Ask HN: What's your top-tier reading with well-written humor?

4 pointsmilkoolong1y ago3 comments

I find it difficult to process comedy and humor, and would like to discover books with well-written humor to study; the way I've been studying known stand-up comedians. Thank you!

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thx1y ago

I just started posting a “humor” short story series i’m doing almost daily on tiktok and soon substack —

https://www.tiktok.com/@blondynwrites

It’s titled — Big City, Short Story

Not saying it’s top-tier by any means but the writing style is designed to be funny, while being satire, in a ‘Pop Art’ / Almost Dr. Seussian sense.

RGamma1y ago

Terry Pratchett's Disc World comes to mind. It's not generally exuberant, forced humor with maximum-impact punchlines, but more the laid-back, jolly sort. It also has a big fan following.

ahazred8ta1y ago

Mark Twain's nonfiction?

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