5 must-read humor books like Dead Detective Mountain by John Swartzwelder

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Dead Detective Mountain

By: John Swartzwelder

4.03

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

A fantastic new Frank Burly adventure, by the author of "The Time Machine Did It" and fifty nine ep…

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Cover of Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5) by Terry Pratchett

1. Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.27

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
"When in doubt, choose to live."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Yep, it's gone myffic all right."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

Cover of Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Joe R. Lansdale

2. Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

By: Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Comics

Alternate Cover Edition One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is… read more

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  • fiction
"I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

" Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker! Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a …"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

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3. Mother Night

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.23

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Mother Night is a darin… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
"When you're dead you're dead."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

"It’s all I’ve seen, all I’ve been through,"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

"Most things in this world don´t work, aspirin do."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

"The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

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4. Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Death has to happen. That's what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead. It … read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
Cover of Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga, #3) by Raymond E. Feist

5. Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga, #3)

By: Raymond E. Feist

4.22

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Kr… read more

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  • fiction

6. The Son

By: Philipp Meyer

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of American Rust, returns with The Son: an epic, multigenerational saga of pow… read more

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  • fiction

7. Based on a True Story

By: Norm Macdonald

4.51

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, ra… read more

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  • humor

8. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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9. Hogfather (Discworld, #20; Death, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Susan had never hung up a stocking . She'd never put a tooth under her pillow in the serious expect… read more

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10. What I'd Say to the Martians and Other Veiled Threats

By: Jack Handey

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jack Handey is one of America's favorite humorists, from his New Yorkerpieces to his Deep Thoughtsb… read more

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11. No Exit

By: Jean-Paul Sartre

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Jean-Paul Sartre, the great French existentialist, displays his mastery of drama in NO EXIT, an unf… read more

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12. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

By: Bill Watterson

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Calvin and Hobbesis unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginativ… read more

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13. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

By: Michael Chabon

3.95

Format: None pages,

Joe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, h… read more

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14. Making It So

By: Patrick Stewart

4.33

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more

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15. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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  • fiction
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16. There Is No Antimemetics Division

By: qntm

4.25

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, disc… read more

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  • fiction
"Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not you first day."

-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

"It’s not of reality, not of humanity. It is from a higher, worse place, and it is descending."

-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

"It began as an experiment in advanced propaganda. The objective was to cut through the physical conflict and find a way to rupture the ideological machine, to obliterate the idea of Nazism. After two…"

-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

"We don't have an Antimemetics Division," Clay says. "Yes, you do. We do." O5-8 says, "We have a Memetics Division, a Telekontainment Division, Fire Services, Ops-A, Ops-B, Personnel, D-personnel and …"

-qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

Cover of The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History by Edward Brooke-Hitching

17. The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History

By: Edward Brooke-Hitching

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This fascinating and bizarre collection compiles the most unusual, obscure books from the far reach… read more

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18. Ra

By: qntm

4.11

Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition

Magic is real. Discovered in the 1970s, magic is now a bona fide field of engineering. There's m… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara Ehrenreich

19. Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

3.26

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to… read more

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"A thing cannot be conscious without having agency, but it can have agency without being conscious."

-Barbara Ehrenreich, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

"Once I realized I was old enough to die, I decided that I was also old enough not to incur any more suffering, annoyance, or boredom in the pursuit of a longer life."

-Barbara Ehrenreich, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

"NK, or natural killer, cells, which, like macrophages, attack targets like microbes, do not always kill. A 2013 article reports that about half of the NK cells sit out the fight, leaving a minority o…"

-Barbara Ehrenreich, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

"Poor whites had always had the comfort of knowing that someone was worse off and more despised than they were; racial subjugation was the ground under their feet, the rock they stood upon, even when …"

-Barbara Ehrenreich, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

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20. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

By: Philip Plait

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more

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21. Dead Detective Mountain

By: John Swartzwelder

4.03

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

A fantastic new Frank Burly adventure, by the author of "The Time Machine Did It" and fifty nine ep… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction

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Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

Terry Pratchett

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Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale

4.18

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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.23

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Pema Chödrön

4.36

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Alan W. Watts , Mark Watts

3.75

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Jamie Loftus

3.92

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