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

by milkoolong on 1/8/2025, 9:30:18 PM with 3 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!

  • by thx on 1/8/2025, 10:16:04 PM

    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.

  • by RGamma on 1/8/2025, 10:01:49 PM

    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.

  • by ahazred8ta on 1/8/2025, 11:31:17 PM

    Mark Twain's nonfiction?