Melbourne Library Service discussion

Episode 4 is all about the Books that made us laugh. For the first time on the podcast, we invited a special guest to join us! Our colleague Cos shared her hilarious reading experiences and we pretty much laughed our way through this episode.

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Episode 4 - Books that make us laugh

Cos’s books:
Walking Ella / Robert Drewe
Hyperbole and a half / Allie Brosh

Justine’s books:
After You / Jojo Moyes
Let’s pretend this never happened / Jenny Lawson

Natalie’s books:
One more thing / B J Novak
Two serious ladies / Jane Bowles

Have you read any of these books? Or could you suggest a book that made you laugh?

I'm adding all these to my list!

Wayne Macauley writes bleakly hilarious books - The Cook is horrific and hilarious at the same time. I laughed a lot throughout the Murray Whelan books written by Shane Maloney. How I Became a Famous Novelist is a pretty funny satire of the publishing world and, of course, The Family Law is the funniest book ever written.

Hi Michael,

Thanks for reminding me, I love the Murray Whelan books!
The Family Law has been on my to be read list for ages but I think I am going to have to bump it up a bit now with your recommendation behind it :)
It's nice how just knowing you are about to read a funny book can put a smile on your face isn't it?

Cheers,
Justine

The funniest book I've ever read, bar none, is Framed by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Yes, it is a children's book. Yes, I read it as an adult. It is, quite simply, my sense of humour in novel form.

Honourable mentions go to the Murray Whelan novels as previously mentioned, the Rivers of London series (Ben Aaronovitch), Terry Pratchett and Bill Bryson.