Genre :: Humor (59 books)

  • The Phantom Tollbooth

    #377

    The Phantom Tollbooth

    by Norton Juster

    (14 Reviews)

    55 Points

    "There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself—not just sometimes, but always."

  • At Swim-Two-Birds

    #383

    At Swim-Two-Birds

    by Flann O'Brien

    (2 Reviews)

    54 Points

    "Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my mind my eyes and face assuming a vacant and..."

  • Dealing with Dragons

    #385

    Dealing with Dragons

    by Patricia C. Wrede

    (3 Reviews)

    53 Points

    "Linderwall was a large kingdom, just east of the Mountains of Morning, where philosophers were highly respected and the number five was fashionable. The climate was unremarkable. The knights kept..."

  • Matilda

    #391

    Matilda

    by Roald Dahl

    (13 Reviews)

    52 Points

    "It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers."

  • High Fidelity

    #409

    High Fidelity

    by Nick Hornby

    (3 Reviews)

    48 Points

    "My desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups, in chronological order: 1) Alison Ashworth 2) Penny Hardwick 3) Jackie Allen 4) Charlie Nicholson 5) Sarah Kendrew."

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    #410

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    by Hunter S. Thompson

    (8 Reviews)

    48 Points

    "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like 'I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive . . .' And suddenly..."

  • The Pursuit of Love

    #424

    The Pursuit of Love

    by Nancy Mitford

    (5 Reviews)

    44 Points

    "There is a photograph in existence of Aunt Sadie and her six children sitting round the tea-table at Alconleigh."

  • London Fields

    #430

    London Fields

    by Martin Amis

    (1 Review)

    42 Points

    "This is a true story but I can't believe it's really happening."

  • Infinite Jest

    #431

    Infinite Jest

    by David Foster Wallace

    (3 Reviews)

    42 Points

    "I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies."

  • Zuleika Dobson

    #435

    Zuleika Dobson

    by Max Beerbohm

    (2 Reviews)

    42 Points

    "That old bell, presage of a train, had just sounded through Oxford station; and the undergraduates who were waiting there, gay figures in tweed or flannel, moved to the margin of the platform and..."