Mallory Ortberg at The Toast came up with a long and funny list of male novelist lightbulb jokes, I’ve selected a few here:
Q: How many male novelists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: The terrible sex had made him feel deeply interesting, like a murder victim.
Q: How many male novelists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: War is hell.
Q: How many male novelists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: This neighborhood in New York City was very different from the other neighborhood in New York City he’d just been in.
Q: How many male novelists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: [Nothing happens for 450 pages; receives fourteen awards]
Snippets of random 