Funniest Novels of All Time
The Funniest Novels of All Time (that I've read) - also file under best comic novels. To make it on this list the book has to be laugh out loud funny. Don Delillo is a great "comic novelist" but I doubt anybody busted a gut reading The Body Artist. Same thing for Joyce who is also considered a comic novelist. I don't recall any big laughs in Dubliners.
The Magic Christian - Terry Southern
Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Et Tu Babe - Mark Leyner
Blue Movie - Terry Southern
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thompson
Candy - Terry Southern
The Magic Christian - Terry Southern
Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Et Tu Babe - Mark Leyner
Blue Movie - Terry Southern
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thompson
Candy - Terry Southern
Homeland - Sam Lipsyte
The Houseguest - Thomas Berger
I'm the Bomb - Morgan Hobbs
Nowhere - Thomas Berger
Switch Bitch - Roald Dahl
Tokyo Woes - Bruce Jay Friedman
The Curse of Lono - Hunter Thompson
The Houseguest - Thomas Berger
I'm the Bomb - Morgan Hobbs
Nowhere - Thomas Berger
Switch Bitch - Roald Dahl
Tokyo Woes - Bruce Jay Friedman
The Curse of Lono - Hunter Thompson
Hollywood - Charles Bukowski
The Dick - Bruce Jay Friedman
The Rum Diary - Hunter Thompson
A Mother's Kisses - Bruce Jay Friedman
The Dick Gibson Show - Stanley Elkin
The Loved One - Evelyn Waugh
The Dick - Bruce Jay Friedman
The Rum Diary - Hunter Thompson
A Mother's Kisses - Bruce Jay Friedman
The Dick Gibson Show - Stanley Elkin
The Loved One - Evelyn Waugh
Downtown Owl - Chuck Klosterman
George Mills - Stanley Elkin
A Bad Man - Stanley Elkin
George Mills - Stanley Elkin
A Bad Man - Stanley Elkin
A Confederate General from Big Sur - Richard Brautigan
Gerald's Party - Robert Coover
Reinhart in Love - Thomas Berger
Killing Time - Thomas Berger
The Hawkline Monster - Richard Brautigan
Trout Fishing in America - Richard Brautigan
Panama - Tom McGuane
Ninety-Two in the Shade - Tom McGuane
Doctors & Monsters - Morgan Hobbs
The Fan Man - William Kotzwinkle
Snow White - Donald Barthelme
The Dead Father - Donald Barthelme
Paradise - Donald Barthelme
Inherent Vice - Thomas Pynchon
Gerald's Party - Robert Coover
Reinhart in Love - Thomas Berger
Killing Time - Thomas Berger
The Hawkline Monster - Richard Brautigan
Trout Fishing in America - Richard Brautigan
Panama - Tom McGuane
Ninety-Two in the Shade - Tom McGuane
Doctors & Monsters - Morgan Hobbs
The Fan Man - William Kotzwinkle
Snow White - Donald Barthelme
The Dead Father - Donald Barthelme
Paradise - Donald Barthelme
Inherent Vice - Thomas Pynchon
Slash Palace - Morgan Hobbs
The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
Nothing But Blue Skies - Tom McGuane
My Life and Hard Times - James Thurber
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens
Pudd'n Head Wilson - Mark Twain
Middlemarch - George Eliot
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Journey to the End of the Night - Celine
Another Roadside Attraction - Tom Robbins
Based On a True Story - Norm MacDonald
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Tom Robbins
Joseph Heller - Catch 22
Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
Keep the Change - Tom McGuane
The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
Nothing But Blue Skies - Tom McGuane
My Life and Hard Times - James Thurber
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens
Pudd'n Head Wilson - Mark Twain
Middlemarch - George Eliot
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Journey to the End of the Night - Celine
Another Roadside Attraction - Tom Robbins
Based On a True Story - Norm MacDonald
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Tom Robbins
Joseph Heller - Catch 22
Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
Keep the Change - Tom McGuane
The Stench of Honolulu - Jack Handy
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
Harry the Rat with Women - Jules Feiffer
Tooth Imprints on a Corndog - Mark Leyner
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
Harry the Rat with Women - Jules Feiffer
Tooth Imprints on a Corndog - Mark Leyner
Dreaming of Babylon - Richard Brautigan
The Teatherballs of Bougainville - Mark Leyner
The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Fiction - Neal Pollack
Never Mind the Pollacks - Neal Pollack
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
The Subject Steve - Sam Lipsyte
The Teatherballs of Bougainville - Mark Leyner
The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Fiction - Neal Pollack
Never Mind the Pollacks - Neal Pollack
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
The Subject Steve - Sam Lipsyte
Antkind - Charlie Kaufman
The Importance of Being Ernest - Oscar Wilde
Good As Gold - Joseph Heller
American Psycho - Brett Easton Ellis
Bright Lights Big City - Jay McInerney
Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Envy - Yuri Olesha
Lolita - Nabokov
Pale Fire - Nabokov
A Night of Serious Drinking - Renee Daumal
Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth
Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Women - Charles Bukowski
John's Wife - Robert Coover
Myra Breckenridge - Gore Vidal
Riotous Assembly - Tom Sharpe
Keep Mars Weird - Neal Pollack
The Importance of Being Ernest - Oscar Wilde
Good As Gold - Joseph Heller
American Psycho - Brett Easton Ellis
Bright Lights Big City - Jay McInerney
Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Envy - Yuri Olesha
Lolita - Nabokov
Pale Fire - Nabokov
A Night of Serious Drinking - Renee Daumal
Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth
Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Women - Charles Bukowski
John's Wife - Robert Coover
Myra Breckenridge - Gore Vidal
Riotous Assembly - Tom Sharpe
Keep Mars Weird - Neal Pollack
Stern - Bruce Jay Friedman
The Self-Devoted Friend - Marvin Cohen
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
The Self-Devoted Friend - Marvin Cohen
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Pulp - Charles Bukowski
Perv, A Love Story - Jerry Stahl
Perv, A Love Story - Jerry Stahl
Great list!
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