Top Ten
Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s list is all about
funny books. I don’t read a lot of funny books. I’m more of a death, doom,
disease, and destruction kind of person. So, here are some funny moments that I’ve
found in serious books.
Funny Moments In Serious Books
1. To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
If you grew up
in the US, you probably had to read this book in school, and you probably spent
a whole English class talking about racism in the 1930s American South. But, remember
Scout’s ham costume? And when Jem got his pants caught in the fence? Yeah,
those were good moments.
2. Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
This book about
a family living in extreme poverty probably belongs on a list of the most depressing
memoirs ever, but the author has hilarious ways of describing his family
members and their hypocritical Irish Catholic beliefs.
3. Illuminae – Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Bombings,
plagues, and mass destruction aren’t funny, but the characters are. I laughed
out loud at some of their conversations.
4. Going Bovine – Libba Bray
The main
character is dying from mad cow disease. This is made slightly less depressing
by the fact that the side character is a talking garden gnome.
5. Feed – M.T. Anderson
It’s a dystopia
. . . where the characters go on dates to a filet mignon farm and wander
through a maze made out of raw steak.
6. Any book by Rainbow Rowell
If you’ve never
read a Rainbow Rowell book, you need to. Immediately. She writes about serious
subjects, but the dialogue in her books is hilarious.
7. American Born Chinese – Gene Luen Yang
This graphic
novel is about immigration and the difficulties of being Asian-American. It has
some . . . um . . . interesting depictions of Chinese-American stereotypes.
8. Looking For Alaska – John Green
We all remember
the traumatizing death part of this novel, but there was also that thing about
the stripper . . .
9. The Martian – Andy Weir
The main
character is stranded alone on Mars. For years. At least he has a sense of
humor about it.
10. Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda – Becky Albertalli
Imagine being
blackmailed into revealing your deepest secret. That happens in this book, but
there’s also a lot of witty banter and a boy who loves Oreos as much as I do.
What is your favorite funny
book?
I really like how you did this with the funny moments in serious books - Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI read "American Born Chinese" for a Diversity project in my Children's Literature course a year or so back. I was equal parts moved and confused, but it all made sense by the end of the work.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of the other works (other than "To Kill a Mockingbird", but I can't remember any of it). I do desperately want to read "Eleanor & Park", I just haven't gotten around to it yet. You've reminded me, so now it's back on my list!
Great TTT!
I love your description for Illuminae - haha! My TTT
ReplyDeleteI like the direction you took this list in! I don't read humor either... I included Illuminae on my list too - the characters were hilarious!
ReplyDeleteHere are my Top Ten!
I thought the funniest part of TKAM was Dolphus drinking Coke wrapped in a paper bag, like it was booze.
ReplyDeleteI love this weeks topic, I am such a fan of books that can make me laugh. You've got some great picks this weeks, and I am definitely going to add a few of these to my own TBR. Thanks for the recommendations! :) You can check out my picks here.
ReplyDeleteThe only ones I've read on here are the Rainbow Rowell books and they were funny. :) Great choices.
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: http://www.anovelglimpse.com/2016/04/19/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-that-will-make-you-laugh-or-at-least-chuckle/
Great list!! I love the spin on the topic! I need to check out some of these books!
ReplyDeleteWow great list and TKAM is one of my favorite books!
ReplyDeleteThis list is perfect. And I've actually read most of these books (yay!). :D
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, I don't remember the meat maze in Feed. I did enjoy their slang, though. All of the dialogue in that book was so ridiculous that it made for good contrast to the sadder moments.
And The Martian...never have I gone from laughing out loud to tearing up to laughing again so quickly as I did with that book. Such a goodie. <3
Simon Vs is totally hilarious AND I LOVE IT FOR THAT. <3 And I also want to try The Martian! Despite not really being a hardcore sci-fi person myself...I've still heard it's entirely hilarious and I neeeed to try it. ;D
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