Recent comedy novels

June 6, 2012 10:12 PM

Comedy novels published since 2008, please. Seth Grahame-Smith excepted. (previously)
posted by Ardiril to Media & Arts (11 answers total)

Response by poster: Bonus question: Who has picked up the gauntlet left behind by Donald E. Westlake?
posted by Ardiril at 10:16 PM on June 6, 2012

These were so-so, but I LOLed once in a while:

The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2
Space Captain Smith

This is from late 2007 but didn't make it in the previous question; unlike the foregoing, it's very dry/polite:

The Uncommon Reader
posted by Monsieur Caution at 10:52 PM on June 6, 2012

Shout out to Steve Hely's (writer from 30 Rock, The Office) How I Became A Famous Novelist.
posted by mooza at 12:56 AM on June 7, 2012 [1 favorite]

I came here to recommend "How I Became A Famous Novelist," but mooza beat me to it, so I'll just lend my voice in its support.
posted by PhatLobley at 5:14 AM on June 7, 2012

Ernie Cline's Ready Player One.
posted by namewithoutwords at 5:20 AM on June 7, 2012 [1 favorite]

Who has picked up the gauntlet left behind by Donald E. Westlake?

Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, Dave Barry (though his fiction output is pretty slow). All the good comic crime writers are Floridians. Go figure.
posted by Etrigan at 5:45 AM on June 7, 2012

Misspent Youth.
posted by dzot at 6:19 AM on June 7, 2012

My Godawful Life
posted by pete_22 at 6:27 AM on June 7, 2012

The Sugar-Frosted Nutsack, by Mark Leyner
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 6:33 AM on June 7, 2012

Shalom Auslander's Hope: A Tragedy, if black comedy is your thing (it is mine). It's pissed off some people so caveat lector.
posted by Currer Belfry at 6:51 AM on June 7, 2012

Pretty much anything by Christopher Moore.
posted by Betelgeuse at 7:21 AM on June 7, 2012