Shelf: comedy
Pratchett, Gaiman - Good Omens
This is pure Britishness in a book, packed with humour and funny phrasing to the brim. The only drawback for a non-native speaker is the huge vocabulary. I was lucky to listen to this book as an …
Finished 4 October 2022
Marc-Uwe Kling - Qualityland
This is a fun little novel about the near future where marketing rules the world. It is a parody on today’s attention economics and big corporations dictating the rules. The main character is a …
Finished 6 July 2022
Terry Pratchett - Making Money
If you’re considering reading this book, start with Going Postal. Terry Pratchett came up with an ingenious way to lock Moist von Lipwig in another hilarious adventure. This time Lipwig has to …
Finished 16 January 2022
Terry Pratchett - Going Postal
Going Postal is the first part of a trilogy about a con artist Moist von Lipwig, the most likeable literary criminal. One day, the ruler of the largest city on Discworld decides that the local post …
Finished 12 January 2022
Randall Munroe - What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
Same as in How to, it’s a pleasure to see Randall’s thought process when answering absurd but interesting physics questions. The following snippet from the book shows this well: A mole …
Finished 29 January 2021
Terry Pratchett - Snuff
Reading Snuff was a bittersweet experience. Sweet because by now it’s impossible to disappoint me with stories about the Ankh-Morpork city watch. Bitter because this is the last book fo the …
Finished 29 January 2021
Terry Pratchett - Night Watch
Time travelling done right. That’s the book summed up in four words. As you can tell, I’m now a full-blown groupie of the Watch series. It would be as hard to disappoint me as having …
Finished 22 December 2020
Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant
This book takes the watch outside of Ankh-Morkork. I’m always surprised how fresh, non-repetitive and unpredictable the story is even though this is the fifth book on the same theme. Kudos to …
Finished 4 December 2020
Terry Pratchett - Jingo
The disadvantage of listening to the Discworld books in the form of audiobooks is that the uncontrollable bursts of laughter make you look quite silly. Jingo is a story of nationalism, war and murder. …
Finished 30 October 2020
Terry Pratchett - Feet of Clay
Who can mix crime novel with thoughtful discrimination critique and make it hilarious enough that you are going to be bursting out laughing? Only Sir Terrance. The main characters of the city watch …
Finished 9 October 2020