Are you in need of a good laugh? I recently read an article that explained how laughter can actually benefit your health, including lowering blood sugar in diabetics. So, for the health of it, here are 15 books that I found to be laugh-out-loud funny:
- About a Boy by Nick Hornby -- ""We've always thought you have hidden depths," said John. "Ah, but you see, I haven't. I am this shallow.""
- Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding -- "Sunday 1 January: 129 lbs. (but post-Christmas), alcohol units 14 (but effectively covers 2 days as 4 hours of party was on New Year's Day), cigarettes 22, calories 5424"
- Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman -- "12th Day of September: I am commanded to write an account of my days: I am bit by fleas and plagued by family. That is all there is to say."
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella -- "I know exactly how much my Visa bill will be. Sort of. Roughly. It'll be about...£200. Three hundred, maybe. Yes, maybe £300. Three-fifty, max."
- Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French -- "Monday. Morning: slept. Afternoon: slept. Evening: ate grass. Scratched. Night: ate grass."
- Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin --
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
- The Great Brain by John Fitzgerald --
- Harris & Me: A Summer Remembered by Gary Paulsen -- "Later I would come to know a great deal about electrical things. I would understand that water is an excellent conductor of electrical energy but that urine, with its higher mineral content, is even better and what Harris did amounted to hooking a copper wire from his business to the electric fence."
- One for the Money (& the entire Stephanie Plum series) by Janet Evanovich --
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis -- "Keh-ee! Keh-ee! Hel' me! Hel'me! Go geh Momma! Go geh Mom-ma! Huwwy uh!
(To be continued.....)
What are your favorite funny books? Please share them!
2 comments:
It's not a funny book by any means, but the one book that gets me to laugh out loud, as well as cry, etc., is "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving. There is this one part where the grandma would whip off her wig and frighten the boy that delivered groceries ... oh man - that just kills me!
Hi! I too am a friend of Heather's - Shelley pointed me to your blog! I also love the pigeon books - basically anything by Mo Willems is hillarious and fun to read to my kids.
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