Dark Comedy Books

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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,476,744 ratings — published 1969
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 884,207 ratings — published 1961
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Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.01 — 601,518 ratings — published 2023
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 321,389 ratings — published 2019
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 359,898 ratings — published 1991
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Red Russia Red Russia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,264 ratings — published 2017
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.64 — 349,604 ratings — published 2018
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Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 28 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,562 ratings — published 2014
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Choke Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 220,623 ratings — published 2001
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Yellowface Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,007,365 ratings — published 2023
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.18 — 640,422 ratings — published 1996
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Uck It List Uck It List (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.55 — 7,338 ratings — published
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.60 — 556,598 ratings — published 2018
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A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1) A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 123,649 ratings — published 2006
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Battersea Parker Battersea Parker (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.54 — 7,439 ratings — published
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The Sisters Brothers The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 102,943 ratings — published 2011
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Cat’s Cradle Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 435,525 ratings — published 1963
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Scythe & Sparrow (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #3) Scythe & Sparrow (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.08 — 184,731 ratings — published 2025
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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 567,960 ratings — published 1999
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Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1) Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 556,970 ratings — published 2024
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How to Kill Your Family How to Kill Your Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.52 — 179,862 ratings — published 2021
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Survivor Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 123,719 ratings — published 1999
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Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 292,072 ratings — published 2024
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 766,592 ratings — published 1962
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Battersea Parker 2 Battersea Parker 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 4,364 ratings — published
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As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 186,235 ratings — published 1930
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John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 83,561 ratings — published 2007
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Breakfast of Champions Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 279,010 ratings — published 1973
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.25 — 821,907 ratings — published 1990
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.28 — 416,927 ratings — published 1967
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I’m Glad My Mom Died I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,437,784 ratings — published 2022
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Diary Diary (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.65 — 80,886 ratings — published 2003
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Invisible Monsters Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 151,079 ratings — published 1999
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The Wedding People The Wedding People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.08 — 968,339 ratings — published 2024
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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.49 — 193,899 ratings — published 2020
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How to Kill Men and Get Away With It (Kitty Collins, #1) How to Kill Men and Get Away With It (Kitty Collins, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.67 — 46,243 ratings — published 2023
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Boy Parts Boy Parts (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 81,463 ratings — published 2020
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 377,050 ratings — published 1971
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The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2) The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 244,249 ratings — published 1999
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A Confederacy of Dunces A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.89 — 296,875 ratings — published 1980
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 111,011 ratings — published 2005
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Lullaby Lullaby (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.74 — 103,394 ratings — published 2002
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Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #1) Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.21 — 54,198 ratings — published 2025
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.76 — 222,614 ratings — published 2022
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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 88,133 ratings — published 2021
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Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1) Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 232,548 ratings — published 2021
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Based on a True Story: A Memoir Based on a True Story: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 19,026 ratings — published 2016
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.25 — 100,998 ratings — published 1996
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Me Talk Pretty One Day Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 4.01 — 719,246 ratings — published 2000
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My Best Friend's Exorcism My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as dark-comedy)
avg rating 3.92 — 150,130 ratings — published 2016
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Michael Bussa
“Extinguish even the wee annoyance, as it will grow to become evil!”
Michael Bussa

Albert Camus
“A man had left a Czech village to seek his fortune. Twenty-five years later, and now rich, he had returned with a wife and a child. His mother was running a hotel with his sister in the village where he'd been born. In order to surprise them, he had left his wife and child at another hotel and gone to see his mother, who didn't recognize him when he walked in. As a joke, he'd had the idea of taking a room. He had shown off his money. During the night his mother and his sister had beaten him to death with a hammer in order to rob him and had thrown his body in the river. The next morning the wife had come to the hotel and, without knowing it, gave away the traveller's identity. The mother hanged herself. The sister threw herself down a well. I must have read that story a thousand times. On the one hand, it wasn't very likely. On the other, it was perfectly natural. Anyway, I thought the traveller pretty much deserved what he got and that you should never play games.”
Albert Camus, The Stranger

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