8. Gump & Co., by Winston Groom

The sequel to Forrest Gump, in which Forrest accidentally becomes involved in many of the major historical events of the 80s and early 90s, including New Coke, the Iran Contra scandal, the insider trading scandal, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, and Whitewater.

I found this book funnier than the first book, possibly because I can remember a lot of these events.


"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland