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Ask HN: What's your top-tier reading with well-written humor?
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!
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- RGamma 2y agoTerry 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.
- thx 2y agoI just started posting a “humor” short story series i’m doing almost daily on tiktok and soon substack — https://www.tiktok.com/@blondynwrites 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.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoMark Twain's nonfiction?