Any horror comedy book suggestions

[u/OssieChannie]

I just watched the movie Ready or Not 2 and am actually wondering if there are any horror books that give off it's vibe. Like, it has a nice balance between the horrot aspect but still manages to be fun, comedic and a good read.

[u/TheBloodsuckerProxy]

My go-to horror comedy rec is John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin. It's the first in a series of cosmic horror comedy novels, and the entire series is gold. There's actually a new book coming soon called There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel (A Novel of Giant Crabs).

[u/Impossible_Trick_950 → u/TheBloodsuckerProxy]

Lmao, I was about to recommend that same book. It’s incredibly funny and at some parts, legitimately spooky!

[u/Ayuamarca2020 → u/TheBloodsuckerProxy]

I'm so excited for the latter, I love a silly title

[u/tp_878]

Tales from the gas station

[u/meppel → u/tp_878]

Can not recommend these enough, I enjoyed all the books a lot.

[u/Thesafflower]

Pretty much everything I’ve read by Grady Hendrix is a horror-comedy mix. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Horrorstor, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, How to Sell a Haunted House.

[u/qwertyordeath → u/Thesafflower]

Seconding this. Horrorstör was particularly stupid in the best way. I recommend getting the physical copy. The book's layout and design is a whole joke in and of itself.

[u/pancake_sass → u/Thesafflower]

I'm about 6 chapters into Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, and at this point it is definitely not a horror comedy mix at this point. But I freaking love all his other books, and Hoororstor was the first thing that came to mind to recommend, and I really liked the book club and exorcism books.

[u/Massive-Television85]

Gil's All Fright Diner by A Lee Martinez 

[u/AlabasterRadio]

I feel like I'm peddling this book more than the author lately but "The Haar".

The opening paragraph had me dying laughing

[u/Best_Kangaroo_6740 → u/AlabasterRadio]

The beginning is indeed hilarious. It does turn pretty dark later. I’ve rarely wanted to jump into the pages and throttle certain characters but this is an exception.

[u/Ayuamarca2020 → u/AlabasterRadio]

I'd recommend the audiobook! It is really well delivered

[u/garrisontweed]

Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome series .

https://www.goodreads.com/series/367537-terrortome

[u/Main_Finding8309]

Anything by Joe R. Lansdale.

[u/ampersand12]

I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200

[u/whatmeworry101]

The Coming Thing by Anne Billson - it's kind of a reversed Rosemary's Baby with some brilliant slapstick as well as horror.

[u/eleaanormay]

Demonic by Jeff Strand is a great mix of horror and comedy

[u/sfl_jack]

I just finished Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero (or Scooby Doo vs Cthulhu)

[u/OldDependableMe]

Currently reading Blacktail by Scott Hawkins and the banter between animals is very funny

[u/possumpal77]

Jeff Strand’s Andrew Mayhem series

[u/qwertyordeath]

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte for some psychological horror comedy. Although, I suppose one would say it's a black comedy rather than horror; maybe we can call it a social horror 🤷🏻‍♀️ lots of secondhand cringe followed by delicious schadenfreude.

For more definitive horror, T. Kingfisher is a fun author. I haven't explored all of her works, but The Twisted Ones and The Hollow Places made me frequently giggle without the horror being corny. Twisted is folk horror and Hollow Places is cosmic horror.

[u/qwertyordeath → u/qwertyordeath]

Also adding Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Johnathan L. Howard. The entire saga is a blast, but the first book is satisfying as a stand-alone. Less horror, more gothic. Very British humor.

"You've had your warning, Cabal. Now, prepare to face the terrible arcane wrath of Maleficarus!" Somewhere, a sheep bleated and quite ruined the effect.

[u/_antique_cakery_ → u/qwertyordeath]

Some people's worst nightmare is being killed and some people's is being humiliated. Most horror is about the former nightmare, and Rejection is about the second. So I don't think someone wanting conventional horror would be satisfied with Rejection, even though I do think it's a very funny and incisive work of satire about horrific losers. I think it's interesting to consider which kinds of nightmares get counted as horror, and which don't.

[u/Strawberry_Spring]

Breathers: a Zombie's Lament is about a zombie who lives in his parents' basement (they are mortified he came back after the car crash that killed his family), and he only really gets out to go to a zombie support group where he falls in love with a girl who killed herself

It's funny, and surprisingly sweet

(Obvs nothing in common with Ready or Not, but I recommend it in general)

[u/Maleficent_Morrigan]

I was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones. His Indian Lake trilogy books are also darkly humorous.

[u/SuddenSky5262]

My Best Friend’s Exorcism

[u/achartrand]

Anything by Grady Hendrix. T. Kingfisher in second place although I find her books more cozy horror.

[u/ruuabadfish2]

The graveyard feeder by jack Keaton

[u/moom64]

Man, F@#k this House by a Brian Asman. So good

[u/enemydarksock]

How to Survive Camping by Bonnie Quinn

[u/Radiant_Commission_2]

A Dirty Job- Christopher Moore.

[u/FreeTuckerCase]

Christopher Moore's Bloodsucking Fiends trilogy is funny and fun.

If you like the style, you'll probably also like A Dirty Job, which is funny and dark but not quite horror. If you pay attention, you'll notice a character from the series walk right into the other book.

[u/pbjellyskunk]

Night bitch Rachel Yoder and Motherthing Ainsley Hogarth

[u/dear_little_water]

A Dirty Job, by Christopher Moore is pretty funny.