Recs if you like London Fields...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
Pitch Black Comedy
"Turn me over, I'm done on this side!" —St. Lawrence, whilst roasting on a spit
Gallows humor, black comedy, l'humour noir — whatever you call it, this is the place for it. This list includes André Breton's seminal anthology of dark humor, a number of the works excerpted in this anthology, and beyond. You can find a link to the complete contents of Breton's anthology in the comments.
Want more weird humor? Check out my list Nitpicky Neuroticism (Comedy Edition)!
The Hipster Handbook
If you haven’t read these works, at least pretend you have.
List is from The Hipster Handbook by Robert Lanham (AKA I had this book in my own hipster days and wanted to keep a list of how many I actually read)
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