Genre :: Humor (59 books)

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  #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."

  

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  #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..."

  

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  #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..."

  

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  #391

  Matilda

  by Roald Dahl

  (13 Reviews)

  52 Points

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

  

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  #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."

  

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  #410

  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  by Hunter S. Thompson

  (9 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..."

  

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  #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."

  

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  #430

  London Fields

  by Martin Amis

  (1 Review)

  42 Points

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

  

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  #431

  Infinite Jest

  by David Foster Wallace

  (3 Reviews)

  42 Points

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

  

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  #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..."

  

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