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Bibliotherapy:
Laughter, Catharsis, Escape
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by the Staff of Magellan's Log


Laughter (Comic Novels):

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Clicking on a linked title will take you to the book's page at amazon.com.

Alphabetically, by author:

Stan Cutler (Read in the order given, if you can find them--they're all out of print):
    Best Performance by a Patsy
    The Face on the Cutting Room Floor
    Shot on Location
    Rough Cut

Peter De Vries (the early books ONLY, before 1970; unfortunately, they're all out of print):
    Comfort Me with Apples
    The Mackerel Plaza
    Reuben, Reuben
    Through Fields of Clover
    The Vale of Laughter

James Kirkwood:
    P.S. Your Cat Is Dead

Fran Lebowitz:
    The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Marissa Piesman:
    Close Quarters,
    Survival Instincts

Laurence Shames:
    Florida Straits
    Scavenger Reef
    Sunburn
    Virgin Heat

Hunter S. Thompson:
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Donald Westlake:
    Two Much (out of print)
    Any of the novels featuring John Dortmunder, most of which
    are out of print except What's the Worst That Could Happen

P.G. Wodehouse:
    Five Complete Novels

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Catharsis (Serious Novels):

Emily Bronte:
    Wuthering Heights

Hermann Hesse:
    Siddhartha

Thomas Mann:
    Magic Mountain

J.D. Salinger:
    Catcher in the Rye

Tobias Schneebaum:
    Keep the River on Your Right

Gore Vidal:
    Myra Breckinridge

Kurt Vonnegut
   
Slaughterhouse Five

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Escape (Science-fiction):

Isaac Asimov:
    I. Robot

Arthur C. Clarke:
    Imperial Earth
    Rendezvous with Rama

Robert A. Heinlein:
    Stranger in a Strange Land

 

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