American black comedy novels

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The protagonist and narrator is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He details his obsession with and victimization of a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he describes as a "nymphet". Humbert kidnaps and sexually abuses Dolores after becoming her stepfather. Privately, he calls her "Lolita", the Spanish diminutive for Dolores. The novel was written in English, but fear of censorship in the U.S. (where Nabokov lived) and Britain led to it being

1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. It was his debut novel. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the 20th century, it uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from the points of view of different characters. The separate storylines are out of sequence so the timeline develops along with the plot.

novel series by Lemony Snicket

'''''Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death''''' is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction–infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years. Throughout the novel, Billy frequently travels back and forth through time. The protagonist deals with a temporal crisis as a result of his post-war psychological trauma. The text centers on Billy's capture by the German Army and his survival of the Alli

1963 novel by Kurt Vonnegut

1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis

novel by William Faulkner

1973 novel by Kurt Vonnegut

novel by Philip Roth

2015 novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen

novel by Kurt Vonnegut

1965 novel by Kurt Vonnegut

1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell

2010 novel by Isaac Marion

novel by Joseph Heller

novel by Sherman Alexie

2008 historical novel by David Benioff

2022 fantasy novel by T. Kingfisher

novella by Stephen King