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A bitingly funny, Wildean grand tour through the absurdities of American overconsumption and the special circle of gilded-age hell we've built for ourselves. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Don't Get Too Comfortable.
- hilariously horrified
- absurd
- cynical
- gilded
- 01
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris · 2008
A masterclass in turning everyday mortifications and neurotic spirals into sharp, surprisingly tender comedy.
- 02
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
David Sedaris
A globe-trotting masterclass in finding the hilarious, grotesque, and surprisingly tender details hidden in everyday life.
- 03
I was told there'd be cake
Sloane Crosley
A wry and hilarious celebration of well-intentioned haplessness in the modern city.
- 04
Consider the lobster, and other essays
David Foster Wallace · 2005
A dizzying, hyper-articulate plunge into the absurdities and moral anxieties of modern American life.
- 05
But What If We're Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman
A playful, mind-bending thought experiment that dismantles everything you think you know about the present by viewing it from the distant future.
- 06
Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby
A laugh-out-loud, unapologetic ode to the exhaustion of getting older, leaving the house, and having a human body.
- 07
Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino
A razor-sharp, dizzying plunge into the funhouse mirror of modern internet culture and millennial self-delusion.
- 08
Vacationland
John Hodgman
A hilarious, painfully self-aware stroll through the haunted forest of middle age and the unforgiving beaches of New England.
- 09
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Chuck Klosterman
A hyper-caffeinated, wildly entertaining deep dive into the profound philosophical truths hidden inside our trashiest pop culture.
- 10
How to Be Idle
Tom Hodgkinson
A witty, erudite permission slip to step off the treadmill of modern productivity and reclaim the lost art of doing absolutely nothing.
- 11
We are Never Meeting in Real Life
Samantha Irby
A wildly funny, unapologetically messy romp through the indignities of adulthood and the human body.
- 12
American Savage
Dan Savage
A fiery, foul-mouthed, and fiercely intelligent romp through the battlegrounds of modern American culture and queer identity.
