Social Satire

#1 New York Times bestseller! In this unforgettable collection of essays, acclaimed humorist David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling...

What does it take to change the world? The “epic adventure” (Booklist) of a band of unlikely heroes on a quest to save one innocent life who may end up saving us all. For decades, Judge Margot Burr-Nadir has worked tirelessly, case by case, to administer justice from the federal bench of the...

The Forsyte Saga chronicles the ebbing social power of the upper-middle-class Forsyte family through three generations, beginning in Victorian London during the 1880s and ending in the early 1920s. The saga begins with Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor who buys land at Robin Hill on which...

Can You Forgive Her? is the first of the six Palliser novels. Here Trollope examines parliamentary election and marriage, politics and privacy. As he dissects the Victorian upper class, issues and people shed their pretenses under his patient, ironic probe. Alice Vavasor cannot decide whether to...

Shy, observant, and quietly resilient, Fanny Price steps into a world of privilege that never fully welcomes her—until everything depends on what she sees and believes. This refreshed edition of Mansfield Park is adapted for modern readers with clean, consistent formatting, contemporary typography, and lightly clarified language. Austen’s wit, dialogue, and narrative voice are carefully preserved while archaic expressions and confusing punctuation are gently smoothed, making the story more accessible without losing its classic charm. Set in the refined drawing rooms and sweeping grounds...

"Sedaris is a remarkably skilled storyteller and savvy essayist ... And based on this collection, he's getting only better." —Los Angeles Times A guy walks into a bar car and ... From here the story could take many turns. When the guy is legendary essayist David Sedaris, the possibilities are...

'So good. I read it in two days… I could not stop… So many twists and turns…This is one to read for sure!!' ★★★★★ In a family built on lies, what happens when the truth comes out? Bukola Obanile’s 60th birthday party is the hottest ticket in town. But champagne isn’t all that...

Zoey is Too Drunk for This Dystopia is the latest installment in New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin's thrilling Zoey Ashe sci-fi series. Zoey Ashe wakes up every day feeling like she’s trying to steer a battleship while tied to the propeller. The twenty-three-year-old heiress to a...

“Genius ... It is miraculous to read these pieces ... You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned...

"Narrated with wry undertones by Helen Laser... [who] takes Clo’s wry and self-injurious attitude and makes her relatable instead of unlikeable. [Laser] can fluidly vacillate from the “showhorse” privileged voice of Davis to the “workhorses” like Clo who endure dysmorphia and private...

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe, and no cow is sacred. With the legendary essayist’s signature biting wit, this collection skewers family dysfunction, awkward childhood memories, and the absurdities of modern life. A do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery...

A hilarious, live-recorded audiobook for newcomers and long-time Sedaris fans alike, packed with the acclaimed humorist’s signature biting wit and social commentary. If you were lucky enough to have caught a performance on David Sedaris's 2009 sold-out, 34-city tour, you already know that...

"This is gory and brutal and beautiful and painful and terrifying and a pure delight." —Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author “Leede’s words and narrator Sosie Bacon’s voice imbue Maeve with thought-provoking realism and earnestness, even as her violent acts become more...

There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, David Sedaris's observations turn outward: a fight between two...

Trapped in the clutches of a Zombie apocalypse, the City of Chicago, the murder capital of the U.S., unleashes the ultimate weapon, capitalism, by paying $1,000 for every Re-Killed Zombie brought to city hall, ushering in "The Great Zombie Gold Rush". Zombies never have a chance in a world where people realize 75 Zombies pays off their student loans, 40 Zombies buys them a Tesla, 5 Zombies wipes out their Visa debt...

A must-listen, live-recorded audiobook for newcomers and die-hard Sedaris fans alike, packed with the acclaimed humorist’s signature wit and social commentary. Bestselling essayist David Sedaris likes to test out his new material on nationwide reading tours to get the rhythm and phrasing...

Bestselling author and acclaimed entertainer Steve Martin examines the glamour and the subterfuge of the fine art world in in this captivating satirical novel. "Extremely entertaining." —The New York Times Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the New York City art...

Campbell Flynn, art historian, professor, and fêted fixture of the literati, always knew that when his life came crashing down, it would happen in public—yet he never imagined that a single year in London would expose so much. He’s never taken other people half as seriously as they take themselves, which is the first of his mistakes. The second is a new project: opportunistic and precisely calibrated to rake in a fortune.

A terribly funny and lovably louche novel about five friends growing older, if not always up, from Andrew Martin, author of Early Work and Cool for America. “All four narrator performances are consistently humorous, real, and winning." — Kirkus (Earphones Award Winner) This program features...

When a Republican party wins the General Election, they strip the royal family of everything and send them to live on a housing estate in the Midlands. Exchanging caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the...