I really enjoy books that are principally comedy and humour fantasy. I read to take me to other places and while there to have either a side splitting laugh or quiet giggle. Hard to read these on a plane as everyone wonders where you are at!
I am sure I got plenty of fun from some childhood fairy tales such as the Emperor’s New Clothes and Doctor Doolittle. However my first recollection of an outrageously funny book was The Sword in the Stone part of The Once and Future King books by TH White.
I had to take numerous laugh breaks (somewhat like watching a Marx Brothers movie). Oh boy did my sides ache. When I talked about it to adult friends of my parents I found that they too had laughed themselves silly. I am going to read this again now, many years later and I hope I have the same reaction as the world seems to slowly losing its fun aspects.
Once again some of these books listed have gone out of publication much to our loss. I have found that Alan Dean Foster’s Spellsinger series is back in print and that is a really good read. Alan is one of the 
most versatile writers around. One series that I haven’t included in my list of comic stuff is the Flinx and Pip one. There certainly is some element of fun in them as per the last book where the excitement ends. And the last thought running through Flinx’s mind is life was now boring! It would be wonderful if Flinx and Pip came out of their retirement boredom.
As or if I remember other good books I will add them as time progresses. If I add the total of the juvenile books I have read to the comic fantasy then I am averaging almost 3 per year. And that’s only the ones I can immediately remember. It doesn’t sound like much yet but I am far from finished with the listing of fantasy and science fiction books I have read. (Plus I have actually read tonnes of other types of books.)
As recommendations are made by friends and acquaintances from far and near, or I find books I haven’t read (and there are many) this list will grow. In fact a second list will be compiled before the tables become too big.
Books marked with one asterisk (*) have other fantasy types within them and those that have restricted availability in book form or fallen out of favour and publication are marked with two asterisks (**). If any are published under different titles they are marked with three asterisks (***).
Many of the books by authors are available on eReaders.
Comic fantasy has now been included in my Labyrinth Tree of Fantasy and so the tree starts to grow.
And now let’s lift our glasses and salute the very funny side of comic fantasy and alien friends and other assorted animals.
| Book Title | Author | Year Published | |
| Alice in Wonderland * | Lewis Carroll | 1865 | |
| Through the Looking-Glass * | Lewis Carroll | 1871 | |
| The Sword in the Stone – The Once and Future King * | TH White | 1938 | |
| A Spell for Chameleon | Piers Anthony | 1976 | |
| Callahan’s Crazy Crosstime Bar | Spider Robinson | 1977 | |
| The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | 1979 | |
| The Source of Magic | Piers Anthony | 1979 | |
| Castle Roogna | Piers Anthony | 1979 | |
| The Restaurant at the End of the Universe | Douglas Adams | 1980 | |
| The Belgariad: Book 1 Pawn of Prophecy | David Eddings | 1982 | |
| The Belgariad: Book 2 Queen of Sorcery | David Eddings | 1982 | |
| Centaur Aisle | Piers Anthony | 1982 | |
| Ogre, Ogre | Piers Anthony | 1982 | |
| Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | 1982 | |
| The Belgariad: Book 3 Magician’s Gambit | David Eddings | 1983 | |
| Night Mare | Piers Anthony | 1983 | |
| Dragon on a Pedestal | Piers Anthony | 1983 | |
| The Color of Magic | Terry Pratchett | 1983 | |
| Spellsinger | Alan Dean Foster | 1983 | |
| The Belgariad: Book 4 Castle of Wizardry | David Eddings | 1984 | |
| The Belgariad: Book 5 Enchanter’s End Game | David Eddings | 1984 | |
| So Long, and Thanks for all The Fish | Douglas Adams | 1984 | |
| The Practice Effect | David Brin | 1984 | |
| Spellsinger 2: The Hour of the Gate | Alan Dean Foster | 1984 | |
| Spellsinger 3: The Day of the Dissonance | Alan Dean Foster | 1984 | |
| Spellsinger 4: The Moment of the Magician | Alan Dean Foster | 1984 | |
| Spellsinger 5: Paths of the Perambulator | Alan Dean Foster | 1985 | |
| Crewel Lye | Piers Anthony | 1985 | |
| Golem in the Gears | Piers Anthony | 1986 | |
| Spellsinger 6: The Time of the Transference | Alan Dean Foster | 1986 | |
| Magic Kingdom For Sale – Sold | Terry Brooks | 1986 | |
| The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett | 1986 | |
| Equal Rites | Terry Pratchett | 1987 | |
| The Black Unicorn | Terry Brooks | 1987 | |
| Mort | Terry Pratchett | 1987 | |
| Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | 1987 | |
| The Malloreon: Book 1 Guardians of the West | David Eddings | 1987 | |
| Vale of the Vole | Piers Anthony | 1987 | |
| Heaven Cent | Piers Anthony | 1988 | |
| Sourcery | Terry Pratchett | 1988 | |
| Wyrd Sisters | Terry Pratchett | 1988 | |
| The Malloreon: Book 2 Kings of the Murgos | David Eddings | 1988 | |
| The Malloreon: Book 3 Demon Lord of Karanda | David Eddings | 1988 | |
| Wizard at Large | Terry Brooks | 1988 | |
| Pyramids | Terry Pratchett | 1989 | |
| Guards! Guards! | Terry Pratchett | 1989 | |
| Man from Mundania | Piers Anthony | 1989 | |
| The Elenium: Book 1 The Diamond Throne | David Eddings | 1989 | |
| The Malloreon: Book 4 Sorceress of Darshiva | David Eddings | 1989 | |
| Moving Pictures | Terry Pratchett | 1990 | |
| The Elenium: Book 2 The Ruby Knight | David Eddings | 1990 | |
| The Elenium: Book 3 The Sapphire Rose | David Eddings | 1991 | |
| The Malloreon: Book 5 The Seeress of Kell | David Eddings | 1991 | |
| A Bad Spell in Yurt | C Dale Brittain | 1991 | |
| Mostly Harmless | Douglas Adams | 1992 | |
| The Tamuli: Book 1 Domes of Fire | David Eddings | 1992 | |
| Here comes the Sun | Tom Holt | 1993 | |
| The Tamuli: Book 2 The Shining Ones | David Eddings | 1993 | |
| The Wood Nymph and the Cranky Saint | C Dale Brittain | 1993 | |
| Spellsinger: Son of Spellsinger | Alan Dean Foster | 1993 | |
| Spellsinger Adventure: Chorus Skating | Alan Dean Foster | 1994 | |
| The Tamuli: Book 3 The Hidden City | David Eddings | 1994 | |
| The Tangle Box | Terry Brooks | 1994 | |
| Odds and Gods | Tom Holt | 1995 | |
| Witches’ Brew | Terry Brooks | 1995 | |
| Belgarath The Sorcerer | David & Leigh Eddings | 1995 | |
| Hogfather | Terry Pratchett | 1996 | |
| Polgara The Sorceress | David & Leigh Eddings | 1997 | |
| The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul | Douglas Adams | 1998 | |
| Summon the Keeper | Tanya Huff | 1998 | |
| Carpe Jugulum | Terry Pratchett | 1998 | |
| The Fifth Elephant | Terry Pratchett | 1999 | |
| The Redemption of Althalus | David & Leigh Eddings | 2000 | |
| The Second Summoning | Tanya Huff | 2001 | |
| The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | Terry Pratchett | 2001 | |
| Night Watch | Terry Pratchett | 2002 | |
| The Salmon of Doubt | Douglas Adams | 2002 | |
| Long Hot Summoning | Tanya Huff | 2003 | |
| The Wee Free Men | Terry Pratchett | 2003 | |
| The Elder Gods | David & Leigh Eddings | 2003 | |
| The Treasured One | David & Leigh Eddings | 2004 | |
| Lost and Found | Alan Dean Foster | 2004 | |
| Going Postal | Terry Pratchett | 2004 | |
| Smoke an Shadows | Tanya Huff | 2004 | |
| Smoke and Mirrors | Tanya Huff | 2005 | |
| The Light-Years Beneath My Feet | Alan Dean Foster | 2005 | |
| The Candle of Distant Earth | Alan Dean Foster | 2005 | |
| Crystal Gorge | David & Leigh Eddings | 2005 | |
| The Younger Gods | David & Leigh Eddings | 2006 | |
| Good Omens | Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman | 2006 | |
| Smoke and Ashes | Tanya Huff | 2006 | |
| A Princess of Landover | Terry Brooks | 2009 | |
| 93 | The Enchantment Emporium | Tanya Huff | 2009 |