Humorous novels with a ghost?

[shimmergal]

Or more than one. Looking for some recommendations! A touch of romance would be a plus.

[nels25]

1. I would have to go looking

but about 15 years ago my wife read a romance (American Romance was the series I believe) and I think the author was Linda Wisdom or something close to that.

Her deceased parents came to earth to help her find her perfect match.

Mary seemed to enjoy it.

(Guilty pleasure: Sometimes I enjoy a story with romance in it.)
:hi:

[unpossibles]

2. I just finished Neil Gaiman's "Anansi Boys" and loved it

there is a ghost or two in it, but they are not major characters. There is also romance, and it is just a really fun book.
http://www.amazon.com/Anansi-Boys-Novel-Neil-Gaiman/dp/006051518X

His "American Gods" is also really good.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. not novels, but fun.

http://www.wherethefourwindsmeet.com/

[Rowdyboy]

4. The authors name is Thorne Smith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorne_Smith

James Thorne Smith Jr. (March 27, 1892–June 21, 1934), was an American writer of humorous supernaturnal fantasy fiction.

Best known today for his creation of Topper, Smith's comic fantasy fiction (most of it involving sex, lots of drinking, and supernatural transformations, and aided by racy illustrations) sold millions of copies in the early 1930s. Smith drank as steadily as his characters; his appearance in James Thurber's The Years With Ross involves an unexplained week-long disappearance. Smith was born in Annapolis, Maryland the son of a Navy commodore, attended Dartmouth College, and after hungry years in Greenwich Village working part-time as an advertising agent, Smith achieved meteoric success with the publication of Topper in 1926. He died of a heart attack while vacationing in Florida.

The novel, "Topper" and "Topper takes a Trip"

http://www.amazon.com/Topper-Modern-Library-Thorne-Smith/dp/0375753052

Book Description
" created the modern American ghost. A ghost with style and wit. A ghost that haunts us still."
--The New York Times

Thorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is the hilarious, ribald comedy on which the hit television show and movie (starring Cary Grant) were based.

"It all begins when Cosmo Topper, a law-abiding, mild-mannered bank manager, decides to buy a secondhand car, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of its previous owners--the reckless, feckless, frivolous couple who met their untimely demise when the car careened into an oak tree. The ghosts, George and Marion Kerby, make it their mission to rescue Topper from the drab "summer of suburban Sundays" that is his life--and they commence a series of madcap adventures that leave Topper, and anyone else who crosses their path, in a whirlwind of discomfiture and delight.

As enchanting today as it was when first published in 1926, Topper has set the standard in American pop culture for such mischievous apparitions as those seen in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Heaven Can Wait, Beetlejuice, and Bewitched."

The novels were turned into hilarious movies back in the 1930's and were an early sit-com (lasted 2 years) in the 1950's. Probably hard to find,m but very funny and witty if you can find it.

[mitchum]

5. I give a second recommendation for Smith's Topper novels...

also his "The Stray Lamb", "Turnabout", and "The Night Life Of The Gods"
wonderful stuff

[Mist]

6. I read "Topper" years ago, and have been looking for "The Night Life

of the Gods" for quite a while now. A used paperback of "Night Life" is available at Amazon, for $21.75. I'll keep checking in at the used book stores!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

9. I remember the Topper

TV show from when I was a kid, one of my favorites at the time.
IIRC,on the show the Kirbys had been killed in a snow avalanche along with their St Bernard, name I don't recall. And Cosmo had bought their house. Kirbys and dog kept Cosmo in all kinds of trouble.
I checked the library online catalog, they have Topper in large print version. I might try it and hopefully won't get a headache.

[DUgosh]

7. Carolyn Haines Mississippi Delta Series

Has everything your looking for and more.... accidental sleuth - orphaned Sarah Booth Delaney, whose surrounded by interesting characters, impossible romantic relationships and one civil war former maid turned ghost named Jitty who is determined to get Sarah to reproduce in order to continue the Delaney line lest she have no one left to haunt.

[kiva]

8. Tryst by Elswyth Thane.

It's old--first published in 1939, and a bit hard to find, but worth it. I've talked with several people who read it, most several years ago, and it's one of those books that seem to stick with its readers.

On rereading your OP, I realize you asked for humorous books; Tryst isn't particularly funny, but it does have a strong romantic element.