This gritty coming-of-age novel by cartoonist Lynda Barry is about Roberta Rohbeson, age 16, daughter of a white mother and a black father, who is trying to get through eighth grade without going crazy. Roberta recalls a trip she took...

Filled with sharp wit, biting humor, and canine conversation that would make Doctor Dolittle's jaw drop, Merrill Markoe's engaging, cleverly written novel is about the confusing search for love and the divine acts of dog.

Still recovering from a lack of self-esteem thanks to her unfaithful ex-husband, recent divorcTe Josie Flynn reluctantly heads for New York to take part in the wedding of her American cousin, Martha, certain that Martha is making the ...

Three Denver roommates--Ana, Marin, and Chelsey--try to make it in the competitive world of improvisational comedy while dealing with temp jobs from hell, bad dates, crazy bosses, and the hilarity of daily life, learning that anything...

The veteran comedian lends his cantankerous and pungent humor to such everyday musings as "Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?" and "Griddle cakes, pancakes, hotcakes, flapjacks: why are there four names f...

Mindy Solomon absolutely has to leave Miami. Florida is bad for her head and her hair. She dreams of a dancing career on Broadway and moves to New York, but after a string of failures and mishaps, she realizes that she needs to rethin...

The New York Times calls him 'the funniest man in America,' and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide. In Boogers Are My Beat, Dave gives us the real scoop on: ' The scie...

Small town Norton, North Carolina is the setting of this quirky legal thriller that features a deeply flawed judge, his immature, middle-aged brother, his estranged wife, and a used car saleswoman/bank robber bent on locating a hidden...

When Alaric, Duke of Dunstable, decides to take the Empress of Blandings away from her loving master and get her fit, Lord Emsworth calls in the services of the redoubtable Uncle Fred. Fred arrives full of the joys of spring, with nep...

A head chef at a top NYC restaurant and engaged, Georgia's life seems perfect. When suddenly dumped and fired, she goes to Italy to reassess her life.

Monty Bodkin's wooing of Gertrude Butterwick on the R.M.S. Atlantic is not progressing as it should. And the cause of all the trouble is Miss Lotus Blossum, the brightest star in Hollywood's firmament. The easy camaraderie of Miss Blo...

Six award winning authors have created a poignant, humorous collection of nostalgic tales. Here life's lessons are handed down--liberally sprinkled with hilarity--from eccentric relatives, outrageous pets and unrepentant neighbors, a...

Follows Sister Betty, a member of Ain't Nobody Right But Us--All Others Goin' to Hell Church, whose life was forever changed when God called her on the phone in 1984, as she makes it her mission to save her fellow congregants from the...

When a female loan shark is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save her. But LuckyÂ's flamboyant behavior is not only drawing every vampire hunter within miles—its bringing her...

In an attempt to gain Congressional approval for a top secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist "Bird" McIntyre and sexy Neo-Con wonkette Angel Templeton start a rumor that the Chinese secret service is trying to assassina...

Armed with a donkey cart filled with rum, cheese and a tavern signpost, pub owner Humphrey Hump and a companion take to the road in this rollicking, madcap adventure, extending good cheer to a cast of memorable characters. A hilarious...

The line between dream and reality gets a bit blurred in this decidedly offbeat concoction by southerner Will Clarke. Travis Anderson, a millionaire with probably supernatural powers, definitely weird dreams, and a possibly unfaithful...

Fawlty Towers has become a landmark in comedy history, with its twelve episodes being shown again and again on television. It is impossible to tire of the antics of Basil, Sybil, Polly and the hapless Manuel. Now, all their timeless h...

When her good friend Mother Eternal Ann Everlastin’ dies, Sister Betty, along with her half-blind cohort, must see to Eternal’s last wishes, which involves dispensing large sums of money to three church pastors and keeping...

From Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, comes a witty, charming, and hilariously relatable debut novel about a struggling young actress trying to get ahead--and keep it together--in New York City. It's J...

Set in the bright lights of daytime television, SATAN'S SISTERS is the story of The Lunch Club – a long-running, popular ladies' talk show in which alliances are forged, careers are made, and bridges are burned. The show's famous re...

T. Paterson Frisby possessed twenty million dollars and loved every cent of them. His secretary, Berry Conway, possessed only a dud copper mine; and the Biscuit (Berry's schoolfriend) nothing but a title. The latter pair needed money,...

The national bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author-one of the warmest and most delightful Christmas stories ever. With fond nostalgia, Dave Barry takes readers back to a simpler time: The year is 1960, and young Doug Ba...

In 1940, America was still staggering its way out of the Great Depression and war clouds were rolling in from Europe. The upcoming Presidential campaign spotlight turned to perhaps the unlikeliest, but certainly the most entertaining,...

divChildren and adults alike adore the dark humor that pervades such Roald Dahl classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Yet the celebrated author sometimes followed his imagination down a much more risque...

Serge A. Storms is back with a bullet, torn between homicide and souvenirs, cranking up the fevered action as the pot boils over on a street called Lobster Lane. IIt's reunion time in the Sunshine State, and we're not just talking th...

Bertie Wooster (a young man about town) and his butler Jeeves (the very model of the modern manservant)—return in their first new novel in nearly forty years: Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks. P.G. Wodehouse documen...

Move over, Bridget Jones's diary:  She's back, and this time she's texting and tweeting. . .   Fourteen years after landing Mark Darcy, Bridget's life has taken her places she never expected. But despite the new challenges of single...

A licensed psychologist who stars on the cable breakout show I Need a Push, Reagan Bishop helps participants become their best selves by urging them to overcome obstacles and change behaviors. An overachiever, Reagan is used to delive...

For two thousand years, the brief ministry of a young Nazarene preacher has remained the largest single determinant of Western civilization's triumphs and disasters. Now, Norman Mailer has written a novel about Jesus's life. Is God sp...