Anthony Jeselnik loves reading great books. So he’s starting a book club.

Anthony Jeselnik loves reading great books. So he’s starting a book club.

Anthony Jeselnik is not like other comedians: He’s created a dark onstage persona that gives him license to tell jokes about uncomfortable subjects with punchlines you never see coming. The comic, who will be doing a series of shows in Southern California early next year, is also a reader. A social media clip of him discussing his 2024 best-of reading list reveals him to be a serious fan of diverse, excellent fiction. And he spent 2025 reading a…