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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 — 9,272 ratings — published 2017
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,479,485 ratings — published 1969
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 885,219 ratings — published 1961
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 360,815 ratings — published 1991
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,564 ratings — published 2014
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 184,318 ratings — published 2000
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 186,540 ratings — published 1930
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 569,151 ratings — published 1999
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 767,791 ratings — published 1962
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.01 — 173,730 ratings — published 2000
The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 103,025 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 — 377,594 ratings — published 1971
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 244,666 ratings — published 1999
Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 111,109 ratings — published 2005
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 220,844 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 — 823,353 ratings — published 1990
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 210,773 ratings — published 2000
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.31 — 337,068 ratings — published 2012
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 436,106 ratings — published 1963
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 159,508 ratings — published 2001
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 197,895 ratings — published 2001
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 942,576 ratings — published 1955
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.52 — 153 ratings — published
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.64 — 350,968 ratings — published 2018
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 153,550 ratings — published 2001
Hocus Pocus (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.83 — 35,796 ratings — published 1990
Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 123,802 ratings — published 1999
The Loved One (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 13,660 ratings — published 1948
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.11 — 178,617 ratings — published 1993
The Pillowman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 17,974 ratings — published 2003
Deadeye Dick (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 31,631 ratings — published 1982
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 135,464 ratings — published 2003
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 124,363 ratings — published 2004
The Radleys (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.57 — 28,323 ratings — published 2010
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.76 — 300,814 ratings — published 1759
The Suicide Shop (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.47 — 23,949 ratings — published 2007
Vernon God Little (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.61 — 33,752 ratings — published 2003
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 98,469 ratings — published 1959
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.18 — 641,426 ratings — published 1996
Horns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 120,145 ratings — published 2010
Filth (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 32,025 ratings — published 1998
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 22,880 ratings — published 1967
Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 20,275 ratings — published 2017
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 128,679 ratings — published 2001
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.01 — 140,105 ratings — published 2002
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.04 — 116,503 ratings — published 2006
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.08 — 116,710 ratings — published 2005
Undermajordomo Minor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 16,083 ratings — published 2015
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 123,762 ratings — published 2006
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,435,188 ratings — published 2012
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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
“Social media is basically standing at a bucket filled with other people’s vomit and you suck the vomit through a straw, and gag and wince at the unbearable taste of other people’s vomit. Yet strangely we continue to suck through the straw as if we’ve never tasted such lovely vomit. And then before you know it you’re old and you’re grey. And that’s the end of you. A lonely death. Your gravestone is marked with the six saddest words:
Social Media Drained My Soul Away
And they all mourn your loss at a budget funeral service while updating their social media statuses on mobile phones apps. And in years to come nobody remembers any of your updates; even those updates that you deep-down believed were going to bring about world peace. The Digital Age is more disposable than nappies and just as full of shit.”
― The Rebel's Sketchbook
Social Media Drained My Soul Away
And they all mourn your loss at a budget funeral service while updating their social media statuses on mobile phones apps. And in years to come nobody remembers any of your updates; even those updates that you deep-down believed were going to bring about world peace. The Digital Age is more disposable than nappies and just as full of shit.”
― The Rebel's Sketchbook
