Read a lot of serious stuff recently. Suggest me a short, feel good, funny read.
Would like it to be a fairly short, fun read just as a little eyebleach stop gap between all the war, suffering, loss, hardship and politics I’ve read about recently!
Sex lives of Cannibals is a humorous and informative travelogue.
Fiction
You can’t go wrong with Three men in a boat
GuruNihilo on
I enjoyed **Starter Villain** by John Scalzi. A substitute teacher inherits a villainy from his estranged uncle. It spoofs the early James Bond movies and includes a secret volcanic lair.
freerangelibrarian on
Fiction: The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz.
Non-fiction: The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy.
Kamoflage7 on
Hounded by Kevin Hearne. (Begins a series but can well be treated as a stand-alone) A 2,000 year old Druid and his dog get into shenanigans in modern day Arizona.
Year Zero by Rob Reid. (Quick, funny, felt like HHGTTG to me [by Douglas Adams, that’s probably the seminal fit for your prompt]) An intellectual property lawyer becomes responsible for the fate of Earth because aliens love our music too much.
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. (Series of very short novels) A self-aware robot wrestles with what to do with freedom in this space adventure.
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. (Might be a little long for the criteria; stand-alone) A misfit spaceship crew undertakes a big job and finds lots of action along the way.
Realistic-Pie-4437 on
“The First Bad Man” by Miranda July is so weird and funny
“How To Behave In A Crowd” by Camille Bordas made me lol
somesumsoames on
Any and all p.g. Wodehouse.
suhoward on
Anything by David Sedaris. I started with Me Talk Pretty One Day
mokkin on
I keep these books onhand whenever I need a brain cleanser and a mental reset:
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Non fiction
– anything by Mary roach.
what if books are fun
Sex lives of Cannibals is a humorous and informative travelogue.
Fiction
You can’t go wrong with Three men in a boat
I enjoyed **Starter Villain** by John Scalzi. A substitute teacher inherits a villainy from his estranged uncle. It spoofs the early James Bond movies and includes a secret volcanic lair.
Fiction: The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz.
Non-fiction: The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy.
Hounded by Kevin Hearne. (Begins a series but can well be treated as a stand-alone) A 2,000 year old Druid and his dog get into shenanigans in modern day Arizona.
Year Zero by Rob Reid. (Quick, funny, felt like HHGTTG to me [by Douglas Adams, that’s probably the seminal fit for your prompt]) An intellectual property lawyer becomes responsible for the fate of Earth because aliens love our music too much.
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. (Series of very short novels) A self-aware robot wrestles with what to do with freedom in this space adventure.
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. (Might be a little long for the criteria; stand-alone) A misfit spaceship crew undertakes a big job and finds lots of action along the way.
“The First Bad Man” by Miranda July is so weird and funny
“How To Behave In A Crowd” by Camille Bordas made me lol
Any and all p.g. Wodehouse.
Anything by David Sedaris. I started with Me Talk Pretty One Day
I keep these books onhand whenever I need a brain cleanser and a mental reset:
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Winnie the Pooh
Harriet the Spy
Piranesi
Howl’s Moving Castle
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy