The most popular absurdism books of 2021

Absurdist books begin where the search for meaning meets a silent universe. Their answer is neither despair nor false comfort but a kind of defiant laughter. Expect strange situations, deadpan humor and heroes who carry on regardless, in essays, novels and plays. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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In Concrete
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In Concrete

Anne Garréta, Emma Ramadan

Published 2021

184 pages

Medic
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Medic

Raphael Quinto Mendoza

Published 2021

141 pages

The Shadow of a Man
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The Shadow of a Man

Benoît Peeters, François Schuiten

Published 2021

112 pages

Byobu
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Byobu

Ida Vitale, Sean Manning

Published 2021

85 pages

The Tool & the Butterflies
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The Tool & the Butterflies

Dmitry Lipskerov, Reilly Costigan-Humes, Isaac Wheeler

Published 2021

348 pages

Her Betrayal
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Her Betrayal

Sachin Sarkaniya

Published 2021

88 pages

Dog Food
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Dog Food

Peter Caffrey

Published 2021

86 pages