Humorous category: 20629 books

This humorous novel or what I subtitle as Anti-Novel is a work I wrote when I was doing graduate work at Bowling Green State University.  The very serious graduate work I was doing was recompensed by this work which I find difficult to categorize because although I was writing about the Theatre...

Pink stands out among writers who explore the thoughts and feelings we all have but hide or forget; he excavates moments of isolation, boredom, despair, and disgust with a singular honesty and humor. Pink writes with the minimalist humor and detachment of Mary Robison, the loving attention...

This acclaimed series that inspired a hit London Weekend Television sitcom is “a long, gentle breeze of humour” (James Herriot). Based on the author’s real-life experiences after completing seminary and later adapted into a beloved British sitcom, these five novels are a humorous and...

Life in the country is often unique and filled with adventure. Whether it's the neighbor claiming a crazy rooster or a fish slapping Mom's face at the 4-H lake outing, few things happen as planned. This collection of short, short stories about rural living is humorous, down to earth, and...

From the author of Breathers, Fated, and Lucky Bastard comes a collection of ten dark and humorous tales about extraterrestrial sex toys, a family of luck poachers, a group of professional guinea pigs, the immortal personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins, and a zombie gigolo. Just to name a few. “A...

"Cheers TV Show: A Comprehensive Reference" is authored by a sitcom expert who penned the most comprehensive reference book that has ever been written about the show. This definitive guide is the best resource for any fan who is intrigued and enthralled by one of the all-time classic television...

This is my humorous story of Bigfoot and how I found out first hand long ago while I was on a camping trip up in Maine that the creatures do in fact exist. I was threatened and held against my will for over three long years. Finally one hot summer day I was fortunately lucky enough to find an opportunity...

The second part of a collection of jokes about and for seniors, most of which were collected over the past 25 years via emails sent to G-Ma, developer and webmaster of a site educating seniors on lifestyle choices. Some of the humor may have arrived at your in-box with a long preface of who sent them...

Have you ever had a herd of cattle evolve before your very eyes from herbivores to carnivores during calving season? Have you experienced the thrill of having your left arm and right leg completely entangled in a lariat during a run of feedlot roping? Do you know how long a piece of PVC pipe should...

Jim Kearns, a career manual labourer, struggles to overcome stifling cynicism brought on by missed opportunities and mid-life discord - then he loses his job for punching out a Hollywood action star in a bizarre job-site confrontation. In an effort to salvage not only Jim’s sanity but also their...

From Ma Jian, the highly acclaimed Chinese dissident, comes a satirical novel about the absurdities of life in a post-Tiananmen China. Two men meet for dinner each week. Over the course of one of these drunken evenings, the writer recounts the stories he would write, had he the courage: a young...

In the summer of 1960, four of us, students at Atlanta (Michigan) High School, embarked on a pulpwood cutting operation as a way to earn spending money for the coming school year. While scrounging around my dad’s sawmill shed for some tools to use in our enterprise, we found an old sign painted...

"Wise and forgiving . . . tough-minded and tender-hearted" (The New York Times), this delicious "coming of middle age" novel takes a lyrical, winsome, and genuinely side-splitting look at the heartbreak, aging, the search for home, and the madness of love between two mismatched...

*Featuring the 1st Place winner of the 2010 CMU literary prize (On Feeing the Silent Train) A surreal, deadpan collection of three short stories. Droughts & deadly lakes, strange visitors & mysterious solitude, Nikola Tesla & abandoned ant hills all play a role in these darkly...