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Fiction books that made us laugh
Below are the results of a survey of CPL staff on the books that made them laugh. You might have to put some on hold, they are very popular!
"Anything by Erma Bombeck"
Wooster and Jeeves books by P. G. Wodehouse
Forrest Gump: a novel by Winston Groom
One for the money by Janet Evanovich and the rest of the Stephanie Plum series
The color of magic by Terry Pratchett
Hitman. Vol. 1. A rage in Arkham by Garth Ennis, writer ; John McCrea, artist ; Carla Feeny, Gene D'Angelo, Glen Murakami, colorists ; Willie Schubert, Steve Haynie, Ken Lopez, letterers ; Hitman created by Garth Ennis and John McCrea ; Batman created by Bob Kane
Good omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams
A dirty job by Christopher Moore
The big over easy: a nursery crime by Jasper Fforde
Bridget Jones's diary: a novel by Helen Fielding
The fourth bear: a nursery crime by Jasper Fforde
Comfort and joy by India Knight
Laughter on the stairs by Beverley Nichols ; with a foreword by Roy C. Dicks ; [drawings by William McLaren]
29 by Adena Halpern
The Eyre affair: a novel by Jasper Fforde