Hi there,
For context I haven't read a book since I was about 14, I'm a huge gamer but burnt out of games around Christmas. I picked up a book called Catch-22 as a recommendation from a work colleague as I'm interested in war and dark humour, I'm about to finish it and I want to get my next book ready.
I loved the style, the absurdity and the way Heller made me audibly laugh out loud a couple of times.
I quite like the idea of reading a classic novel but i would love an element of humour to the next book I read.
To be honest, my wife was surprised I managed to even finish a book as I have the attention span of a gnat. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
by No-Intention-6011
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I think anything by Kurt Vonnegut is up your alley, so Slaughterhouse Five .
Slaughterhouse Five (iirc) should fit
Kurt Vonnegut is great. He’s really funny and all of his books are pretty short too. His most famous book is Slaughterhouse 5 and I’d say is in the same vein as Catch-22.
He and Joseph Heller were friends and Heller actually put references to Vonnegut in the sequel to Catch-22
I love Catch 22. Couldn’t find anything like it for years until Slaughterhouse five. The author of Catch 22 was friends with the author of Slaughterhouse five (Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut) and their humour is very similar.
Slaughterhouse five os about the war but told in a very different way. Its very philosophical too and changed the way that I view time and death.
Next try and The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg. A classic gothic novel which is also very funny in places.
One crowded hour – Tim Bowden biography it’s excellent
Douglas Adams hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy is absurd, funny sci fi. A classic.