Find Similar Books | Similar Books Like Find Similar Books

Books like A horse walks into a bar by David Grossman


A stand‑up comic, David Grossman, shares some of his darkest and most painful memories from childhood in front of a live audience. The book blends candid self‑reflection with the energy of a night‑club stage, offering a humorous yet honest look at the moments that shaped him. Grossman’s narrative navigates themes of trauma and growth, while situating the story in the context of Israeli humor and Jewish life, and has been noted in a New York Times review.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Dark Humor
Authors: David Grossman
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 (5 community ratings)

All books by David Grossman
A horse walks into a bar by David Grossman

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for A horse walks into a bar by David Grossman are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to A horse walks into a bar (13 similar books)

Night Watch by 6888310|Terry Pratchett book cover

📘 Night Watch
 by Terry Pratchett

Sir Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch finds himself traveling back thirty years by time‑manipulating monks, confronting a familiar murderer and a looming street rebellion, while attempting to preserve his own future and shape a new police recruit.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (55 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Night Watch
Life After Life by 8158034|Kate Atkinson book cover

📘 Life After Life
 by Kate Atkinson

A woman born on a snowy night in 1910 dies and is reborn repeatedly, each life giving her the chance to alter history as the world heads toward another global conflict.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (14 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Life After Life
Today will be different by 9409231|Maria Semple book cover

📘 Today will be different
 by Maria Semple

On a day she vows to change, Eleanor’s plans unravel as her son fakes illness, her husband hides a vacation, and a former colleague’s memoir threatens to expose a family secret, forcing her to confront her past and reinvent herself.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (3 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Today will be different
Razor Girl by 6997715|Carl Hiaasen book cover

📘 Razor Girl
 by Carl Hiaasen

A sharp-tongued thief, a washed-up detective, and a swindle so heinous it's best left unsaid.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 (3 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Razor Girl
Making History (Airport Ed) by 6653216|Stephen Fry book cover

📘 Making History (Airport Ed)
 by Stephen Fry

A history student attempts to rewrite history by preventing Adolf Hitler's birth, only to find his meddling leads to a more powerful dictator and an accelerated atomic age—until he reverts the change to restore the original timeline.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Making History (Airport Ed)
The Wangs vs The World by 11860285|Jade Chang book cover

📘 The Wangs vs The World
 by Jade Chang

A bustling Chinese immigrant family’s fortune crashes, forcing them on a cross‑country road trip that tests their bonds and redefines what home means.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (2 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Wangs vs The World
The Nix by 11693346|Nathan Hill book cover

📘 The Nix
 by Nathan Hill


★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 (1 rating)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Nix
The road to Mars by 6586832|Eric Idle book cover

📘 The road to Mars
 by Eric Idle

In the 24th century, two comedians find themselves embroiled in a terrorist plot aboard a spaceship and are rescued by their robotic sidekick during an interplanetary tour.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The road to Mars
Native Tongue by 6997715|Carl Hiaasen book cover

📘 Native Tongue
 by Carl Hiaasen

Ex‑muckraking reporter turned PR man at the Amazing Kingdom theme park must recover stolen blue‑tongued mango voles before a darker mystery unfolds.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Native Tongue
The friend by 8335904|Sigrid Nunez book cover

📘 The friend
 by Sigrid Nunez

When a woman loses her lifelong best friend, she is left with his Great Dane, a silent, traumatized companion. Balancing grief, the dog's needs, and rent restrictions, she faces obsession and peril—yet finds unexpected rewards amid the turmoil.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The friend
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by 11762602|Joshua Ferris book cover

📘 To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
 by Joshua Ferris

Paul O'Rourke’s absurd quest to reclaim an online identity reveals the clash between his real life and a digital double, blurring humor and a profound meditation on meaning, loyalty and self-doubt.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
Landing by 11450106|Emma Donoghue book cover

📘 Landing
 by Emma Donoghue


★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Landing
If You Liked School, You'll Love Work by 11252202|Irvine Welsh book cover

📘 If You Liked School, You'll Love Work
 by Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh returns with a sharp, humorous collection of five short stories that showcase his talent for wit and vivid characters.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like If You Liked School, You'll Love Work

Some Other Similar Books

The End of the Day by Claire Messud
The Soldat by Janusz Korczak
The People on the Hill by Petina Gappah
The End of the Ocean by MaggieShipstead
The Evening and the Morning and the Night by Sunil Yapa
The Light Outside by M. O. Walsh
The Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma

Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!

Please login to submit books!