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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 — 9,358 ratings — published 2017
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,492,838 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 890,740 ratings — published 1961
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 366,617 ratings — published 1991
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,594 ratings — published 2014
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 775,198 ratings — published 1962
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 185,720 ratings — published 2000
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 188,548 ratings — published 1930
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 573,727 ratings — published 1999
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.01 — 175,023 ratings — published 2000
The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 103,713 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 — 380,902 ratings — published 1971
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.25 — 829,124 ratings — published 1990
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 246,633 ratings — published 1999
Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 111,723 ratings — published 2005
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 222,004 ratings — published 2001
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 212,389 ratings — published 2000
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.31 — 337,771 ratings — published 2012
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 439,792 ratings — published 1963
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 160,649 ratings — published 2001
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 199,535 ratings — published 2001
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 953,467 ratings — published 1955
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.54 — 152 ratings — published
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.64 — 358,489 ratings — published 2018
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 154,615 ratings — published 2001
Hocus Pocus (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.83 — 35,982 ratings — published 1990
Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 124,386 ratings — published 1999
The Loved One (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 13,772 ratings — published 1948
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.11 — 180,854 ratings — published 1993
The Pillowman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 18,195 ratings — published 2003
Deadeye Dick (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 31,896 ratings — published 1982
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 136,358 ratings — published 2003
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,240 ratings — published 2004
The Radleys (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.57 — 29,034 ratings — published 2010
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.76 — 303,678 ratings — published 1759
The Suicide Shop (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 24,535 ratings — published 2007
Vernon God Little (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.62 — 33,877 ratings — published 2003
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 99,113 ratings — published 1959
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.18 — 647,721 ratings — published 1996
Horns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 120,831 ratings — published 2010
Filth (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 32,257 ratings — published 1998
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 23,154 ratings — published 1967
Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 20,887 ratings — published 2017
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 129,674 ratings — published 2001
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.01 — 141,071 ratings — published 2002
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.04 — 117,364 ratings — published 2006
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.09 — 117,595 ratings — published 2005
Undermajordomo Minor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 16,143 ratings — published 2015
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 124,257 ratings — published 2006
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,472,261 ratings — published 2012
“...Mrs. Percy understood that staying beautiful all day long is the most important aspect of being married...”
― Mummy Mouse
― Mummy Mouse
“The Zombie Firetruck by Stewart Stafford
Sirens moan, grave duty's flash of red,
A mortuary whiff of something dead,
Hoses trained with brains they suck,
Your friendly neighbourhood zombie firetruck!
All that remained of the human fire team,
From the zombie pandemic of 2017,
Still in their uniforms, their only treasures,
Apocalyptic times call for end-time measures.
When they reached the fire, people did scoff,
They lurched, staggered, body parts fell off,
As they wandered around, fire hoses forlorn,
These knightly living dead faced a blazing dawn.
The chief, hat off to his skeleton crew,
In a voice once alive, now croaky like flu:
'To the hydrant, my ghouls, let's save Gothik Town,
Or they'll call Ghostbusters, we'll be the clowns!'
A glowering inferno, a cremation scene,
Zombie firefighters, brave and light green.
Through smoke and ash, they gravely stand,
Composed decomposition with skeletal hand.
Axeman Bony Ed led their clattering charge,
Into the smoke, his cadavers did barge,
The townsfolk looked on in dead of night,
And disbelief, tiredness and mild fright.
There soon followed medic Cemetery Phil,
Decaying Murphy, Old Salty, and Dead Drill,
Slab Stevens, Madly Hyde and Molly Voodoo,
Determined to shake their initial hoodoo.
A mother and baby backed by burning drapes,
Team Macabre charged up the fire escape,
Saving both and getting everyone out,
Drank Brainer Ade as they leaked like a spout.
Somehow, undead teamwork saved the day,
No lives were lost as the water sprayed,
Doused the flames, cool flatlined heroes,
Much zombie kudos, no longer scary zeroes.
The crowd cheered, did they ever doubt it?
High fives lost hands but new ones sprouted,
Frankenstein proud in their flapping flesh,
Sure to get medals at the HalloweenFest.
With a final groan and a clatter of bones,
The zombie firetruck headed back home.
Rotten yet proud, in their reanimated way,
The risen would fight fires another day.
© 2024, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
Sirens moan, grave duty's flash of red,
A mortuary whiff of something dead,
Hoses trained with brains they suck,
Your friendly neighbourhood zombie firetruck!
All that remained of the human fire team,
From the zombie pandemic of 2017,
Still in their uniforms, their only treasures,
Apocalyptic times call for end-time measures.
When they reached the fire, people did scoff,
They lurched, staggered, body parts fell off,
As they wandered around, fire hoses forlorn,
These knightly living dead faced a blazing dawn.
The chief, hat off to his skeleton crew,
In a voice once alive, now croaky like flu:
'To the hydrant, my ghouls, let's save Gothik Town,
Or they'll call Ghostbusters, we'll be the clowns!'
A glowering inferno, a cremation scene,
Zombie firefighters, brave and light green.
Through smoke and ash, they gravely stand,
Composed decomposition with skeletal hand.
Axeman Bony Ed led their clattering charge,
Into the smoke, his cadavers did barge,
The townsfolk looked on in dead of night,
And disbelief, tiredness and mild fright.
There soon followed medic Cemetery Phil,
Decaying Murphy, Old Salty, and Dead Drill,
Slab Stevens, Madly Hyde and Molly Voodoo,
Determined to shake their initial hoodoo.
A mother and baby backed by burning drapes,
Team Macabre charged up the fire escape,
Saving both and getting everyone out,
Drank Brainer Ade as they leaked like a spout.
Somehow, undead teamwork saved the day,
No lives were lost as the water sprayed,
Doused the flames, cool flatlined heroes,
Much zombie kudos, no longer scary zeroes.
The crowd cheered, did they ever doubt it?
High fives lost hands but new ones sprouted,
Frankenstein proud in their flapping flesh,
Sure to get medals at the HalloweenFest.
With a final groan and a clatter of bones,
The zombie firetruck headed back home.
Rotten yet proud, in their reanimated way,
The risen would fight fires another day.
© 2024, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
