Are there any books like Seinfeld?

[Terzo]

I'm wondering if there are books that don't really have a plot. Sort of like a sitcom in book form.

The only examples I can think of are children books; The Boxcar Children, Encyclopedia Brown, the Wayside series, Baby-sitters Club (fvck off), etc.
Actually, I liked the Asimov short stories (I Robot and the Foundation Series).

Do such books exist, or was I supposed to forget about those when I got out of elementary school?

*edit for grammar

 

[Xonoahbin]

Dunno exactly about that, but if you're interested in Seinfeld, check out Sein Language by Jerry Seinfeld. It was a pretty good read.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Terzo
I'm wondering if there are books that don't really have a plot. Sort of like a sitcom in book form.

The only examples I can think of are children books; The Boxcar Children, Encyclopedia Brown, the Wayside series, Baby-sitters Club (fvck off), etc.
Actually, I liked the Asimov short stories (I Robot and the Foundation Series).

Do such books exist, or was I supposed to forget about those when I got out of elementary school?

your elementary school book had a plot, you were too dense to pick up on it, thats all

 

[Perknose]

No plot? Samuel Beckett and James Joyce come to mind. Trust me, though, they're probably not what you're looking for.

 

[GasX]

While they are entertaining, I find most books written by former special forces soldiers to be light on plot.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
While they are entertaining, I find most books written by former special forces soldiers to be light on plot.

now that you mention it, Kommando is an awesome recount of german special forces of WW2

 

[StevenYoo]

try David Sedaris.

He writes funny essays on random aspects of his life.

His public readings are amazingly hilarious

 

[GenHoth]

Red Dwarf books are kind of like that

 

[Woosta]

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[Jesusthewererabbit]

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series sort of has a similar style of humor. Not a whole lot of plot really, just crazy situation after crazy situation happens to them.

 

[BudAshes]

Try naked lunch, that has no plot i could discern.

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: BudAshes
Try naked lunch, that has no plot i could discern.

I was going to say that.

 

[Adam8281]

I'm going to concur with David Sedaris and Hitchhiker's Guide. I'll add one more: A Confederacy of Dunces. While it technically has a "plot" that spans the novel, I think of it mainly as a series of vignettes. It's probably the funniest book I've ever read - I laughed a lot (out loud) while reading it, which I never do.

 

[nineball9]

As others have noted, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has a lot of offbeat humor.
Catch 22 is humorous, but it's not in-your-face humor like Seinfeld. (The move could not do the book justice.) You might find it boring.