Dark Humor

Reducere. At the age of 25, Marian Thurm began publishing short stories in The New Yorker, and her work has been compared to the short fiction of Lorrie Moor...

Reducere. "Beautifully written and astutely observed. This is a marvelous book."--Washington Post "One of the best beach reads for summer 2021, titanic clari...

Poor Hattie Peck simply loves eggs, but she has only ever laid one egg--and it never hatched. Eggs are all she thinks about, all she dreams about. ...

Reducere. -It's her wry, silly sense of humor that keeps the book from getting too heavy, and Elliot displays a sharp wit that goes well with the way her hon...

Reducere. Fear Dat New Orleans explores the eccentric and often macabre dark corners of America's most unique city. In addition to detailed histories of biza...

Reducere. DescriptionThere's a Body in the Stacks and Wedding Bells in the Air in SPIRITS UNITED, A Historical Cozy Mystery from Alice Duncan --1920s Pasaden...

Reducere. Booksmart meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up, and coming out, from the author of ...

Reducere. There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gang...

Reducere. Louis Edmonds was well known for his TV soap opera roles as Dark Shadows Roger Collins and, All My Children's Langley Wallingford, but his career w...

Reducere. They all made a terrible mistake. One they will pay for.For the past ten years I've been a victim. A victim to my pack. A victim to my true mate, w...

Reducere. Kentucky--land of bluegrass, horse racing, bourbon, and . . . murder. In Murder in Old Kentucky: True Crime Stories from the Bluegrass, Keven McQue...

Reducere. Awards🏆Nominee (2009) - Buckeye Children's Book Award - (Grades 3-5)Contributor(s): Author: Jennifer L. HolmAuthor: Matthew HolmIllustrator: Jennif...

Reducere. An Edgar Award winner blends Mark Twain's humor and Stephen King's suspense in this darkly compelling novel of three friends determined to take the...

Reducere. My father made a terrible mistake. One I'm left paying for.As a wolf shifter growing up in a strong pack, I should be living my best life. But afte...

Reducere. You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family. And lately, Mike Daley's family has been keeping him very busy.An ex-priest, ex-public d...

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published serially in the Yiddish daily newspaper di Varhayt in 1916-18, Diary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love i...

Reducere. Rare poetry concerning human mortality and alienation. For over half a century, David Ignatow has crafted spare, plain, haunting poetry pf working ...

Reducere. Each of the twelve stories in A twilight Reel chronicles a transformation-loss, self-discovery, renewal-among the inhabitants of the fictional town...

Reducere. Full of humor and insight about sport and culture.... The pomp, glory, and great entertainment all get their due in Eight World Cups.--The Boston G...

Reducere. How do we reckon with our losses? In Animal Bodies Suzanne Roberts explores the link between death and desire and what it means to accept our own a...

Reducere. ``Powerful. . . . Twisty, brimming with dark humor and keen moral insight, The Weight of Heaven packs a wallop on both a literary and emotional lev...

Reducere. A breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine forces Christine Shields Corrigan, a wife, mom, and meticulous list-maker, to confront her deepest fears of...

DescriptionThis breakthrough publication promises both to excite and haunt the reader's imagination. Quentin Blake, the so-called Godfather of Illu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kurt SchlichterAmerica's growing political and cultural divisions have finally split the United States apart. Now, as the f...

Reducere. Humor and epic Fantasy meet in a fast-paced fantasy adventure for middle school readers."A super cute middle-grade fantasy, mixing modern with fant...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kristen N. ArnettIn her debut story collection, Kristen Arnett, with dark humor, explores the lives of queer women and thei...

Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Mark Andrew Smith joins forces with Eisner-nominated Orc Stain creator James Stokoe for a graphic novel pack...

Reducere. A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year. A searing and wildly entertaining love letter to New York City from the bestselling author of M...

Reducere. This is the second volume in a series that presents plays by Sweden's greatest living playwright in English. Lars Noren is generally considered Swe...

Reducere. Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver takes on a murder case involving a surprise inheritance and a feuding family. Martin Brand always had a dark se...

Reducere. Description"A brilliantly original, surprising plot in one of the best crime novel series ever written. This is straight-up, hardboiled crime ficti...

Reducere. A dazzling collection of stories based in part on his/her life... Readers will want to consume these bonbons slowly because they are so rich and de...

Reducere. "Everyone who reads Henry becomes a witness."--Jack Mayer, author of Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project and Before the Court of Heaven 2018 I...

Reducere. In this new collection of prose poems, Claudia Serea uses surrealism, irony, and black humor to express her experiences, from growing up behind the...

Sometimes, life becomes unleashed... Sixteen-year-old Iris Moody has a problem controlling her temper-but then, she has a lot to be angry about. De...

Reducere. Though perhaps better known for her tumultuous marriages to the painter Lucian Freud and poet Robert Lowell, Caroline Blackwood remains a woman who...

Reducere. An experimental novel that explores the complexity of Palestinian identity through extended metaphor and dark humor. On a plastic chair in a parkin...

Contributor(s): Adapted by: Peter KuperTranslator: Peter KuperAuthor: Franz KafkaLong fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began il...

TRUE CRIME THRILLER with a twist. Written first-hand by the actual investigator in DEFENSE of real people charged with murder. A criminal justice s...

Reducere. From one of the greatest Norwegian authors of the twentieth century, comes a collection of spare, biting stories of people caught between reality a...

Reducere. This captivating novel shimmers with dark intensity and wicked wit. In a stunning synthesis of eroticism, rage, pathos, and humor, Gaitskill's fine...

Reducere. New England's dark hills, fogbound coasts, and hidden villages have inspired generations of writers such as Hawthorne, Lovecraft, and King. But the...

Reducere. Born in Mississippi during the tumultuous Civil Rights era, four brothers navigate their way to Naples, Florida where they come-of-age. Landon, Hol...

Death arrives in this darkly humorous and brilliantly illustrated tale created by Nicholas Gurewitch, author of The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack...

Paris, 1914. In one auspicious night, Lucien Brindavoine's humdrum life is thrown into wild disarray. Out of the blue, a strange old man visits Bri...

The next book in John Lithgow's New York Times bestselling series Following the success of New York Times bestsellers Dumpty and Trumpty Dumpty Wan...

The Wizard of Oz meets Ready Player One in this darkly comic YA novel about identity, depression, giving up, and finding your way home. High school...

Reducere. Poetry. LGBTQIA Studies. JESUS COMES TO ME AS JUDY GARLAND explores themes of sexual orientation, spirituality, family, and aging, often using smar...

DescriptionFormer Senior Editor for Gothamist Rebecca Fishbein's adult life has been a dramatic reflection of New York media itself--constantly evo...

Reducere. The Grief Workbook is a fun way to unpack a serious experience: grief. It has something for everyone - dark humor, some word games, opportunities t...

Braided with haunting saloon tunes and just the right dose of magic, The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All is a novel bursting with heart, humor and...

DescriptionThis eight-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor features the adventures of paranormal pets investigati...

DescriptionThis eight-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor features the adventures of paranormal pets investigati...

Reducere. DescriptionThis first-of-its kind collection includes a wide range of works, from an early examination and critique of American society after World...

An unmissable gift book, A Small Book of Jewish Comedians is a perfect (please God) post-pandemic pick-me-upIn 1978, Time magazine estimated that a...

There is no secret formula to experiencing the sacred in our lives--it just takes practice and practicality. No matter where we are--on a walk in t...

Reducere. "Tate's poems are meditative, introverted, self-reliant, funny, alarming, strange, difficult, intelligent, and beautifully crafted." --New York Tim...

Reducere. Born in 1928, Mary Bremier has a remarkably keen eye, both for the beauty of her natural world and for the telling details of human frailty. The Sh...

Reducere. Although he's best known for his works of weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft for most of his life considered himself primarily a poet. This cycle of 36 ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is not your stereotypical gay-hairdresser-addict-convict story ... if there is such a thing. In the vein of Augusten Burroughs and ...

Reducere. Bad clowns those malicious misfits of the midway who terrorize, haunt, and threaten us have long been a cultural icon. This book describes the hist...

Reducere. THE WICKED AFTERMATH is an emotionally gripping story of love, loss, and hope, with a rich and entrancing happily ever. Set on the sandy shores of ...

Reducere. Life is full of ups and downs but few people have experienced them quite as extremely as Fedja Stukan. This autobiography describes the lows of fro...

Reducere. Dying Times is the story of a successful though conflicted lady litigator, told with a dark undercurrent of humor that underpins this striking medi...

Reducere. The Cook opens with Conrad, nearly seven feet tall, gaunt, and dressed all in black, arriving on his bicycle in the town of Cobb. He quickly secure...

Reducere. comes as a horrific shock when young Native American policeman Timothy Bear Child becomes a suspect in three Chicago murders. Not only does he face...

Reducere. DescriptionIt happens to us all: we think we've settled into an identity, a self, and then out of nowhere and with great force, the traces of our p...

Reducere. DescriptionBased on the popular workshop of the same name, Audition Psych 101 takes a detailed, unvarnished look at the mental gremlins that can ma...

Reducere. A classic collection of Norse mythology, presented with a striking, foil-embossed cover design and gilded page edges. This thrilling collection of ...

Reducere. In this tender, funny, and sharp companion to her acclaimed memoir-in-essays Amateur Hour, Kimberly Harrington explores and confronts marriage, div...