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Black Comedy Books
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Red Russia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,501 ratings — published 2017
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,512,214 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 898,723 ratings — published 1961
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 375,122 ratings — published 1991
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,651 ratings — published 2014
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 191,761 ratings — published 1930
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 785,400 ratings — published 1962
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 187,704 ratings — published 2000
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 579,905 ratings — published 1999
The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 104,751 ratings — published 2011
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 385,537 ratings — published 1971
Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 112,633 ratings — published 2005
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 223,546 ratings — published 2001
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.25 — 837,843 ratings — published 1990
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 176,843 ratings — published 2000
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 249,355 ratings — published 1999
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.31 — 338,875 ratings — published 2012
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 445,235 ratings — published 1963
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 201,807 ratings — published 2001
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 968,002 ratings — published 1955
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.55 — 153 ratings — published
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.63 — 369,683 ratings — published 2018
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 162,293 ratings — published 2001
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 214,622 ratings — published 2000
Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 125,212 ratings — published 1999
The Loved One (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 13,939 ratings — published 1948
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.12 — 184,214 ratings — published 1993
The Pillowman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 18,478 ratings — published 2003
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,507,284 ratings — published 1915
Deadeye Dick (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 32,273 ratings — published 1982
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 156,272 ratings — published 2001
The Radleys (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.57 — 30,279 ratings — published 2010
Hocus Pocus (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,315 ratings — published 1990
White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 130,244 ratings — published 1985
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.76 — 307,455 ratings — published 1759
The Suicide Shop (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 25,315 ratings — published 2007
Vernon God Little (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.62 — 34,060 ratings — published 2003
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,095 ratings — published 1959
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.18 — 657,001 ratings — published 1996
Horns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 121,812 ratings — published 2010
Filth (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 32,639 ratings — published 1998
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,710 ratings — published 1967
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 600,148 ratings — published 2018
Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.81 — 21,543 ratings — published 2017
Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,401 ratings — published 2006
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 137,706 ratings — published 2003
Undermajordomo Minor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 16,243 ratings — published 2015
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,067 ratings — published 2006
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 412,673 ratings — published 1925
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,519,730 ratings — published 2012
“And you do choose these things. You choose to make yourself feel like an absolute fucking spineless, easily led pile of shit with a steaming hangover tomorrow morning. Maybe even tomorrow evening. The night is young, and I have so much cocaine in my bra.”
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― Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
During the first month the Comedy Act Theatre was open, Damon Wayans and Robert Townsend came in together. Club emcee, Robin Harris brought Damon onstage to do a set, and Damon made the mistake of dissing Harris in his own house, asking the audience, “Doesn’t that guy look like a black, ugly Eddie Murphy?” Harris heard the comment and returned to the stage.
“They played ‘the Dozens’ and Robin destroyed Damon,” says club owner, Michael Williams. “Damon just stepped into something he couldn’t get out of. By the time Robin was finished with him, he was dumbfounded. He didn’t know what to do but stand there, hold the mic, and listen.”
”― Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
