Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, if you want to know more about it, you can just click on the name! This week’s theme is about books that made me laugh (or at least chuckle). I thought that this would be way easier, but nope! I’ve read books that made me laugh, but none where I thought “Yes, this is such a funny book!”. Well, here are some random books (surprisingly with a lot of contemporaries mixed in) that made me laugh.
1. The Martian by Andy Weir
Mark Watney – enough said!
2. Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
It’s just full of snark and hilarity, even if it’s meant as a Christmas book and I read it in summer.
3. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Everyone who has read this will understand why I think it’s funny.
4. Austenland by Shannon Hale
I may be thinking more of the movie than the book right now, but I thought both were downright funny!
5. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
This one is not meant to be a funny book, but big families and the chaos that ensues can do that sometimes.
6. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Anna’s awkwardness made me laugh more than once.
7. Anything You Want by Geoff Herbach
I am reading this right now and am only at 25%, but I have laughed so much already. It’s a silly kind of humour and quite naive and dumb sometimes, but still worth laughing over.
8. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
There are so many books where I just don’t feel like I need or even can explain why they are funny.
9. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
This was hilarious! Turns out I read more adult fiction when I was younger than I do now though.
10. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
I find Shakespeare’s comedies actually funny, okay!? (especially some of the new interpretations)
What are some books that really made you laugh? Tell me all about it!
I chose The Martian too, because Mark Watney is a genius. I laughed so hard during that book! I’m so excited to read Carry On! I bought a Kindle version a few weeks ago, but haven’t gotten to it yet.
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Right? I would love to have a real-life Mark Watney in my life because he was so awesome and witty and hilarious. One of my all time favourite literary characters for sure!
I hope you’ll like Carry On 🙂 I sure did!
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I really wanted to write a comment and then I reached the end of your post and David erased the words from my mind. I loved this version of Much Ado About Nothing. I am not a big Shakespeare fan but having a Tennant and Tate duo was the way to go to keep me interesting all the way.
Many of those books are on my TBR 🙂
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That was my evil plan! Tennant to mush up all your brains muhahahaha
I really love his version and the Joss Whedon version 🙂
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Mission accomplished :p I can’t resist Tennant. He’s my cryptonite! I don’t know the Whedon version, I’ll google it!
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The Whedon version is awesome because it has his typical cast of Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz and even Clark Gregg. It’s all in black and white though if I remember correctly.
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We have one in common: Can You Keep A Secret by Sophie Kinsella.❤
Here’s my list, if you’re interested:
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books That Will Make You Laugh – http://wp.me/p7ksIu-3O
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YAY! Going to check out your TTT later 🙂
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Even I found Can You Keep a Secret hilarious. I haven’t read the others though.
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Hahaha you make it sound like it is really difficult to make you laugh.
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Yes Carry On and Simon both made me laugh too!
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Right? They were super funny.
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DUDE THE SCENE IN AUSTENLAND WHERE SHE PLAYS HOT IN HERRE ON THE PIANO XD I could not stop laughing for hours. I think it’s time to rewatch it!
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THAT MOVIE IS JUST SO HILARIOUS – I LOVE IT SO MUCH! Did you end up rewatching it? I feel like I should do that.
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I rewatched it yesterday, it was so good! I was cringing and laughing the whole time XD
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That’s the essence of the movie hahaha
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I have Anna and the French Kiss on my list too! Great list! 🙂
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YAY! Great minds and all that jazz 😉
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Oh, my life next door, simon and anna ❤ such great choices! Dash & Lily's Book of Dares sounds like such a cute, fast read 🙂
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Thanks and YES! Read Dash and Lily, it’s absolutely adorbs and cutesy and super short.
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I love this post! ❤️ The struggle to stop giggling at midnight from these books are real…. 😂
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Those are the best kind of books 😀
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YES to The Martian! One of the funniest books I’ve ever read, too. Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller books also have a great sense of humor. If you haven’t read those yet, you definitely should. 😉
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My list continues to grow hahaha
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I don’t know why I forgot to add some Kinsella books on my list. She is hilarious. I enjoyed reading Anna and The French Kiss and its on my list too. I really want to read My Life Next Door, sounds very interesting. Great post.
Here is my TTT: https://dwgitau.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-that-will-not-make-you-cry/
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She is really funny, right? Kinsella always makes me smile.
You should read My Life Next Door! It’s the perfect contemporary with a twist.
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I hope to find a copy of the book soon. It sounds really interesting. Thanks.
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Holy crap…would you look at that? We actually have the same book on a list for once! LMAO! My TTT.
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WHAT!? Is the world about to end?
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*checks the sky nervously*
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I hope I find Anything You Want as funny as you are haha
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So sad that you don’t like it as much …
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I always forget My Life Next Door was funny. Must have been the ending. Great choices!
My TTT: http://www.anovelglimpse.com/2016/04/19/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-that-will-make-you-laugh-or-at-least-chuckle/
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LOL, you make it sound like the ending was super tragic.
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Haha. I know it wasn’t, but the twist really ruined it for me. Maybe that is why it feels tragic. 😉
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Oh man, I thought the twist was one of the best things about it.
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Really? That was the part I hated for some reason. I think I was happy with the nice happy stuff going on. 😉
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Hahaha but that’s what twists are for. They are supposed to disrupt everything and create chaos!
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Mark Watney’s sarcasm is everything hahaha
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Here’s to that!!!
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i love your list, and you have a David Tennant gif, so bonus points!
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Why thank you! That version of Much Ado About Nothing is everything!
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i need to watch it!
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You do 😉 Did you ever watch the one by Joss Whedon?
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not yet… it’s on my list though
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My life Next Door definitely had me laughing at times. The younger Garrett’s just had me chuckling with their little remarks. I mean George and his bed-wetting comment was pure gold.
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George is just the cutest!!! I love that family to bits!
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Ahh yes the Martian and Carry On definitely made me laugh! Great picks!
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Thank you 😀 I love those books so much.
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You’re welcome!
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Omg the David Tenant gif! That version of Much Ado About Nothing is the best 🙂
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Tennant makes everything better hahaha
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YAS! Mark Watney is hilarious! Also, I kind of think that that Thorne is pretty great himself.
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