Humorous Medieval Fantasy Book to Read Suggestions

[SweetShark]

Yesterday I started reading the first book of Yahtzee Croshaw "Mogworld".
I really like the book so far [still in Part 3, no spoilers please] and I decided when I finish it to start reading something similar: Specificaly a Humorous Medieval Fantasy.

Please, suggest me some books for me to read.
I will also create a list below to have it for the future:

01. MogWorld
02. Grailblazers
03. Discworld [many books...I will read the 3rd book, and some other books]
04. The Stepsister Scheme
05. Xanth
06. Robert Asprin's MythAdventures
07. Triumff

 

[Vault101]

I'm not a fan of comedy books

however many years aog when my brother was going through a British Comedy phase (he was an odd kid) he had a book called "Grailblazers" which seems to be a spoof on the quest for the holy grail, I did read like the first page...it might be what youre after

also the discworld novels seem to have a fair share of humour

 

[Ranorak]

Yesterday I started reading the first book of Yahtzee Croshaw "Mogworld".
I really like the book so far [still in Part 3, no spoilers please] and I decided when I finish it to start reading something similar: Specificaly a Humorous Medieval Fantasy.

Please, suggest me some books for me to read.
I will also create a list below to have it for the future:

01. MogWorld

I'v got it on my wishlist for a while now, promptly forgot to add it last time I made a sale from that website.
Can you tell me a bit about the type of humor, without spoiling too much of the story.

The problem with humor is usually that it's either hit or miss, and I'm hoping this is a hit.

 

[Alhazred]

Well, Discworld is probably the biggest comedy-fantasy book series out there, so that's probably a good place to start.

The later books all kind of revolve around the concept of introducing modern stuff (technology, civil rights etc) to a fantasy world. But my favourite books are the first two: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, which form a two-part trilogy (duology?) where a cowardly wizard and a clueless tourist go on a crazy road trip all over the Discworld.

 

[Ranorak]

Well, Discworld is probably the biggest comedy-fantasy book series out there, so that's probably a good place to start.

The later books all kind of revolve around the concept of introducing modern stuff (technology, civil rights etc) to a fantasy world. But my favourite books are the first two: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, which form a two-part trilogy (duology?) where a cowardly wizard and a clueless tourist go on a crazy road trip all over the Discworld.

I heard so much about the series, so I decided to buy Snuff, that was just released.
And maybe I just picked one of the lesser ones, but I thought it was rather dull. Never got myself to finish it.

 

[SweetShark]

Yesterday I started reading the first book of Yahtzee Croshaw "Mogworld".
I really like the book so far [still in Part 3, no spoilers please] and I decided when I finish it to start reading something similar: Specificaly a Humorous Medieval Fantasy.

Please, suggest me some books for me to read.
I will also create a list below to have it for the future:

01. MogWorld

I'v got it on my wishlist for a while now, promptly forgot to add it last time I made a sale from that website.
Can you tell me a bit about the type of humor, without spoiling too much of the story.

The problem with humor is usually that it's either hit or miss, and I'm hoping this is a hit.

So far, it seems it rely to clever writing for the funny events and goofy humour in most of the conversations between the characters.
I suggestion if you have plans to buy it: DON'T READ THE BACK OF THE BOOK!
I thing it is VERY spoilerific for my taste.

Finally it have an annoying character. I hope I get use of him/her/it.

 

[SweetShark]

Well, Discworld is probably the biggest comedy-fantasy book series out there, so that's probably a good place to start.

The later books all kind of revolve around the concept of introducing modern stuff (technology, civil rights etc) to a fantasy world. But my favourite books are the first two: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, which form a two-part trilogy (duology?) where a cowardly wizard and a clueless tourist go on a crazy road trip all over the Discworld.

I heard so much about the series, so I decided to buy Snuff, that was just released.
And maybe I just picked one of the lesser ones, but I thought it was rather dull. Never got myself to finish it.

Can I see the book? I google it and I have different results...

 

[Vault101]

I heard so much about the series, so I decided to buy Snuff, that was just released.
And maybe I just picked one of the lesser ones, but I thought it was rather dull. Never got myself to finish it.

I remember many years ago I LOVED the hell out of NATION....I think it might be part of discworld...not sure...not that it matters....its about a tribal boy on an island

..I should really re-read it

 

[1Life0Continues]

Well, Discworld is probably the biggest comedy-fantasy book series out there, so that's probably a good place to start.

The later books all kind of revolve around the concept of introducing modern stuff (technology, civil rights etc) to a fantasy world. But my favourite books are the first two: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, which form a two-part trilogy (duology?) where a cowardly wizard and a clueless tourist go on a crazy road trip all over the Discworld.

I heard so much about the series, so I decided to buy Snuff, that was just released.
And maybe I just picked one of the lesser ones, but I thought it was rather dull. Never got myself to finish it.

Sir Terry got a real bent for The Watch about 12-15 books in and hasn't budged much since. I find the Watch stories very dry (although still worth reading) however it's his early Discworld stuff that is well worth the pick-up.

The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic are the first books, and set the rest of the series up.

Wyrd Sisters & Soul Music star the Witch Trio that might just be the best set of characters in the series (outside of The Librarian and The Luggage...and maybe Cohen the Barbarian)

And just go from there.

 

[Zhukov]

I heard so much about the series, so I decided to buy Snuff, that was just released.
And maybe I just picked one of the lesser ones, but I thought it was rather dull. Never got myself to finish it.

I remember many years ago I LOVED the hell out of NATION....I think it might be part of discworld...not sure...not that it matters....its about a tribal boy on an island

..I should really re-read it

Nah, Nation wasn't part of Discworld. It was a sort fanciful historical fiction. So fictional events set in the real world with some fantasy kinda hovering around the edges.

Damn I loved that book though.

The parts where the islanders were trying to make sense of various European inhibitions completely cracked me up.

 

[syaoran728]

If you could possibly find them, the "Slayers" is a fun fantasy series.

 

[Fractral]

Well, Discworld is probably the biggest comedy-fantasy book series out there, so that's probably a good place to start.

The later books all kind of revolve around the concept of introducing modern stuff (technology, civil rights etc) to a fantasy world. But my favourite books are the first two: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, which form a two-part trilogy (duology?) where a cowardly wizard and a clueless tourist go on a crazy road trip all over the Discworld.

I heard so much about the series, so I decided to buy Snuff, that was just released.
And maybe I just picked one of the lesser ones, but I thought it was rather dull. Never got myself to finish it.

Snuff's pretty bad. It's the first one that he released which (in my opinion) shows that he's losing his touch thanks to his disease. I found it quite sad and painful to read; seeing how he's fallen even from the last Guards novel, Thud. Raising Steam was marginally better, but still not good enough for me to read through.
If you're interested in the series I'd recommend starting from the beginning. With a few exceptions, such as Wyrd Sisters and Pyramids, every book up to Unseen Academicals is fantastic.

 

[rcs619]

Yesterday I started reading the first book of Yahtzee Croshaw "Mogworld".
I really like the book so far [still in Part 3, no spoilers please] and I decided when I finish it to start reading something similar: Specificaly a Humorous Medieval Fantasy.

Please, suggest me some books for me to read.
I will also create a list below to have it for the future:

01. MogWorld
02. Grailblazers
03. Discworld [many books...I will read the first ones]

Lessee, I don't know if they're full-on comedies, but the Princess series by Jim Hines does have a good bit of comedic elements in it, especially the banter between the various characters. Basically, the series is sort of like Grimm's fairy tales meets Charlie's Angels. It's a really neat mix of the darker elements of the original fairy tales, with the more well-known elements introduced in later tellings like the disney versions.

The first book in the series (there are 4) is called "The Stepsister Scheme" and it starts off with Danielle (Cinderella), who's been living happily ever after for several months now, surviving an assassination attempt from one of her (now mysteriously and magically super-powered) stepsisters, who settles for kidnapping her new husband instead during her escape. She has to team up with Talia (Sleeping Beauty) and Snow (White), who are basically secret agents for her mother-in-law Queen Beatrice, to go track down her stepsister and get her husband back before they go and do terrible things to him.

The Princess series is just, fun. The characters really do grow on you, and the world it's all set in his this weird, interesting mix of basically every fairy tale possible. The action sequences are really well done, there's a lot of really funny moments, and it isn't afraid to get deadly serious here and there and apply some feels. It's also just such a weird, unique sort of premise too. Also, Sleeping Beauty is such a massive, unbelievable BAMF in just about everything she does. <3 Talia.

Also, capable, sensibly-dressed female protagonists in a fantasy series? That gets bonus points with me right from the get-go.

 

[Ranorak]

Well, Discworld is probably the biggest comedy-fantasy book series out there, so that's probably a good place to start.

The later books all kind of revolve around the concept of introducing modern stuff (technology, civil rights etc) to a fantasy world. But my favourite books are the first two: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, which form a two-part trilogy (duology?) where a cowardly wizard and a clueless tourist go on a crazy road trip all over the Discworld.

I heard so much about the series, so I decided to buy Snuff, that was just released.
And maybe I just picked one of the lesser ones, but I thought it was rather dull. Never got myself to finish it.

Can I see the book? I google it and I have different results...

That's the cover
Here is the wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_(Pratchett_novel)

I might try a few more, better recieved, books.

 

[Verlander]

With Discworld, start at the beginning. It has continuity.

 

[Zhukov]

I might try a few more, better recieved, books.

If you ever decide to give Discworld another go I suggest skipping the first two books and starting from the third, then just reading down the list from there.

The first two are... kinda messy. They're still entertaining, but I would hesitate to call them good. The third book was where he really hit his stride.

I was told this same thing by the person who got me onto them, and I disregarded the advice. ("Start a series at number three? Sacrilege!")

The rest of the series is, in my opinion, solid gold, with a few iffy ones here and there. However, the latest few books (inluding Snuff have been, once again my opinion, a definite decline. I'd say the last of the greats was Unseen Academicals, although some people didn't like that one either.

 

[Woiminkle]

Just to add to the suggestions for Sir Terry's works, I recommend Mort and Reaper Man. Mostly because they feature Death as a main character and I just love the guy.

My other recommendations are Small Gods, The Witches trilogy and the early watch books Guards Guards! and Men at Arms.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

What Zuhov said.

Personally I would recommend:

- Mort
- Thief of Time
- Sole Music
- Guards Guards
- Small Gods
- Thud
- Men At Arms
- The Last Continent

Incidentally has anyone been reading the Long Earth books bay Pratchett and Baxter? I've seen there's a new one out (the Long Mars I believe) and was wondering if it's any good. I liked the first two.

 

[SweetShark]

I might try a few more, better recieved, books.

If you ever decide to give Discworld another go I suggest skipping the first two books and starting from the third, then just reading down the list from there.

The first two are... kinda messy. They're still entertaining, but I would hesitate to call them good. The third book was where he really hit his stride.

I was told this same thing by the person who got me onto them, and I disregarded the advice. ("Start a series at number three? Sacrilege!")

The rest of the series is, in my opinion, solid gold, with a few iffy ones here and there. However, the latest few books (inluding Snuff have been, once again my opinion, a definite decline. I'd say the last of the greats was Unseen Academicals, although some people didn't like that one either.

Thank you for your suggestion, but I have to ask:
Doesn't need to read the first two to see the Theme of the world to understand the other books?

 

[SweetShark]

If you could possibly find them, the "Slayers" is a fun fantasy series.

Isn't this a Manga/Anime series? Don't tell me it was a novel at first.