Books with wittily expressed ideas, books with witty dialogue/characters, witty authors in general you are drawn to. No restrictions, really — as long as there's wit!
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steve Sherrill
Breakfast with Scot by Michael Downing
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Corrigan by Caroline Blackwood
Winterdance by Gary Paulson
Harnessing Peacocks by Mary Wesley
Jumping the Queue by Mary Wesley
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms by J.P. Donleavy
Live from Golgatha by Gore Vidal
The Epicure’s Lament by Kate Christensen
The Ricky and G-Man novels by Poppy Z. Brite
Fat White Vampire Blues by Andrew Fox
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Don Quixote – if you enjoy dad jokes and the three stooges, you will appreciate this book
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The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Jeeves Omnibus by PG Wodehouse
Brideshead Revisisted by Evelyn Waugh
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Michael Poore
I’ve read his 2 novels ([Reincarnation Blues](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33571217), [Up Jumps the Devil](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13426056)) and his kid’s book ([Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43863529) which is like his novels but no cursing) and loved them all. His writing (exposition and dialogue) just feels completely human, natural, and real. I describe it as sounding like a conversation you’d have with your friends, but funnier. It is not giant guffaws or a laugh a minute. It’s all wit and I love it!
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Confederacy of Dunces
John Dies at the End
Catch-22
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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White Noise – Don Delillo
The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
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Terry Pratchett ^(GNU) was a brilliant author whose Discworld series started as a “let’s poke fun at generic fantasy” but quickly turned into a unique world with a very identifiable “flavour”.
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Kurt Vonnegut
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steve Sherrill
Breakfast with Scot by Michael Downing
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Corrigan by Caroline Blackwood
Winterdance by Gary Paulson
Harnessing Peacocks by Mary Wesley
Jumping the Queue by Mary Wesley
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms by J.P. Donleavy
Live from Golgatha by Gore Vidal
The Epicure’s Lament by Kate Christensen
The Ricky and G-Man novels by Poppy Z. Brite
Fat White Vampire Blues by Andrew Fox
Don Quixote – if you enjoy dad jokes and the three stooges, you will appreciate this book
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Jeeves Omnibus by PG Wodehouse
Brideshead Revisisted by Evelyn Waugh
Michael Poore
I’ve read his 2 novels ([Reincarnation Blues](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33571217), [Up Jumps the Devil](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13426056)) and his kid’s book ([Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43863529) which is like his novels but no cursing) and loved them all. His writing (exposition and dialogue) just feels completely human, natural, and real. I describe it as sounding like a conversation you’d have with your friends, but funnier. It is not giant guffaws or a laugh a minute. It’s all wit and I love it!
Confederacy of Dunces
John Dies at the End
Catch-22
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
White Noise – Don Delillo
The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
Terry Pratchett ^(GNU) was a brilliant author whose Discworld series started as a “let’s poke fun at generic fantasy” but quickly turned into a unique world with a very identifiable “flavour”.