I did actually manage to read it before the end of June, as the rules stated, despite the fact that I’m posting my review in July!
Have you read any funny books recently? What would be on your list?Ĭold Comfort Farm was the book the recent Classics Club Spin chose for me to read. This collection of essays is not as funny as the Three Men books, but will still make you smile. Jerome – Yes, it’s another book by Jerome. The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett – A lovely, witty novel about the Queen’s love of reading.ġ0. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes – Who would have thought such an old book could be so funny? The humour doesn’t always work but when it does it’s hilarious.ĩ. The Adventures of Alianore Audley by Brian Wainwright – Some knowledge of the Wars of the Roses might be needed to fully appreciate this tale of a 15th century Yorkist spy.Ĩ. The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde – This light and entertaining satire is possibly the least ghostly ghost story I’ve ever read!ħ.
The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer – Many of Heyer’s novels feature a bit of comedy and some witty dialogue, but this is one I remember being particularly funny.Ħ. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons – I didn’t find this parody of the British rural novel quite as funny as other people have but it still deserves to be included here.ĥ. Wodehouse – I could have included other Wodehouse books here too, but this Jeeves and Wooster novel is the only one I have reviewed on my blog.Ĥ. Jerome – Our old friends, J, Harris and George get together again for a tour of Germany in this sequel to Three Men in a Boat.ģ. Jerome – This tale of three friends (and dog) who take a disastrous boat trip along the River Thames had to be top of my list!Ģ. Let me know if you’ve read any of these or if you can think of any more.ġ. I have concentrated here on books which were specifically written to be funny or which contain lots of amusing scenes, rather than just one or two funny moments (the list would have been far too long in that case). I wasn’t going to take part in this week’s Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish) because I didn’t think I read enough funny books to be able to make a list…but when I stopped to give it some thought, I actually didn’t have a problem coming up with ten titles.
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