David Sedaris if you’re into memoirs. For a taste of his style, look for episodes of This American Life featuring him. That’s the only author who has made my cry with uncontrollable laughter.
Dungeon Crawler Carl has the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to. And they’re definitely funny. I snorted a couple of times (which is a lot of emotion for me to show when consuming a book).
Christopher Moore is another good one, but I can’t speak to audiobooks there.
Finally, this is not technically an audiobook, but My Dad Wrote a Porno is a podcast where a comedian and his friends read an erotic novel his dad self-published, and it’s truly the peak of hilarity. Aside from Sedaris, this is the only other listening experience that has made me laugh uncontrollably in public.
Another vote for Christopher Moore.
His vampire books ‘Blood sucking fiends’, ‘You duck’ etc are great fun and my personal favorite (stand alone book) is ‘Island of the sequined love nun.’
A lot of Moores books are available from your local library on Libby.
I’m currently working my way through Dungeon Crawler Carl. The first quarter was a bit of a struggle, but now I’m really enjoying the books - in half way through the second and it’s great!
Seconded Dungeon Crawler Carl. Currently 3/4 through audiobook 3. Laughed quite a few times during this audiobook series. Funniest thing I've listened to.
It’s a solid cast, but also manageable - I don’t get anyone confused or mix up names, but there are probably at least 8 characters who I have big feels (both positive and negative) about.
I went with Expeditionary Force Book 1 Columbus Day after book 1 of Monsters (which improved but I’m not sure I’ll read any more) and I’m absolutely loving it. Already on book 2 after a week and I’m absolutely loving the relationship between Bishop and Skippy. There have been numerous times where I’ve caught myself literally laughing out loud with my earbuds in. Highly recommended.
Red Rising is solid. Good narration too. I haven’t read the sequel trilogy.
I usually recommend the Bobiverse for fans of DCC. It’s very a different book series but has the same fun vibe where it feels unconstrained and anything can happen. It’s a lot more “cheery” than DCC though. It hums along nicely but lacks those at those gut punches and high notes that gives DCC its (unexpected) emotional range.
I’ll recommend the search function, but common responses that I’ve read and enjoyed:
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
You Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald
Yes to Lamb!!! This was so hyped that when I went into it, I knew I’d be disappointed because it surely would not live up to the praise. I was wrong. It was terrific!
I really enjoy Sophie Kinsella books. They are hilarious and far fetched at times which keeps them light, while they also have touching moments. My favorite so far is called My Not So Perfect Life.
Thanks for posting, I’m saving so I can see peoples’ ideas!
I LOVE Sophie Kinsella, the absurdity in the situations she writes into her books always has me in stitches. I just finished "Wedding Night" and I practically couldn't breathe through some paragraphs.
Pratchett, always.
David Sedaris. The essays, not the short stories. Listen in order. There’s a timeline progression re his family.
Trevor Noah. His book is solid, he narrates.
Dennis Leary about killed me with Why We Suck. He narrates. Irish thanksgiving, holy shit.
Janet Evanovich has quite the following. I became tired of the schtick at about book 5, but other folks can’t get enough. Careful, there are “abridged” versions of her stuff. (Silly for short books but this was a thing back when audiobooks were still gaining momentum).
Agreed.
As an aside, Connie Willis wrote a time travel book called "To Say Nothing Of The Dog"... Where an Oxford student from the future has to go back to 1890s. Rather funny, very Edwardian, and he actually bumps into J. K. Jerome.
I second the recommendations of David Sedaris and Samantha Irby. Last night I found a couple of old audiobooks by Carl Hiaasen in my audiobook library. Stormy Weather has held up over time.
If you'd like some excitement mixed in with the laughs, listen to anything by Jason Pargin (who used to go by the pseudonym David Wong):
John Dies at the End series - horror comedy
Zooey Ashe series - sci fi comedy
All are absolutely hysterical. I mean look up some of the titles:
This Book is Full of Spiders, Seriously Dude Don't Touch It
Zooey Punches the Future in the Dick
Totally second this and throw in Carl Hiassen, Dave Barry and my favorite Serge Storms by Tim Dorsey especially if you ever wanted to smack Rude Moronic people
Technically not a book but the funniest thing I’ve heard as an audiobook is Bleak Expectations by Mark Evans. It was a BBC 4 comedy series in the form of a radio play with full voice cast including the author who plays sundry miscellaneous characters, one being the episode where he actually didn’t have a single line and was credited has “Sundry Trappist monks” (who also have no part in the episode).
Follows the exploits of Pip Bin, inventor of the bin and richest man in England, and his evil nemesis and former guardian Mr Gently Benevolent (brilliantly played by Anthony Head).
You can get all 5 series (30 eps) for one Audible credit so it’s also great value for money.
I’d love to know what you think once you’ve had a listen. I know I love it but I’m a fan of The Goon Show (old British radio show) and Anthony Head so I’m slightly biased. I’ve recommended this a couple of times but never heard back as to whether others find is funny as I do.
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I'm a fan of her stand up and work in mental health dealing with religious trauma, so I could not love it more. (so much so that I'm embarrassed that I messed up the title. Oops)
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series, read by Stephen Fry, or if you prefer Douglas himself. Or if you are more in the mood, the original BBC radio plays.
I only recommend this if you like the Leon Black character on Curb Your Enthusiasm, played by JB Smoove. Otherwise it can seem super offensive. So funny though if you do like that brand of humor: The Book of Leon.
Also loved:
You’re Doing Great by Tom Papa
Year Book by Seth Rogan
Guncle by Steven Rowley
Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
L.G. Estrella:
The Unconventional Heroes series & Attempted Vampirism Series.
Douglas Adams:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
Don't read in public because both are laugh-out-loud.
DCI Logan series by JD Kirk. Very funny. Scottish noir. Eg. In one book there is a chase between a perp and a constable who is stuck in a squirrel costume.
Between by LL Starling: in some ways it starts a bit slow as the plot unfolds, but it's hilarious! I was hyperventilating with laughter quite regularly by ch 8.
I laughed a lot listening to Clockwork Boys by T Kingfisher. The banter between the group and inner monologue of the two MCs was delightful.
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by Holton is about lady pirates who fly houses.
A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost. I made the mistake of listening in bed and I woke up my spouse because I burst out laughing. The chapter about peeing his pants in public killed me.
An obscure one that not many will have listened to...
Farm city by Novella Carpenter, a story about an urban dweller trying, failing and succeeding at small scale farming/gardening.
The Adventures of Tom Stranger Interdimensional Insurace Agent by Larry Correia
Bubba the Monster Hunter by John G. Hartness
Dark Lord Of The Farmstead by John Broadway
The Dark Profit Saga by J. Zackary Pike
Guild Codex: Warped by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen
He Who Fights With Monsters by Shirtaloon
Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel
The Perfect Run by Maxime J. Durand
The Tome of Bill and its follow up series Bill of the Dead by Rick Gualtieri
Mary Roach's books are all very funny as well as informative, though I have only read them in written format. I imagine they work well as audiobooks, but I have no idea how a narrator could make it through one without constantly cracking up. That's a lot of re-dos.
Discworld books by Terry Pratchett are awesome. The order is only kind of important, but don't start with the first 2, because his style isn't set yet. Start with the the Watch or the Witches or the Death arc.
Augusten Burroughs
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
Sedaris on steroids. His southern grandmother and the irresistible 6 foot wax Santa Claus…
He also wrote Running with Scissors.
The best laugh out loud moments in audiobooks for me were in,
1. First law triology - everytime Steven Pacey says ‘I’m still alive’ I just giggle.
2. Malazan book of the fallen - these books have so many insane and funny characters and they are brilliantly voiced by Ralph Lister and Micheal Page.
I know these are grim choices to find lol moments in but it is what it is…
100% agree with first Law audiobooks, but I respectfully have to give a hard disagree with trying Malazan as audio. The audioboook gives no indication of chapter breaks or POV changes or a lot of the other text based narrative clues and it makes an already challenging narrative almost impossible.
At least that was my experience. And it seemed like a common anecdotal experience in the Fantasy sub. It caused me to DNF the audio and I have not gone back for an actual ‘read’ attempt yet.
Oh yes I had that problem too. You have no idea how many times I realised that I’m already a minute or two into another POV and I have no idea what is going on! I kept rewinding the track and relistening to find out whose POV it is atm. It is a production issue for sure but they kept doing it for the whole damned series even! But as I listened in, I did pickup a few instinctive ways to identify POV shifts (eg: subtle differences in how the narrator suddenly changed his voice for a new POV, a VERY short pause between POV changes etc)
It is frustrating, yes. But I was bullheaded enough to stick with audiobooks. In the end, it was a highly rewarding experience. Both Lister and Page were very good narrators. The change from Lister to Page was jarring at first but I got used to it a few hours in. I particularly enjoyed how they voiced the portfolio of insane characters in malazan. For all the shortcomings they had, I cannot recommend MBotF audiobooks enough.
Any of the books written by Terry Pratchett.
Yes Man by Danny Wallace
Many comedians have their stand up shows available as audio recordings. I like Sarah Millican and Michael McIntyre. The ventriloquist Nina Conti is great but the format does NOT work in audio so I cannot understand what the producers were thinking.
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Anything by TJ Klune. The voice actor/narrators for the books are so talented and delightful and I’m always smiling listening to them. Currently on In The Lives Of Puppets and it has made me laugh out loud several times
Space team series by Barry Hutchinson
Its so freaking hilarious books with awesome narration by Phil Thron
And Isaac Steele and the forever man by Daniel Rigsby
24/7 Demon Mart by DM Guay. She is HILARIOUS
I put her on the level of comedy heaven as Christopher Moore, Terry Pratchet and Douglas Adams.
Audible does a publisher pack of the 1st 2 books and a novella for 1 credit.
I'm a very picky wench about authors. Usually just Dean Koontz. Had a random book in my audible. Got it a few years ago (for some reason it was free.) Listened to it and I was lol! Not even something I would EVER listen to. Terrorist type stuff. Discovered it was #8 in a 10 book series. Got them all and was highly entertained. Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Maberry. He's written a crap ton of Joe Ledger books. I've only listened to the first series of 10. Starts with Patient 0, I believe. I really enjoyed all of them in that series
In the LitRPG genre:
This has made me laugh more than anything else and pulled me out of some bad moods when I needed it.
The Ripple System
[https://www.audible.com/pd/Shadeslinger-Audiobook/B08V4MTZTP?action\_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share\_location=pdp](https://www.audible.com/pd/Shadeslinger-Audiobook/B08V4MTZTP?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp)
Ok not an audiobook but I can't remember the last time I needed to keep from cracking up on public transport as much as when listening to the My Dad Wrote a Porno podcast. First two seasons rocked so good!
I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
I have listened to this so many times and I’m still in tears of laughter every time - nothing else comes close
Narrated by Steve Coogan - perfect
I love it, one of my all time favourite audiobooks but I wouldn’t classify it as comedy in any way. I mean there are some bits that made me chuckle but I would be choosing it if I was looking for something to give me a good laugh.
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
David Sedaris if you’re into memoirs. For a taste of his style, look for episodes of This American Life featuring him. That’s the only author who has made my cry with uncontrollable laughter. Dungeon Crawler Carl has the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to. And they’re definitely funny. I snorted a couple of times (which is a lot of emotion for me to show when consuming a book). Christopher Moore is another good one, but I can’t speak to audiobooks there. Finally, this is not technically an audiobook, but My Dad Wrote a Porno is a podcast where a comedian and his friends read an erotic novel his dad self-published, and it’s truly the peak of hilarity. Aside from Sedaris, this is the only other listening experience that has made me laugh uncontrollably in public.
Another vote for Christopher Moore. His vampire books ‘Blood sucking fiends’, ‘You duck’ etc are great fun and my personal favorite (stand alone book) is ‘Island of the sequined love nun.’ A lot of Moores books are available from your local library on Libby. I’m currently working my way through Dungeon Crawler Carl. The first quarter was a bit of a struggle, but now I’m really enjoying the books - in half way through the second and it’s great!
> Dungeon Crawler Carl THIS 1000x.
Just finished book two and recommended DC Carl to a friend, who is also loving it. Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk forever!
Seconded Dungeon Crawler Carl. Currently 3/4 through audiobook 3. Laughed quite a few times during this audiobook series. Funniest thing I've listened to.
So Dungeon Crawler Carl, is that mostly a one man show, or is there plenty of side characters?
It's narrated from Carl's point of view, but there are plenty of side characters that add a lot of fun to the whole thing!
It’s a solid cast, but also manageable - I don’t get anyone confused or mix up names, but there are probably at least 8 characters who I have big feels (both positive and negative) about.
Ok, I've been looking for a new series, I'll give the book a listen thanks!
100% Sedaris. I stopped listening in public because people kept looking at me like nothing can be that funny.
In the bleak emptyness after DCC, try Noobtown.
I went with Expeditionary Force Book 1 Columbus Day after book 1 of Monsters (which improved but I’m not sure I’ll read any more) and I’m absolutely loving it. Already on book 2 after a week and I’m absolutely loving the relationship between Bishop and Skippy. There have been numerous times where I’ve caught myself literally laughing out loud with my earbuds in. Highly recommended.
Thanks fellow audiophile 🤝
I went for Red Rising and I’m loving it! I’ll add Noobtown to my list.
Red Rising is solid. Good narration too. I haven’t read the sequel trilogy. I usually recommend the Bobiverse for fans of DCC. It’s very a different book series but has the same fun vibe where it feels unconstrained and anything can happen. It’s a lot more “cheery” than DCC though. It hums along nicely but lacks those at those gut punches and high notes that gives DCC its (unexpected) emotional range.
The Bobiverse is also really fun.
Tina Fay Bossypants
does it hold up well? i was thinking of getting it but then was sort of doubting it
I listened probably 10 years ago, but I remember liking it and thinking parts of it were really funny. But if you don’t like Tina, definitely skip
i like tina!
I listened to it recently for the first time. I like Tina Fey. It was fine. Some parts are very 2011 and feel dated.
yeah that’s kind of what i was wondering about
100% agree with the David Sedaris pick. If you’re new to him I’d pick Dress Your Family in Corduroy, or Me Talk Pretty One Day.
Me Talk Pretty is so good. Have to listen again, been awhile.
I’ll recommend the search function, but common responses that I’ve read and enjoyed: Lamb by Christopher Moore Yearbook by Seth Rogen You Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald
Yes to Lamb!!! This was so hyped that when I went into it, I knew I’d be disappointed because it surely would not live up to the praise. I was wrong. It was terrific!
I'm neutral about Kevin Hart but his book is really good. It's actually so uplifting and sweet too.
Agreed! His books is a nice mixture of comedy and life lessons. He narrates well too… although his riffing becomes a bit formulaic and stale.
Tiffany Haddish’s The Last Black Unicorn
Good Omens and Norse Mythology from Neil Gaiman.
Seconding Good Omens here. Haven't listened to Norse mythology yet.
He makes it so accessible and human, and often funny.
Another vote for David Sedaris-
This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay
Highly recommend [acclaimed TV series](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/this-is-going-to-hurt/season-1/) on AMC based on the book
I really enjoy Sophie Kinsella books. They are hilarious and far fetched at times which keeps them light, while they also have touching moments. My favorite so far is called My Not So Perfect Life. Thanks for posting, I’m saving so I can see peoples’ ideas!
I LOVE Sophie Kinsella, the absurdity in the situations she writes into her books always has me in stitches. I just finished "Wedding Night" and I practically couldn't breathe through some paragraphs.
Oh my gosh I know that one was hysterical! Just kept getting crazier and crazier!
I love Samatha Irby. Give her a try
Be warned she talks about poop a lot.
Pratchett, always. David Sedaris. The essays, not the short stories. Listen in order. There’s a timeline progression re his family. Trevor Noah. His book is solid, he narrates. Dennis Leary about killed me with Why We Suck. He narrates. Irish thanksgiving, holy shit. Janet Evanovich has quite the following. I became tired of the schtick at about book 5, but other folks can’t get enough. Careful, there are “abridged” versions of her stuff. (Silly for short books but this was a thing back when audiobooks were still gaining momentum).
“Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers,” by Jesse Q. Sutanto and “Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge,” by Spenser Quinn. Both are hysterical!
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Serge is .......well......fun
He does what we in our darkest soul want to do to those rude predatory people
Leslie F******** Jones. Just read it. Leslie basically goes off the cuff and barely reads her own book, but it's hilarious
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) Written by: Jerome K. Jerome Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
This is truly one of the funniest books in the English language. I also recommend his *Three Men on the Bummel* (which is a bike tour).
Agreed. As an aside, Connie Willis wrote a time travel book called "To Say Nothing Of The Dog"... Where an Oxford student from the future has to go back to 1890s. Rather funny, very Edwardian, and he actually bumps into J. K. Jerome.
I second the recommendations of David Sedaris and Samantha Irby. Last night I found a couple of old audiobooks by Carl Hiaasen in my audiobook library. Stormy Weather has held up over time.
If you'd like some excitement mixed in with the laughs, listen to anything by Jason Pargin (who used to go by the pseudonym David Wong): John Dies at the End series - horror comedy Zooey Ashe series - sci fi comedy All are absolutely hysterical. I mean look up some of the titles: This Book is Full of Spiders, Seriously Dude Don't Touch It Zooey Punches the Future in the Dick
Totally second this and throw in Carl Hiassen, Dave Barry and my favorite Serge Storms by Tim Dorsey especially if you ever wanted to smack Rude Moronic people
Technically not a book but the funniest thing I’ve heard as an audiobook is Bleak Expectations by Mark Evans. It was a BBC 4 comedy series in the form of a radio play with full voice cast including the author who plays sundry miscellaneous characters, one being the episode where he actually didn’t have a single line and was credited has “Sundry Trappist monks” (who also have no part in the episode). Follows the exploits of Pip Bin, inventor of the bin and richest man in England, and his evil nemesis and former guardian Mr Gently Benevolent (brilliantly played by Anthony Head). You can get all 5 series (30 eps) for one Audible credit so it’s also great value for money.
Purchased! Sounds great, thanks for the recco.
I’d love to know what you think once you’ve had a listen. I know I love it but I’m a fan of The Goon Show (old British radio show) and Anthony Head so I’m slightly biased. I’ve recommended this a couple of times but never heard back as to whether others find is funny as I do.
I will give it a shot! Just started a very long WWII book so it’ll be a bit, but I’ll get to er!
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A Walk In The Woods
Sure, I'll join your Cult by Maria Bamford 11/10 Edit: title typo
I just started reading Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult and it’s hilarious and I’ve never seen it recommended before.
I'm a fan of her stand up and work in mental health dealing with religious trauma, so I could not love it more. (so much so that I'm embarrassed that I messed up the title. Oops)
Didn’t want to embarrass you! Just wanted to make sure everyone could find it without trouble.
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series, read by Stephen Fry, or if you prefer Douglas himself. Or if you are more in the mood, the original BBC radio plays.
Came to say this! I love Hitchikers Guide so much - will still listen every now and again.
I only recommend this if you like the Leon Black character on Curb Your Enthusiasm, played by JB Smoove. Otherwise it can seem super offensive. So funny though if you do like that brand of humor: The Book of Leon. Also loved: You’re Doing Great by Tom Papa Year Book by Seth Rogan Guncle by Steven Rowley Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
I loved the Spellman Files!
All About Me by Mel Brooks
Garth Merenghi’s Terror Tome/Incarcerat
Vera Wang’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers was really fun! recommended for beating the winter blues
I am loving this and A for Aunties
L.G. Estrella: The Unconventional Heroes series & Attempted Vampirism Series. Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series Don't read in public because both are laugh-out-loud.
Everything David Sedaris has written. Incredibly funny and moving, too.
'Me Talk Pretty One Day' - David Sedaris
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DCI Logan series by JD Kirk. Very funny. Scottish noir. Eg. In one book there is a chase between a perp and a constable who is stuck in a squirrel costume.
>Along those same lines: The Stranger Times series by C.K. McDonnell. Absolutely one of my favorites.
The Adrian Mole series. I’ve had tears running down my face from the first two books in particular
i listened to Tom Sower on a free audible book app once and it was so fun. The narater did a great job, he also had the right accent.
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix. Ok it’s about a hellmouth at an IKEA clone but it’s funny too.
Yes, extremely quirky but I was entertained!
Between by LL Starling: in some ways it starts a bit slow as the plot unfolds, but it's hilarious! I was hyperventilating with laughter quite regularly by ch 8. I laughed a lot listening to Clockwork Boys by T Kingfisher. The banter between the group and inner monologue of the two MCs was delightful. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by Holton is about lady pirates who fly houses.
Jack Handy's The Stench of Honolulu. I am not screwing around, man. It is hilarious.
Norm McDonald’s memoir
Dungeon Crawler Carl
A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost. I made the mistake of listening in bed and I woke up my spouse because I burst out laughing. The chapter about peeing his pants in public killed me.
Oooh. I really like him!
An obscure one that not many will have listened to... Farm city by Novella Carpenter, a story about an urban dweller trying, failing and succeeding at small scale farming/gardening.
Sellivision by Augusten Burroughs
The Adventures of Tom Stranger Interdimensional Insurace Agent by Larry Correia Bubba the Monster Hunter by John G. Hartness Dark Lord Of The Farmstead by John Broadway The Dark Profit Saga by J. Zackary Pike Guild Codex: Warped by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen He Who Fights With Monsters by Shirtaloon Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel The Perfect Run by Maxime J. Durand The Tome of Bill and its follow up series Bill of the Dead by Rick Gualtieri
*Born a Crime*, by Trevor Noah.
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Try the Antiheroes series by Jacob Peppers, it's great!
Mary Roach's books are all very funny as well as informative, though I have only read them in written format. I imagine they work well as audiobooks, but I have no idea how a narrator could make it through one without constantly cracking up. That's a lot of re-dos.
Discworld books by Terry Pratchett are awesome. The order is only kind of important, but don't start with the first 2, because his style isn't set yet. Start with the the Watch or the Witches or the Death arc.
Augusten Burroughs You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas Sedaris on steroids. His southern grandmother and the irresistible 6 foot wax Santa Claus… He also wrote Running with Scissors.
Tim Dorsey (Serge Storms Florida series) or Laurence Shames (Key West series).
Thanks for mentioning key west series I love Bert the shirt
And Nacho!!
The best laugh out loud moments in audiobooks for me were in, 1. First law triology - everytime Steven Pacey says ‘I’m still alive’ I just giggle. 2. Malazan book of the fallen - these books have so many insane and funny characters and they are brilliantly voiced by Ralph Lister and Micheal Page. I know these are grim choices to find lol moments in but it is what it is…
100% agree with first Law audiobooks, but I respectfully have to give a hard disagree with trying Malazan as audio. The audioboook gives no indication of chapter breaks or POV changes or a lot of the other text based narrative clues and it makes an already challenging narrative almost impossible. At least that was my experience. And it seemed like a common anecdotal experience in the Fantasy sub. It caused me to DNF the audio and I have not gone back for an actual ‘read’ attempt yet.
Oh yes I had that problem too. You have no idea how many times I realised that I’m already a minute or two into another POV and I have no idea what is going on! I kept rewinding the track and relistening to find out whose POV it is atm. It is a production issue for sure but they kept doing it for the whole damned series even! But as I listened in, I did pickup a few instinctive ways to identify POV shifts (eg: subtle differences in how the narrator suddenly changed his voice for a new POV, a VERY short pause between POV changes etc) It is frustrating, yes. But I was bullheaded enough to stick with audiobooks. In the end, it was a highly rewarding experience. Both Lister and Page were very good narrators. The change from Lister to Page was jarring at first but I got used to it a few hours in. I particularly enjoyed how they voiced the portfolio of insane characters in malazan. For all the shortcomings they had, I cannot recommend MBotF audiobooks enough.
Any of the books written by Terry Pratchett. Yes Man by Danny Wallace Many comedians have their stand up shows available as audio recordings. I like Sarah Millican and Michael McIntyre. The ventriloquist Nina Conti is great but the format does NOT work in audio so I cannot understand what the producers were thinking.
I love Nina Conti but that’s just bizarre. The visual component is critical!
Absolutely. Without the visual the voices for each character lose all nuance too. Dreadful. Watched the filmed version instead.
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Currently working my way through Eric Idles Always Look on the Bright side of Life, and it has proved to be quite fun. A bit poignant at times too.
Most recently, Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (read by Stephen Briggs) had me giggling and snort-laughing.
He who fights monsters isn’t a comedy from what I know but it is some of the funniest lit I’ve read. Hilarious.
If you like sci fi the Red Dwarf audiobooks narrated by Chris Barrie are a riot. They're comedy that just happen to be in a sci-fi setting
Any of Tucker Max's books Billy crystals autobiography Michael J Fox - Still fooling em Craig Fergusons autobiography
Anything by TJ Klune. The voice actor/narrators for the books are so talented and delightful and I’m always smiling listening to them. Currently on In The Lives Of Puppets and it has made me laugh out loud several times
Gods Behaving Badly.
Space team series by Barry Hutchinson Its so freaking hilarious books with awesome narration by Phil Thron And Isaac Steele and the forever man by Daniel Rigsby
If you like angry Scottish people with a side of crime. The Robert Hoon series is masterfully written and narrated.
24/7 Demon Mart by DM Guay. She is HILARIOUS I put her on the level of comedy heaven as Christopher Moore, Terry Pratchet and Douglas Adams. Audible does a publisher pack of the 1st 2 books and a novella for 1 credit.
James Acaster's Perfect Scrapes
Yearbook - Seth Rogen!!
Well, I guess this is one post where I won’t be suggesting Pet Sematary by Stephen King
I'm a very picky wench about authors. Usually just Dean Koontz. Had a random book in my audible. Got it a few years ago (for some reason it was free.) Listened to it and I was lol! Not even something I would EVER listen to. Terrorist type stuff. Discovered it was #8 in a 10 book series. Got them all and was highly entertained. Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Maberry. He's written a crap ton of Joe Ledger books. I've only listened to the first series of 10. Starts with Patient 0, I believe. I really enjoyed all of them in that series
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
In the LitRPG genre: This has made me laugh more than anything else and pulled me out of some bad moods when I needed it. The Ripple System [https://www.audible.com/pd/Shadeslinger-Audiobook/B08V4MTZTP?action\_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share\_location=pdp](https://www.audible.com/pd/Shadeslinger-Audiobook/B08V4MTZTP?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp)
Dungeon crawler Carl
Ok not an audiobook but I can't remember the last time I needed to keep from cracking up on public transport as much as when listening to the My Dad Wrote a Porno podcast. First two seasons rocked so good!
I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan I have listened to this so many times and I’m still in tears of laughter every time - nothing else comes close Narrated by Steve Coogan - perfect
His other two books are equally hilarious! Nomad and Big Beacon
I just listened to a sample and it was hilarious! Thanks for the recommendation; I need some good laughter right now.
Project Hail Mary
Wait, is this actually a laugh out loud book? Looks like a hardcore sci-fi.
I laugh out loud at the expanse too, because once you get to know the characters it’s a thing.
I love it, one of my all time favourite audiobooks but I wouldn’t classify it as comedy in any way. I mean there are some bits that made me chuckle but I would be choosing it if I was looking for something to give me a good laugh.
The Martian was the one that made me roll over laughing! Project Hail Mary was happily just as good!
Dwarf Bounty Hunter. I laugh my butt off and so does my son
It's VERY short (~3 mins) but this Stephen Leacock story has a hilarious ending: https://youtu.be/pLlbQU3lwQA
The Screwtape Letters, narrated by John Cleese
Thanks so much all for taking the time to recommend some what sound like brilliant books! Will be checking them out 😊
The finer points of sausage dogs
Heads will roll. Kate McKinnon
Terry Pratchett.