Ask HN: What's your top-tier reading with well-written humor?

4 points by milkoolong 5 months ago | 3 comments
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!
  • thx 5 months ago
    I just started posting a “humor” short story series i’m doing almost daily on tiktok and soon substack —

    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.

    • RGamma 5 months ago
      Terry 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.
      • ahazred8ta 5 months ago
        Mark Twain's nonfiction?
        • 5 months ago