Need funny, easy-to-finish books, that aren't moronic. STAT. [more inside]
posted on Dec 21, 2007 - 77 answers

I'm looking for books with quirky storylines or quirky characters doing strange things. [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2007 - 60 answers

Kilgore Trout. Napoleon Dynamite. Waring Hudsucker. Martin Chuzzlewit. Egon Spengler. Herman Menderchuck. President Merkin Muffley. What are some other great, creative, bizarre, or otherwise unique fictional character names?
posted on Nov 17, 2005 - 152 answers

A literary agent friend of mine says that publishers dislike publishing funny novels because "humor is subjective". Certainly I have stumped bookstore clerks by asking them to recommend a funny novel. Not "Humor", which includes Garfield the Cat, Dave Barry, and Jokes for the John, but honest to God novels, with characters and plots and such. I have a little list of authors and if anyone can add to it, I will be in her or his debt. [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2005 - 101 answers

I'm looking for quirky, contemporary autobiographies such as those written by Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris. (MI) [more inside]
posted on Feb 17, 2005 - 25 answers