne

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>>1535948
I second this, not even trolling. I had tears in my eyes reading that, especially the first four chapters or so.

>> No.1536200

>>1536043
oh god yes. you beat me to posting it. OP, you owe it to yourself to read it

>> No.1536254

Finnegans Wake

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>> No.1536491

Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut, and All the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe series except for that fucking last book.