Humorous fiction Books

Das Paragrafen-und-Prosecco-Team ist wieder da und sorgt für spritzige Unterhaltung mit Verwicklungen, Liebeskummer und anderen Katastrophen.Susi ist ihr Single-Dasein leid, aber kein Mann mit Villa an der Alster beißt an. Liegt es an ihren ausgefallenen...

Das leise Ticken von Friedpark, das in der Nacht zum Leben erwachte, die wunderliche Vertrautheit der Stimmen an diesem seltsamen Ort, schienen magisch und unwirklich. Die Bewohner hatten keine Existenz außer der, die sie sich selbst verliehen. Herr...

Wer glaubt schon an Visionen?Bruno jedenfalls nicht. Alles Hokuspokus für einen abgeklärten Reporter wie ihn. Und doch veranlassen ihn quälende Träume des Nachts und beängstigende Visionen am helllichten Tage, sich auf eine Reise in die Eifel zu machen...

"Rüm hart, klaar kimang". - "Weites Herz, klarer Horizont". Diese Worte beschreiben das Gefühl, wenn man über Europas breitesten Strand aufs Meer hinausschaut und einem eine steife Brise ins Gesicht bläst.Die junge Emilia Schöne arbeitet als Texterin in...

Und? Was sagt Euch dieser Buchtitel? Ihr wisst keine Antwort darauf? Gut! Er besagt, dass die Papierpreise in heutiger Zeit in astronomische Höhen abdüsen! Damit will ich sagen, dass der, der es sich zur heroischen Aufgabe gemacht hatte, ein Buch zu...

Es war wie eine akustische Halluzination, eine Sinnestäuschung; eine Stimme, die sich mir aufdrängte, die mir zuflüsterte, sogar befehlen wollte, oder war es nur eine Stimme in meinem Kopf, die sich über mich lustig machte?Doch wer war diese Stimme? Ein...

In einer finsteren Spelunke, sitzen zwei alte Kumpel zusammen, die schon so manchen Scheiss miteinander ausgeheckt haben: Gott und Satan.Im Bierdunst kommt ihnen eine dumme Idee: Warum nicht mal wieder die Menschheit auslöschen?Neuhausen und Althausen,...

Ein junger Mann hat einen tödlichen Motorradunfall und kommt in den Himmel. Man nimmt ihm die Erinnerung an sein Leben weg und führt ihm - im Rahmen einer "Lehrzeit" verschiedene Situationen vor, die er auf Erden erlebt hat. Er bekommt die Möglichkeit...

Et si le Père Noël s'écrasait un jour sur le toit de votre maison ? C'est exactement ce qui vient d'arriver à Lisa. Comment cette jeune maitresse d'école va-t-elle réussir à se sortir de cette situation pour le moins saugrenue ? Elle va néanmoins pouvoir...

Une vie paisible, discrète, même terne, ne me fait pas peur. Et j'ai presque réussi à vivre une telle vie. Je n'ai pas bâti le viaduc de Millau, je n'ai pas conçu l'Airbus A380. Je n'ai pas été élu Président de la République. J'ai même su ne produire...

Influenced by Vonnegut, Jose Saramago, David Foster Wallace, Will Ferguson, Lynn Coady, and the Coen Brothers, Buddy Roy Baldry inhabits the wildlands of Canada where he writes darkly humorous novels about the everyday human neurosis of ordinary people...

This book is a collection of short stories and poems inspired by actual events and experiences. It is a mixture of fact, exaggeration, fantasy, humor, sarcasm and unanswered questions. If you are looking for a literary classic, you wont find it here, but...

Join the Tomcats in their perilous journey south as two strange cousins seek their place in the magical Kingdom of Osten. Dine with noble lords and feel the sting of the taunting jester's tongue. Hear the tale of a young dairy maid as she discovers the...

A gripping story of the heroes who get their hands and hearts dirty performing the jobs that must be done . . . but most wouldn't dare to do.With a chip on her shoulder and a score to settle, forensic scientist Everlee Remington returns to her hometown...

DISCLAIMER: The views represented in this book are not necessarily the views of the United States Department of Agriculture. BUT THEY SHOULD BE! In the increasingly competitive and challenging world of farming, surely a book is needed to educate farmers...

To find contentment in the life we're given is a treasure worth searching for.What is the very best for us and our children? So often we think that we will obtain happiness when this or that happens-frequently related to our finances...

“IT IS STAN,” screamed the unhinged monk. “STAN HAS COME AMONGST US!”“Stan?” cried the abbot and I in bewilderment. “Who is Stan?”I realized my mistake, and retyped the line.“IT IS SATAN,”...

Emily is back in this complete rewrite of The Year My Life Went Down the Loo. Told in text messages, You Auto-Complete Me updates the tale of now-adult Emily, her year spent in England, and all her friends.EMSTER What, you're not here?DRU I'm...

Just when it looks like Death Diva Jane Delaney's dormant love life is finally poised to take off, the romantic moment is interrupted by notoriously caustic advice columnist Gertrude "Peaches" Gillespey-or more accurately, by the discovery of Peaches's...

What do you get when you take a pinch of spicy, a dash of sultry, and a whole lot of lust? You get Maggie Walters’ secret recipe to a steamy marriage! And she isn’t ready to stop there. Her sexuality has kicked into overdrive after marrying...

When the Dowager Arabella, Lady Engleton announces to her relatives her jolly scheme to restore the family's fortunes by insuring their lives in favor of her grandson and heir, the young Lord Henry, they laugh at her and think her mad. But they won't be...

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (1803-1847) was a French artist and satirist who was known by his pseudonym, J. J. Grandville. Un Autre Monde (Another World), published in 1844, was a highly original work, its surreal illustrations veering from...

Melody Baker is torn.Torn between a career as a PhD in English and her survival job as a parlor maid. Torn between her loyalty to her Congressman father and to the Colonel, her billionaire employer who is running for US Senate — for the opposing...

Ken Miller is having a bad run of luck. After torpedoing his career as a campaign manager, he drives through tiny Erie, Colorado, when a homeless beagle named Jake causes a series of mishaps that lands him in jail. Ken is granted bail on two conditions:...

Sometimes all it takes is murder to discover who you truly are.Myrtle Coldron shared her parents’ practical view of the world, so when she was orphaned as a teenager and sent to live with an aunt with more than a few Wiccan leanings, her worlds...

Super Friends meets Gorillas in the Mist Four students and their anthropology professor journey to a remote island to study its indigenous population. But this is no ordinary native culture. They're super heroes and villains with flesh costumes and...

Meet Sirius Lee, a fictive famous Chinese American comedian. He’s a no good, very bad Asian. He’s not good at math (or any other subject, really). He has no interest in finding a “good Chinese girlfriend.” And he refuses to...

Praise for Barbara de la Cuesta's previous novel, The Spanish Teacher, winner of the Gival Press Novel Prize... "The Spanish Teacher has everything to thrill you—pace, a great balance of description, gesture and...

Funny, feel-good, happy-ever-after dog stories featuring the ever-quirky, ever-sarcastic Brett from This Will Not Look Good on My Resume.  Also featured are her own two dogs, Kessie and Snookums, and her four regulars, Chum, Hunk, Little Miss, and...

What if people had to get a license before they could be parents?  Rev and Dylan (whom we meet in THE ROAD TRIP DIALOGUES) have returned from their BLASPHEMY TOUR to discover that Canada has adopted the Parent Licence Act: people who wish to become...

 Jacen Manson is a ‘well-paid’ junior doctor… once he’s added up the excessive hours. He grapples with the conundrums of balancing his career with love and a ‘normal’ life. Beds are few, clinics are full, waiting...

Conrad is a monk, but he has become a monk through trickery and against his will. So, it is fair to say that his heart isn't really in it.Conrad is also clever, charming, entirely self-serving, self-absorbed and almost completely without scruple...

It’s normal for your washing machine to get more action than you, right?I wake up, bleary-eyed.It’s been two years, six months and three hours since I last shaved my legs, and the llama-patterned knickers I’m wearing have seen better...

A light-hearted collection of drawings and rhymes that reflect the complex and multi-faceted nature of the human condition in a humorous manner. Open our book and savour each page,Join our Fantabunals on a sunlit stage,Happily sharing their inner...

In her debut book 'The Teacher Who Lost Her Smile,' author Bec Wright artfully weaves a whimsical narrative, exploring the universal challenges and tribulations experienced by educators everywhere. As the narrative unfolds, Bec's heartfelt conclusion...

Lila loves to have fun. Free and in her late forties she enjoys the thrill of dating younger men, no strings attached just plenty of good times. So why then has the dating scene lost its sparkle? The thrill has gone, and she would much rather have a...

What happens when the ultimate man writes the ultimate book? Matthew James doesn't know either. But he is a man, and he did write this book. This masterwork will help you identify the douchebag around you. From hippies, to greaseballs, and traffic cops...

THE ADVENTURES OF UKE BUMPER VOLUME contains both 'The Fairly Deadly Assassin' & 'The Azure Miracle'. The two books comprise a complete adventure for older children and adults.The story begins when Uke's spaceship is sabotaged and taken off course...

Milo Prieto's odd life begins with an equally odd twist: being adopted at birth by asylum-seeking Cuban musicians and growing up in an experimental housing project in the North Bronx. He's white, his parents black, but he fits in even as he sticks out...

What do you do when you discover your small town isn't the normal, boring place you'd grown up believing it was? And the flower shop you own hides some secrets? And an innocent night of fun turns into a mystery that follows you everywhere you go? August...

Life should be all sunshine and sandy beaches for Florida's deadliest serial killer.After all, Britney Cage has everything she's ever wanted: a vibrant career, the man of her dreams-and a body count stacked higher than a Tampa condo.Strangely, though,...

Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon are back for another irreverent, liberal, twisty, time travel comedy! This time they have Noah’s Ark and Ronald Reagan in their sights.Where would you go on a time travel vacation?At the conclusion of their last...

Phoenix newspaper columnist Alexander Strange loves his job writing about news of the weird, but his own life turns bizarre when shots riddle his uncle's Scottsdale, Arizona home.Who would want Superior Court Judge Leonard D. Strano dead? And...

"Sir Robert had composed the most seditious, disgusting, obscene, shameful thing I had ever seen."It's 1737 and England is on edge: someone has tried to assassinate the king at the theatre, and every stageplay is a satire of the royal...

"An eccentric outsider is baffled by contemporary Manhattan in this engrossing second novel ... another entrancing, deeply memorable offering from Pelzman." -Kirkus Reviews"How could anyone who has ever spent time in Manhattan resist taking a...

Sandy is a white-collar forty-five-year-old woman who finds herself in a rut. She's tired of the life she's been living and wants more. One night, while considering her midlife crisis, she has an epiphany and leaves everything behind to become an "over...

Chapin's World is purely a figment of the author's warped imagination, so please don't report him to the authorities because there is nothing that can be done. He was born thinking like this. And, it was inevitable that his mind would be unleashed upon...

A Bevy of Astonishing Illustrations and Sparkling Dialogues! Home Stretch (For All My Friends Over Sixty) is a stunning collection of vibrant original artwork by seven diverse artists that compliments 100+ short, pithy conversations. Mature, reflective...