Humorous category: 20629 books

A young man walks into a gun store, curious to learn how easy or difficult it is to buy a firearm. The experience turns out to be very different to what he was expecting. Set in apartheid South Africa in the 1970s, this darkly humorous short story will entertain both the gun enthusiast and the anti-gun lobbyist alike.

The second book of short stories from the crayon of Peter Coomber. Fifty dark, off-beat, humorous short stories with a twist. If you enjoy reading Dahl or Saki then you will enjoy reading these (it's a theory, anyway). I, Chimp - A bored zoo chimp starts to paint on his compound walls. Chin...

Just in time for the holidays-a Partonville Christmas story that all Dearest Dorothy fans will have on their wish list Through four Dearest Dorothy novels, Charlene Ann Baumbich has beguiled a growing legion of readers with the humorous and endearing denizens of Partonville, Illinois. Her latest...

This is the fictional story of Nick Ray who worked with Bill Gates during the early days of Microsoft; who had a role in the movie, Heaven’s Gate; and who joined the Heaven’s Gate suicide cult. He escapes death by pretending to swallow the lethal mixture of apple sauce, vodka and barbiturates....

Three short and humorous philosophical tales for the thinking person. Includes an extract from the epic fantasy: The Chronicles of Baltrath - The DARK WIZARDS.

In this humorous short story, Mr. Quimbly sets out on his first-ever field assignment for the Tax and Revenue Agency to investigate the mysterious Mr. Green on a charge of coin hoarding. He finds both the illegal coin collection and Mr. Green at a dilapidated warehouse down by the docks ... and also discovers that he's bitten off a bit more than he can chew.

“The Vampire's Third Story. Of a High-minded Family” is a tale, included in “Vikram and The Vampire” - a group of tales, translated and adapted by Sir Richard Burton. The story turns chiefly on a great king named Vikram, the King Arthur of the East, who in pursuance of his promise to a Jogi...

A collection of observations told flash fiction style. Some of them are humorous, a few of them are serious... all of them sparkle with the essence of everyday life.Flash Fiction, approx. 1,800 words total

‘Another Round of Ice Cold Beer’ is a compilation of Connecticut author, writer and broadcaster Chris Gay's best witty, humorous, poignant and sarcastic random thoughts. It's a direct sequel to his earlier ‘Shouldn’t Ice Cold Beer be Frozen? My 365 Random Thoughts to Improve Your...

Legendary expat writer and beer connoisseur James Eckardt proves that just because you're middle-aged doesn't mean you can't be immature. Here, among other high jinks, he mounts elephants with polo mallet in hand, skitters about slippery yacht decks, presides over songfests at the Peachy...

Akbar and Birbal stories are very famous and popular in India. Birbal was one of the  Nine Jewels of the Mughal  Emperor Akbar, the Great. By virtue of his wit, wisdom and subtle humour,Birbal became the  most trusted courtier of King Akbar. However, many courtiers were jealous of Birbal's...

“Conversations” (ISBN 1467910775), a novel by Richard L. Sanchez, is the fictional story of the author’s one-on-one exchanges with God, exchanges that reveal little in the way of universal truth but a lot about God’s sarcastic sense of humor.Told in first-person form, the novel reveals...

Edmund Peoples, definitely an optimistic person, has just received an important assignment: to visit various lands, each famous for a particular social advance. With orders to report back to his superiors on each lands successful methods and how his country can achieve social betterment as a result,...

Featuring a nice mix of real life humorous stories, spoof satirical material, and some just plain silly stuff. It's Free by way of an introduction to new comedy writer Paul's work. The author is influenced by UK comedian's Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine & Tony Hancock whilst retaining his own unique writing style! So if English humour is your thing worth a peep at.