I like the following books/authors. Please recommend similar books/authors for me to explore.?

Question

I like cruel/sarcastic type books mainly. And they have to be witty.

Here are some I like....so I don't need to know about the below authors as I have explored all avenues.


All Michel Houllebecq books

Some Hope by Edward St Aubyn

Mothers Milk by Edward St Aubyn

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis

Most if not all Eveyln Waugh books

Additional Details

I guess stick to post 1900s also.

No sci-fi or fantasy please.

Answer 1

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

Douglas Adams
Tom Sharpe
Michael Moorcock
Roger Zelazny


All famous. All good writers. Don't discriminate about the fact that they are science fiction writers. Cheers.

Answer 2

By all means check out Chrisopher Moore. He is very sarcastic and witty. His new vampire book You Suck is hilarious. Also try Carl Hiaasen. I loved all of his books but especially Lucky Me. Pax - C.

Answer 3

Give me a few minutes, I'll write you a book - I'm quite sarcastic and very witty!!!

Answer 4

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Witty, cruel, mostly funny and pathetic, but all relatable stories.

Answer 5

T.C. Boyle; Talk Talk
Christopher Moore; A Dirty Job
Irvine Welsh; Filth

Answer 6

You SAY that you like "WITTY" literature? If that is TRUE, my friend, then the fact is, that YOU, - as I do, - will LOVE the "WAR MEMOIRS", of the LATE, GREAT SPIKE MILLIGAN!

I don't KNOW whether MANY of the events, described, actually HAPPENED, but, - if you like WIT, - you will LOVE these books! Check them OUT, - they are HILARIOUS!

Answer 7

Have you ever tried reading anything by Will Self? You might like him.

His books include:

Great Apes
How the Dead Live
The Book of Dave

Answer 8

Try any of Augusten Burroughs books then-he's very witty in a dark way,very bitchy too! I love his books.

Answer 9

Nick Hornby: About a Boy, High Fidelity
Tony PAson's Man and Boy and the follow ups.
Tony Hawk: Round Ireland With A Fridge
Mike Gayle's Books.
Bruce Campbell: if Chins Could Kill People

Hope these authors are good enough for oyu.

Answer 10

Try Iain Banks. Start with the Wasp Factory, black comedy at it's very blackest.
He does write Sci/Fi, but those books are published under Iain M. Banks. So you can dodge them if you want although they too are incredibly dark and humorous.
Or why not give Joseph Heller a go, Catch 22 is a riot.

Answer 11

the works of Glen Duncan
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
the works of William Boyd, Ian Mcewan, Graham Greene, and Iris Murdoch
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Answer 12

tom sharp all the wilt books and a few others