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The Funniest Books Ever Written, Revealed

Books take you to all sorts of places. Not literally of course. It's a metaphor.
However, rare is the book that provokes a fit of the giggles. Reading tends to be an insular activity; puncturing the silence that accompanies such an endeavour does not come easily.
So, when a book does trigger such an emotion then, dear reader, you have something very special indeed. In honour of those pieces of literature that stir the laughing gases, we present for your fair delectation the 35 funniest books known to our eyes.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
2
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
3
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
4
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
5
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
6
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
7
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
8
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
9
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
10
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
11
The Witches of Eastwick (John Updike)
The Witches of Eastwick (John Updike)
12
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
13
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
14
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
15
Straight Man (Richard Russo)
Straight Man (Richard Russo)
16
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Sue Townsend)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Sue Townsend)
17
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
18
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
19
Puckoon (Spike Milligan)
Puckoon (Spike Milligan)
20
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
21
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
22
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
23
Skippy Dies (Paul Murray)
Skippy Dies (Paul Murray)
24
Tietam Brown (Mick Foley)
Tietam Brown (Mick Foley)
25
Money (Martin Amis)
Money (Martin Amis)
26
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Winifred Watson)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Winifred Watson)
27
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
28
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
29
Cakes and Ale (W. Somerset Maugham)
Cakes and Ale (W. Somerset Maugham)
30
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
31
Oreo (Fran Ross)
Oreo (Fran Ross)
32
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
33
Illywhacker (Peter Carey)
Illywhacker (Peter Carey)
34
Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
35
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
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