Humorous Fiction

Synopsis Henry Wilt, Tom Sharpe's indefatigable hero, returns to battle bureaucrats, politicians, terrorists and much more, at Fenland College. Hen...

Synopsis Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award. Book of the Year in The Times. Things don't go entirely to plan when undercover ace dete...

Synopsis Shortlisted for The Costa Book Awards 2020, and various other awards. The darkly-comic story of Majella, who is unapologetically and com...

Synopsis 44 Scotland Street - Book #7 The residents and neighbours of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gent...

Synopsis What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At onc...

Synopsis Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French, the celebrated English actress, bestselling author, and comedian, is the clever, touching, and compelling...

Synopsis The bestselling author of Love Byte is back with this laugh-out-loud hilarious rom com. Getting hit by a bus was the best thing that eve...

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-date...

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

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

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 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 A powerful, contemporary & humorous novel set in London from a master of literary fiction. London, the week before Christmas, 2007. Ov...

Synopsis An irresistible French sensation The Reader on the 6.27 explores the power of books through the lives of the people they save. It is sure ...

Synopsis When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine - and a dashing sommelier - he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He...