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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
1
Douglas Adams
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
2
Joseph Heller
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
3
John Kennedy Toole
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
4
P.G. Wodehouse
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
5
Oscar Wilde
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
6
Nick Hornby
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
7
Mark Haddon
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
8
Laurence Sterne
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
9
Stella Gibbons
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
10
Jerome K. Jerome
The Witches of Eastwick (John Updike)
The Witches of Eastwick
11
John Updike
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
The Innocents Abroad
12
Mark Twain
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
13
Irvine Welsh
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
14
Gail Honeyman
Straight Man (Richard Russo)
Straight Man
15
Richard Russo
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Sue Townsend)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
16
Sue Townsend
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
17
Kinglsey Amis
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
18
Henry Fielding
Puckoon (Spike Milligan)
Puckoon
19
Spike Milligan
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
20
Charles Dickens
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
21
Philip Roth
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors
22
William Shakespeare
Skippy Dies (Paul Murray)
Skippy Dies
23
Paul Murray
Tietam Brown (Mick Foley)
Tietam Brown
24
Mick Foley
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
25
Martin Amis
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Winifred Watson)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
26
Winifred Watson
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
Black Swan Green
27
David Mitchell
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man
28
J.P. Donleavy
Cakes and Ale (W. Somerset Maugham)
Cakes and Ale
29
W. Somerset Maugham
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
30
Vladimir Nabokov
Oreo (Fran Ross)
Oreo
31
Fran Ross
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
32
Bret Easton Ellis
Illywhacker (Peter Carey)
Illywhacker
33
Peter Carey
Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake
34
James Joyce
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
35
Virginia Woolf
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