Published in 2025
11 hours and 13 minutes
Julia Raeside is a journalist and broadcaster who has written for the Guardian, Times, Observer and The Big Issue among others. She makes regular contributions to BBC Radio, including review spots on Radio 4’s Front Row and Lauren Laverne’s 6Music show. She lives in London with her husband, kid and cat. Don’t Make Me Laugh is her first novel.
What is this book about?
Don’t Make Me Laugh balances anger and humour with the deftest of touches. It is a story about power and control and manipulation, about gendered roles in both the workplace and our personal lives, and about how women are set up in competition with each other. And ultimately—satisfyingly—it’s a story about fighting back.
‘A great book, an important book that will start a discussion that needs to be had…my heart was in my mouth’ – Marian Keyes
‘Exhilarating, viscerally thrilling and SO timely – an ambitious dark comedy that really delivers. Hugely smart, with so much emotional depth and resonance’ – Daisy Buchanan
‘Sharp, dark and outrageously funny,’ – Marianne Levy
‘This is an honest, funny, devastating and timely book’ – Jenny Colgan
