Here's the list of top 10 most humorous books :
1 . The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Author : Douglas Adams
Author : Douglas Adams
“Lively, sharphly satirical, brilliantly written . . . Ranks with the best set pieces in Mark Twain.”
–The Atlantic
2 . Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Author : Hunter S. Thompson
'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a scorching epochal sensation. There are only two adjectives writers care about any more! "brilliant" and "outrageous"! and Hunter Thompson has a freehold on both of them.' New York Times
3 . Catch-22
Author : Joseph Heller
"Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a new term to the dictionary"- Amazon Review
4 . Our Dumb Century
Author : The Onion
Definitely not for the easily offended, Our Dumb Century was a New York Times #1 bestseller chronicling 100 years of American history with dry humour and cynicism. This Miniature Edition™ distills the brilliant wit and satire of the original from "America's Finest News Source."
5 . A Confederacy of Dunces
Author : John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole’s hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, “huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, and a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original character, denizens of New Orleans’ lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures” (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun Times)
6 . Breakfast of Champions: A Novel
Author : Kurt Vonnegut
“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times
7 . Me Talk Pretty One Day
Author : David Sedaris
8 . A Dirty Job: A Novel
Author : Christopher Moore
"improbable humor" (New York Times) and courage in "embracing what we fear" (Washington Post)
9 . Wonder Boys: A Novel
Author : Michael Chabon
"Chabon's long-awaited follow-up to The Mysteries of Pittsburgh concerns the antics of a self-destructive middle-aged novelist who is suffering from a sustained case of writer's block"
From Publishers Weekly
"Terrific night table reading for lovers of intelligent satire... smart... refreshingly offensive... unapologetically un-PC... a gift for just about anyone." -- Austin Chronicle
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