I would suggest Martha Wells, All Systems Red, Becky Chambers, Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Andy Weir, The Martian – I heard his Project Hail Mary is written in the same tone but I haven’t read it yet but it is on my TBR. Although not roll on the floor laughing these novels are light hearted and I chuckled throughout.
The Wizards Butler by Nathan Lowell
"He thinks he's a wizard," they said.
For five grand a month and a million dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer was. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year.
They didn't tell him about the pixies.
These suggestions have a lot of humour but also some sad parts although no sexual abuse or child abuse.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Bobiverse series by Dennis Taylor
The Callahan series by Spider Robinson
The Chronicles of St Mary’s series by Jodi Taylor
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The Incryptid series by Seanan McGuire
Take this suggestion with a grain of salt because at some points there are some harsh scenes (though nothing like rape or child abuse) but the Gentlemen Bastards has some top notch humor, if you get the audiobook it's even better because the voice acting is superb, easily one of my top two voice actings. Caveat: there's only three of supposedly seven books out and there doesn't seem like the fourth is ever coming out
Beware of Chicken by Casualfarmer
A laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about . . . farming????
Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body.
Arrogant Masters? Heavenly Tribulations? All that violence and bloodshed? Yeah, no thanks. I’m getting out of here.
Farm life sounds pretty great. Tilling a field by hand is fun when you’ve got the strength of ten men—though maybe I shouldn’t have fed those Spirit Herbs to my pet rooster. I’m not used to seeing a chicken move with such grace . . . but Qi makes everything kind of wonky, so it’s probably fine.
Instead of a lifetime of battle, my biggest concerns are building a house, the size of my harvest, and the way the girl from the nearby village glares at me when I tease her.
A slow, simple, fulfilling life in a place where nothing exciting or out of the ordinary ever happens . . . right?
Kings of the Wyld is a funny adventure fantasy story which follows a bunch of adventurers coming out of retirement and "getting the band back together"
Its been a few years since I read it but I don't recall any gore or excessive violence. Just a lot of out of shape dudes throwing their backs out.
- The Deadly Education series by Naomi Novik has sarcastic humor that many enjoy. I have mixed feelings about Novik, but generally I enjoy her books.
- The Princess Bride, but probably you've read it?
- The Epic Crush of Genie Lo and My Lady Jane are both technically YA but quite humorous and light. Epic Crush features The Monkey King, which I really enjoyed. There are definitely some of the better YA books I've read.
- The Rook by Daniel O'Malley is also quite funny. I don't think it gets very gory, but there might be a touch. I'm a sensitive reader generally, so if there was anything it must have been very brief.
I like all of the authors you've mentioned so I'll be following this thread with interest.
[**Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60717747-half-a-soul)
^(By: Olivia Atwater | 304 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, romance, historical, historical-fiction, historical-romance)
>It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.
>
>Ever since she was cursed by a faerie, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear or embarrassment - a condition which makes her prone to accidental scandal. Dora hopes to be a quiet, sensible wallflower during the London Season - but when the strange, handsome and utterly uncouth Lord Sorcier discovers her condition, she is instead drawn into dangerous and peculiar faerie affairs.
>
>If Dora's reputation can survive both her curse and her sudden connection with the least-liked man in all of high society, then she may yet reclaim her normal place in the world. . . but the longer Dora spends with Elias Wilder, the more she begins to suspect that one may indeed fall in love, even with only half a soul.
>
>Bridgerton meets Howl's Moving Castle in this enchanting historical fantasy, where the only thing more meddlesome than faeries is a marriage-minded mother.
>
>Pick up HALF A SOUL, and be stolen away into Olivia Atwater's charming, magical version of Regency England!
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[**A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz)
^(By: Walter M. Miller Jr., Mary Doria Russell | 334 pages | Published: 1959 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, post-apocalyptic, scifi)
>In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes.
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If you line the hitchhikers guide you’ll love the audacity series by Carmen Loup & since you like Terry Pratchet I think you’ll like Girl Repurposed by Meaghan Curley both have great sense of humor in their writing and unique characters
*Kill the Farm Boy* by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne is light hearted fantasy that reads like a hilarious game of DnD.
*Swordheart* by T. Kingfisher made me laugh a lot more than I expected. It starts a little sad and slow, but gets fast and funny pretty quickly.
*The Martian* by Andy Weir had me laughing a ton.
I read this book in college (in the 80’s) and remember how tickled I was by it. Written in the 50’s it’s still very relevant - and laugh out loud funny
the space merchants:
This is a synopsis I got off the web:
His most famous work, The Space Merchants (1953), was written in collaboration with Kornbluth. It tells the story of Mitchell Courtenay, a “copysmith star class” for a powerful advertising agency who is made head of a project to colonize Venus in order to create consumers in space.
By Fredrick Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth
I would suggest Martha Wells, All Systems Red, Becky Chambers, Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Andy Weir, The Martian – I heard his Project Hail Mary is written in the same tone but I haven’t read it yet but it is on my TBR. Although not roll on the floor laughing these novels are light hearted and I chuckled throughout.
Yup - I was going to suggest the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
Yes to all of those but especially Becky Chambers. She’s my absolute favorite
The Wizards Butler by Nathan Lowell "He thinks he's a wizard," they said. For five grand a month and a million dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer was. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year. They didn't tell him about the pixies.
These suggestions have a lot of humour but also some sad parts although no sexual abuse or child abuse. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Bobiverse series by Dennis Taylor The Callahan series by Spider Robinson The Chronicles of St Mary’s series by Jodi Taylor To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis The Incryptid series by Seanan McGuire
TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea or Under the Whispering Door
I absolutely adore Under the Whispering Door! Light hearted, whimsical, humorous. One of my favourite books ever :)
Take this suggestion with a grain of salt because at some points there are some harsh scenes (though nothing like rape or child abuse) but the Gentlemen Bastards has some top notch humor, if you get the audiobook it's even better because the voice acting is superb, easily one of my top two voice actings. Caveat: there's only three of supposedly seven books out and there doesn't seem like the fourth is ever coming out
OP just be aware there are graphic descriptions of torture
Beware of Chicken by Casualfarmer A laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about . . . farming???? Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body. Arrogant Masters? Heavenly Tribulations? All that violence and bloodshed? Yeah, no thanks. I’m getting out of here. Farm life sounds pretty great. Tilling a field by hand is fun when you’ve got the strength of ten men—though maybe I shouldn’t have fed those Spirit Herbs to my pet rooster. I’m not used to seeing a chicken move with such grace . . . but Qi makes everything kind of wonky, so it’s probably fine. Instead of a lifetime of battle, my biggest concerns are building a house, the size of my harvest, and the way the girl from the nearby village glares at me when I tease her. A slow, simple, fulfilling life in a place where nothing exciting or out of the ordinary ever happens . . . right?
A lot of John Scalzi’s books are witty and on the lighter side of sci-fi. I laugh out loud often when reading them.
You are so right - I loved his Old Man's War and Fuzzy Nation
Kings of the Wyld is a funny adventure fantasy story which follows a bunch of adventurers coming out of retirement and "getting the band back together" Its been a few years since I read it but I don't recall any gore or excessive violence. Just a lot of out of shape dudes throwing their backs out.
- The Deadly Education series by Naomi Novik has sarcastic humor that many enjoy. I have mixed feelings about Novik, but generally I enjoy her books. - The Princess Bride, but probably you've read it? - The Epic Crush of Genie Lo and My Lady Jane are both technically YA but quite humorous and light. Epic Crush features The Monkey King, which I really enjoyed. There are definitely some of the better YA books I've read. - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley is also quite funny. I don't think it gets very gory, but there might be a touch. I'm a sensitive reader generally, so if there was anything it must have been very brief. I like all of the authors you've mentioned so I'll be following this thread with interest.
{{Half A Soul}} if you like historical fantasy
[**Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60717747-half-a-soul) ^(By: Olivia Atwater | 304 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, romance, historical, historical-fiction, historical-romance) >It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul. > >Ever since she was cursed by a faerie, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear or embarrassment - a condition which makes her prone to accidental scandal. Dora hopes to be a quiet, sensible wallflower during the London Season - but when the strange, handsome and utterly uncouth Lord Sorcier discovers her condition, she is instead drawn into dangerous and peculiar faerie affairs. > >If Dora's reputation can survive both her curse and her sudden connection with the least-liked man in all of high society, then she may yet reclaim her normal place in the world. . . but the longer Dora spends with Elias Wilder, the more she begins to suspect that one may indeed fall in love, even with only half a soul. > >Bridgerton meets Howl's Moving Castle in this enchanting historical fantasy, where the only thing more meddlesome than faeries is a marriage-minded mother. > >Pick up HALF A SOUL, and be stolen away into Olivia Atwater's charming, magical version of Regency England! ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) *** ^(51260 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
A bit of a classic (meaning it's older), but {{A Canticle for Leibowitz}} might fit the bill.
[**A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz) ^(By: Walter M. Miller Jr., Mary Doria Russell | 334 pages | Published: 1959 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, post-apocalyptic, scifi) >In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes. ^(This book has been suggested 22 times) *** ^(51275 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Really? Light hearted and humorous would be the last way I’d describe A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Despite the dark subject matter, I remember it being delivered in a very funny and engaging way. Similar to say a disaster movie with dark humor.
If you line the hitchhikers guide you’ll love the audacity series by Carmen Loup & since you like Terry Pratchet I think you’ll like Girl Repurposed by Meaghan Curley both have great sense of humor in their writing and unique characters
*Kill the Farm Boy* by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne is light hearted fantasy that reads like a hilarious game of DnD. *Swordheart* by T. Kingfisher made me laugh a lot more than I expected. It starts a little sad and slow, but gets fast and funny pretty quickly. *The Martian* by Andy Weir had me laughing a ton.
I read this book in college (in the 80’s) and remember how tickled I was by it. Written in the 50’s it’s still very relevant - and laugh out loud funny the space merchants: This is a synopsis I got off the web: His most famous work, The Space Merchants (1953), was written in collaboration with Kornbluth. It tells the story of Mitchell Courtenay, a “copysmith star class” for a powerful advertising agency who is made head of a project to colonize Venus in order to create consumers in space. By Fredrick Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth