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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 — 9,412 ratings — published 2017
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,505,449 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 895,957 ratings — published 1961
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 372,400 ratings — published 1991
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,616 ratings — published 2014
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 782,194 ratings — published 1962
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 190,560 ratings — published 1930
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 187,058 ratings — published 2000
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 577,754 ratings — published 1999
The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 104,376 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 — 383,906 ratings — published 1971
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 176,218 ratings — published 2000
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 248,435 ratings — published 1999
Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 112,314 ratings — published 2005
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 223,031 ratings — published 2001
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.25 — 834,671 ratings — published 1990
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.31 — 338,489 ratings — published 2012
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 443,317 ratings — published 1963
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 161,721 ratings — published 2001
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 201,000 ratings — published 2001
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 213,856 ratings — published 2000
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 963,360 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 — 366,260 ratings — published 2018
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 155,712 ratings — published 2001
Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 124,918 ratings — published 1999
The Loved One (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 13,894 ratings — published 1948
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.12 — 183,343 ratings — published 1993
The Pillowman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 18,370 ratings — published 2003
Deadeye Dick (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 32,149 ratings — published 1982
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 137,248 ratings — published 2003
The Radleys (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.57 — 29,932 ratings — published 2010
Hocus Pocus (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,206 ratings — published 1990
White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 129,539 ratings — published 1985
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.76 — 306,146 ratings — published 1759
The Suicide Shop (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 24,972 ratings — published 2007
Vernon God Little (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.62 — 34,018 ratings — published 2003
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 99,717 ratings — published 1959
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.18 — 653,997 ratings — published 1996
Horns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 121,491 ratings — published 2010
Filth (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 32,491 ratings — published 1998
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,515 ratings — published 1967
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 591,860 ratings — published 2018
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,486,990 ratings — published 1915
Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.81 — 21,333 ratings — published 2017
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 130,543 ratings — published 2001
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 126,095 ratings — published 2004
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.01 — 141,978 ratings — published 2002
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.04 — 118,190 ratings — published 2006
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.09 — 118,429 ratings — published 2005
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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
“His name is Daniel Esperanza. He’s about thirty years old, has a degree in performing arts, and within just a few hours of working at the radio station, he was already lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood.”
― A Lonely Broadcast: Book One
― A Lonely Broadcast: Book One
