Humorous Fiction

Synopsis One warm July morning Mr Phillips climbs out of bed, leaving Mrs Phillips dozing. He prepares for his commute into the city - but this is ...

Synopsis International Bestseller. A Guardian literary highlight for 2015.A Huffington Post 'One to Watch' in 2015. Cheryl Glickman believes in r...

Synopsis Bold, brilliant and hilarious Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller . . . COW [n.] /ka / 'A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-dat...

Synopsis "Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right." According to the Nice and Accurate ...

Synopsis A hilarious, heartfelt sequel to How to Build a Girl, comes the breakout novel from feminist sensation Caitlin Moran. . . . I’m Johanna ...

Synopsis A wickedly funny tale of two rebellious sisters in 1940's Rio de Janeiro. Euridice is bright and ambitious. But this is Brazil in the 19...

Synopsis The New York Times Bestseller. Crazy Rich Asians is a satirical 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. Kwan stated that his intention...

Synopsis The intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent begin in this 'trilogy of five', Douglas Adams' comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker's Guide t...

Synopsis 'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.' 'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?' If only. Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving ...

Synopsis Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new serie...

Synopsis How to Build a Girl is a 2014 coming-of-age novel by English author and journalist Caitlin Moran, published by Ebury Press. The novel is s...

Synopsis Marina Lewycka explores the clash of the generations in one extremely colourful family in her comic novel Various Pets Alive and Dead. For...

Synopsis The next round in the beloved Two Pints series from the ever-brilliant, always hilarious imagination of bestselling author of The Commitme...

Synopsis Shortlisted for The Women's Prize For Fiction 2019. Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2019. " . . . blood is thicker - and more difficult ...

Synopsis The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #7 There is considerable excitement at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. A cobra has been found in Pr...

Synopsis A brilliant romantic comedy exploring beach basics for the broken-hearted from number one bestselling author Mike Gayle. Their holiday b...

Synopsis First published in Paris in 1955 and originally banned in America, J. P. Donleavy's first novel is now recognized the world over as a ma...

Synopsis The Diary of a Nobody is one of the great classics of English humour. Mrs. Pooter's Diary is more than a brilliant homage to the origina...

Synopsis Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2018. Less is a satirical comedy novel by American author Andrew Sean Greer first published in ...

Synopsis Bob Servant #3 Bob Servant is troubled. The economy is collapsing, his health is failing and around his hometown of Broughty Ferry, Bob ...

Synopsis Happy to Be Here is a collection of short stories by Garrison Keillor, first published in hardcover by Viking in 1981. It is Keillor's fir...

Synopsis The Twitter Diaries tells the story of pen pals for the 21st Century. Two parallel lives separated by an ocean but united over a social ne...

Synopsis An Italian poolside, Summer, 1970. Sex is very much on everyone's mind. The girls are acting like boys and the boys are going on acting li...

Synopsis Comic novel about old age and the trouble which such a state brings. Age has done everything except mellow the characters in Kingsley Amis...