Humor genre books (68)



52.

The Bus Driver who Wanted to be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
"Warped & wonderful short stories"--Cover.

53.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare, whose plays still rank as the greatest dramas ever produced in the English language four centuries after they were written. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare collects all thirty-seven of the immortal Bard's comedies, tragedies, and historical plays in a beautiful edition. This volume also features Shakespeare's complete poetry, including the sonnets. With this beautiful edition, you can enjoy Shakespeare's end... continue

54.

The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Moldova flag Moldova
Description:
A scathing satire and a tragicomic look at the poorest - and drunkest - country in Europe.

55.

The History of a Difficult Child by Mihret Sibhat EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Ethiopia flag Ethiopia
Description:
"A tragicomic family saga set in a small Ethiopian town following the 1974 socialist revolution, told from the perspective of the youngest daughter of a large, formerly land-owning family, who contends with bullies, poverty, and a dictatorship with humor and a refusal to be silenced"--

56.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams EN

Rating: 4 (11 votes)
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • 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 Great American Read It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien. After that, things get much, much worse. W... continue

57.

The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine : A Novel by Alina Bronsky EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
“In this acidly funny novel” of life in Soviet Russia, “a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience” (The New Yorker). A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A German Book Award Finalist A Huffington Post and Wall Street Journal Favorite Read of the Year When Rosa Achmetowna discovers that her seventeen-year-old daughter, Sulfia, is pregnant, she tries every bizarre home remedy there is to thwart the pregnancy. But despite her best efforts, the baby girl Aminat is born—and immediately wins Rosa’s heart. The dark-eyed Aminat is a Tartar through and thro... continue

58.

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson EN

Rating: 4 (9 votes)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
On his 100th birthday Allan Karlsson makes his escape from the old people's home and embarks on an unlikely and momentous adventure.

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The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter by J. S. Drangsholt EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
"A neurotic Norwegian mother of three small children and an overworked literature professor with an overactive imagination, Ingrid feels like her life's always on the brink of chaos. Forced to join an academic mission to Saint Petersburg to promote international cooperation, Ingrid finds herself at a crossroads while drinking too much cough syrup"--

60.

The Rosie Effect : A Novel by Graeme Simsion EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
"The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Rosie Project, starring the same extraordinary couple now living in New York and unexpectedly expecting their first child. Get ready to fall in love all over again. Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back. The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge because-- surprise!--Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best... continue