Fiction - Satire

In an earlier century, Queen Victoria made a Faustian bargain, signing London and all its souls away to a nefarious, inhuman entity. Now, generations later, the bill has finally come due. . . . An amiable, unambitious London file clerk, Henry Lamb leads an...

The Henchman Training Academy, now there's a good idea.After Matt's latest screw-up, the Henchman Training Academy seems to be the best idea he's had to date since being employed as a Henchman-and his saving grace, keeping his spot on the DMF Team . ....

When magic's in the air, anything is possible...Jo Milligan's café - A Bit of Crumpet - is her pride and joy. But icing cakes and baking pastries in the sleepy Scottish village of Cranley isn't hitting the sweet spot.Jo longs for some excitement in...

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeA Phenomenal Book Club Pick "A great and engrossing read, Kashana humanizes a way of life that is often made fun of and makes the reader understand why someone would go to such great lengths to...

Afghanistan falls, and Americans and their animals are left behind. After some owners flee and others are beheaded, fourteen animals journey from Kabul toward freedom under the banner of No Paws Left Behind, led by BB the Tibetan Mastiff, Rae the Afghan hound, their...

When case officer Victor Caro arrives in Rome for his retirement tour, he and his family anticipate a three-year joy ride filled with good food, even better wine, and all the cultural wonders the Eternal City has to offer. But when Russia's intelligence services...

Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor "[T]his poised and playful debut novel is a sly satire on foodie culture and the modern hype machine. . . . As tart as 'artisanal citrus, ' as sharp as a chef's knife, The Lemon is...

Abducted by Victor Hartley in the middle of a riot, aspiring writer Paul Soloway becomes a reluctant hero at the center of a racial maelstrom. By the author of The Liberty Campaign.Author: Jonathan DeeISBN-10: 038550750XISBN-13: 9780385507509Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/05/2002Pages: 348Format: PaperbackWeight:...

In the Malvoir Valley, a little-known corner of England, an elderly woman wills her landed estate to her middle-aged niece and rich, Californian husband, instead of passing it to her grandson. In need of even more cash to fund their lifestyles, the new landowners...

Flannery Culp wants you to know the whole story of her spectacularly awful senior year. Tyrants, perverts, tragic crushes, gossip, cruel jokes, and the hallucinatory effects of absinthe -- Flannery and the seven other friends in the Basic Eight have suffered through it all....

The story of Enfilade takes place in less than twenty- four hours. However, the gist of this shaggy dog story coveys a lot more. It is the tale of a naive second lieutenant's first day in Vietnam. There is a lot for the young...

The story of Enfilade takes place in less than twenty- four hours. However, the gist of this shaggy dog story coveys a lot more. It is the tale of a naive second lieutenant's first day in Vietnam. There is a lot for the young...

"The master at his quirky, provocative best."--Cosmopolitan Deadeye Dick is Kurt Vonnegut's funny, chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence. Amid a true Vonnegutian host of horrors--a double murder, a fatal dose of radioactivity, a decapitation, an annihilation of a city by a...

"The finest introduction to Barbara Pym" (The New York Times): a hilarious comedy of manners by the shrewdly observant British novelist often compared to Jane Austen One of Barbara Pym's richest and most amusing high comedies, Excellent Women has at its center Mildred Lathbury,...

Love, lies, and eco-anxiety - an irresistible satire about finding balance in a chaotic worldThirtysomething Cara Foster is, one might say, eco-anxious-perhaps even eco-neurotic. She eats out of dumpsters (not because she wants to but because it's the right thing to do), does laundry...

Since its debut, the internet's most trusted source for Mennonite satire has drawn the attention of everyone from the Canadian Prairies to the high-rises of New York, keeping readers laughing with hundreds of hysterical headlines and tongue-in-cheek editorials where (almost) no topic is off-limits....

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world--featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal. Fox 8 has always been known as...

"Follow the adventures of a news-photographer-turned-private-eye as he seeks truth, justice, and an affair with his ex-wife" (The New York Times) in this hilarious caper from bestselling author Carl Hiaasen. R. J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye,...

Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a...

From the provocative writer and filmmaker Virginie Despentes comes volume one of her acclaimed trilogy of novels, Vernon Subutex--short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize and the basis for the TV series of the same name. But who is Vernon Subutex? Vernon Subutex was...

" Vonnegut] at his wildest best."--The New York Times Book Review Eliot Rosewater--drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation--is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. God...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARDFINALIST FOR THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARD IN FICTIONA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Allegra Hyde's seductive first novel tackles the big stuff of climate change and the more intimate matter of heartbreak with grace. Indeed,...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An unbelievable debut, one that announces a new and necessary American voice."--New York Times Book ReviewThe acclaimed debut collection from the author of Chain Gang All Stars; a piercingly raw and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it's like...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book * Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, TIME, and Marie Claire "A manifesto to happiness--the one found when you stop running from who you are." -New York Times Book Review "An extraordinary...

A gloriously eccentric fantasy by the "most profound writer of what we call horror stories." -Peter StraubAuthor: Robert AickmanISBN-10: 1913505200ISBN-13: 9781913505202Publisher: And Other StoriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/11/2022Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.20dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 11/22/2021Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2022Booklist 01/12/2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A mad scientist's concoction of teen detectives, H. P. Lovecraft, and a love of Americana, this is a story filled with rich horror, thrilling twists, outright hilarity, and surprising poignancy. "While this is obviously an ode to Scooby Doo......

THE FIRST RULE about fight club is you don't talk about fight club.Every weekend, in the basements and parking lots of bars across the country, young men with whitecollar jobs and failed lives take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded...

NOW AVAILABLE: The 75th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by T饌 Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel--a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM! "All animals are equal, but some animals are...

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 original radio show on which...

Station Eleven meets Office Space when desk workers become trapped in an office complex as a global catastrophe unfolds outside. The Temps combines apocalyptic and workplace satire when a small group of survivors bands together in the wreckage of their company to discover the...

Named one of the GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS of the last 100 years by The Atlantic The 50th anniversary edition of the classic, freewheeling novel by one of the most iconic satirists of our time--now with a new introduction by the author. "Mumbo Jumbo is...

A "soaring, dazzling novel" (The New York Times), Mirra Ginsburg's critically-acclaimed translation of one of the most important and best-loved modern classics in world literatureThe Master and Margarita has been captivating readers around the world ever since its first publication in 1967. Written during...

This hilarious new novel by America's best-selling cowboy poet, Baxter Black, offers a funny, fast-paced inside look at the lives of rodeo cowboys and the women they love--or that they want to love. Cooney Bedlam is a saddle bronc rider and bull rider who...

A deftly satirical masterpiece about a man and a country caught in a violent clash between sanity and madness Policarpo Quaresma--fastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionary--is a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland. Yet somehow each...

Iwanna, the only thing eternal about these questions is damnation.-Dante AlighieriIwanna, you have too many references to the hand of god, the great wisdom traditions, etc., etc., etc. You are a boob, Iwanna. THERE IS NO GOD. GOT IT? NONE!-Friedrich Nietzsche, a None not...

We all know it's not easy being a 21st century middle-aged, well-educated American with a decent job, no major health issues, no legal or financial problems, and plenty of family and friends. But most of us are pretty short on details. What exactly are...

Jameela Green only has one wish. To see her memoir on the New York Times bestseller list. When her dream doesn't come true, she seeks spiritual guidance at her local mosque. New imam and recent immigrant Ibrahim Sultan is appalled by Jameela's shallowness, but...

75th Anniversary Edition--Includes a New Introduction by T饌 Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel--a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." A farm is taken over by...

Kurt Vonnegut's masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five is "a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century" (Time). Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time - One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. "A seminal book." --The Washington Post One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels...

A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire...

Kurt Vonnegut's masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five is "a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century" (Time). Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time - One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of...

"Jenny Mollen's City of Likes is a propulsive story of motherhood, social media, and obsession-and the ways we can lose ourselves in each. A delightful blend of social commentary, dark humor, and good old-fashioned suspense that I devoured in two days." --Emily Henry, #1...

Maybe it's the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma's offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance."A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics...

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A brilliant literary murder mystery." --Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." --Annie Proulx In a remote...

A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (The New York Times Book Review).WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZENational BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2017A Washington Post Top...

"Marvelous . . . Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable."--The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his...

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - "A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it's the wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to." --MARIE...

" Kurt Vonnegut's] best book . . . He dares not only ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it."--EsquireNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous...

75th Anniversary Edition--Includes a New Introduction by T a Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel--a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than...