Can we brainstorm some good "happy" books? Not saccharine or optimistic stuff necessarily, but things that challenge the idea that all literary fiction is dour and soul searching.
it's a children's book about a small mouse with a red hat that lives inside a mushroom
illustrations with warm colors and at least some pages that take place in autumn mandatory
>>7334269
The little prince
>>7334269
Lorf of the rings is happy. Various comedies, Wodehouse and Wilde. Three men in a boat, some Dickens.
Moomins, depth and humour. More psychological insight than any modern American novelist
>>7334285
I'm sorry, I'm very very tired and for some reason I thought this thread was about ideas for happy books
>>7334308
The Groke is still one of the most terrifying characters of all time.
A Confederacy of Dunces
Candide
The Loved One
Portrait / Ulysses
can't think of any others that aren't just family fun books
>>7334327
I feel sorry for the groke :( do you remember the part where she and moomintroll have that unhealthy relationship where he brings out the hurricane lantern for her to stare at? Moominpappa at sea is a legit classic. Unappreciated moominmamma disappearing into the garden she's drawn on the lighthouse wall, little my and the ants, the seahorses friend zoning moomintroll, moominpappas midlife crisis.... Good shit
>>7334269
Much Ado About Nothing
>>7334269
Some great literary satires to laugh at human folly:
Vanity Fair
The Praise of Folly
Volpone, or, The Fox
The Devil Is an Ass
Tartuffe
At Swim-Two-Birds.
Wodehouse is the comfiest tho
>>7334337
Candide is a happy book ?
>>7335227
Everyone finds joy in Liebniz berating.
Lucky Jim
Tristram Shandy
>>7334269
Herman Hesse's books can be both uplifting and soul-searching.
A good combination, imo.
>mrw finding happiness through understanding pain
>>7334269
If you consider comedy to be happy, then the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's pretty good at it. At least until the 3rd book. The amount of seriousness in the last 2 books is kind of off-putting.
