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Books like The Dilbert future
A hilariously cynical crystal ball that promises tomorrow's workplace will be just as incompetent and absurd as today's. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Dilbert future.
- absurdist
- cheerfully pessimistic
- satirical
- 01
The Dilbert Principle
Scott Adams · 1996
A cathartic, laugh-out-loud survival guide for anyone trapped in the absurd machinery of modern corporate life.
- 02
How to fail at almost everything and still win big
Scott Adams
A wry, contrarian playbook for turning a string of embarrassing failures into a personalized system for success.
- 03
xkcd
Randall Munroe
A delightfully nerdy exploration of romance, sarcasm, math, and language told through minimalist stick figures.
- 04
The Darwin Awards
Wendy Northcutt
A darkly comedic celebration of spectacular human foolishness and its ultimate, fatal consequences.
- 05
The cartoon guide to physics
Larry Gonick · 1991
A playful, highly visual journey that transforms complex scientific laws into clear, accessible understanding.
- 06
Stupid white men
Michael Moore · 2001
A loud, unapologetic, and darkly funny primal scream against political and corporate hypocrisy.
- 07
Systemantics
John Gall
A deadpan, aphoristic survival guide to the inevitable failures of complex organizations and human endeavors.
- 08
The Systems Bible
John Gall
A deadpan, aphoristic survival guide for navigating the inevitable failures of complex bureaucracies and technologies.
- 09
The Book of Bunny Suicides
Andy Riley
A darkly hilarious, purely visual exploration of absurdly elaborate cartoon rabbit demises.
- 10
The Complete Far Side, Volume 2
Gary Larson · 2003
A massive, irreverent dive into a brilliantly twisted mind, offering a relentless stream of bizarre and hilarious pictorial humor.
- 11
Napalm & silly putty
George Carlin · 2001
A relentless, razor-sharp barrage of linguistic acrobatics and cynical observations about the absurdity of the human condition.
- 12
The meaning of Liff
Douglas Adams and John Lloyd · 1983
A playful, witty lexicon that assigns real geographical names to the universal, unnamed quirks of everyday life.
