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Fell Out of Bed Laughing - Page 2

Need a laugh? In 2017 the Guardian posted an item called "I fell out of bed laughing" and readers shared their many favourite funny works BTL. I painstakingly - but maybe not so accurately - counted the number of mentions each book, collection, short story series, play, and author received.
Some facts:
- 648 books and authors are mentioned.
- Most popular books: Confederacy of Dunces (63), Catch 22 (37), Lucky Jim (32), Cold Comfort Farm (26), Just William series (22), Puckoon (22), Wilt series (22)
- 29 funny books were published 425BC-1899, 423 from 1900-1999, 147 from 2000-2016.
- Tom Sharpe is the most mentioned author, followed by Wodehouse, Pratchett, Flann O'Brian/Myles na Gopeleen/Brian O'Nolan, and Waugh.
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Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
41
Philip Roth
Porterhouse Blue (Tom Sharpe)
Porterhouse Blue
42
Tom Sharpe
Good Omens (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
43
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
44
Anonymous
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
45
Miguel De Cervantes
Three Men on the Bummel (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men on the Bummel
46
Jerome K. Jerome
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
47
Evelyn Waugh
My Life and Hard Times (James Thurber)
My Life and Hard Times
48
James Thurber
The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford)
The Pursuit of Love
49
Nancy Mitford
The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man
50
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
51
Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse)
Billy Liar
52
Keith Waterhouse
Bored of the Rings (Henry Beard)
Bored of the Rings
53
Henry Beard
Post Office (Charles Bukowski)
Post Office
54
Charles Bukowski
The Moon's a Balloon (David Niven)
The Moon's a Balloon
55
David Niven
The Throwback (Tom Sharpe)
The Throwback
56
Tom Sharpe
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (Bill Bryson)
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
57
Bill Bryson
Kill Your Friends (John Niven)
Kill Your Friends
58
John Niven
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
59
Charles Dickens
Ukridge (P. G. Wodehouse)
Ukridge
60
P. G. Wodehouse
The Complete Short Stories (Saki)
The Complete Short Stories
61
Saki
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (E. M. Delafield)
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
62
E. M. Delafield
Vile Bodies (Evelyn Waugh)
Vile Bodies
63
Evelyn Waugh
The Loved One (Evelyn Waugh)
The Loved One
64
Evelyn Waugh
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
65
John Barth
The Complete Enderby (Anthony Burgess)
The Complete Enderby
66
Anthony Burgess
Towards the End of the Morning
Towards the End of the Morning
67
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (David Nobbs)
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
68
David Nobbs
The Complete Henry Root Letters (William Donaldson)
The Complete Henry Root Letters
69
William Donaldson
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
70
Bill Bryson
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night
71
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (Bill Bryson)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
72
Bill Bryson
I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
73
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
74
Charles Dickens
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
75
Thomas Hardy
The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn (Robert Burleigh)
The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn
76
Robert Burleigh
The Nightlife of the Gods (Thorne Smith)
The Nightlife of the Gods
77
Thorne Smith
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
78
Evelyn Waugh
Clochemerle (Gabriel Chevallier)
Clochemerle
79
Gabriel Chevallier
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
80
James Joyce
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