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Tremor of Intent by Anthony Burgess

Denis Hillier is an aging British agent based in Yugoslavia. His old school friend Roper has defected to the USSR to become one of the evil empire's great scientific minds. Hillier must bring Roper back to England or risk losing his fat retirement bonus. As thoughtful as it is funny, this morality tale of a Secret Service gone mad features sex, gluttony, violence, treachery, and religion.

Year: 1966
Genre: Espionage, Humor

After Things Fell Apart by Ron Goulart

The time is a few decades from now, the place what used to be the United States, now disrupted by internal factionalism as well as a short-lived foreign invasion. Out of this chaotic background Ron Goulart has produced a swift-moving, witty and constantly delightful novel, a story of a future odyssey.

Year: 1970
Genre: Humor, Near Future

End Zone by Don DeLillo

In this triumphantly funny, deeply searching novel, Don DeLillo explores the metaphor of football as war with rich, original zeal.

Year: 1972
Genre: Football, Humor, Military

Brothers Keepers by Donald E. Westlake

What will a group of monks do when their two-century-old monastery in New York City is threatened with demolition to make room for a new high-rise? Anything they have to. "Thou Shalt Not Steal" is only the first of the Commandments to be broken as the saintly face off against the unscrupulous over that most sacred of relics, a Park Avenue address.

Year: 1975
Genre: Humor

A Whiff of Madness by Ron Goulart

Of all the colonized galaxy, the Barnum system was the whackiest. Nobody could ever predict what would likely to happen there, so it was no surprise to newsman Jack Summer when he was sent to check out the King of Laranja East on the planete Peregrine.

Year: 1976
Genre: Humor, Science Fiction

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Titles

Want It	Got It	Read It	Year	Title

			1966	Tremor of Intent	by Anthony Burgess	Humor, Espionage
			1970	After Things Fell Apart	by Ron Goulart	Humor, Near Future, Fragmented America
			1972	End Zone	by Don DeLillo	Humor, Military, Football
			1975	Brothers Keepers	by Donald E. Westlake	Humor
			1976	A Whiff of Madness	by Ron Goulart	Humor, Science Fiction
			1977	Ratner's Star	by Don DeLillo	Humor, Literature
			1979	Hello, Lemuria Hello	by Ron Goulart	Humor, Science Fiction, Jack Conger
			1984	Hellquad	by Ron Goulart	Humor, Science Fiction
			1984	The Big U	by Neal Stephenson	Humor
			1985	Suicide, Inc.	by Ron Goulart	Humor, Science Fiction
			1988	Zodiac	by Neal Stephenson	Eco-Thriller, Humor
			2001	Skipping Christmas	by John Grisham	Humor
			2016	Zero K	by Don DeLillo	Humor
			2020	The Silence	by Don DeLillo	Humor, Literature, New York City