Comedy category: 18107 books

Josie Borday, a mid-thirties data-entry clerk, agrees to a blind date with Brett Becker, a mid-thirties construction worker, as a final effort to placate the friends who constantly try to find happiness for her. Josie has decided that after the date ends, so, too will her efforts to complete...

The Rats is the story of Dr. Rago and Fujikawa. Rago uses a profession of nobility and admiration to questionable ends. The other, Fujikawa, a wino and derelict, supplies the ethic and humanity. The Cockroach is a fusion of cultures in America, north and south. A light little comedy of high intent invaded by lowly interferences.

A romantic comedy that will make you sigh. Amanda, a girl from New York, grows tired of her exploitive boss and decides to take some much deserved vacations in South Carolina. When she arrives at the beautiful beach house she rented, she gets the surprise of her life when she discovers that someone...

Who wants to live forever? Terry sure as hell doesn’t. In this exciting sequel to the supervillains' story in Waiting for a Miracle, a new superhero "returns" to City to search for a cure to immortality. Meet Terry Donalds, adopted daughter of retired criminal overlord...

This is the story of Chris Pownall’s life beginning from early childhood to retirement. Chris’ autobiography is unique because he tells his story with a slant towards the more hilarious side of his life. Chris has always had a reputation for being there when things were going wrong–but...

Since his first public appearance in the late 1590s, Shylock has been synonymous with antisemitism. Many of his bon mots remain common currency among Jew-haters; among them "3000 ducats" and the immortal "pound of flesh". But Shakespeare, being Shakespeare, was incapable of inventing...

The Cure For Love is a romantic comedy (novella) set in Cornwall and London.The story starts in London. Daisy is brokenhearted when her boyfriend, Sebastian, announces his engagement to Celeste. Sebastian works for a publishing company in London. Celestes father, Franklin, owns the company. Daisy is...

Some aspiring musicians wait a lifetime for that elusive record deal. Bryan Rivers waited three days longer. As if dealing with the suicide of her clinically depressed husband wasn’t difficult enough, to Claire Rivers’ amazement one of the biggest record companies in the country suddenly...

Touchwood, about to marry Cynthia, daughter of Sir Paul Plyant. Lady Touchwood, a violent and dissolute woman, is in love with Mellefont, but as he rejects her advances, determines to prevent the match and ruin him in Lord Touchwood's esteem. In this design she finds a confederate in Maskwell, the Double...

Henry James' final novel, The Outcry is a light comedy that will come as a pleasant surprise to readers who associate the author's name with the dense, philosophically inclined fiction of his middle period. Originally written for the stage, the story focuses on one British family's attempt to get out of debt by selling a treasure trove of historically significant artworks to foreign collectors.

Robert et Laurence Maubray se sont mariés à l’île Maurice, dont le jeune homme est originaire. Ils viennent se fixer à Paris, où leur bonheur serait sans ombre si Robert n’aimait par trop sa liberté. En effet, il n’hésite pas à délaisser sa jeune épouse pour se rendre au Cercle ou...

Lysistrata is a comedy originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. A comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate...

Citizen Kane and Titanic might have an artistic and popular monopoly on greatness, but when it comes to sitting down to a strictly enjoyable film, give me The North Avenue Irregulars any day. What you hold in your hand now is a collection of behind the scenes essays dealing with the unheralded...

42 Things to do When Youre the Last Man on Earth is NOT - we repeat NOT - a how to book. If you happen to find yourself alone on the planet and you are armed only with your wits and this novel you are in serious trouble. Though before you die a horrible death we hope you take time to read the swiftly...