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Books Like White Noise

by Don DeLillo · about this book

Loved White Noise by Don DeLillo? If its literary fiction, male lead and satire hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Candide, Interior Chinatown and Fight Club. 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 White Noise: Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Satire · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor

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   Candide

   Voltaire

   Satirical Humor · Satire · Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor · Literary Fiction

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   Interior Chinatown

   Charles Yu

   Satire · Satirical Humor · Literary Fiction · Absurdist Humor · Contemporary Fiction

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   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk

   Satire · Satirical Humor · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction · Male Lead

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4. 

   The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

   Mathias Énard

   Satirical Humor · Satire · Literary Fiction · Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy

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5. 

   Carl's Doomsday Scenario

   Matt Dinniman

   Satirical Humor · Dark Comedy · Dialogue-Heavy · Satire · Absurdist Humor

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6. 

   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

   Hunter S. Thompson

   Satire · Dark Comedy · Pop Culture · Absurdist Humor · Literary Fiction

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7. 

   The Proof of My Innocence

   Jonathan Coe

   Satirical Humor · Satire · Dry Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction

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8. 

   I See You've Called in Dead

   John Kenney

   Satire · Dark Comedy · Dry Humor · Male Lead · Contemporary Fiction

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9. 

   This Is Where I Leave You

   Jonathan Tropper

   Suburbia · Dialogue-Heavy · Dark Comedy · Male Lead · Contemporary Fiction

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10. 

    Women

    Charles Bukowski

    Dialogue-Heavy · Literary Fiction · Dry Humor · Dark Comedy · Male Lead

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11. 

    A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020

    David Sedaris

    Dry Humor · Satirical Humor · Dark Comedy · Pop Culture · Absurdist Humor

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12. 

    Starter Villain

    John Scalzi

    Satirical Humor · Satire · Absurdist Humor · Dialogue-Heavy · Male Lead

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13. 

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Dry Humor · Satirical Humor · Dialogue-Heavy · Satire · Literary Fiction

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14. 

    Murder Your Employer

    Rupert Holmes

    Satire · College Campus · Dark Comedy · Dialogue-Heavy · Funny

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15. 

    High Fidelity

    Nick Hornby

    Pop Culture · Dialogue-Heavy · Dry Humor · Male Lead · Contemporary Fiction

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16. 

    Munmun

    Jesse Andrews

    Satire · Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor · Male Lead · Funny

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17. 

    The Egyptologist

    Arthur Phillips

    Dark Comedy · Satire · Literary Fiction · Dry Humor · Male Lead

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18. 

    A Man Called Ove

    Fredrik Backman

    Suburbia · Dry Humor · Male Lead · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction

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19. 

    The Magicians

    Lev Grossman

    College Campus · Satire · Male Lead · Dark Comedy · Literary Fiction

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20. 

    Truly Like Lightning

    David Duchovny

    Satire · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Dark Comedy · Male Lead

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