comedic novels
Humorous long-form stories
Comedic novels are works of fiction written primarily to amuse.
The genre spans from light romantic comedies to dark satire, from slapstick farce to dry wit.
What unites them is the intent to make readers laugh—or at least smile—through humor in situation, character, dialogue, or narrative voice: P.G. Wodehouse's comedic novels follow the misadventures of idle English aristocrats.
- gallows humorJoking about grim subjects
- dry witUnderstated, ironic humor
- witClever, inventive humor
- pasticheImitative artistic tribute
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
fish out of water · irony · social satire · cynicism · exaggeration · nonsense · lampoon · happy ending · happy accident · running gag · P.G. Wodehouse · surrealism · homage · screwball · mistaken identity · grotesque · burlesque · absurdity
comedic novelstragedies
Dramas with fatal endings
thrillers · weepies · psychological thrillers · dystopian novels · war novels
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