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Washington Post 100 Best Comic Novels - Page 2

According to Michael Dirda of the Washington Post: "...these are the books we actually like, that make us laugh out loud and lift our hearts. Some readers even call such titles comfort books, for they tend to be the ones we turn to when the world is too much with us or, as is more often the case, against us. The following 100 titles -- all published in English in the 20th century -- appear roughly as they suggested themselves to me, certainly not in order of merit or hilarity."
The list adopts a one author/one book rule. Dirda also appends a very brief description for each book.
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The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
41
Kurt Vonnegut
The Chronicles of Clovis
The Chronicles of Clovis
42
South Wind (Norman Douglas)
South Wind
43
Norman Douglas
The Flower Beneath the Foot (Ronald Firbank)
The Flower Beneath the Foot
44
Ronald Firbank
The Gate of Angels (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Gate of Angels
45
Penelope Fitzgerald
You Know Me Al (Ring Lardner)
You Know Me Al
46
Ring Lardner
Locusts Have No King (Dawn Powell)
Locusts Have No King
47
Dawn Powell
A Fan's Notes (Frederick Exley)
A Fan's Notes
48
Frederick Exley
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
49
Norton Juster
Lady Into Fox (David Garnett)
Lady Into Fox
50
David Garnett
Letter to Lord Byron (W.H. Auden)
Letter to Lord Byron
51
W.H. Auden
Too Many Cooks (Rex Stout)
Too Many Cooks
52
Rex Stout
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
53
Philip Roth
The Thurber Carnival
The Thurber Carnival
54
Guys and Dolls by Damon Runyon
Guys and Dolls by Damon Runyon
55
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
56
Dashiell Hammett
Or All the Seas With Oysters (Avram Davidson)
Or All the Seas With Oysters
57
Avram Davidson
Two Serious Ladies (Jane Bowles)
Two Serious Ladies
58
Jane Bowles
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
59
Flann O'Brien
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot
60
Julian Barnes
The Road to Oxiana (Robert Byron)
The Road to Oxiana
61
Robert Byron
On the Shoulders of Giants (Robert K. Merton)
On the Shoulders of Giants
62
Robert K. Merton
A Cab at the Door (V. S. Pritchett)
A Cab at the Door
63
V. S. Pritchett
Candy (Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg)
Candy
64
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Federigo or the Power of Love (Howard Nemerov)
Federigo or the Power of Love
65
Howard Nemerov
Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Sarah Caudwell)
Thus Was Adonis Murdered
66
Sarah Caudwell
Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
67
Angela Carter
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
68
Henry Miller
The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford)
The Pursuit of Love
69
Nancy Mitford
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
70
George Orwell
The Tin Men (Michael Frayn)
The Tin Men
71
Michael Frayn
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (B. S. Johnson)
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
72
B. S. Johnson
Up in the Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchell
Up in the Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchell
73
A Frolic of His Own (William Gaddis)
A Frolic of His Own
74
William Gaddis
The Most of S.J. Perelman (S.J. Perelman)
The Most of S.J. Perelman
75
S.J. Perelman
The Moving Toyshop (Edmund Crispin)
The Moving Toyshop
76
Edmund Crispin
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
77
John Kennedy Toole
Enderby (Anthony Burgess)
Enderby
78
Anthony Burgess
Sixty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
Sixty Stories
79
Donald Barthelme
Life Among the Savages (Shirley Jackson)
Life Among the Savages
80
Shirley Jackson
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