Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Funniest Books I’ve Ever Read

2012 is off to a rather discouraging start. Though I have moved to a new house (which I love love love) and changed job locations (I’m working at the beach!), I’ve had a lot of bad news lately. So, when I saw The Broke and the Bookish were allowing bloggers a freebie post this week, I knew I wanted something uplifting.

Top Ten Funniest Books I’ve Ever Read

1. Space Cadets: Jerks in Training by R.L. Stine: This is the first book I can remember reading and dissolving into fits of laughter over.
2. Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar: I read this in third grade and I still feel sorry for the janitor who hauled a heavy computer up all those stairs only to see the teacher throw it out the window.
3. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos: “Oh, Cheesus Crust!”
4. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern: Not only funny, but reminded me of my college roommate, Jenn, whose mother said so many hilarious things.
5. Melonhead by Katy Kelly: A book that took me by surprise, having grabbed it while bored at the children’s reference desk.
6. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick: Funny and literary, the Newbery honor was well-deserved.
7. Exploits of a Reluctant but Extremely Good-Looking Hero by Maureen Fergus: When those boys are ready to graduate from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, this is my go-to book.
8. Inside Out by Terry Trueman: The main character’s schizophrenia is nothing to laugh at, but the situational humor is very funny. The ending is sobering and powerful.
9. Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown: I must have a picture book on here.
10. There is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems: My heart filled with happiness when I found these books.

What are your favorite funny books? I do have a few I’d like to mention outside my top ten: the Alvin Ho series by Lenore Look, the Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker, Gerald Morris’s books, and Jonathan Stroud’s books about Bartimaeus.