| Book recommendations for holidays. 23:14 - May 24 with 2321 views | MattinLondon |
Am wondering whether anyone can recommend good books for me as I’m off on my holidays soon.
I’m looking for books that contain a lot of dark humour - doesn’t have to be laugh out loud every page, but more than just one page of funny. I’m open to plot so hopefully that won’t narrow down things too much.
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 23:20 - May 24 with 2284 views | BlueBadger |
Pretty much everything in the Discworld series from 'Wyrd Sisters' onwards but notably 'Small Gods', 'Monstrous Regiment' and 'The Truth' as their a bit more standalone. In a similar vein 'Good Omens' - some of the references have dated a bit but it's a lot of fun. [Post edited 24 May 2023 23:34]
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 00:04 - May 25 with 2241 views | Illinoisblue |
John Niven. |  |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 06:18 - May 25 with 2152 views | nodge_blue |
I read a bunch of Tom Sharpe books many years ago which I found pretty funny at the time. Not sure how they've aged down the years.
I suppose Catch 22 has plenty of dark humour. As do other Joseph Heller novels. |  |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 06:53 - May 25 with 2122 views | Pendejo |
Filth - Irvine Welsh
Funny until you realise it could be the biography of a current serving MET officer based on recent events. |  |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 07:17 - May 25 with 2106 views | MattinLondon |
Thank you for all of the recommendations- not sure about the Boris one though. | | | |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 07:57 - May 25 with 2052 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James.
Read it several times, always on holidays, very interesting and funny.
Pour Me by AA Gill or any of his travel stuff. Dark humour at times and brilliantly written.
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| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 08:16 - May 25 with 1993 views | realprojection |
You could try my recently published book - Dark Swans
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BWNFCMKB/
It's a technothriller laced with cynicism about corporate life. It's also full of oblique references to Ipswich Town. |  |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 08:31 - May 25 with 1967 views | itfcjoe |
Kill Your Friends by John Niven |  |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 08:45 - May 25 with 1949 views | ghostofescobar |
Currently reading "Johnson at 10: The Inside Story" by Anthony Seldon & Raymond Newell. Scary, infuriating, exasperating......some of it is hardly believable, except that you can remember the events from the recent past! |  |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 09:09 - May 25 with 1917 views | jontysnut |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 08:31 - May 25 by itfcjoe |
Kill Your Friends by John Niven |
John Niven seconded. Also Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiasson. Frankie Boyle's recent novel Meantime. Craig Russell's Lennox books. |  | | |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 09:14 - May 25 with 1906 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 08:45 - May 25 by ghostofescobar |
Currently reading "Johnson at 10: The Inside Story" by Anthony Seldon & Raymond Newell. Scary, infuriating, exasperating......some of it is hardly believable, except that you can remember the events from the recent past! |
The bloke who wrote that has just been on the radio.
Seems like he has a massive agenda to be honest.
I would recommend you read the book I suggested, it is well balanced |  |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 09:29 - May 25 with 1880 views | MattinLondon |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 08:31 - May 25 by itfcjoe |
Kill Your Friends by John Niven |
I’ve already read that and quite liked it. I also read another of his - one when Jesus is resurrected. Didn’t like it as much but was good. | | | |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 10:03 - May 25 with 1866 views | Guthrum |
Old, but a classic scathing satire of people and society - William Thackeray's Vanity Fair.
Stream of consciousness and zany characters from the 18th century - Laurence Sterne The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. (Which I've just discovered Martin Rowson produced a graphic novel version of) [Post edited 25 May 2023 10:05]
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 10:26 - May 25 with 1839 views | itfcjoe |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 09:29 - May 25 by MattinLondon |
I’ve already read that and quite liked it. I also read another of his - one when Jesus is resurrected. Didn’t like it as much but was good. |
There is a follow up with same character and a Michael Jackson type popstar called 'Kill Em All', plus a Trump style US politic book called The F*cck It List and both are good reads if you liked the first one | |
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| The Biggest Secret - David Icke (n/t) on 10:34 - May 25 with 1826 views | Bloots |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 12:45 - May 25 with 1750 views | SaleAway |
You might enjoy the Logan Mcrae series by Stuart Macbride. They are police procedurals based in Aberdeen. They are a little bit over the top in terms of the body and splatter count, but there's some good dark humour in the interactions of the police teams. |  |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 13:09 - May 25 with 1733 views | BlueBadger |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 09:14 - May 25 by Lord_Lucan |
The bloke who wrote that has just been on the radio.
Seems like he has a massive agenda to be honest.
I would recommend you read the book I suggested, it is well balanced |
A book pointing out that Johnson is bigoted, corrupt, narcissistic, criminally inclined, lazy and incompetent IS balanced, because it's looked at all the available evidence and come to that conclusion.
That's what balance IS. | |
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| Book recommendations for holidays. on 08:57 - May 27 with 1548 views | Dubai_Blue |
If you have a Kindle, look for John Locke - Donovan Creed series on amazon. Or any of his other books |  | | |
| Book recommendations for holidays. on 12:21 - May 27 with 1470 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
Soccernomics |  |
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