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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 226,594 ratings — published 1951
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The Casual Vacancy The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.31 — 338,788 ratings — published 2012
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 966,609 ratings — published 1955
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.04 — 93,942 ratings — published 1967
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A Confederacy of Dunces A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.89 — 304,264 ratings — published 1980
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Der Besuch der alten Dame Der Besuch der alten Dame (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.67 — 39,944 ratings — published 1956
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The Tempest The Tempest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.78 — 231,717 ratings — published 1611
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.25 — 104,090 ratings — published 1996
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The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.77 — 205,791 ratings — published 1596
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The Bee Sting The Bee Sting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 148,273 ratings — published 2023
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Lessons in Chemistry Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,855,344 ratings — published 2022
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The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.69 — 46,483 ratings — published 1903
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The Winter's Tale The Winter's Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 37,482 ratings — published 1623
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Endgame Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.79 — 24,962 ratings — published 1957
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Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama) Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.41 — 167 ratings — published 1620
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Cat’s Cradle Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 444,644 ratings — published 1963
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Less (Arthur Less, #1) Less (Arthur Less, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.62 — 228,358 ratings — published 2017
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Empire Falls Empire Falls (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 127,127 ratings — published 2001
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,510,082 ratings — published 1969
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 50,860 ratings — published 1955
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Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage and Her Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.63 — 23,260 ratings — published 1941
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The World According to Garp The World According to Garp (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.11 — 241,279 ratings — published 1978
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.20 — 790,152 ratings — published 1962
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Cymbeline Cymbeline (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.61 — 12,204 ratings — published 1610
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Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.81 — 3,445 ratings — published 1954
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 606,403 ratings — published 2012
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Candide Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.76 — 307,069 ratings — published 1759
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No One Is Talking About This No One Is Talking About This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.55 — 57,234 ratings — published 2021
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Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.98 — 50,932 ratings — published 2019
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Death and the Penguin Death and the Penguin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.77 — 23,283 ratings — published 1996
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The Witch (The New Mermaids) The Witch (The New Mermaids)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.27 — 176 ratings — published 1616
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The Two Noble Kinsmen The Two Noble Kinsmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.42 — 2,830 ratings — published 1614
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The Idiot The Idiot (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.21 — 226,240 ratings — published 1869
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A Horse Walks into a Bar A Horse Walks into a Bar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.51 — 16,046 ratings — published 2014
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A Handful of Dust A Handful of Dust (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.88 — 29,530 ratings — published 1934
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Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1) Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 150,953 ratings — published 2018
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Fear: Trump in the White House Fear: Trump in the White House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 65,758 ratings — published 2018
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The Three Sisters The Three Sisters (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 24,892 ratings — published 1900
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The Seagull The Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 39,272 ratings — published 1895
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The Decameron The Decameron (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.88 — 44,293 ratings — published 1349
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 23,202 ratings — published 1767
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Measure for Measure Measure for Measure (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.68 — 32,010 ratings — published 1604
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,271,176 ratings — published 1954
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.45 — 681,377 ratings — published 1952
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Arcadia Arcadia (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.13 — 24,658 ratings — published 1993
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A Man Called Ove A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,255,115 ratings — published 2012
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A Prayer for Owen Meany A Prayer for Owen Meany (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 4.24 — 341,651 ratings — published 1989
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A Gate at the Stairs A Gate at the Stairs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.18 — 18,961 ratings — published 2009
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Washington Square Washington Square (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 26,423 ratings — published 1880
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The Hotel New Hampshire The Hotel New Hampshire (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as tragicomedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 69,698 ratings — published 1981
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Robin Hyde
“A moment. Did I mention it? Charles, perhaps finding that he was not much of a success with the lower middle classes, developed in middle life a habit of ennobling the friends who did the decent thing by him. One finds his record full of barons and comtes; the grain of salt is recommended.”
Robin Hyde, Check to your king

LeRoi Jones
“The shabbiness, even embarrassment, of Hazel Scott playing 'concert boogie woogie' before thousands of white middle-class music lovers, who all assumed that this music was Miss Scott's invention, is finally no more hideous than the spectacle of an urban, college-trained Negro musician pretending, perhaps in all sincerity, that he has the same field of emotional reference as his great-grandfather. the Mississippi slave”
LeRoi Jones, Blues People: Negro Music in White America

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