Absurdist Comedy

“A propulsive, madcap story” (The New York Times) about a salaryman who decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper after a botched suicide attempt. "An outstanding writer not only of Japan, but of the world." —The Atlantic After salaryman Hanio...

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 ...

What if the world’s not ending, it’s just having an allergic reaction to itself? Step into the wings of the Apollo Theatre with Reggie Porter, the most dangerous man in British comedy (according to Zara, his manager, and possibly MI5). With a biro, a Greggs leaflet, and six pages of forbidden insight, Reggie isn’t just doing a set, he’s detonating sacred cows one punchline at a time. From gay frogs to £6 cheddar, from God to oat milk, The Gig is not a short story, not a manifesto, and definitely not safe for anyone still clinging to certainty. It’s a stand-up sermon. A comic ...

From “weird, scary, ingenious” (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and “laugh-out-loud funny” (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of...

Four skeletons wake up in the living world with one inconvenient problem: they're already dead. Sam can't stop losing his body parts. Nate still mourns his liver. Jon wants to lop off a head or three. Ned would rather crawl back into his grave and stay there. Unfortunately, being dead doesn't stop life from happening. Their first quest? Finding breakfast. Never mind that every bite falls straight through their ribcages. After that comes robbing travelers for their clothes, terrifying the townsfolk, crunching apples they can't taste, and one increasingly ridiculous adventure after another as...

Surprise, you’re dead! This hilarious and moving novel follows a couple forced into unthinkable challenges when, after dying in a plane crash, they find themselves in the lowest tier of heaven, filled with laughter and dread, fear and acceptance, and family bonds even death can't break...

“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word.” —Carl Hiassen “[Moore’s novels] deftly blend surreal, occult, and even science-fiction doings with laugh-out-loud satire of contemporary culture.” —Washington Post “If there’s a funnier writer out...

The ""compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny"" (Boston Globe) Tim Dorsey returns with an insanely entertaining tale in which the inimitable Serge A. Storms sees dead people and investigates a creepy urban myth that may be all too real. Though another devastating hurricane is raking Florida...

"A boldly imaginative SF epic that mixes rousing action with plangent psychological depth." —Kirkus Reviews ⚠ WARNING: This book contains multiple graphic depictions of face-melting guitar solos. As the solos exceed the number of faces you own, reader discretion is advised. Sam Stonewell captains a stripped-down colony ship, still paying off a 250-year mortgage his ancestors signed betting the bank couldn't outlive Earth. They were wrong. But today, he finally clears the debt. Today is also the day he meets Kingsley, who hires him for a truly absurd job: find the thieves who stole his ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series comes a hilarious and high-octane adult novel about a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated life in the bayous of Louisiana—and the raucous adventures that ensue when he crosses paths with a...

All Opal Slepecki wants is loyalty. But when her badly behaved friends refuse to kill her, it's impossible to feel loved. It's been eighteen agonizing hours since she asked them to help her die. Now, it's gone quiet. The brash pill-popper. The shameless exhibitionist. The quiet beauty. She knew the request would be jarring, awkward even, but these women have weathered worse. Haven't they?

Annabell Pearson came to Guantanamo Bay to teach physics, not to stand trial for killing an iguana. But when Henry, the island's beloved protected iguana, dies after colliding with Annabell's bicycle, she finds herself charged with hit-and-run homicide. Annabell becomes trapped in a media firestorm fueled by conspiracy theories, outrageous witnesses, the notoriety of Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, and Michelle Gunner, an ambitious reporter determined to turn the bizarre case into national news. STRAIGHT OUT OF GITMO is a witty, outrageous satire about fame, outrage, and the absurdity of modern ...

Obsessed by what they are certain is the impending apocalypse, a mismatched trio set off on a globetrotting road-trip in the latest feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. In the fading days of...

When one man becomes the chosen deity of a church, it's all fun and games . . . until it interferes with his fishing time. After months of sticking his head in the sand—sometimes literally—Fischer is finally ready to learn the secrets of the Kallis Realm . . . just in time for some of his...

Captain Hugo Gabriel should be remembered as one of history's greatest explorers. Instead, he's on trial for what may or may not be the worst expedition ever attempted. In 1905, Gabriel set out to conquer Antarctica with a crew of questionable talent, zero preparation, and an unshakable belief in his own greatness. What followed was a catastrophic journey of infighting, hallucinations, exploding motorcars, a deeply unwise deal with a mad doctor about resurrection, and a fundamental misunderstanding of how exploration actually works. They battled the cold. They battled each other. They ...

An explosive, jaw-dropping debut about a woman who loses her job as an oil company CEO after she’s filmed having sex with a tree in her sleep, a calamity that unravels her mind, spiraling her through history until she’s united with a centuries-old coven of ecstatically revolutionary women...

“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.” —Carl Hiaasen The undead rise again in Bite Me, the third book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore’s wonderfully twisted vampire saga. Joining his farcical gems Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck...

A picaresque tale of how one person's actions can have far-reaching—even global—consequences, from the author of the bestselling novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Poor and...

A (Serge A.) Storm is brewing for a cabal of bad guys gaming the Florida state lottery in this insanely funny novel from the maestro of mayhem, Tim Dorsey. If you’re loud and proud Floridian Serge A. Storms, how do you follow up your very own remake of Easy Rider? You shoot your own...

“Dorsey differs from writers such as Carl Hiassen, James Hall, and Elmore Leonard…These guys fire bullets. Dorsey makes sure his gun is filled with hollow-point.” —Sarasota Herald Tribune Readers who can’t get enough of lovable serial killer Serge A. Storms can rejoice. He’s back in...