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Books That Really Make Me Laugh
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The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's ScapegoatsThe Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats by Jim Goad
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My review says it all.
Answer Me!: The First ThreeAnswer Me!: The First Three by Jim Goad
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Wierd, challening, funny.
Shit Magnet: One Man's Miraculous Ability to Absorb the World's GuiltShit Magnet: One Man's Miraculous Ability to Absorb the World's Guilt by Jim Goad
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Goad really found his voice with this one.
Confessions of a Failed Southern LadyConfessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King
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Her classic. America's most underappreciated writer.
Southern Ladies & GentlemenSouthern Ladies & Gentlemen by Florence King
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"My people, my people!" Perfect in every way.
Deja Reviews: Florence King All Over Again: Selections from National Review and The American SpectatorDeja Reviews: Florence King All Over Again: Selections from National Review and The American Spectator by Florence King
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Small doses of prose purity.
Reflections In A Jaundiced EyeReflections In A Jaundiced Eye by Florence King
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Laugh out loud on every page. I know these are lame comments, but don't read me....read Florence King. You will thank me.
With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look At MisanthropyWith Charity Toward None: A Fond Look At Misanthropy by Florence King
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Excellent. Misanthropy has actually helped humanity. King makes you laugh and think.
The Barbarian PrincessThe Barbarian Princess by Florence King
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This is both a parody and an example of the genre. The parody never breaks character. Only a genius could have written it.
The Harvard lampoon big book of college life (A Dolphin book)The Harvard lampoon big book of college life (A Dolphin book) by Harvard Lampoon Incorporated Staff
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Earliest written work of the genius George Meyer, head writer for The Simpsons.
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Penguin Classics)Gargantua and Pantagruel (Penguin Classics) by Francois Rabelais
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The original. An indispensible book.
The American LanguageThe American Language by H.L. Mencken
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Excellent and also funny.
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. GovernmentParliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government by P. J. O'Rourke
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What is democracy? Democracy in America?
Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics (O'Rourke, P. J.)Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics (O'Rourke, P. J.) by P. J. O'Rourke
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The rich have feet of clay too, but they eat better.
Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free BeerGive War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer by P. J. O'Rourke
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Welcome to irony: there is horrrible violent injustice and its funny. Slapstick is in our character.
All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and PovertyAll the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty by P. J. O'Rourke
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Skewers common wisdom sludge bucket thinking.
Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny About This" (O'Rourke, P. J.)Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny About This" (O'Rourke, P. J.) by P. J. O'Rourke
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I've been to half these places too. O'rourke is dead-on.
National Lampoon 1964 High School YearbookNational Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook by P.J. O'Rourke
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My high school wasn't like this. But the people were. The list of student names is priceless.
Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays, and (Other) Outrages of...Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays, and (Other) Outrages of... by P. J. O'Rourke
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The drunk underbelly of politics. Where I wanna be.
The Modern DrunkardThe Modern Drunkard by Frank Kelly Rich
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Just laugh out load funny.
Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother CountryQueenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Country by Joe Queenan
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This is and is not home.
Balsamic Dreams: A Short But Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer GenerationBalsamic Dreams: A Short But Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation by Joe Queenan
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Queenan deflates large ego ballons. Skewering self-importance is always a pleasure.
Red Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's AmericaRed Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's America by Joe Queenan
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Another voice in American humor.
If You're Talking to Me, Your Career Must Be in Trouble: Movies, Mayhem, and MaliceIf You're Talking to Me, Your Career Must Be in Trouble: Movies, Mayhem, and Malice by Joe Queenan
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On the movie foodcahin, reviewers are bottom feeders or gods. Guess which perspective Joe writes from?
My Goodness: A Cynic's Short-Lived Search for SainthoodMy Goodness: A Cynic's Short-Lived Search for Sainthood by Joe Queenan
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Not the inverse of Bonaventures "Min's Road to God." but pretty close.
Joe Bob Goes To the Drive-InJoe Bob Goes To the Drive-In by Joe Bob Briggs
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Briggs makes me laugh just by typing what he sees.
Iron Joe BobIron Joe Bob by Joe B Briggs
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someone had to do it. those loathsome self important men's parties and the warrior priest crap. mud and banging drums. what dopes.
HannibalHannibal by Thomas Harris
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No one ever got that this was a parody. I could not stop laughing during the entire book.
LolitaLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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Is there something wrong with me? I don't think so. I burst out laughing on every page. nabokov's grand joke on us all. Technique is everything, and the reader is his toy mouse.
Orange CrushOrange Crush by Tim Dorsey
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Tim Dorsey is a neglected humorist. More than just for Floridians.
Hurricane Punch: A NovelHurricane Punch: A Novel by Tim Dorsey
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All Dorsey's books are laugh out loud funny.
Cadillac Beach: A NovelCadillac Beach: A Novel by Tim Dorsey
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The Stingray ShuffleThe Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey
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Monty Python Holy Grail ScreenplayMonty Python Holy Grail Screenplay by Monty Python
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Adolescent. lame from overuse. common. classic. i love it.
Truly Tasteless Jokes OneTruly Tasteless Jokes One by Blanche Knott
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Yesssssssssss.
Truly Tasteless CartoonsTruly Tasteless Cartoons by National Lampoons
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that's not sick, that's funny.
Truly Tasteless Disadvantaged White Male JokesTruly Tasteless Disadvantaged White Male Jokes by Blanche Knott
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a combination of all that is sacred and profane
Are You Hungry Tonight?: Elvis' Favorite RecipesAre You Hungry Tonight?: Elvis' Favorite Recipes
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The combination of author's devotion and the wry art production make this an excellent example of hidden humor. Check out the recipe for glazed donuts and the photo of Elvis making the "ok" sign with thumb and forefinger, and you know for what to look for in the rest of the book. The spagetti and meatballs recipe with Elvis giveing a meatball smile is also too rich to ignore.
Princes, Playboys & High-Class TartsPrinces, Playboys & High-Class Tarts by Taki Theodoracopulos
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Taki's world is different. A world where gentlemen never pay their tailor, but always pay gambling debts before sundown (or sunrise), then sleep off excess in a friend's yacht entwined in another friend's stepdaughter, awakening just after noon for fresh squeezed orange juice and tennis with an impoverished royal and a billionaire.