Humorous fiction Books

Are you knowledgeable enough about current events to read No Public Figure Too Big, No Personal Foible Too Small? To find out, simply answer the following questions: Saddam Hussein was compared to Adolph Hitler, because he caused the deaths of...

Ben Rod Jordan's rustic environment consisted of unpaved roads, no electricity, no running water, no television or even a telephone. He and his companions created their own entertainment, usually provided by the swimmin' hole, hunting with his brothers...

Lily is 60 and wondering what to do with the rest of her life. As 60 is the new 40, there is a lot of it left to live... so what is she to do with it?She could join something, take up a new interest, learn a language, all these options that people were...

Debbie Sue Goodman is a previous author of the book, Still Single. Debbie Sue is a Comedian/Vocalist/Impressionist/Lyricist. She performs a one-woman comedy show based on her humorous dating experiences and her life as a single female. In her new book,...

Jeckle appears more human than dog. However, his attorney and barking interpreter, Juan Antonio, consistently argues that he should be judged as a dog. First, Jeckle is arraigned as an adult on several serious felony charges, before being transferred to...

Larry Olson, a twenty-two years old conscientious objector, is sentenced by his draft board during the Viet Nam war to spend two years of alternative service on the back ward of a mental hospital. At odds with his family, country and himself, he dreads...

Everyone thinks George W. Bush won the presidential election in November 2000 and served two terms. But Bush didn't win-he didn't even take the Republican nomination. The winner was James Jefferson Jones, or J3, and he became the perfect president. But...

Sex with multiple females, the abuse of drugs from marijuana to mushrooms, and ecstasy to tobacco, and cocaine to alcohol, and prescription pills to paradise was probably the reason why our relationship was facing pure pandemonium. We rode the surf; this...

The Best of SlashNOT is a collection of short satirical stories ranging from true observations of humorous events to hilarious absurdity that any true geek will love. The Best of SlashNOT takes the most humorous stories from posted on SlashNOT.com and...

The modern corporation, with its procession of office cubicles pulsating with purpose, is a labyrinth of human behavior. But not all human behavior is productive. Rat studies* conducted in similar environments have resulted in aggression, drug use, and...

It's a simple plan for each of them. Cathal wants money, Anto wants money and to be with Laura, and Laura wants to escape a life of poverty. Life however is never that simple. The three young Dubliners slide down the road of improvisedcrime in an effort...

I met Jel on the first day of my vacation. I was traveling overseas and my plane crashed into hers, so we both fell into the ocean together. Within a week, we were so much in love that we couldn¿t stand to be apart.So begins Vacationing with Jel¿the...

The Book In Search Of Gold brings the reader into the adventuresome lives of interesting characters, both men and women. who act under diverse circumstances and in exotic locals in pursuit of gold and other separate goals. Their lives often balance...

After his retirement, Henry Johnson drives the back roads of America and stirs up benign mischief along the way-all in the attempt to help an unsuspecting stranger in need of a fresh deal from life's deck-of-cards.With his truck, Maggie, full of...

Erotic short stories have gone out of style, but Whileaway reverses that trend with this eye-popping collection of salacious tales that will appeal to your mind and your funny bone.

For some mysterious reason, the IPL Corporation is planning to bankrupt a recently acquired subsidiary, Rostor. All of Rostor's 256 original employees have a million dollars worth of stock they can't sell for three more years, and if IPL has its way,...

"Bespeaks of achievement. [...] In the presence of a Philip Reed story one senses the sheer fun he had in composing it. But it's not unusual for such a story to be many-layered and many-toned."--Stephen Dunn, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for...

Jon is a southern woman who lived a simple life until her husband found greener pastures after their only child went away to college. No female in her family had ever worked outside of their own home. No one in her family had ever been divorced. Forced...

"The cater waiter is the ultimate illusion; queer posing as straight, liberal posing as conservative, hedonist posing as eunuch."In his second novel, Jim Provenzano (author of the acclaimed PINS) explores Manhattan society life from the servants' point...

First-ever new edition of Movieland, the 1930 English translation of Spanish proto-surrealist Ramón Gómez de la Serna's 1923 novel Cinélandia. According to translator Angel Flores, Movieland "deals with an ideal Hollywood, with a Hollywood more amazing,...

From the warped mind of JM Davis comes a rock and roll fable based on true tales...the first of a tri-generational trilogy of 'pond-hoppers.'   During the Global Pandemic of 2021, two women meet for an interview in a London hotel room...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

It's amazing what you can find when you least expect it.By the babbling brooks of the Great River, the halfling Ceannte finds a mysterious piece of gold hidden under the water. He quickly tries to cash in his fortune, but soon discovers an even bigger...

Commissioned and closely monitored by Milan Kundera himself, this new translation brings a clarity and unmatched fidelity to the author's original text. Widely held as a work of genius, "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" is the novel that first...

"Andrews is at her best in this thoroughly satisfying story with the right blend of mystery, romance, and sharply funny writing." -- Orlando SentinelA delicious tale of revenge and renovation from New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay AndrewsThe...

Nine engaging stories involving varying degrees of madness and despair, with occasional doses of the grotesque and the macabreSpanning three continents, these stories take the reader all over the map, from Sri Lanka to the UK to the United States and...

Exiled Corporate Marshal Ziglar Ghostshade is haunted by the lingering ghost of his murdered husband, Gio. Unable to bring himself to keep the promise he made to spread Gio's ashes on Ipanema beach, he passes his time committing identity theft and...

B-List-adjacent Hollywood screenwriter Tess Bristol isn't happy - despite having what she thought would be an enviable life. Time to take a big breath and smash the reset button. Tess grabs a summer job at a famous food market that promises culinary...

Mayhem, Movies, Murder, and Magic.Welcome to the Summer of 1979.Paperboy Jack McGuinn thinks his life on Mackinac Island, Michigan, is all figured out, but when a Hollywood production arrives to film Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve...

In the murky depths of the Chesapeake Bay, something sinister lurks.Scott, a devoted husband and father, is desperate to provide for his family, but always feels like he's falling short. Roc, a divorced former lawyer whose drug abuse and womanizing cost...

From the enchanting and humorous mind of author Jen Telger comes the charmingly nostalgic and quirky town of Pullman Station. Join Annabelle Walker and her neighborhood friends as they navigate the perils of her unfortunate house placement between the...

Enter the world of a very important mouse...a mouse who becomes immensely popular while he is sleeping.

Title: "Spargeltarzan: A Coloring Adventure with a Twist"Welcome to "Spargeltarzan," an adult coloring book that invites you to explore the whimsical world of German insults through the art of coloring! In this unique and entertaining coloring...

While political and cultural wars threaten to tear the country apart, Wyoming remains a bastion of conservatism and Republicanism. But now, a secretative organization--The Project--is building a new metropolis in Wyoming. Its backers plan to populate the...

Julia heeft een huisje moeten kopen voor haar bejaarde ouders, bij gbrek aan een goed bejaardentehuis. Die zijn wegbezuinigd door de regering van Mark Rutte. Jukia wordt directrice van het, sterk verouderde, laatste bejhaardentehuis. Dat staat in...

Despite the threats, I never actually thought my life was in danger. I honestly believed that they were just that, threats. Not anymore. My small delusions have now been shattered into a thousand pieces. Pershephone finds herself to be in a...

Just when you thought browsing the library's comedy section was safe, you came across yet another P T Saunders's outrageous comedies. Bad Review 2 Saunder's new cringe-worthy comedy. After Jeffers' near-death confession, about himself being Penelope's...

Out of fuel and captured by pirates in his beat up chimera of a ship, Maurice "Moss" Foote is having a bad day, until he gets a lead on the score of a lifetime. Easy pickings, if his crew doesn't mind doing a bit of pirating themselves.Moss...

A seaside eating contest.A cheating, song-stealing, all-around-no-good ex.And a chain-smoking unicorn doling out dating advice.What could possibly go wrong? It's time for the Seaside Family Fun Fair's annual eating contests, and Zin's Circus of Unusual...

Get into the festive spirit with 'Over 200 Fun Jokes About Santa Claus, Reindeer, Elves, Stockings, Snow Days, and Carols.' This delightful collection is packed with humor and laughter for kids aged 5 to 12. Discover a world of merriment with jokes about...

Francisco Angulos neuer Roman "Eine Zigeunerhochzeit und ein schottisches Begräbnis" ist ein Meisterwerk des magischen Realismus, das sowohl den gelegentlichen Leser als auch den Literaturwissenschaftler gleichermaßen verzaubern wird. Angulo erweist sich...

Channel Void is just a weird old TV show... That's what Paul thought at least until the night it invaded his mind with a vivid dream that sent him searching for the truth. After diving down a deep rabbit hole of strange theories on the black and white...

A special two-in-one edition of giAnt and Altered Perception. giAnt is a short book of sixteen Phantom Ant poems dealing with subjects as diverse as language, food, transgenderism, celebritism, hate speech, Pablo Escobar, electronic radiation and...