(Part 2) Best british & irish humor books according to redditors
We found 69 Reddit comments discussing the best british & irish humor books. We ranked the 30 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
There is a quote in Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett referring to this. It is called
Crab Mentality, it's a prominent plot point in the book. But I can completely see it used in ASOIAF, maybe by Davos or as a lesson taught to Arya.
Ninja edit to fix clarification.
There is also a zombie version called Jane Slayre
That's a good episode. It's in a similar vein but they're all adaptions of these books.
Ben Elton’s new book Identity Crisis .
> Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage.
> A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his already complex investigation is further impeded by the fact that he simply doesn’t ‘get’ a single thing about anything anymore.
I’m only half way through but really enjoying it so far, it has passed the 6 laugh test.
... and we've all pre-ordered the new book, right?
Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse is a good read. Not as laugh out loud as some of the others mentioned, but the setting and characters make it enjoyable.
Also, The Big Over Easy and The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde. If you like Christopher Moore, either one is worth checking out.
Is it?! I've read this and I'm afraid the show won't be as good at doing nursery crime. Is it funny?
I read a bunch of Tom Holt's books, they were pretty light and funny, they each (at least the ones I read) had an interesting twist on standard fantasy fare. Neil Gaiman's books also has some pretty awesome (if sometimes twisted) humor in it. I also suggest trying an Anthology (like this one) to scope out some authors and see if you like their writing style.
It exists. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apocalypse-Cow-Michael-Logan/dp/0857521179
Check out The Salmon of Doubt, an interesting collection of Adams' essays, short stories, letters, and other tidbits that were assembled posthumously by his editor.