Humorous fiction Books

Bridget Jones fans will fall hard for this based-on-a-true-story, behind-the-scenes tale of a young woman’s calamitous adventures trying to break into the movie industry in 1990s Hollywood.Hollywood,...

Spaceships aren't programmed to seek revenge but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri.Unfortunately,...

Cult authors Edward Lee and Mary SanGiovanni's novel follows an insufferable horror-con lurker as he spurns the wrong woman and is cursed to a monstrous dimension full of Lovecraftian creations...

Humorous, heartfelt, and endearing, My Heart Belongs in an Empty Big Mac Container Buried Beneath the Ocean Floor is the story of a young man (as empty as the Big Mac container itself) facing...

Horse Girl Fever is a hilariously weird collection, part autofiction, part outlandish daydream, that celebrates the horse girl within all of us.From cult author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim, Kevin...

For fans of Tom Perrotta, Maria Semple, and Elinor Lipman, a dark comedy about family dysfunction fueled by bitter Trump-era politics, vodka, and a reluctant daughter’s guilt.Set against a backdrop...

The sensational Number One debut of 2022, now in paperback. The major bestseller featuring the uncompromising, unconventional Elizabeth Zott - the most exciting new character in fiction. THE...

The fourth book in the explosive LitRPG Dungeon Crawler Carl series New Achievement! Total, Utter Failure.You failed a quest less than five minutes after you received it. Now that's talent. ...

A propulsive page-turning thriller following the hit reality TV show Garden State Goddesses where secrets are uncovered, intense rivalries surface, and a startling murder propels a producer on a...

THE INSTANT CULT CLASSIC FROM THE WINNER OF THE O. HENRY PRIZE ‘Full of dark, deadpan humour, Brat is a raucous story of the messy, messed-up business of living, dying and having a family.’...

** A WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH ** WHAT DARK SECRETS WAIT TO BE UNCOVERED WHEN YOU CHECK IN TO THE VILLA ROSA…? The scintillating new novel from the author of The End of Mr Y ‘Clever,...

The hilarious, thought-provoking new novel from the Somerset Maugham and British Book Award-winning Ben Brooks. ‘A sharp-witted tragicomedy about money, morality, and a family teetering on the brink...

Bridget Jones, the world's favourite singleton, is back with a bump in the irresistible Sunday Times bestseller. 'Bridget is a creation of comic genius' NICK HORNBY 8.45 P.M. Realise there have...

The amorous follow up to the 100K copy bestselling TikTok sensation The Book of Answers, The Book of Love Answers is alluring, inspiring and enormous fun to use, and has the solution to every...

A charming, mind-bending and anarchic book of imagined civilizations 'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to...' Trurl and...

Now a stage musical, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, adapted by Lee Hall (Billy Elliott, War Horse) and directed by Vicky Featherstone (Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre) NOW A SELL-OUT...

The twenty-third Discworld novel and sixth in the Witches series - revamped with a fresh bold look targeting a new generation of fantasy fans. Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy...

The film-tie in edition to Jonathan Glazer's award-winning new adaptation THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE OSCAR WINNING FILM Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen, has found...

The critically acclaimed, intense and funny coming-of-age debut novel about the magical thinking of youth and the mystery of adolescence Nicholas has plenty of reasons to feel unstable: he's...

A broke vampire’s last ditch effort to escape the blood sucking monster of capitalism through an ill-conceived multi-level marketing scheme.James Sugre has never been this broke before in his...

A special paperback edition of Terry Pratchett's fantastical football novel, in partnership with the National Year of Reading 2026 You've never seen football like this before! Get into the World...

A death in the (dysfunctional) family - can they hold it together long enough to organise the funeral? A death in the (dysfunctional) family - can they hold it together long enough to organise the...

'America's first lady of darkness and mirth.' Guardian'The best American writer of her generation.' Nick Hornby 'Unmissable.' Marie ClaireFrom one of the most celebrated imaginations in American...

Bridget Jones is mad about the boy - the laugh-out-loud No.1 bestseller behind the hit new film starring Renee Zellweger and Leo Woodall. 'In an emergency, I turn to Bridget Jones' DOLLY...

Marian's the brightest star in the 8 new popular Penguin Picks June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday . . . And into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a...

A hilarious, swoony and downright terrifying horror romance in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of the...

The 25th Discworld novel - revamped with a fresh bold look targeting a new generation of fantasy fans. Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry...

Celebrate 150 years of mischief, adventure, and Americana with this timeless classic of boyhood and imagination. First published in 1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain remains one of...

'The freshest, funniest new voice in fiction since Liane Moriarty.' Mia Freedman Meet three Mummy Bloggers - each of them followed, idolised, imitated, taunted and trolled online. Elle Campbell is...

No more corpses. At least, that was the plan. THE MULTIMILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER RETURNS Lawyer turned murderer Björn wants to stop killing. Unfortunately, the prisoner in his basement...

Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award How much should one person give to make the world a better place? How much can one family take? **The hilarious, thought-provoking...

The 40th Discworld novel and 3rd in the Moist von Lipwig series - revamped with a fresh bold look targeting a new generation of fantasy fans. Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy...

The nineteenth Discworld novel and third in the City Watch series - revamped with a fresh bold look targeting a new generation of fantasy fans. Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy...

'A warm-hearted and perceptive story that explores the meaning of family and the ties that bind us. I adored the vivid characters in this stand-out novel - young Alfie Bains leapt off the page and...

Two down-on-their-luck ex-CIA operatives get caught in a shadowy network working jobs for an unknown dispatcher - Sheepdog - in this rollicking thriller by New York Times-bestselling author Elliot...

The instant New York Times bestseller - a fiendishly clever, nostalgic, and tender novel about cherishing what we have while there is still time By her fortieth birthday, Alice Stern thought she's...

Someone knows about Julia Glynn's affair. She and husband Michael are the envy of their neighbours: prosperous, devout, the model couple. Then one day, an anonymous letter arrives with the morning...

What if you could rewrite your relationship, again and again, until it worked out? The genre-bending queer love story from an unmissable debut author What if you could rewrite your relationship,...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary 'No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that...

A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the thoughts of a 1960s third grader during a single day at school. Steven Wright is one of the most...

A blackly comic, bittersweet satirical novel about Ukraine, a writer and a pet penguin All that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin. Viktor is an aspiring writer with only...

AS SEEN ON ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, PAGE SIX, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, GOOD DAY NEW YORK, AND MEGYN KELLY It started with a whisper… Secrets are currency, and one juicy quote can destroy a career. In this...

A mortally funny debut novel of a mother's love that defies all odds, including death A mortally funny story of a mother's quest to save her son against all odds 'Transcendent and dazzlingly weird'...

The first volume in Armistead Maupin's widely acclaimed and much-loved Tales of the City series. The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San...

An novel poking fun at modern mores and delving into what we should really treasure in our precarious lives. From the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Sometimes we must look to the...

A ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Carribean community, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life...

Nothing goes unnoticed on Ashdown Close... The darkly comic addictive new novel about friendship and envy from the Sunday Times bestseller Until recently, the most exciting thing that that happened...

'A hilarious and hugely affectionate novel' Independent on Sunday By the bestselling author of The Commitments, now a long-running West End stage show. 'The musical we've been waiting for... So...