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Red Russia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,514 ratings — published 2017
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 905,952 ratings — published 1961
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,530,759 ratings — published 1969
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 383,223 ratings — published 1991
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,714 ratings — published 2014
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 793,807 ratings — published 1962
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 195,027 ratings — published 1930
The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 105,812 ratings — published 2011
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 389,450 ratings — published 1971
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 189,426 ratings — published 2000
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 587,583 ratings — published 1999
Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 113,462 ratings — published 2005
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 224,915 ratings — published 2001
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.25 — 848,123 ratings — published 1990
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 178,449 ratings — published 2000
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 251,924 ratings — published 1999
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.31 — 339,583 ratings — published 2012
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 450,065 ratings — published 1963
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 204,410 ratings — published 2001
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.55 — 152 ratings — published
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.63 — 382,400 ratings — published 2018
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 163,741 ratings — published 2001
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 216,678 ratings — published 2000
White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 132,077 ratings — published 1985
The Suicide Shop (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 26,330 ratings — published 2007
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,991 ratings — published 1959
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 981,127 ratings — published 1955
Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.92 — 126,063 ratings — published 1999
The Loved One (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 14,095 ratings — published 1948
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 24,267 ratings — published 1967
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.12 — 186,589 ratings — published 1993
The Pillowman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 18,709 ratings — published 2003
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,568,179 ratings — published 1915
Deadeye Dick (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 32,630 ratings — published 1982
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 157,613 ratings — published 2001
The Radleys (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.56 — 31,317 ratings — published 2010
Hocus Pocus (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,558 ratings — published 1990
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.76 — 310,957 ratings — published 1759
Vernon God Little (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.62 — 34,243 ratings — published 2003
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 286,690 ratings — published 1973
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.18 — 665,420 ratings — published 1996
Horns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 122,683 ratings — published 2010
Filth (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 32,960 ratings — published 1998
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 625,493 ratings — published 2018
Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.81 — 22,103 ratings — published 2017
Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,537 ratings — published 2006
A Fraction of the Whole (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.14 — 25,275 ratings — published 2008
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 138,835 ratings — published 2003
Undermajordomo Minor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 16,369 ratings — published 2015
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,728 ratings — published 2006
“The Penultimate Hotel by Stewart Stafford
Enter sluggishly into the lobby,
A banquet is in progress in the restaurant,
They’re regurgitating reality from within,
And then eating their young.
An apocalyptic porter has radioactive cubes in the lift,
Housekeeping will have ten thousand years of light,
But the sheets in the rooms,
Will all turn to cream cheese.
The cooks in the kitchen are breaking bones and rules,
Creating a cake that stretches to infinity,
Babel babble with protesting eggs,
All baked in a hellfire oven.
The concierge gives out tips,
And tells guests they are awful and to leave,
While simultaneously tattooing diabolical potion recipes,
Inside a willing bellhop’s eyelids.
© 2021, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
Enter sluggishly into the lobby,
A banquet is in progress in the restaurant,
They’re regurgitating reality from within,
And then eating their young.
An apocalyptic porter has radioactive cubes in the lift,
Housekeeping will have ten thousand years of light,
But the sheets in the rooms,
Will all turn to cream cheese.
The cooks in the kitchen are breaking bones and rules,
Creating a cake that stretches to infinity,
Babel babble with protesting eggs,
All baked in a hellfire oven.
The concierge gives out tips,
And tells guests they are awful and to leave,
While simultaneously tattooing diabolical potion recipes,
Inside a willing bellhop’s eyelids.
© 2021, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
―
“Bloke was a savage. On the pitch and in the sky. But his savagery wouldn't save him. He had flown too many missions and the numbers would catch up with him soon. They always did.”
― The Numbers Game
― The Numbers Game
