Humor Books

I deferred Terry Pratchett for a long time. Ever adding his books to the 'wishlist' and 'sample' in Kindle but never emptying them out as 'bought' and 'read'. Long ago I chanced on "Color of Maggic" in the Discworld series. I flipped the first few pages several times but had no impetus to read further. Few weeks ago, I read his "Mort". I was bolted, and I hope I am using the word reasonably. The book was outright hilarious. Then I jumped onto other Discworld books and my last book in that series is "Small Gods". Comedy and Wit and Terry Pratchett has to be taken in the same breath. Now, I have almost become evangelical in popularizing his works. All I need is a witch hat to swear my allegiance to his writing.

 

Also, Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm.

 

Wilt series by Tom Sharpe.

 

Must read: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

 

Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson.

 

All the plays of Aristophanes!

 

And don't forget the French playwright Molière.

 

Jose Saramago's Cain and A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes.
A bit of sacrilegious fun.

 

The 131⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers. Wish I had read as a kid.

 

Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow. Just select any Saul Bellow and you won't be disappointed.