Dark Humor

Life might be no joke right now--but laughter is on the way.There are two kinds of laughter. One is hollow hilarity that masks pain far too deep fo...

If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all of your friends are ...

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

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. Austin's semi-autobiographical, linked story collection follows the misadventures of Avery Colt as he struggles to survive in North St. Louis along...

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

DescriptionIvan Dolinar is born in Tito's Yugoslavia on April Fool's Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backf...

Mary Zimmerman's The Secret in the Wings adapts a group of lesser-known fairy tales to create a theatrical work that sets their dark mystery agains...

Reducere. In God, I Listened Too, Dr. La-Doris McClaney recounts her life and shares how the power of prayer, determination, and pure grit can transform a si...

It's like Uber, but for slaying monsters Lana is a monster hunter. She kills vampires, werewolves, demons and all the other terrifying creatures of...

DescriptionA 2017 Poetry Book Society Recommendation Shortlisted for The Forward Prize for Best Collection 2017 Following her 2013 debut This is Ya...

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

Reducere. The characters in this collection of 21 short fictions hum with restlessness. They pine for lost loves and pop music romances, Hollywood heartthrob...

Reducere. DescriptionMcDonough's latest collection is fiercely unapologetic, transforming mundane moments into witty and provocative insights that closely ex...

Cancer patients seeking to integrate meaningful spirituality with practical healing solutions can now feast on a comprehensive blend of self-care o...

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...

DescriptionInspired by the dark imagination of Edward Gorey, Envious Siblings is a twisted and hauntingly funny debut. Comics artist Landis Blair i...

Reducere. ``With astringent understatement and wry economy, with nuance and intelligence and an enviable command of syntax and poetic line, Victoria Chang di...

Reducere. Emit Hopper was a one-hit wonder--twice. First as a rock and roller in the 80s, then as a literary darling in the 90s. Now it's twenty years later,...

Reducere. Set in Glasgow in 1981, a time of hunger strikes, riots and unemployment that decimated the old industrial heartlands, The Field of Blood is the fi...

DescriptionCancer patients seeking to integrate meaningful spirituality with practical healing solutions can now feast on a comprehensive blend of ...

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...

DescriptionThe flesh-eating inhabitants of a parallel world have come to our Earth, aiming to spread their virus in a full-scale biological invasio...

Reducere. "This is a very unruly book, in the best sense of the word . . . This] book will not have an easy life, but rather a long one, as the anger in it i...

Reducere. When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes into business as a private detective. Heartbrok...

The myths and legends of the Norseman have entertained the young and old for hundreds of years. Collated here in this thrilling treasury, these tal...

Reducere. The stunning, startling collection that is also the last work from a major poet A woman named Mildred starts laying eggs after feathers from wild p...

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. Based on fieldwork at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory--the facility that designed the neutron bomb and the warhead for the MX missile--N...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and Newbery Honor winning author Jennifer Holm teams up with Matthew Holm to bring you a fully illustrated graphic novel...

"Precise and wryly hilarious...Gauld's both a literature nerd and a science-fiction nerd whose deadpan mashups belong on the same shelf as R. Sikor...

Reducere. Take the ride of your life with this dangerous romance overflowing with dark humor, intense heat, and tangible angst--the second spinoff novel afte...

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...

Reducere. Written in her "trademark darkly sensual style" (Booklist), New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard brings us an electrifying page-turner of...

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

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. With an infectious blend of humor, satire, and biting social commentary, Yassin Adnan gives readers a portrait of contemporary Morocco--and the cit...

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. "Poso Wells is ironic, audacious, and fierce. But what is it, exactly? A satire? A scifi novel? A political detective yarn? Or the purest reality o...

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. 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...

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

Reducere. In the last days of the Venetian Republic, the successive wives of Count Alvise Lanzi suffer mysterious, agonizing deaths. Murder Most Serene offer...

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. Jordan Peele's celebrated screenplay combines horror and dark humor to reveal the terrifying realities of being Black in America "Blending race-sav...

Reducere. Bahzell of the Hradani is back Exciting fantasy adventure by the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the Honor Harrington series. In...

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...

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

This sparkling shark-tastic board book is a deep-sea twist on the popular bedtime lullaby, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star " Twinkle, Twinkle, Littl...

Reducere. "...a dizzying adventure. One that deals with life, death, humor, loss, prejudice, love, and of course, music. I very simply loved it." - Eric Chur...

Reducere. Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant poetic imagery; his social, political, and moral alertness; his uncanny ability to make ...

Reducere. Released in celebration of Mother Teresa's canonization on September 4, 2016.I Loved Jesus in the Night is one priest's compelling account of meeti...

The spirit of Machiavelli presides over The Jew of Malta, in which the title character relentlessly plots to maintain and extend his political infl...

Ben Shippers doesn't have much use for school, friends, or pretty much anyone except his smartass sister, but he does harbor a secret passion: Tras...

Reducere. Just when William is ready to fall asleep in his cozy cabin, there is a tap on his window. A chilly chipmunk asks to stay, and Will scooches over i...

From a new voice in the tradition of Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, and Nnedi Okorafor comes The Prey of Gods, a fantastic, boundary-challenging tale...

Reducere. From the New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy... When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Beverly JenkinsBelle Palmer is finally freeSeparated from her father on the harrowing escape, Belle is lost and alone until...

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. ``An African American nun challenges the beliefs of her second-grade students in this thought-provoking picture book set in the 1960s.``--Publisher...

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

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...

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

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey is both a perfectly aimed literary parody and a withering satire of the commercial aspects of m...

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

DescriptionClaire Williamson's Visiting the Minotaur is full of artful reflections, refractions, and re-workings of incidents that reveal a fraught...

Selected as One of the Best Books of the Year by: National Public Radio, Esquire, Bustle, Refinery29, Thrillist, Electric Literature, Powell's, Aut...

The National Bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Middlesex and The Marriage PlotWith a New IntroductionFirst published in 1993, Th...

Reducere. Description"Have no fear, citizens Captain Superlative is here to make all troubles disappear "Red mask, blue wig, silver swimsuit, rubber gloves, ...

DescriptionWinner, 2019 Miller Williams Poetry Prize"We are the happy riders on the stream of Padua's consciousness . . . a smart, sympathetic mind...