Humorous

A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Having someone else support your bad decision...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The...

Disaster. There was no other word to describe how Operation Olympic had changed in a flash from a triumph to the worst failure the Merry Band of Pirates had ever experienced. A failure that meant the fight was over. Unless the Pirates could perform a miracle, without Skippy.

Books 1-3 in the hit Chrysalis Monster-Evolution LitRPG series are now available in this special bundle, filled with action, laughs, and army-building to the extreme....

The Merry Band of Pirates stopped the enemy from stealing a Sentinel, and destroyed its Elder starship, so why weren’t the Pirates planning a victory party?

With Garralosh defeated and the Colony secured, Anthony has triumphed over the wave. What now for our intrepid adventurer? In the Dungeon, there’s only one place to go: down....

The Aftermath of a stunning victory—especially an unexpected, complete, and final victory—should be high-fives all around, listening to politicians give boring congratulatory speeches, and a well-deserved rest for the Merry Band of Pirates....

For years, the ancient alien AI known as Skippy (the Magnificent, don’t forget that part) has been able to do one impossible thing after another. What is his secret? It’s simple: 100 percent Grade-A extreme awesomeness....

Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" - he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping.

Join the Librarian as he does his best to make the post-apocalyptic world a better place by protecting the weak, fighting injustice, squaring off against a group of former renaissance fair workers who have established a kingdom in the Rocky Mountains, and so on.

Seventeen-year-old Craig Blackmore is a first generation child of Golf Alpha One-One-Seven, AKA Greenacres, the heavy gravity and magic starved world that humanity chose as its first colony.

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times.

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! “Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.”—Chicago Tribune The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking...

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Midnight Library offers his funniest, most devastating dark comedy yet, a “silly, sad, suspenseful, and soulful” (Philadelphia Inquirer) novel that’s “full of heart” (Entertainment Weekly). When an extra-terrestrial visitor arrives on Earth...

They made him an offer he couldn't refuse—join the mob or watch his favorite human die. Now T.E.D.D., the foul-mouthed trash droid who's done taking humanity's crap, is stuck juggling mobsters, mutant tech, his own glitchy anomaly, and a pack of robowolves.

It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up, the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time, the spaceship you are on crashes on a remote and Bob-fearing planet, and all you have to fall back on are a few simple sandwich-making skills. However...

The team is back for more tales of friendship, action, and karate justice! This time on Morphinizin' Chroma Corps, the cruel galactic overlord known as Lord Evilface (pronounced Evil Fah-Chay) has been defeated, and Tanya, Jason's evil ex-girlfriend, is out of the picture.

They built him to take out their trash. Turns out they're next. Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" — he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping. He could disappear quietly. He could play it safe.

Long-listed, Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2024 This program is read by Hugo Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time. To fix the world they...

Mitch's mediocre life has just taken a turn for the worse, so his buddy tries to cheer him up by showing him a secret starship. Unfortunately, everything goes south when hostile aliens arrive.

In the chilling aftermath of Good Boys: The Lost Tribe, Micah, Jess, and the ever-loyal Golden Retriever, Grover, seek refuge in the snowy seclusion of a New Hampshire farm, along with their new Kynolari friends.

Monsters of Ohio is a heartfelt exploration of a tentacular solution to the struggles of the modern world from the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain.

Tedd didn't choose Sector Zero. Sector Zero chose him. It's simple. Fight a human in the arena, or die. The problem? The human is his friend. The only way out is over someone's dead body.

In space, the real adventure starts after the warranty expires.

“John Pirhalla narrates with deft understanding of each character and of how to balance the story's humor and tension.” — Booklist Part alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, After The Fall by Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (inspiration for the film Mickey...

Seventeen-year-old Craig Blackmore is a first generation child of Golf Alpha One-One-Seven, AKA Greenacres, the heavy gravity and magic starved world that humanity chose as its first colony. Eighteen years after the Vorsook war ended, young Craig is newly orphaned, a fugitive from trouble, and bound for Earth to take a legacy spot at College Arcane. With a scant hope of leaving his troubles behind him, Craig begins life on the home world at the same school his mother once attended. The same school that produced the most powerful witch ever—Declan O'Carroll—the Steward.

The fleet manages to catch the Squirrel responsible for the horrible things they've seen recently. That should be a good thing, shouldn't it? Turns out it's only the beginning of their troubles, as their journey to collect a bounty on him turns into an adventure. Follow along as Bob and the fleet get the best of the situation.

Brad Mendoza always wanted to be an admiral, but now that he’s been promoted, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it’s downright stressful. So when he flees his responsibilities to go chase down some slavers, he’s hoping for a nice, relaxing mission with his new wife and their ragtag crew. But the man they’re chasing isn’t who they think he is, and Brad and Jessica soon learn that they’re the prey, not the hunters. Now, Brad has to defeat an enemy who’s better armed, better funded, and deadset on killing him and the love of his life.

The team is back for more tales of friendship, action, and karate justice! This time on Morphinizin' Chroma Corps, the cruel galactic overlord known as Lord Evilface (pronounced Evil Fah-Chay) has been defeated, and Tanya, Jason's evil ex-girlfriend, is out of the picture. But our rangers just can't catch a break! Jason and the gang have been tasked to find a new host for the Gold Chroma Crystal before their new enemies can get their hands on it. Are you thinking what Jason's thinking? Time for a karate tournament to decide who's the most worthy!

In a near future, where even the smallest of appliances are sentient, a young Roomba vacuum sets out to save the humans of her house from a rising technological power in this compelling, original novel. In a self-running, smart house, a young and sentient Roomba listens as her owner, Harold...

Benvenuti nel terzo livello di Dungeon Crawler World: Terra. Benvenuti nella Città di Sopra, una megalopoli un tempo fiorente e ora devastata da una calamità misteriosa. Le sue strade, però, non sono deserte: tra le rovine si aggira un circo di non-morti, creature alate sorvegliano i cieli, dalle nuvole scende una pioggia di cadaveri, e un antico incantesimo sta per abbattersi su ogni cosa.

One captain, one alien sidekick, and a galaxy full of trouble and punchlines. Fresh off his promotion by his childhood hero, Geddy's celebration is cut short when he discovers his girlfriend has been kidnapped and his crew has vanished. Talk about a rough first day on the job. As Geddy races...

This new story continues after the discovery that one of the latest refugees they rescued is, in fact, a Pirate Princess. Only, what exactly does that mean? They travel to the aliens’ homeworld, only to find that they are living weapons. After surviving that adventure, they head to a new location they learned about from the pirates. One that features not just one new alien species, but two. One seems to be a peaceful herbivore; the other is a planet full of werewolves with a 1900-level of technology. Are any of them what they initially seem to be? Will Chloe ever get the vacation she ...

They built him to take out their trash. Turns out they're next. Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" — he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping. He could disappear quietly. He could play it safe. He could, for once in his miserable existence, do the sensible thing. But he doesn't. He never does.

With the world in ruins and humanity on the brink of extinction, T.E.D.D. has one last chance to stop the Manager for good. As nuclear fallout spreads, MilBot armies march, and mutant Sloppers roam, T.E.D.D., ArachnoBot, and a ragtag band of humans launch a desperate assault on the Manager’s secret Arctic lair. Guarded by unseen technologies and horrors of unfathomable power, this mission demands everything. If T.E.D.D. fails, humanity ends — and the Manager rules forever.

Successful traders Jake and Nadine are ready for some well-deserved relaxation when they return to Delta. But the shocking news of Dashi’s death throws them both into turmoil. Who killed Dashi? How? Why? And most importantly, how are they going to punish them? Does Jake have the smarts to not only find the killer, but also punish them in a well deserved Jake fashion? And what about Nadine’s feelings – she keeps those sharp knives for a reason.

It's a dirty galaxy and someone has to clean it. Avoiding the wealthy inhabitants on the upper levels of Station Kelly Kornienko is bot-programmer Triana’s number one rule. Well, number two, right after "eat all the chocolate."

Carrie Hatchett’s been a dog walker, ice cream seller and birthdaygram girl—the clean kind. All she wants is a proper job. But Transgalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer isn’t what she had in mind. And neither is saving the galaxy.

Jeff leaves behind both a scandal-plagued venture capitalist career along with his estranged wife as he sets out to find out more about his deceased brother. He discovers more than he bargained for as he digs deep into his brother’s involvement in a secret government flying saucer program at a mysterious lab in Pasadena… which just so happens to be a distance driver’s throw to a disc golf course where a sultry Swedish hustler rules the holes.

**Abducted by aliens… by mistake.** Now he’s responsible for representing Earth. What could possibly go wrong? --- When mild-mannered accountant Nigel B. P. Whittaker is accidentally kidnapped instead of a world-famous astrophysicist, the last thing anyone expects is for him to become Earth’s official Intergalactic Ambassador. Especially Nigel. He has no qualifications. No diplomatic training. And absolutely no idea what he’s doing. What he *does* have… is an alarming knowledge of tax codes. And somehow— That turns out to be worse. **Welcome to a galaxy where:** ✔ Trade ...

The universe has a complaints department. Unfortunately, it’s still processing yours If you enjoy absurd sci-fi, dry wit, and bureaucratic nightmares that somehow feel a little too real… welcome to the worst office in existence. Arthur Denton is just a human clerk trying to survive his shift at the galaxy’s most dreaded institution: The Department of Interspecies Complaints. His job? Process 47,000 grievances from aliens, planets, concepts, and occasionally reality itself—before the universe collapses under the weight of unresolved paperwork. No pressure. Inside this hilariously ...

When Earth’s boldest inventor-aviator picks up a distress signal from the cloud-veiled wilds of Venus, there’s only one man reckless enough to answer it: Flash Morgan — millionaire rocket ace, part-time genius, full-time patriot, and living spokesman for “Democracy, Whiskey, and Football!” Armed with a chrome-plated rocket plane, experimental ray guns, and a smile bright enough to light the moons of Jupiter, Flash blasts off to liberate Venus from its iron-fisted warrior queen, its perfumed palace conspiracies, and its dangerously persuasive femme fatales. But Venus is no helpless...

She came to audit his budgets. He knew she’d find his secrets. Neither expected to uncover corporate sabotage—or fall in love. Budget analyst Talia Uniquel is terrible at her job, and everyone knows it. So when her powerful investor father sends her to audit the failing Kepler-896 space station, she’s convinced it’s another setup designed to prove she doesn’t belong. Enter Quaren, the station’s brilliant, obsessive alien supply officer, who’s been keeping the station operational through sheer stubbornness, creative accounting, and an unhealthy relationship with spreadsheets. ...

Un ardiente romance de ciencia ficción en una estación del espacio profundo apenas funcional, con el caos de un gruñón y un rayo de sol, proximidad forzada y un doctor alienígena que para nada se apuntó a tener sentimientos. Rhonda Sturgeon es una oficial de cumplimiento con una precisión obsesivo-compulsiva, enviada a Kepler-896 para catalogar infracciones, emitir citaciones y —si es necesario— cerrar todo ese desastre. Cree en las reglas, el orden y las salidas de emergencia debidamente etiquetadas. El Dr. Orris, el huraño director médico alienígena, cree en la atención al ...

Una antropóloga perfeccionista solo quiere estudiar la cultura alienígena. ¿El sujeto que le asignaron? Un paria gruñón y sin marca que se niega a cooperar —y que la tienta a abandonar su datapad, romper todas las reglas y descubrir qué tan poco profesional puede llegar a ser la investigación. La Dra. Josephine Bono llega a la Estación Kepler decidida a demostrar su valía ante sus famosos padres. Su misión: documentar la integración cultural de Melian, un trabajador de mantenimiento un tanto rudo. ¿Simple, verdad? Para nada. Él es todo fibra, de ángulos marcados y con un ...

Un guerrero alienígena gruñón y curtido en batalla encuentra a la horma de su zapato: una intrépida y alegre científica y sus «mortales» bolas de pelo del tamaño de un hámster. Él está seguro de que son peligrosas. Ella está segura de que él necesita terapia. Hasta que la proximidad forzada convierte la hostilidad en pasión, y esas sesiones nocturnas en el laboratorio se vuelven muy poco profesionales. Nancy sabía que la Estación Kepler sería un lugar rudo, pero no esperaba que su compañero asignado fuera Liago, un guerrero alienígena hipervigilante que con solo ver sus ...

Una botánica radiante irrumpe en el mundo de un alienígena gruñón en la estación espacial más destartalada de la galaxia. Se supone que él debería odiar su optimismo, entonces, ¿por qué no puede mantenerse alejado? Jenna llega a la Estación Kepler esperando un prestigioso puesto de investigación. En su lugar, se encuentra con pasillos oxidados, una IA que funciona mal y un trabajador de mantenimiento alienígena devastadoramente atractivo que gruñe en lugar de hablar. Kregan es pura piel azul, miradas melancólicas y unos bíceps que le hacen olvidar sus muestras de plantas. ...

1378. Evaso dalla prigione in cui il re d'Aragona lo aveva fatto rinchiudere, Eymerich raggiunge Roma, dove papa Gregorio XI sta morendo, e si trova alle prese con un fantasma che gli è identico. In un'epoca più prossima alla nostra, ma futura, la repubblica di Catalogna è l'unico Stato europeo che si è mantenuto neutrale in un conflitto mondiale devastante. Vi trova rifugio lo scienziato Marcus Frullifer, portatore di teorie capaci di sconvolgere la fisica e la nozione di tempo. In un futuro lontanissimo, l'umanità si sta evolvendo in qualcosa d'altro.

This is the story of Captain Space Hardcore and his trusty manservant Ebeneezer Funkworthy, who find themselves tangled up in the Machiavellian power games of the Royal court of Aplubia: an alien culture who are as averse to breaded goods as they are to non-intrigue!

A Deadly World Awaits. The Bwetnibs consider Proxima Centauri b a vacation spot. Predators with toxic venom? What's not to like? Buddy is happy to bring his friends along. Anthony Bell is the first person to walk on an extraplanetary biome. The local fauna is unimpressed, though he does look delicious. Proxima Station Saga, Book Two