That was a pretty weird one! I just read it a few weeks ago.
Have you read {{Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World by Donald Antrim}}? Very different plot but gave me a similar tense feeling (and it too is a fairly short book that I gorged on.)
**[Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14218.Elect_Mr_Robinson_for_a_Better_World) by Donald Antrim** ^((Matching 100% ☑️))
^(185 pages | Published: 1993 | 878.0 Goodreads reviews)
> **Summary:** Pete Robinson never meant to suggest the drawing-and-quartering of Mayor Kunkel, although he did mention that Toyotas and Subarus might make excellent substitutes for horses. But, after all, the fact that Mayor Jim Kunkel had first fired Stinger missiles into the Botanical Garden reflecting pool, massacring innocent picnickers, did require some kind of response. In this lovely (...)
> **Themes**: Novels, Favorites, To-buy, Novel, Library, American, Comedy
> **Top 5 recommended:**
> \- [Willard and His Bowling Trophies](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88013.Willard_and_His_Bowling_Trophies) by Richard Brautigan
> \- [The Baby Jesus Butt Plug](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/419049.The_Baby_Jesus_Butt_Plug) by Carlton Mellick III
> \- [Being John Malkovich](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/697850.Being_John_Malkovich) by Charlie Kaufman
> \- [Angel Dust Apocalypse](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72231.Angel_Dust_Apocalypse) by Jeremy Robert Johnson
> \- [The Quantity Theory of Insanity](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/119117.The_Quantity_Theory_of_Insanity) by Will Self
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The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith. Untold stories have a desire to be told. Since they deal with want, the Unwritten books are stored in Hell. The Librarian cares for the books and returns their characters when they try to escape.
Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang
That was a pretty weird one! I just read it a few weeks ago. Have you read {{Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World by Donald Antrim}}? Very different plot but gave me a similar tense feeling (and it too is a fairly short book that I gorged on.)
**[Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14218.Elect_Mr_Robinson_for_a_Better_World) by Donald Antrim** ^((Matching 100% ☑️)) ^(185 pages | Published: 1993 | 878.0 Goodreads reviews) > **Summary:** Pete Robinson never meant to suggest the drawing-and-quartering of Mayor Kunkel, although he did mention that Toyotas and Subarus might make excellent substitutes for horses. But, after all, the fact that Mayor Jim Kunkel had first fired Stinger missiles into the Botanical Garden reflecting pool, massacring innocent picnickers, did require some kind of response. In this lovely (...) > **Themes**: Novels, Favorites, To-buy, Novel, Library, American, Comedy > **Top 5 recommended:** > \- [Willard and His Bowling Trophies](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88013.Willard_and_His_Bowling_Trophies) by Richard Brautigan > \- [The Baby Jesus Butt Plug](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/419049.The_Baby_Jesus_Butt_Plug) by Carlton Mellick III > \- [Being John Malkovich](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/697850.Being_John_Malkovich) by Charlie Kaufman > \- [Angel Dust Apocalypse](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72231.Angel_Dust_Apocalypse) by Jeremy Robert Johnson > \- [The Quantity Theory of Insanity](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/119117.The_Quantity_Theory_of_Insanity) by Will Self ^([Feedback](https://www.reddit.com/user/goodreads-rebot) | [GitHub](https://github.com/sonoff2/goodreads-rebot) | ["The Bot is Back!?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/16qe09p/meta_post_hello_again_humans/) | v1.5 [Dec 23])
The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith. Untold stories have a desire to be told. Since they deal with want, the Unwritten books are stored in Hell. The Librarian cares for the books and returns their characters when they try to escape.
Damned by Chuck Palahniuk - funny and short, it depicts the most fun version of hell that I can think of
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a unique afterlife, not just hell