Absurd

While sometimes comedic, this genre mostly encompasses stories which make little sense; dreamlike, bizarre, and unexpected.

Think of magical realism, but with a twist; this is magical realism where the entire world-view is skewed.

The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
Waiting for Godot
The Craziest Book Ever Written
The Trial
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
Catch-22
Endgame
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
The Myth of Sisyphus
Cat’s Cradle
The Plague
The Fall (Vintage International)
Dora J. Arod
My love is meatloaf flavored. I just wish my meatloaf was also meatloaf flavored.
Dora J. Arod, Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.

Franz Kafka
A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die.
Franz Kafka

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