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Washington Post 100 Best Comic Novels

According to Michael Dirda of the Washington Post: "...these are the books we actually like, that make us laugh out loud and lift our hearts. Some readers even call such titles comfort books, for they tend to be the ones we turn to when the world is too much with us or, as is more often the case, against us. The following 100 titles -- all published in English in the 20th century -- appear roughly as they suggested themselves to me, certainly not in order of merit or hilarity."
The list adopts a one author/one book rule. Dirda also appends a very brief description for each book.
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Leave It to Psmith (P.G. Wodehouse)
Leave It to Psmith
1
P.G. Wodehouse
Crome Yellow (Aldous Huxley)
Crome Yellow
2
Aldous Huxley
The Pyrates (George MacDonald Fraser)
The Pyrates
3
George MacDonald Fraser
Augustus Carp, Esq. by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Go
Augustus Carp, Esq. by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Go
4
The Trials of Topsy (A.P. Herbert)
The Trials of Topsy
5
A.P. Herbert
The Unfortunate Fursey (Mervyn Wall)
The Unfortunate Fursey
6
Mervyn Wall
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7
Anita Loos
Mapp and Lucia (E F Benson)
Mapp and Lucia
8
E F Benson
What a Life! (E.V. Lucas and George Morrow)
What a Life!
9
E.V. Lucas and George Morrow
The Young Visiters (Daisy Ashford)
The Young Visiters
10
Daisy Ashford
Appleby's End (Michael Innes)
Appleby's End
11
Michael Innes
Tik-Tok (John Sladek)
Tik-Tok
12
John Sladek
The Crock of Gold (James Stephens)
The Crock of Gold
13
James Stephens
The Travel Tales of Mr Joseph Jorkens (Lord Dunsany)
The Travel Tales of Mr Joseph Jorkens
14
Lord Dunsany
His Monkey Wife (John Collier)
His Monkey Wife
15
John Collier
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
16
Kingsley Amis
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
17
Evelyn Waugh
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
18
Stella Gibbons
Party Going (Henry Green)
Party Going
19
Henry Green
An Armful of Warm Girl (W.M. Spackman)
An Armful of Warm Girl
20
W.M. Spackman
Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things
Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things
21
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
22
Joseph Heller
Amphigorey (Edward Gorey)
Amphigorey
23
Edward Gorey
Pictures From an Institution
Pictures From an Institution
24
Bullivant and the Lambs (Ivy Compton-Burnett)
Bullivant and the Lambs
25
Ivy Compton-Burnett
A Severed Head (Iris Murdoch)
A Severed Head
26
Iris Murdoch
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
27
Vladimir Nabokov
Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy From Mars (Daniel Pinkwater)
Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy From Mars
28
Daniel Pinkwater
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
29
J.D. Salinger
The Night Life of the Gods (Thorne Smith)
The Night Life of the Gods
30
Thorne Smith
The Sword in the Stone (T.H. White)
The Sword in the Stone
31
T.H. White
God Save the Mark
God Save the Mark
32
Murphy (Beckett)
Murphy
33
Beckett
The Eyes of the Overworld (Jack Vance)
The Eyes of the Overworld
34
Jack Vance
Cakes and Ale - Or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard
Cakes and Ale - Or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard
35
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
36
Jeanette Winterson
The Silver Stallion (James Branch Cabell)
The Silver Stallion
37
James Branch Cabell
The Napoleon of Notting Hill (G. K. Chesterton)
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
38
G. K. Chesterton
All About H. Hatterr (G.V. Desani)
All About H. Hatterr
39
G.V. Desani
Seven Men (Max Beerbohm)
Seven Men
40
Max Beerbohm
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