[KeithM Posts: 75 Status: Offline WWW]

I have a request for funny books for a 13- and 15-year-old--I maintained there are plenty! She's looking for really humorous books that aren't sarcastic humor, dark humor, cynical etc but something more comic, laugh-out-loud, maybe also absurd, lighthearted? So I thought I'd ask blueboards for sure. Thanks so much!

[Kell Posts: 1,373 Status: Offline On the other hand WWW]

I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil fits the bill.

Romeo and What's Her Name by Shani Petroff is not out yet but that looks funny and light.

[HDWestlund Posts: 1,051 Status: Offline writer and bookseller]

I love Gail Carriger's ETIQUETTE AND ESPIONAGE series.

Also the ANGUS, THONGS, AND FULL FRONTAL SNOGGING series by Louise Rennison makes me snort tea out of my nose.

[dewsanddamps Posts: 2,019 Status: Offline]

You might look at Kurt Dinan's DON'T GET CAUGHT. It came out in 2016 and is about a high school prank war.

[dinalapomy101 Posts: 1,914 Status: Offline Happy writing to all! WWW]

I recently read Jeff Strand's THE GREATEST ZOMBIE MOVIE EVER and it was just hilarious!

[KeithM Posts: 75 Status: Offline WWW]

This is great, thanks so much everyone. I was thinking maybe there are also books that are classed for adults too, like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, so totally if anyone can think of more books like that too I'd love to hear it. Meanwhile I'll send along these suggestions!

[HDWestlund Posts: 1,051 Status: Offline writer and bookseller]

Terry Pratchett is my recommendation for 10 and up readers who like fantasy and humor. He always makes me laugh out loud, but he has also given me some very useful ways of explaining the world. He really understands what makes people tick. Anyway, I'd start with either GUARDS, GUARDS; WITCHES ABROAD; REAPER MAN; or THE TRUTH. His YA/MG series starts with WEE FREE MEN.

[Vijaya Posts: 6,950 Status: Offline BEAUTY WWW]

One of my all time favorites (and my kids' too) is A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Patrick McManus.

Daniel Pinkwater is good too.

[rab Posts: 644 Status: Offline WWW]

Would P.G. Wodehouse be beyond her?

[olmue Posts: 3,470 Status: Offline WWW]

I definitely second the Terry Pratchett!

[sarah_create Posts: 377 Status: Offline Sarah Johnson WWW]

I was also thinking of P.G. Wodehouse.

A Pack of Lies by Geradine McCaughrean is also a delightful madcap book.