Well if you like mysteries/light sci fi I recommend the Eyre Affair by Japser FForde. So very funny. That is the first one there are five now I think.
Also, if you aren't easily offended Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. So funny, so 1970's San Fransisco, so easy to read since it was written as a newspaper column and the chapters are about 2 pages long. But like I said, if you are offended by gay subject matter better not to get this one. This is also a series there are 6.