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I finished that series a few weeks ago and I still crave that kind of humor

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[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.ninja 1 points 2 years ago

Well... yes and no.

I've never read anything else that combines humor, wit, philosophy and phrase-turning in quite the same way.

Some that are at least similar in one or another way:

Lots of Terry Pratchett's stuff - I'd especially recommend Guards! Guards! or Monstrous Regiment.

Tom Robbins, and especially Jitterbug Perfume

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Kurt Vonnegut, and especially Cat's Cradle or Sirens of Titan.

Most anything by Carl Hiaasen. He writes in a completely different genre, but with a very similar sense of the absurd.

Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw.

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch