The 10 Funniest Books According to ABE's British Customers

It's laugh-out-loud funny, and in these times that can be very helpful!

Many of us read this classic American war book in school. It deserves another look, both for Heller's brilliant use of dialogue as well as his exploration of the absurdities of war and the military machine.

This is one of my favorite books of all time. Indeed, it's two of my favorite books of all time put together. We were reading this aloud during a family road trip once, and had to pull the car over till the driver could quit laughing and compose herself enough to drive safely on; it's that funny.

Word pictures of England and Germany at the turn of the last century are only a small part of the charm. There's the part about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and how uncomfortable they must have made everyone feel during house parties, and the instructions for packing, and the descriptions of what it's like to stay over at a home where there are small children — youll have your own favorites.

Read it while you're on vacation, or in order to feel as though you're on vacation even when you're not.

I can recommend Wilt, and indeed all the books of that series (Wilt Nowhere, Wilt on High) although it is some time since I read them. Tom Sharpe has chosen a determined but bashful main character to whom awful things happen. The general ambiance is farcical, but as with all true farce things are taken seriously, and the developments are very funny.

Wilt's wife is exasperating and half mad, the police inspector is driven mental by Wilt, and in the end most of the baddies and the dafties get their comeuppance. Very satisfying. I'm going to read it again.

I read this book after returning from a trip to New Orleans many years ago.

The author so captures the essence of this unique and lovely city.

I found myself laughing out loud as I sat reading alone.

One to reread again and again.

A sharp farce of academia, and a revelation for students or recent grads: your professors are even more of a mess than you are. Lucky Jim was the harbinger of the humorous campus novel genre. Bless you, Kingsley Amis!

Here is the team of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman. They are as thick as thieves, as you can see through Bertie's observations of his valet. "He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled, so I tactfully changed the subject." This is the first of the Totleigh Towers books, and in my opinion, the best.

Bridget's a bit of a train wreck you can't take your eyes off, but at the same time she's endearing. Despite all her faux pas, everyone sees a bit of themselves in her (the foolish bits). And her abbreviated Britishisms are absolutely addictive.

Milligan was the most surreal genius ever to walk this earth but this account actually deals with his part in the war and is actually laced with his painful and upsetting experiences along with almost unbearably funny anecdotes and set-pieces. You will laugh out loud, you will appreciate the humble Tommy and you will forever be hooked on Milligan.