Humorous fiction Books

If Joy Williams and Raymond Carver had a love child that was often left in the care of Lydia Davis it might grow up to be Jayne Martin. Martin’s writing evokes the literary DNA of those who have influenced her most, while in a style and voice that...

Laugh-out-loud funny, with cover-to-cover banter and red-hot heat. Dirty Little Midlife Mess is not your typical fake relationship romance. It's better.Simone owes handsome, broody Wesley Byron a favor, and he's calling it in.He needs...

Hilarious, hot, and seriously refreshing. Dirty Little Midlife Crisis is the book you didn't know you needed.Forty-five, recently divorced, and a certified hot mess.The last thing Fiona needs to start her vacation is a...

Holy heat! Dirty Little Midlife Mistake is packed full of the best kind of bad decisions.Candice Viceroy-widow, mother, business owner-isn't supposed to kiss anyone.Especially not Hollywood heartthrob and hunky silver fox, Blake Harding.Not in...

In this highly original and hilarious first novel by Mark Hubbard, the peace and tranquility of the DincValley in the Southwest of England is shattered when Dinctum Village Youth Club crosses swords witha primary school head, hell-bent on shutting them...

Between these covers, you'll meet the ladies of the Wednesday League, who may be frail and old, but they're also feisty, ready to tackle anyone, and not averse to committing the odd crime or two. You'll be charmed by their sweet characters, but...

A volume written as homage to Arthur C. Clarke’s Tales from the White Hart, featuring original stories from many of today’s top genre writers, including Neil Gaiman, Charles Stross, Stephen Baxter, James Lovegrove, Liz Williams, Adam Roberts,...

While the unhuman Inspector Hobbes investigates big cat sightings, slaughtered sheep, and the mysterious disappearance of pheasants, he is accompanied by the disaster-prone Andy Caplet. When Andy falls at the feet of Violet King, a dangerously beautiful...

Are you ready to seize control of your life?Are you a baby or a toddler?Isn't it time for you to GROW UP?Stop crying! Stop sleeping! Learn to walk! Learn to talk! Take things seriously! Grow Up!Does this sound familiar? Are you between the ages of six...

"How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee" is a humorous poem written by Owen Wister. Owen Wister was an American writer and "How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee" is a satirical piece that pokes fun at the irregularities and complexities of the English language,...

Life is never dull in Little Bardon, as Kelvin Brown discovers in 'I'm not one to gossip - tales from a small village'. The 32 short stories about characters living - and dying - in this small country village close to Essex Marshland paint a picture...

"You are in effect replacing a dead man, Mrs Pollifax ..."When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that morning, all thoughts of her garden club tea in the afternoon have to wait. Her CIA handler is asking if she could leave immediately on a mission that...

Mrs Emily Pollifax is a 60-ish widow wanting more from life than teas and garden club meetings. In search of adventure, she decides to offer her services to the CIA - who, after all, would spot a suburban grandmother as a cold war secret agent? -...

Escape to the hilarious, wild and "whacky", hard-core world of Big Ben" Shaw OVBE*, his hot, horny, oh so cool shag buddy Madeline Cowleigh and his crazy friends, the crude, lewd and very rude co-members of the IPHC*. loin Jabba Thompson,...

November Keys Inhabitant"If we had known, we would not have sold the club. I admit we succumbed to greed but we did not realise we were putting our heritage at such risk. They did take the team to great heights but the consequences were disastrous...

A post-apocalyptic world harbors a powerful artifact with the potential to reshape humanity's fate. Trent, accompanied by enigmatic companions Stop and Clover, embarks on a haunting quest through time's labyrinth.In this dark tapestry of suspense and...

Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy blames God.A whimsical tale of a love-starved youth who came to the United States as a grumblingchild many years ago. One day, he meets a beautiful girl who really makes him feel likehe’s living inside an...

Emmy
What a disaster! I only just made my flight to New York to help my uncle, and the phone I’m holding is not mine! It seems to belong to some commitment-phobic serial dater who’s never made it past four dates (according to the constant...

Jocelyn, Mariah, Vanessa and Toni have two things in common. One is their disastrous marriages, well in Toni's case make that her disastrous seven-year engagement. And the second is their eternal bond of sisterhood, which they're going to need...

"If you loved The Thomas Crown Affair, then The Esposito Caper is a must read." -Cate Masters, award-winning author of Angels, Sinners, and MadmenCrime is easy. Family is what's tough. And for Gino Esposito, family obligations could be the end of him...

The definitive guide to not offending anyone in 2018 and beyond. This Satirical book of empty pages is for - Liberals, Conservatives, Left, Right, Republicans, Democrats, Binaries, Non-Binaries, Australians, People of Race, University...

“The perfect vacation read. The dialogue flows like beer at a beach party.” – K.C. Wilder, Huffington Post Contributor and Author of Fifty Ways to Leave Your HusbandWhen a friend urges Stephanie Cohen not to put all her eggs in one...

"With equal measures of hilarity and heartache, Joe Dornich collects the stories of America's middle-class cast-offs: the under-employed, the under-appreciated, and most devastatingly, the under-loved. Whether it is the plight of a professional...

On the dodgeball court, no one can hear you scream.Justin Lucas just started at a new high school, but there are no classes in really important stuff like English literature, mathematics, science, or history. Instead, the entire curriculum is dedicated...

Once voted Adventure Magazine's most popular author, W.C. Tuttle introduced the world to one of his longest-running—and most popular—series characters, Henry Harrison Conroy, in the pages of Argosy. Collected here are the first four...

Is love possible after divorce? Meet Ella, a young Italian girl, naïve to the real world. When Ella's marriage and perfect world falls apart, the only thing she hates to do is take out the trash. Live this hilarious tale with Ella as she chronicles her...

Please visit www.ManorWodehouse.com to see the complete selection of P. G Wodehouse books available in the Manor Wodehouse Collection.

Please visit www.ManorWodehouse.com to see the complete selection of P. G Wodehouse books available in the Manor Wodehouse Collection.

Please visit www.ManorWodehouse.com to see the complete selection of P. G Wodehouse books available in the Manor Wodehouse Collection.

Where would Bertie Wooster be without his man Jeeves? The discerning butler knows all, sees all, and ultimately resolves all problems in this masterpiece of British comedy. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

A semi-autobiographical novel from the master of comedic complications, Not George Washington is a humorous, fictionalized account of Wodehouse's early years as a journalist (he edited the "By The Way" column for the London Globe magazine from 1904 to...

Tales with a twist from the master of British satire. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

Here are narratives by "nobodies" who were privileged (or, in some cases, not) to be employed by or otherwise to have served famous people. They include corpulent Horatio, who serves as "a sort of muse" to a grieving William Shakespeare; Mose, a runaway...

If you've ever wondered just what goes on in themind of that marvelously comical character actorRichard Haydn, you won't believe what youare about to read: his only book. It's a wonderfultale of absurdity from the star of Forever Amber,Sitting Pretty,...

THE RONALD REAGAN MURDER CASE is a 60,000-word comedy mystery novel, set in Hollywood in January 1945, which introduces George Tirebiter, then a 25 year-old radio star, in his first "celebrity detective" role. Two murder mysteries engage George...

_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside. Black comedy overtakes the...

Josh and the Cargan is the story of a young man's struggle with life while helping thwart a sinister interplanetary plot.JOSH SMITH'S hormones are raging, and he can't wait to get intimate with a girl. He also wants to be a famous rock star, and has an...

"Chick Lit for baby boomers and beyond. Hold the baby bottle; pass the cheesecake."--Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get FatWho Says Only Twentysomethings Can Have Fun, Romance, and Great Sex? Married mother of three and Beverly Hills...

Set in a world governed by grammar, Grime 314 is a dystopian drama that satirizes political correctness in modern culture. It follows a court case, from the initial arrest to the courtroom itself, with the narrative shifting between the defendant, the...

The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on March 8, 1917 . Including: Bill the Bloodhound, Extricating Young Gussie, Wilton's Holiday, The Mixer: He Meets a...

The novel takes place at the fictional "Beckford College," a private school for boys. The action begins with the arrival at the school of a mischievous young boy called Farnie, who turns out to be the uncle of the older "Bishop" Gethryn, a prefect,...

Sally never would have guessed a fortune could prove such a disadvantage, until she had one.... this explains why she agrees to back a show written by her fiancé Gerald and staged by her brother, Fillmore. It seems like a good idea at the time ... but...

If it's as well to be lucky as smart, Roland Bleke is doing everything right. From his start as a penurious clerk, Bleke adventures - and misadventures - through a life of the most startling turns of fortune in this series of six very funny stories. The...