4 Of The Funniest Books Ever Written My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (2018) - Picked by Esquire Editors Long-suffering Korede and her younger sister Ayoola live in Lagos, Nigeria, and they have each other's backs. That's especially handy for Ayoola, because she's developed a habit of killing her boyfriends – she's just polished off her third – and needs Korede to help clean up. They have a good system, but it can't last. My Sister, the Serial Killer moves like a thriller – pacy and punchy – but at the same time it's laced with buckets of dark comic energy. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger (1951) - Picked by David Nicholls It's strange how this novel has become a by-word for doomy, nihilistic introspection; I blame Mark Chapman. It's actually a very funny book, right from its perfect opening sentence. No one has ever captured the adolescent voice with such accuracy; the pretension, the self-importance, the heart-breaking sinc...
