Books like…

Books Like Choke

by Chuck Palahniuk · about this book

Loved Choke by Chuck Palahniuk? If its con artists, anti-hero and male lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Post Office and The Eye of the Bedlam Bride. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Choke: Con Artists · Anti-Hero · Male Lead · Dark Comedy · Unreliable Narrator

1. 

   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

   Hunter S. Thompson

   Satire · Satirical · Dark Comedy · Unreliable Narrator · Addiction

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2. 

   Post Office

   Charles Bukowski

   Dark Comedy · Anti-Hero · Addiction · Substance Abuse · First Person Narrator

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3. 

   The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

   Matt Dinniman

   Satirical Humor · Satirical · Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor · Funny

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4. 

   Interior Chinatown

   Charles Yu

   Satirical Humor · Satire · Satirical · Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy

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5. 

   Burnt Sugar

   Avni Doshi

   Dementia · Caregiving for a Parent · Unreliable Narrator · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction

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6. 

   The Boys Omnibus Vol. 2

   Garth Ennis

   Satirical Humor · Satire · Anti-Hero · Dark Comedy · Substance Abuse

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7. 

   Candide

   Voltaire

   Satirical Humor · Satirical · Satire · Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy

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8. 

   I See You've Called in Dead

   John Kenney

   Satire · Dark Comedy · Substance Abuse · Addiction · Male Lead

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9. 

   Munmun

   Jesse Andrews

   Satire · Satirical · Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor · First Person Narrator

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10. 

    The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

    Mathias Énard

    Satirical Humor · Satire · Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy · Funny

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11. 

    My Sister, the Serial Killer

    Oyinkan Braithwaite

    Dark Comedy · Satirical · Literary Fiction · Funny · First Person Narrator

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12. 

    Black Leopard, Red Wolf

    Marlon James

    Unreliable Narrator · Anti-Hero · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction · Male Lead

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13. 

    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    Addiction · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · Dark Comedy · Contemporary Fiction

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14. 

    Love Letters to a Serial Killer

    Tasha Coryell

    Dark Comedy · Unreliable Narrator · Satirical · First Person Narrator · Contemporary Fiction

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15. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Caregiving for a Parent · Addiction · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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16. 

    The Egyptologist

    Arthur Phillips

    Unreliable Narrator · Satire · Dark Comedy · Anti-Hero · Literary Fiction

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17. 

    Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

    Matthew Perry

    Addiction · First Person Narrator · Dark Comedy · Substance Abuse · Male Lead

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18. 

    The Magicians

    Lev Grossman

    Substance Abuse · Satire · Male Lead · Anti-Hero · Dark Comedy

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19. 

    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    Addiction · Dark Comedy · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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20. 

    A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020

    David Sedaris

    Satirical Humor · Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor · Funny · First Person Narrator

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