Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonGood Omens by Terry PratchettA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreChoke by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Dark Humor
730 books — 1,632 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySaint Richard Parker by Merlin FrancoThe Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson
Best Social and Political Satires
497 books — 491 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Absurdist Fiction
312 books — 285 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreUck It List by Jimmy TudeskiBattersea Parker by Jimmy TudeskiBloodsucking Fiends by Christopher MooreFool by Christopher Moore
Dark hilarious witty books
181 books — 155 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanA Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Books that Make you Laugh
3,495 books — 5,003 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Lighthearted Literature
618 books — 477 voters

Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketMatilda by Roald DahlThe Witches by Roald Dahl
Best Books for Morbid Kids
730 books — 524 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
771 books — 3,248 voters

Tenth of December by George SaundersInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonBirds of America by Lorrie MooreCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Contemporary Short Story Collections
551 books — 335 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiKokoro by Natsume Sōseki
Japanese Studies
168 books — 19 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuShōgun by James Clavell
Japanese Fiction
410 books — 330 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,313 books — 7,859 voters


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