We interrupt or normal blog posting for some heavy pleading from your friendly blogger.

At the beginning of the semester my students voted to read Humorous Fiction for their next genre discussion, and I'm starting to get a little nervous about putting together the list of 25 suggested titles. Normally I don't worry too much about pulling appropriate titles, but with this list I'm trying to stay away from anything that could fall into one of the major genres. So no Romantic Comedies, no Humorous Mysteries, and no funny Chick Lit. For this list I figure I'll include books like Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher or High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. And yes, I realize that Nick Hornby is Lad Lit, but I'm just happy that I finally found a way to work him onto a required reading list for my class.

Anyway, here comes the pleading part. If you have any books you would like to suggest for my Humorous Fiction section, I would be very grateful. My brain is running on empty at the moment, and I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

I now return you to your normal blog reading.

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