Top ten funny first-person narrators

Lance Rubin is the Brooklyn-based author of the YA novel, Denton Little’s Deathdate.

One of Rubin's top ten books with a funny first-person narrator, as shared at the Guardian:

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

I finally read this last year, and I’m sorry I waited so long. Margaret Simon is such a relatable character - smart, honest, neurotic - and her experience of entering adolescence is as awkward as anybody’s, which is comforting. Not to mention funny. One of my favorite lines is Margaret’s description of her current crush: “It’s not so much that I like him as a person, God, but as a boy he’s very handsome.” A super read for girls and boys alike.

Read about the other entries on the list.

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