Funny Space

When petty criminal Cal Carver is locked in a cell with a deranged, semi-naked cannibal, he suspects his life has hit its lowest point. He is mistaken. Abducted by aliens and whisked across the galaxy, Cal is thrown into a team of misfits and criminals and sent on a top secret mission for the president of Space. And that's when everything starts to go very, very wrong....

One drunk night. One dating quiz. One very grumpy alien husband. Harper Valdez thought she was taking a joke personality quiz. She woke up on an alien planet, matched to a seven-foot blue commander who looks at her like she's a math problem he can't solve. Commander Vyrak wanted a proper Vraxian mate. Instead, he got a sarcastic human in taco pajamas who argues with him, breaks every cultural rule, and accidentally proposes to him twice in the first week. They have thirty days to dissolve the match. The only problem? His tail keeps reaching for her. Her heart keeps racing when he's near. ...

In an alternate America, JFK survived—and didn’t just win the Space Race. He never stopped. Now it’s 1972, and JFK’s ever-expanding space empire is ripping holes in space-time itself—erasing people, places, and entire histories from existence. The only ones who might be able to stop him? Nancy Kranick (Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne), a former moon nurse lying low in Hoboken, New Jersey… and Richard Nixon, tangled in a conspiracy so bizarre it stretches from the Moon to a Shakey’s Pizza to a parallel-universe Watergate.

A New York Times bestselling series. Tensions are running high when multi-billionaire Lars Sjoburg is poisoned and everyone is looking to Dash Gibson to solve the case in this third and final book in the New York Times bestselling Moon Base Alpha series. Moon Base Alpha was supposed to be an...

I never dreamed of becoming a galactic special agent...or did I? Tom Reynolds and his younger brother Johnny finally have their own spaceship. Unfortunately, they also have mounting repair bills, a talent for attracting disasters, and COSMO—the galaxy's most aggressively unhelpful robot, who hates humans in general and Tom and Johnny in particular. When the Galactic Authority approaches them with an offer they can't refuse, the brothers find themselves recruited for a top-secret operation: help capture Kaz Vorr, one of the most dangerous criminals in known space. The brothers know Kaz all...

My robot hates me. Sadly, he's the only competent member of the crew. When Johnny convinces his older brother Tom to invest their life savings in a secondhand starship, he promises adventure, profit, and the chance to finally see the galaxy. The seller swears it's in top condition. As it turns out, the seller has a flexible relationship with the truth. The ship has questionable wiring, unreliable engines, and a navigation system that treats coordinates as friendly suggestions. Worst of all, it comes with a complimentary onboard robot named COSMO—who hates humans, hates space, and ...

Hi. My name is Jack, and I’m a 400-kilogram combat android. The Hegemony built me to hunt down rebels, crush resistance, and kill anyone stupid enough to stand in my way, so naturally, I joined the rebels. It made sense at the time. Have you ever heard of Sean Robins? Neither had I. Then someone informed me that apparently he’s my creator. Yes. Imagine my disappointment. I’m a two-meter-tall, 400-kilogram killing machine capable of tearing armored soldiers apart with my bare hands, and my creator turns out to be a nerdy English teacher from a country that doesn’t even exist in my ...

The alien invasion was the least of anybody's problems. Out of the blue, a strange alien mothership appears in the sky. At first, it just hangs there, making no apparent attempts to communicate with the people of Earth. But pretty soon the White House is a hole in the ground, and glowing translucent spheres are abducting people from the streets. In order to avert further disaster, Satan, former King on Hell but now exiled on Earth, teams up with his best buddy and travel back to Hell to get a piece of tech that could send the aliens packing. But little do they know that the aliens, the ...

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 ...

An alien cat turned me into a superweapon. I was homeless on the streets of Third York when it happened. Then the military arrived and gave me a choice. Enlist or die. The next thing I knew, I was fighting giant robots at the Xenoforce Academy's boot camp. Figuring out superpowers and energy levels was hard enough, but I had to deal with a mind-reading alien princess, a team of gorgeous women, and a femme fatale in charge of the whole operation. Oh, and a galactic conspiracy is threatening all of humanity. It's up to me and my new feline friend to set things right. A civil war's brewing on ...

It’s a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author of Belly Up and Spy School that The New York Times Book Review called “a delightful and brilliantly constructed middle grade thriller.” Like his fellow lunarnauts—otherwise known as...

The Hegemony built Jack to crush rebellions. So naturally, he joined one. Six months after joining the rebellion on Diesl’Haal, Jack is no longer just a Series-9 autonomous combat unit with too many weapons and not enough social skills. He has comrades. A cause. A family. And the rebels are winning. Convoys burn. Supply lines collapse. Occupied cities fall. The Hegemony is losing its grip on Diesl’Haal, and Jack is becoming the rebellion’s most dangerous symbol. Then the empire reminds everyone why victory isn't the same thing as survival. The Judicator is a six-kilometer dreadnought ...

You can’t liberate a galaxy without breaking a few warships. Five hundred years ago, I was one of the most powerful warships ever built. Then I murdered my crew, destroyed the fleet I was supposed to protect, massacred sixty thousand civilians, and became the monster parents used to frighten their children. Bit of a reputational setback. Now I’m awake again, I have a new crew, and I’ve made them a promise: the Dominion will never take their freedom. There is, admittedly, a small logistical problem: the Dominion has hundreds of warships. So I’ve decided to steal theirs. What follows ...

Superweapon stud? That's what the doctor ordered. The Beastmasters are dwindling. The Mekanics are growing bolder. Everyone's desperate for the next magic bullet. With no more Chimerics arriving, there's only one way to make more Beastmasters. Me. I'm not against making baby Beastmasters with the hotties on my squad. The problem is that they're not telling me everything. The last time they tried this, things got pretty ugly... All hell's breaking loose. Secrets are spilling left and right. Even my alien cat Zoe can't keep all the facts straight. And everyone wants a piece of me. There's ...

USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Thorne delights in a brand new cozy science-fiction romance series for fans of Martha Wells. "[Dylan Reilly] Fitzpatrick voices Moss's chapters with meticulous articulation and bitter sarcasm, perfect for the organic computing system. [Natalie] Naudus voices...

The last gas station in the Milky Way was supposed to be quiet. Then an alien battleship pulled up to the pump. For nineteen years, Earl Vickers has run Last Chance Fuel & Sundries at the edge of civilized space, where the customers are scarce, the coffee is hot, and Pump Three is usually broken. Earl likes it that way. Then an enormous warship emerges from hyperspace, damaged, running low on fuel, and very far from home. The aliens want Earl to fill it up. There's just one problem. They can't pay. Before Earl can figure out what to do about a four-million-credit fuel bill, the human navy ...

I never believed in UFOs—until I found one in my backyard… Alex is just a normal guy who works at a computer repair shop and dreams away his life. That is, until one day, he literally stumbles across a hidden spaceship. Together with his best friends, Joey and Lucy, he explores the vessel. They find the pilot dead, but the sentient ship AI is very much alive—and she needs their help. The friends decide to embark on an adventure into the unknown. Soon, they find themselves on a crazy ride through space, facing aliens, pirates, smugglers, and humorless space authorities… Will Alex and...

The debt is heavy. The gravity is heavier. Russ has spent a lifetime scraping by on the Outer Rim, teaching his daughter Miri that survival is the only law that matters. They're not heroes—they're scavengers, turning the galaxy's junk into just enough credits to keep flying. But the debt keeps climbing, and small scores don't cut it anymore. So Russ bets their fuel reserves on a rumor: a migration of gas-filled leviathans drifting through the toxic canyons of Claim 401. It's restricted. It's hostile. It's possibly illegal. But one good harvest could clear their ledger for good. The plan ...

Boldly going wherever common sense gave up Commander Lyra Starling never meant to lead a reverse-harem of humanoid Meerkats into battle, but fate (and very bad paperwork) had other plans. Now she’s juggling three boyfriends with claws, a divine AI gone rogue, cocaine-addicted hedgehogs, and drag-queen squirrels who can out-glitter the gods. Across three gloriously unhinged adventures — Brave New Harem, Do Androids Dream of Sexy Meerkats?, and Missionary Impossible — Lyra and her furry disaster squad will save the universe, ruin diplomacy, and prove that true love doesn’t need logic,...

Calvin wasn't supposed to be on a spaceship. He definitely wasn't supposed to be heading to Venus. But when you're nine years old, brilliant at hiding, and have a dog like Pudge, anything is possible. Join Calvin and Pudge as they accidentally stow away on Starhopper 9, meet a crew of quirky space travelers, and discover the greatest surprise of all—friendly aliens who wave back. With pancakes, paw prints, and peanut butter medals along the way, this out-of-this-world adventure will leave young readers laughing, wide-eyed, and ready for more. Perfect for ages 5–12, Deep Space Trouble is...