Are there really any genuine funny books out there to read?

Steve N

Quite enjoyed Frank Skinners biography a while back

Sonic67

Bob Monkhouses were good too but years since I read them.

salad1

Wilt was hilarious...

sniffer66

Bill Brysons dry writing style often has me laughing out loud

littlesheepy

Thanks for that, I didn't even know that existed and I love Rich Hall/Otis Lee Crenshaw

EndlessWaves

The first couple of books especially are a different style to the rest of the series and a couple of the early ones are a bit patchy too so I'd avoid Colour of Magic, Light Fantastic, Sorcery and Eric to begin with and grab something like Guards! Guards! instead.

Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan series also has it's moments.

EarthRod

Every writer grows and develops as he or she goes along and the style of course changes accordingly.

IMO 'patchy' is a bit strong because the storylines move along very smoothly in his early books. It's just that his later books are deeper and focus more on character development and have less descriptive stuff to do with the adventures of the hero or heroine.

stunno

I know it is not in the "last 5 years" time frame but Clive James' Unreliable Memoirs is one of the funniest book that I have ever read.

EarthRod

I've got all three volumes of his memoirs - very good read.

Same with Spike Milligan's memoirs, starting with "Adolf Hitler - My Part In His Downfall".

Greg Hook

I find a lot of the books by Robert Rankin to be hilarious. Particularly the Brentford Trilogy (which is actually 4 books!).

They are a bit sci-if and a bit mad but very funny.