Humorous fiction Books

A story for anyone who has curiosity or experience with death. Avery Finn says goodbye to his friend Ms. Dixie, a cat who has a terminal illness. I have shared this story with friends young and old and the reviews are similar, a sad "tail" but one worth...

Jade Gardner's life is on the brink of disaster. She and her golden retriever are on the verge of losing their home thanks to a two-year stretch of artist's block (hers, not the dog's). To make matters worse, she accidentally agreed to be a bridesmaid.....

Max Dupont stars in his own standalone adventure in the second installment of the Broken Union series, taking place one year after Ancient as the Stars.Captain Maxime Dupont of the Earth Union is a rogue. A maverick. A clear-headed arbitrator of right...

"Everything went downhill after the invention of the wheel. Before then, it all just stayed where it was."Drug-dealer, brothelkeeper, devoted sibling, spy, Manuel Estímulo expected his retirement on a remote desert island in the Atlantic to be one long,...

"L.S.D., Or, Accounts Of Irish Heirs Furnished To The Public" by Samuel Lover offers a satirical glimpse into 19th-century Irish society. Through sharp wit and keen observation, Lover critiques the social mores and economic realities of the time,...

Redécouvrez "Le roi des étudiants," un roman humoristique d'Henry de Kock, publié initialement en 1864. Cette œuvre satirique plonge le lecteur dans le monde animé et souvent absurde de la vie étudiante parisienne du...

Un fils unique, a short story by Urbain Olivier, presents a poignant glimpse into 19th-century family dynamics. Originally published in 1876, this work showcases Olivier's talent for capturing the nuances of human relationships and the complexities of...

Would you believe it I am thirty-three and have never been pashed? Let me introduce myself, my name is Alara and I am a librarian in a small country town in South Australia and a local nobody. As my luck would have it, doom coincides with my birthday and...

To save George Washington's fledgling navy, Clancy Redbeard, the sweet-natured son of a Virginia pirate, must kill his Loyalist brother. Fans of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" and Patrick O'Brian's "Aubrey-Maturin" series will enjoy this hilarious tale,...

"Monstrul din oglindă" nu este o metaforă frumoasă,este o realitate crudă, o imagine spartă de trăiri,de întrebări fără răspuns și de tăceri care au urlat prea mult timp.Scriu pentru că îmi este dor de mine,scriu ca să-mi întâlnesc umbra fără să mai fug...

This collection of eight short stories explores the elusive nature of truth and reality across diverse genres, from supernatural horror to military fiction. Each tale examines how appearances deceive and challenges readers' assumptions about morality,...

✔️A deadly virus.✔️A world overrun by monsters.✔️ Six scientists on a dangerous mission to cure the world.We are screwed...They only wanted a Nobel Prize. Instead, they will have to save the world.It was going to be the experiment of the year. Preparing...

USA TODAY bestselling author Pamela Crane brings her trademark mystery twists to laugh-out-loud women's fiction in this unputdownable novel.When Sam Stanton's father dies from prescription complications, she pulls up her big-girl undies and demands to...

Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love PeacockExplore the wit and wisdom of Thomas Love Peacock in this special edition containing two of his most celebrated works, Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey. In these brilliant satires, Peacock weaves...

Tilda Quickthatch gave up adventuring years ago and retired to small-town Briarhaven as the local tavern wench. But now the past she's worked so hard to keep hidden has come calling for her.Its messengers? A group of misfit teens who insist she train...

Now you see him, now you don't. But he sees you...Sure Jimmy Adamowski's a hero. He can move any earthly distance in the blink of an eye! He can move you too. He can move anyone. He can move a child running into oncoming traffic right back onto the lawn...

Illustrated Edition: This edition of "Beasts and Super Beasts" is enhanced with 20 stunning illustrations that breathe new life into Saki's timeless tales.Summary, Characters List, and Author Biography Included: Dive deeper into the world of Saki with a...

A captivating, bold debut about a woman torn between a new flame and a rekindled love as she rebuilds her life. Jourdana Webber's heartfelt, witty contemporary romance about chasing dreams and fighting for your happily-ever-after is perfect for fans of...

Love made him a scientist. Rage made him a monster. And someone really should've double-checked that formula.Henry "Hank" Howard had a plan: finish his groundbreaking serum, impress his demanding future father-in-law, and propose to the love of his life...

Stars Hollow meets Charmed in this darkly funny, small-town paranormal romcom... Love doesn't get much more forbidden than this.In the quirky, tight-knit town of Sapphire Springs, beloved for its chocolate-caramel milkshakes and spicy senior citizens'...

Emily Lane is supposed to be on vacation. Instead, she's in a meeting where a new hire steals the promotion she's been slotted for. To make matters worse, the promotion thief is a bit of a jerk both inside and outside cubicle walls. Needing an escape,...

كانت قناة "إن" مستمرة في إذاعة تغطية شاملة لأحداث اليوم في العباسية، وكانت اللقطات تتوالى للملتحين الذين يقذفون عساكر الجيش بالحجارة، وترد عليهم قوات الجيش بإطلاق الغازات المسيلة للدموع وتطاردهم بالهراوات والعصي في الشوارع المحيطة بمبنى وزارة الدفاع.علق...

Это захватывающее, непредсказуемое, а порой и веселое приключение перенесет вас из фешенебельных лондонских ресторанов в дикие девственные джунгли Кардамоновых гор, где английский пекарь и камбоджийский беженец разыскивают пропавшую семью и пытаются...

Sleeping in the Daytime is the first of three novellas that chronicle the deterioration of a Gen X punk growing up in the 1980s and 1990s in the Pacific Northwest. Jack is the byproduct of the music scene and accompanying drug culture present at the time...

Witty, irreverent, and brilliantly satirical reimaginings of medieval legend, Maid Marian and The Misfortunes of Elphin are Thomas Love Peacock's most playful and subversive novels.In Maid Marian (1822), Peacock transforms the Robin Hood legend into a...

It's 2001 and technology startups are melting down faster than the polar ice caps, including the telecom company where Marilyn Carr had been employed for barely four months. With an eye-watering mortgage on her fixer-upper house in downtown Toronto,...

You Ate It is a 4th wall, 5 course, 100 song story about big ideas, boy geniuses, girls of every persuasion, vineyards, pot farms, magical restaurants, sex and death, and coming to terms with one's gullibility. It will make your mind swirl, your heart...

Be careful what you wish for. Words of advice the tyrannical Ogenos wished someone had given him.He's obtained everything he could ever want, and as a result, his life became a meaningless mess. Luckily, with the discovery of the multiverse, he was given...

WINNER of the 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor/ComedyThis episodic novel chronicles the trials and tribulations of Peter Cherches, an obscure Brooklyn writer who suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous tormentors, most notably his...

La Sonate à Kreutzer, nouvelle de Léon Tolstoï, explore les thèmes complexes du mariage, de la jalousie et de la passion destructrice. Publiée en 1889, l'œuvre choque par son exploration audacieuse des relations conjugales...

Eine Sammlung von Gedichten und Erzählungen des Frankfurter Dichters Friedrich Stoltze (1816-1891) und Otto Hördth, verfasst im Frankfurter Dialekt. Diese ausgewählten Werke bieten einen Einblick in das lokale Leben und die Kultur des 19. Jahrhunderts...

Tagebuch eines bösen Buben ist ein humorvoller und spitzfindiger Roman von Metta Victoria Fuller Victor. Die Geschichte folgt den Streichen und Abenteuern eines ungezogenen Jungen, der mit seinem ungestümen Verhalten und seiner respektlosen Art für...

This collection brings together three compelling works by Sir Walter Scott: "The Highland Widow," "The Two Drovers," and "The Surgeon's Daughter." Each story offers a unique glimpse into different facets of Scottish life and character. "The Highland...

"Friar Tuck; Being the Chronicles of the Reverend John Carmichael, of Wyoming, U. S. A." is a charming and humorous novel by Robert Alexander Wason. Follow the adventures of Reverend John Carmichael, a man of the cloth navigating the challenges and...

Nestled amongst the snow-capped peaks of Colorado's western slope lies a town with a rich history and spectacular scenery-as well as a dark undercurrent of the miraculous and the macabre. What first appears as a sun-dappled mountainous hideaway from the...

With each new dawn, the celestial body known only as 'Calamity' draws closer - and with it the end of the world. Humanity's only hope from oblivion rests in the menhirs, towering bastions of scholarship and imagination which cast long shadows across the...

Hollywood is brutal, especially for an aging TV writer who is not connecting with her audience. Unemployed Charlotte DeBlane finds herself at precisely that moment until she turns her tragic youth into a sparkly tweenaged dramedy.The legendary Fable...

A strawberry novel, Nostradamus plots, vampires vs. flowers, moonbeam Halloween. Lexington Brown returns in The Stolen Cow Mystery. Otto Kott sells flying carpets. Count Misfit is only a shadow. Like an old Greek myth, love is still stronger than death...

Shadows of the Seen is a darkly riveting tapestry of lives caught at the intersection of politics, violence, and personal demons-a story wrapped in a subtle, entrancing whodunit. Through four interlocking storylines-centered on the ambitious...

On a scale of one to ten, how bad is it that I want to see my fake boyfriend naked?MarnieWhat's worse than being left at the altar? Becoming a meme because one of your nearest and dearest took a video of you running-and falling-down the aisle and made it...

A joyful, moving, compulsively readable story about true love, loss and the unexpected surprises that life (and the afterlife) can throw our way. Grief... A Comedy is the follow up to Larkin's hit solo show, that critics called "Outstandingly...

Jordan O'Neill isn't a fan of labels, considering he has a few. Gay, geek, librarian, socially awkward, a nervous rambler, an introvert, an outsider. The last thing he needs is one more. But when he realises adding the label asexual might explain a lot,...

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.How much trouble can you possibly get into just stopping to use a restroom?As it turns out, an awful lot. Bunny and co are supposed to be keeping a low profile, but nature calls and ironically,...

They worshipped her.They defended her every headline, every curated latte, every passive-aggressive podcast monologue.But when the crystals cracked and the chickens stopped clucking... they turned.In this sharply funny and scandalously unfiltered satire,...

A family is thrown into chaos when the father and son go missing. A strange accidental discovery reveals what seems to be time travel when they encounter a powerful god-like AI that controls Earth's fate with the ability to rewrite history and ask some...