Any suggestions for a book that'll make me laugh?

[lacymarankevinmichael]

I'm halfway through "Holidays In Heck" by PJ O'Rourke and I'm just loving it.

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I second the recommendation for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Also, Dave Barry (who is a humor columnist for the Miami Herald) has written some funny books.

[Andra]

I'll add my vote for Terry Pratchett - especially books in the Witch arc and City Watch arc.
I'll also second the Vicky Bliss books by Elizabeth Peters. She has a wicked sense of humor.
My suggestion is the Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews.  The first book is Murder with Peacocks.  There is also a Kindle version called A Murder Hatched which contains the first two books (Peacocks and Murder with Puffins). I read these when I need a laugh.

[anguabell]

It's a real shame that Woody Allen's collection of comic stories/essays -- Without Feathers -- isn't available on Kindle. I started reading it years ago and laughed myself nearly sick ... on a crowded commuter train ... pretty embarrassing.

I second that. Allen's short stories are hilarious - I even have a half-decayed copy in the car to read when I have to just sit and wait. I think it really requires a high level of intelligence to write good funny books. Terry Pratchett, of course, is my all time favorite, along with some of the classics, like Three Men in a Boat, Jeeves & Wooster series, and Cold Comfort Farm.

[Cindy416]

I, too, love the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich, (One for the Money; Two for the Dough; Three to Get Deadly; Four to Score; High Five; etc.)

I also love the John Corey books by Nelson DeMille. They are detective novels, and include Plum Island; The Lion's Game; Night Fall; Wild Fire; and The Lion.

Other laugh-out-loud books include Anguished English, by Richard Lederer, and When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood , by Sophia Frialoi and Lauren Kaelin.

Another funny (yet extremely juvenile) laugh out-loud series is the "Letters from a Nut" series, by Ted Nancy. I haven't read any of these on my Kindle, but I see that All New Letters from a Nut: Includes Lunatic Email Exchanges [ is available for Kindles. The author sends crazy letters (in the newest book, email) to companies, and the companies' replies are shown opposite the original letter. I was probably exhausted the night that I read the first book in the "Nut" series, but I sat down at a Hastings Bookstore while my daughters looked around, started reading Nancy's book, and was literally in tears after only a few letters. Someone sitting in the area where I was told her friend that she wanted to read the book that I had. (It was a bit reminiscent of that famous diner scene in When Harry Met Sally, sans the fake orgasm.   )  The new Kindle book might be worth a sample download just to see if it's anything you'd be interested in reading. If you're in the right crazed mood, I'm sure it's a hoot. (I'm going to download the sample.)

Good luck on your search. Please come back here to let us know what you've read that you loved!

[Hippoglyph]

I'm not sure if it's available for Kindle (it may well be), but you can easily find it cheap at any used book store: Woody Allen's "Without Feathers". Absolutely HILARIOUS! It's a compilation of short pieces he wrote for the New Yorker, as well as a couple of one-act plays you've probably never heard of. If you like humor in compact punchy doses, this is your book! Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Without-Feathers-Woody-Allen/dp/0345336976/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327439669&sr=1-1. I definitely recommend it!