Fiction - Satire

A modern Huck Finn hits the road when a young actor stumbles into a fascist plot against America in the age of Nixon. A plot to murder Ronald Reagan. Hoover in drag. Kissinger high on hash. Jim Jones. Ted Kaczynski. Fascists, bikers, bombers, snake...

Hemmed In Hollow is the story of a teen-aged brother and sister trying to survive amidst regular abuse by their step mother and step brother. Their father is a boot-legger and is gone most of the time. Living in deep poverty and suffering abuse,...

What do you get when you mix nosy neighbors, sharp-tongued spouses, curious kids, and other surprise conditions?You get Laugh Lines-a wildly entertaining collection of short jokes and witty dialogues that prove life is much funnier when you don't take it too seriously.This book is...

Author: Katharina VolckmerISBN-10: 1953387942ISBN-13: 9781953387943Publisher: Two Dollar RadioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2025Pages: 166Format: PaperbackSize: 7.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket Imagine living in a world where everything is flat-where you, your neighbors, and even the sun itself exist in just two dimensions. In this rigid society of shapes, a lowly square's life is upended when he encounters the...

To Thomas, archaeology was time travel...little did he know how literal that would turn out to be.Thomas Wharton, an archaeology graduate, becomes drawn into the problems of a series of anachronistic characters who exist in the fractions of a second behind our own time....

In the eccentric world of 'Pussy Productions, ' a London-based porn production company, a motley crew of individuals find themselves inexplicably thrown together. How this incendiary mix of people came to converge is a curious tale in itself. Sir Stott, a knighted Etonian, longs...

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist comes a hilarious and heartbreaking novel about a musician climbing back from rock bottom. As winter deepens in snowbound Pollard, Illinois, thirty-something Francis Falbo is holed up in his attic apartment, recovering from a series of traumas: his mother's...

Maxwell Sim can't seem to make a single meaningful connection. He maintains an e-mail correspondence with his estranged wife, though under a false identity; his incomprehensible teenage daughter prefers her BlackBerry to his conversation; and his childhood best friend refuses to return his calls....

When you travel the galaxy, you find that society's issues span the cosmos. Mars is for Millennials satirizes what's happening today, and this futuristic, shared-universe short story collection focuses on politics, relationships, technology, and more.Author: Alex CsedrikISBN-13: 9798231574773Publisher: Manuscris EfemerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2025Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Author: Lida PrypchanISBN-13: 9798227741295Publisher: Psychiatry, Philosophy & ArtsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d

"An effin good story!" -- Thomas Cole, author of Collaborative Crisis Management: Prepare, Execute, Recover, Repeat"The stories in Capers and Switcheroos are wistful, idiosyncratic and nostalgic and an excellent antidote to a mad world." -- David Ellis, author of Resolution and Other Stories---A delightfully...

Author: Eleanor ThorneISBN-13: 9798998550003Publisher: Longshore Rebel PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/22/2025Pages: 358Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Author: Thomas Love PeacockISBN-10: 191693708XISBN-13: 9781916937086Publisher: P-Wave ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/2025Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.37w x 0.60d

From the award-winning author of the Best Military Fiction of 2018."Dead or Alive? London's approach to this question thrusts the reader into their own vision of immortality and an immensely entertaining story of the life/death struggle of a character that dramatically makes you want...

Siddhartha, a tale of self-discovery, is one of great novels of the early twentieth century.Author: Hermann HesseISBN-10: 1781393915ISBN-13: 9781781393918Publisher: Benediction ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/18/2013Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 7.1Point Value: 6Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 8672 / Siddhartha (English)

Lulu Bett lives in a small town with her sister Ina and Ina's husband Dwight-a dentist who rules his household with self-righteous smugness. The unmarried Lulu has learned that she cannot question her role as chief cook, housekeeper, and gracious presence. But when Dwight's...

Author: C. J. FarleyISBN-10: 0063418630ISBN-13: 9780063418639Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2025Pages: 288Format: Hardcover

An unlikely celebrity with a self-help book becomes a reluctant spiritual guru to the Hollywood elite, spawning a cult he wants nothing to do with."...a unique attempt, using an unusual style and format, to pinpoint and highlight both the light and dark sides of...

THEY'RE OFF TO THE PUB.WELL, WHERE ELSE ARE 2 ENGLISHMEN WHO'VE JUST LOST THEIR JOBS MEANT TO GO?When AI steals away their careers in advertising, two desperate creatives, Darlington and Waverley, steal a van full of gardening equipment from the scene of their final...

Bojack Horseman meets Joan Didion in this smart, sly, and irresistibly stylish debut novel about a jaded movie star and the two differently conflicted women in his orbit. An aging, A-list movie star lotteries off the entirety of his mega-million blockbuster salary to a...

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a "dark satire about the inhuman condition" (The Toronto Star) about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future....

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was an American physician, author, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who lived most of his life in Rutherford, New Jersey. In 1923 he published two works: Spring and All, one of his seminal books of poetry, and his lesser-known, much-overlooked, and...

Careful what you wish for...PI Dev Haskell runs into Kristi McKenzie, his old high-school flame. Amazingly, she needs help...Her artist husband has been missing for over half a year - and she's never contacted the police! Turns out he's the guy she dumped Dev...

"Cosmic Fever is inventive, a barrage of creativity -- and draws on science in its fictional crafting. A great example of the genre." -Dr. J ReadsImagine waking up one morning and learning that scientists have discovered the Theory of Everything - one simple, elegant...

From the author of the critically acclaimed Laura & Emma comes a The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. for our times: Kate Greathead's "mesmerizing" (Maria Semple) excavation of millennial masculinity, The Book of George. If you haven't had the misfortune of dating a George,...

Grandma's Bush is a delightful tale about a mature woman deciding if she will follow social mores and trim her overgrown bush. Will Grandma listen to her best friend Cheryl's advice and comply? On the face of it, Grandma's Bush seems to be a...

Arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Fr?d?ric Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in police custody.Confined to a cell, Fr?d?ric Beigbeder's seeks escape in his childhood memories, only to discover he can recall...

This isn't your typical romance. This is real life.Tony Hellquist seems perfect-handsome, intelligent, and irresistibly charming. College freshman Anabel isn't one to settle for anything less. Drawn together by fate and Anabel's determined efforts, their connection deepens into something intense and undeniable.But as their...

A DYSTOPIAN COMIC NOVEL FOR INSANE TIMES.Barry Gray isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but that hasn't stopped him from becoming the middle-aged CEO of Atlas Wake, the corporation behind the most addictive energy drink in the world. After an awkward date, Barry...

Ever heard of a guy who's nice, funny, cooks like a chef, boasts a six-pack, and is the best player in the NHL?Well, let me introduce you to Aaron Miles-AKA the biggest test of my self-control.Aaron and I have been friends since sixth grade,...

Author: Tony TulathimutteISBN-10: 0063337886ISBN-13: 9780063337886Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2025Pages: 272Format: Paperback

Author: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen WhiteISBN-10: 0063259877ISBN-13: 9780063259874Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2025Pages: 416Format: Paperback

"An effin good story!" -- Thomas Cole, author of Collaborative Crisis Management: Prepare, Execute, Recover, Repeat"The stories in Capers and Switcheroos are wistful, idiosyncratic and nostalgic and an excellent antidote to a mad world." -- David Ellis, author of Resolution and Other Stories---A delightfully...

Evelyn Waugh's debut novel, Decline and Fall, is a biting satire that lampoons British society of the 1920s with razor-sharp wit and dark humor. The story follows the misadventures of Paul Pennyfeather, a hapless theology student at Oxford who finds himself expelled from university...

In The Man with Two Left Feet, P.G. Wodehouse delivers a delightful collection of witty and charming stories. Filled with humorous misunderstandings, quirky characters, and clever twists, this book showcases Wodehouse's signature lighthearted style, making it a perfect escape into a world of gentle...

Originally published in 1809, Knickerbocker's History of New York is a satirical review of the city's colonial history. Written by renowned author Washington Irving under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, the book is a humorous and incisive critique of the myths and legends that have...

"One of my life's greatest tragedies is to have already read Pickwick Papers- I can't go back and read it for the first time."- Fernando Pessoa "If I must choose only one Dickens then it's his first novel. It's wonderfully funny, kind and good-natured-...

Smallpox, measles, mumps, tetanus...the old enemies of mankind. Scientists have been hard at work for centuries vanquishing these foes. Those of us in the developed world live safe from our oldest enemies, shielded by childhood immunizations. Well, not all of us. There are a...

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel meets The Italian Job in internationally-bestselling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's witty and insightful comedy of errors about a group of delinquent seniors whose desire for a better quality of life leads them to rob and ransom priceless artwork.Martha Andersson may...

""King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense Of His Congo Rule"" is a book written by Mark Twain in 1905. The book is a satirical critique of King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal colonial rule in the Congo Free State during the late 19th and early...

The 'bonkers' book that 'it is impossible not to be moved by' DAILY MAILA joyful and hilarious tale of some very spirited septuagenarians as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above...

Now with a brilliant new package, a re-issue of the debut novel by Percival Everett, New York Times bestselling author of National Book Award winner James. It's the middle of the season and the third baseman for the Seattle Mariners, Craig Suder, is in...

Now with a brilliant new package, a re-issue of the sophomore novel by Percival Everett, New York Times bestselling author of National Book Award winner James. Haunting, provocative and bleakly funny, Walk Me to the Distance is Percival Everett's brilliant reexamination of the Western,...

Author: Thomas WolkeISBN-13: 9798230971054Publisher: Thomas WolkeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/28/2025Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d

"Darkly, deeply funny, and acclaimed abroad, this biting satire" (Booklist) follows an over-educated, under-employed man as he struggles to complete his novel and get his life together over the course of one scorching Swedish summer. Convinced of his own moral and intellectual superiority, the...

Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also but not from an individual-he is a...

Iranian president Akhmed teams up with the leaders of Venezuela and Cuba and their American intelligence agents to smuggle radioactive matzo balls into Miami Beach. But intelligence being as slippery a concept to these nincompoops as chicken fat on linoleum, when each member of...

"Somewhere between Tom Perrotta and Erica Jong lies The Swing of Things, a charming, sexy, and surprisingly tender romp through the dark side of wish fulfillment. I'll never look at the other playground parents the same way again." --Marcus SakeyTold from the dual perspective...

The Illustrious House of Ramires, presented here in a sparkling new translation by Margaret Jull Costa, is the favorite novel of many Eça de Queirós aficionados. This late masterpiece, wickedly funny and yet profoundly tender, centers on Gonçalo Ramires, heir to a family so...