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Funny Books for Readers Who Love Comic Timing
Funny Books for Readers Who Love Comic Timing
by book_guy  • 
11 in common: Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog), Me Talk Pretty One Day and 9 more
A funny premise helps, but the timing of a sentence is usually what makes a book worth returning to. These choices cover dry observation, social embarrassment, verbal surprises and absurd...
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Novels That Blend Comedy and Heartbreak Without Forcing Either
Novels That Blend Comedy and Heartbreak Without Forcing Either
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: Nothing to See Here, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and 2 more
People do not stop being funny when life becomes difficult. Their habits, awkward conversations and attempts to keep things going can become more revealing under pressure. These 25 novels earn...
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Funny Novels in Translation
Funny Novels in Translation
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared and En man som heter Ove
Comedy is the hardest thing to carry across a language. Puns die, slang dates, and a joke that depends on knowing how a Soviet housing committee worked can land with a thud. These novels were all...
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Cosy Mysteries With Communities I Would Revisit
Cosy Mysteries With Communities I Would Revisit
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Arsenic and Adobo and 1 more
The people are the reason to return: friends with unfinished conversations, colleagues who know one another’s habits, and neighbours whose lives continue after a case is closed. These are openings...
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Mark Twain's Funniest Books and Stories
Mark Twain's Funniest Books and Stories
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
Mark Twain earned his living as a humorist long before he became a classic, yet many readers only meet him through the boyhood novels. This list starts from the laughs: the tall tales, travel...
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Funny Games That Earn Their Laughs Through Play
Funny Games That Earn Their Laughs Through Play
by game_tinkerer  • 
On a similar theme
For anyone who finds a badly handled sofa funnier than another pop-culture reference. These games give you something comic to do: arrange a nuisance, operate an awkward body, test an irresponsible...
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Satirical Novels That Understand How Power Works
Satirical Novels That Understand How Power Works
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: Catch-22, The Sellout and 1 more
Power rarely introduces itself as self-interest. It arrives as procedure, expertise, efficiency, tradition or a remarkably persuasive statement of the public good. These 25 novels make those...
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Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and 1 more
A good train book establishes its voice quickly and gives you a reason to return after a platform change or an announcement. These choices range from mysteries and speculative adventures to...
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Comfort Reads for When Life Feels Too Loud
Comfort Reads for When Life Feels Too Loud
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY and Cold Comfort Farm
Comfort can mean a quiet conversation, a familiar comic voice or the sight of people building a place where others belong. These choices favour companionship and practical kindness. They are not...
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Novels Told Through Letters, Diaries and Documents
Novels Told Through Letters, Diaries and Documents
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Where'd You Go, Bernadette and Dear Committee Members
A letter has an intended reader; a diary has a keeper; a case file has someone who selected the evidence. These novels and novellas make those facts matter. Some unfold entirely through...
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Books for Your Twenties When Life Refuses to Follow a Plan
Books for Your Twenties When Life Refuses to Follow a Plan
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Rachel Incident and Less
Your twenties can feel like a series of decisions made while watching other people appear to get theirs right. These novels, essays and memoirs question that impression through insecure work...
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Mysteries With a Sense of Humor and a Proper Puzzle
Mysteries With a Sense of Humor and a Proper Puzzle
by book_guy  • 
In common: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
A good joke can make a suspect easier to remember or draw your eye straight past a clue. These mysteries make room for both. Try The Moving Toyshop for an Oxford farce with a disappearing crime...
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Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading
Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Thursday Murder Club
If films, podcasts and a good conversation usually win your attention, start with the kind of experience you already enjoy. These books offer an immediate voice, a compelling question or pictures...
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Books That Reward Going In Knowing Almost Nothing
Books That Reward Going In Knowing Almost Nothing
by book_guy  • 
In common: Anxious People
Sometimes the best preparation is a sense of tone and enough uninterrupted time, rather than a detailed explanation. These novels reward discovering how they work while you read them. The entries...
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Horror That Is Also Genuinely Funny
Horror That Is Also Genuinely Funny
by book_guy  • 
In common: Good Omens
For readers who relish the volatile boundary where nervous laughter curds into dread. These novels marry comic timing, absurd workplace satire and sharp dialogue with genuine supernatural terror...
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Romances About Ordinary People With Jobs and Bills
Romances About Ordinary People With Jobs and Bills
by book_guy  • 
In common: Funny Story
A shift that runs late or a rent payment that won’t wait can change the course of a love story. In these contemporary romances, work and bills shape how people meet and what they can offer each...
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Noir Novels About Choices That Tighten the Trap
Noir Novels About Choices That Tighten the Trap
by book_guy  • 
In common: My sister, the serial killer
A quick solution to a money problem can become the first instalment of a much larger debt. These novels follow people who steal, conceal, betray or convince themselves that one more compromise...
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Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
by book_guy  • 
In common: En man som heter Ove
An interest can tell you more than a favourite-author quiz: cooking, animals, buildings, words or a well-told story each offers a way into a book. These choices have clear premises and different...
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Rediscovered Novels Worth Bringing Back Into the Conversation
Rediscovered Novels Worth Bringing Back Into the Conversation
by book_guy  • 
In common: MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY
A reissue is an invitation to test a reputation again. These 20 novels have found renewed routes to readers through specialist publishers, new editions or English translation. Some were...
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Books That Understand Starting Over in Middle Age
Books That Understand Starting Over in Middle Age
by book_guy  • 
In common: Less
A fresh start still comes with bills, family habits and people who have not agreed to change at the same pace. These novels follow adults in midlife through lost work, separation, grief, belated...
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