Three Men in a Boat (by Jerome K Jerome)

'Three Men in a Boat' is the classic book by the turn-of-the-century satirical writer Jerome K Jerome. It's about three men who plan and then take a boating holiday together.

There are some hilarious anecdotes mixed in with rather pompous preaching, despite there being almost no plot at all.

I read it aloud to my sons, and it turned out to be excellent as a read-aloud; I doubt if I would have enjoyed it nearly so much had I simply read it to myself, as I would have missed some of the verbal humour.

The book is extremely British, and inevitably dated. But those are not necessarily bad things. 

Recommended, if only because it's a classic in a genre on its own.