Fiction
Terry Pratchett
Jasper Fforde
Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher novels (Phryne is outrageous)
Nick Earls
Marjorie Eccles - Gil Mayo mysteries
Joseph Heller - Catch 22

Not quite fiction
The Chaser
Jeremy Clarkson
'Do Travel Writers Go To Hell?'
James Herriot

Children's picture books
Patrick McDonnell's books, 'Just like heaven', and 'The gift of nothing'. Funny and sweet.