Her selection under the category of humor:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsRead about another book on the reading list.
First published in 1985 following a successful radio series of the same name, Adams' series of Hitchhiker books remain a pop-cultural phenomenon, spawning multiple spin-offs on stage and in comic books. The laugh-out-loud tale follows Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, as he travels through space.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy appears on TDon Calame's top 10 list of funny teen boy books and John Mullan's list of ten of the best instances of invisibility in literature.
Related: Ten of the best aliens in science fiction.
--Marshal Zeringue
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