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  • Fight Club by Palahniuk, Chuck
    Chuck Palahniuk

    Fight Club

    Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation's most visionary satirist in this, his first book. Fight Club's estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in...
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  • The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Mikhail
    Mikhail Bulgakov

    The Master and Margarita

    "A soaring, dazzling novel" (New York Times), the acclaimed, bestselling translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterwork, an undisputed classic of Russian and world literature. An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the...
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  • Presidential Conversations by Corey, George S.
    George S. Corey

    Presidential Conversations

    The paperback edition of Presidential Conversations features a new Introduction and updated material by the author. Spanning more than two centuries of the American presidency-from George Washington to Joe Biden-Presidential Conversations features a rough-riding Teddy Roosevelt, a sax-playing Bill Clinton, a time-traveling Donald Trump...
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  • Satan Burger (20th Anniversary Edition) by Mellick, Carlton, III
    Carlton III Mellick

    Satan Burger (20th Anniversary Edition)

    Satan Burger explores a new kind of apocalypse. Not an apocalypse caused by disease or nuclear war, but an apocalypse of boredom. A plague of monotony has spread across the countryside, sucking all passion and out of everyone over the age of twenty-five, leaving...
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  • Don Quixote by De Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel
    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

    Don Quixote

    Complete and unabridged, Don Quixote is the epic tale of the man from La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Their picaresque adventures in the world of seventeenth-century Spain form the basis of one of the great treasures of Western literature. In a...
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  • Rachel to the Rescue by Lipman, Elinor
    Elinor Lipman

    Rachel to the Rescue

    "Readers who are hungry for heartwarming comedy and spicy D.C. gossip will find Lipman's new novel absolutely delicious."--New York Times Book Review A mischievous political satire, with a delightful cast of characters, from one of America's funniest novelists.Rachel Klein is sacked from her job...
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  • Too Loud a Solitude by Hrabal, Bohumil
    Bohumil Hrabal

    Too Loud a Solitude

    A short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, called "our very best writer today" by Milan Kundera, this eccentric romp celebrates the indestructability--against censorship and political oppression--of the written word. Too Loud a Solitude is a tender and funny story of Hanta--a man who...
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  • Fleishman Is in Trouble by Brodesser-Akner, Taffy
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner

    Fleishman Is in Trouble

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST - "A masterpiece" (NPR) about marriage, divorce, and the bewildering dynamics of ambition Now an Emmy Award-nominated FX limited series on Hulu, starring Claire Danes, Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, and Adam BrodyONE OF THE TEN...
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  • Seating Arrangements by Shipstead, Maggie
    Maggie Shipstead

    Seating Arrangements

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - The irresistible story of a summer New England wedding weekend gone awry--a deliciously biting satirical glimpse into the lives of the well-bred and ill-behaved, from the New York Times bestselling author of...
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  • Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel; 50th Anniversary Edition by Vonnegut, Kurt
    Kurt Vonnegut

    Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel; 50th Anniversary Edition

    A special fiftieth anniversary edition of Kurt Vonnegut's masterpiece, "a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century" (Time), featuring a new introduction by Kevin Powers, author of the National Book Award finalist The Yellow Birds Selected by the...
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  • Slapstick or Lonesome No More! by Vonnegut, Kurt
    Kurt Vonnegut

    Slapstick or Lonesome No More!

    "Some of the best and most moving Vonnegut."--San Francisco Chronicle Slapstick presents an apocalyptic vision as seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States), a wickedly irreverent look at the all-too-possible results of today's follies....
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  • Something to Do with Paying Attention by Wallace, David Foster
    David Foster Wallace

    Something to Do with Paying Attention

    David Foster Wallace's last unfinished work, a wise and unexpected tour de force "using the IRS the way Borges used the library and Kafka used the law-courts building: as an analogy for the world." --John Jeremiah Sullivan, GQ When David Foster Wallace died in...
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  • Fake Accounts by Oyler, Lauren
    Lauren Oyler

    Fake Accounts

    A NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "An invigorating work, deadly precise in its skewering of people, places and things . . . Stylish, despairing and very funny, Fake Accounts...
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  • Fake Accounts by Oyler, Lauren
    Lauren Oyler

    Fake Accounts

    A NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "An invigorating work, deadly precise in its skewering of people, places and things . . . Stylish, despairing and very funny, Fake Accounts...
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  • The Strudlhof Steps: The Depth of the Years by Doderer, Heimito Von
    Heimito Von Doderer

    The Strudlhof Steps: The Depth of the Years

    The first English translation of an essential Austrian novel about life in early-twentieth-century Vienna, as seen through a wide and varied cast of characters.The Strudlhof Steps is an unsurpassed portrait of Vienna in the early twentieth century, a vast novel crowded with characters ranging...
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  • Player Piano by Vonnegut, Kurt
    Kurt Vonnegut

    Player Piano

    "A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future."--San Francisco Chronicle Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely...
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  • I Am a Cat by Natsume, Soseki
    Soseki Natsume

    I Am a Cat

    "A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action..." --The New Yorker Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's...
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  • Black Buck by Askaripour, Mateo
    Mateo Askaripour

    Black Buck: A Read with Jenna Pick

    A New York Times Bestseller A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize "Askaripour closes the deal on the first page of this mesmerizing novel, executing a high wire act full of verve and...
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  • The Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon, Thomas
    Thomas Pynchon

    The Crying of Lot 49

    One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels"A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force." -- San Francisco ExaminerThe Crying of Lot 49 is Thomas Pynchon's highly original classic satire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed...
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  • Tenth of December: Stories by Saunders, George
    George Saunders

    Tenth of December: Stories

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - NAMED ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND BUZZFEED - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS...
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  • Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Moore, Christopher
    Christopher Moore

    Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

    Everyone knows about the immaculate conception and the crucifixion. But what happened to Jesus between the manger and the Sermon on the Mount? In this hilarious and bold novel, the acclaimed Christopher Moore shares the greatest story never told: the life of Christ as...
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  • The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Ingelman-Sundberg, Catharina
    Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

    The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules

    #1 International BestsellerThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel meets The Italian Job in internationally-bestselling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's witty and insightful comedy of errors about a group of delinquent seniors whose desire for a better quality of life leads them to rob and ransom priceless artwork.Martha...
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  • White Noise: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Delillo, Don
    Don Delillo

    White Noise: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultra­modern offspring as they navigate the rocky...
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  • Crooked Smile by Sexton, Cody
    Cody Sexton

    Crooked Smile

    Henry Gallagher is going to die. His liver is failing and, with each drink, his chances of living past age thirty crumble around him. Over a chaotic two-year blur, he stumbles through inebriated nihilism, reveling in an unending parade of violence, blackouts, half-hearted AA...
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  • Mr. H.O.A.: A Romantic Comedy by Taylor, Carina
    Carina Taylor

    Mr. H.O.A.: A Romantic Comedy

    Author: Carina TaylorISBN-10: 8647868870ISBN-13: 9798647868879Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/05/2020Pages: 326Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d
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  • Sex and Death in Television Town by Mellick, Carlton, III
    Carlton III Mellick

    Sex and Death in Television Town

    A band of hermaphrodite gunslingers fight for their lives in a desert infested with crispy black demons. Along with a motley collection of survivors (including a sex-crazed female samurai modified to resemble a bipedal stegosaurus) they take refuge in the only safe haven left:...
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  • Young Visiters by Ashford, Daisy
    Daisy Ashford

    Young Visiters

    The Young Visiters is the book that started the schoolchild genre subsequently defined by 1066 and All That and Molesworth's various manuals such as Down with Skool and Whizz for Atoms. As with The Young Visiters, the grammar, the language and the authorial viewpoint...
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  • The House of Wonders: A Comic Tragedy from the Land of Prophets by Record, Kirby
    Kirby Record

    The House of Wonders: A Comic Tragedy from the Land of Prophets

    The House of Wonders is a mythic tale from the imaginary Kingdom of Ajayeeb, set in the Middle East. This book is a satirical depiction of the hypocrisies of government leaders --both Eurocentric and Middle Eastern--as they ruthlessly pursue their own interests at the...
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  • Paying Guests by Benson, E. F.
    E. F. Benson

    Paying Guests

    A delightful book for anybody familiar with Benson's work, full of all the usual light, wit and satirical caricatures that Benson does so well. This classic novel, originally published in 1929, is being republished here together with a new introductory biography of the author.Author:...
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  • Flatland by Abbott, Edwin A.
    Edwin A. Abbott

    Flatland

    This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new...
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  • White Noise: (Penguin Orange Collection) by Delillo, Don
    Don Delillo

    White Noise: (Penguin Orange Collection)

    The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film starring Adam Driver, Don Cheadle, and Greta GerwigWhite Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultra­modern offspring as they navigate the rocky...
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  • Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Howard, Jonathan L.
    Jonathan L. Howard

    Johannes Cabal the Necromancer

    The page-turning first novel in the charmingly gothic, fiendishly funny Faustian series about a brilliant scientist who makes a deal with the Devil, twice. - "The spot-on work of a talented writer." --The Denver Post Johannes Cabal sold his soul years ago in order...
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  • Pnin by Nabokov, Vladimir
    Vladimir Nabokov

    Pnin

    One of the best-loved of Nabokov's novels, Pnin features his funniest and most heart-rending character. Serialized in The New Yorker and published in book form in 1957, Pnin brought Nabokov both his first National Book Award nomination and hitherto unprecedented popularity. "Fun and satire...
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  • The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Mikhail
    Mikhail Bulgakov

    The Master and Margarita

    A masterful translation of one of the great novels of the 20th century Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgakov's crowning achievement, skilfully blending magical and realistic elements, grotesque...
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  • Noir by Moore, Christopher
    Christopher Moore

    Noir

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast...
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  • Fool by Moore, Christopher
    Christopher Moore

    Fool

    "Hilarious, always inventive, this is a book for all, especially uptight English teachers, bardolaters, and ministerial students." --Dallas Morning NewsFool--the bawdy and outrageous New York Times bestseller from the unstoppable Christopher Moore--is a hilarious new take on William Shakespeare's King Lear...as seen through the...
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  • Civilwarland in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella by Saunders, George
    George Saunders

    Civilwarland in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella

    Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders's debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast...
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  • Invisible Monsters by Palahniuk, Chuck
    Chuck Palahniuk

    Invisible Monsters

    She's a fashion model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden freeway "accident" leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful center of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous...
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  • Sleepy Joe and the Legend of Corn Pop by F, Nayfo R.
    Nayfo R. F

    Sleepy Joe and the Legend of Corn Pop

    Satirized from an awkward speech from an Ex-Vice President, comes the epic thriller that will leave you hanging on every word. From overcoming poolside altercations to rusty razors and rain barrels and riding on trains, Sleepy Joe and the Legend of Corn Pop is...
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  • S. J. Perelman: Writings (Loa #346) by Perelman, S. J.
    S. J. Perelman

    S. J. Perelman: Writings (Loa #346)

    Adam Gopnik presents the very best of S. J. Perelman, America's zaniest humorist. S. J. Perelman (1904-1979) wrote for the Marx Brothers films Horse Feathers and Monkey Business and won an Oscar for his screenwriting on Around the World in Eighty Days, but he...
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  • Adjustment Day by Palahniuk, Chuck
    Chuck Palahniuk

    Adjustment Day

    Adjustment Day is an ingenious darkly comic work in which Chuck Palahniuk does what he does best: skewer the absurdities in our society. Geriatric politicians bring the nation to the brink of a third world war to control the burgeoning population of young males,...
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  • Super Sad True Love Story by Shteyngart, Gary
    Gary Shteyngart

    Super Sad True Love Story

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A deliciously dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years--and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times - The...
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  • We Cast a Shadow by Ruffin, Maurice Carlos
    Maurice Carlos Ruffin

    We Cast a Shadow

    "An incisive and necessary" (Roxane Gay) debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty's The Sellout, about a father's obsessive quest to protect his son--even if it means turning him white "Stunning and audacious . . . at once a pitch-black comedy, a...
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  • Jameela Green Ruins Everything by Nawaz, Zarqa
    Zarqa Nawaz

    Jameela Green Ruins Everything

    "I think we got off on the wrong foot, with you telling me I had to be killed and then me getting all upset about it. Let's start again. My name is Jameela, and I'm a writer. What do you do, besides . ....
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  • Stormy Weather by Hiaasen, Carl
    Carl Hiaasen

    Stormy Weather

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A hilarious and scathing novel from the author of Squeeze Me about a crazed and determined man who has devoted his strange existence to saving southern Florida from con artists and carpetbaggers after a hurricane hits. "Hysterically funny.... Hiaasen at his...
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  • Erasure by Everett, Percival
    Percival Everett

    Erasure

    Percival Everett's blistering satire about race and publishing, now adapted for the screen as AMERICAN FICTION, directed by Cord Jefferson and starring Jeffrey Wright and Tracee Ellis Ross Thelonious "Monk" Ellison's writing career has bottomed out: his latest manuscript has been rejected by seventeen...
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  • Flaubert's Parrot by Barnes, Julian
    Julian Barnes

    Flaubert's Parrot

    BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - From the internationally bestselling author of The Sense of an Ending comes a literary detective story of a retired doctor obsessed with the 19th century French author Flaubert--and with tracking down the stuffed parrot that once inspired him. - "A...
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  • The Motion of the Body Through Space by Shriver, Lionel
    Lionel Shriver

    The Motion of the Body Through Space

    In Lionel Shriver's entertaining send-up of today's cult of exercise--which not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority, and eternal life--an aging husband's sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable.After an ignominious early retirement,...
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  • Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan
    Jonathan Swift

    Gulliver's Travels

    Set sail on an incredible journey with Jonathan Swift's satiric masterpiece. A fantastical tale, Gulliver's Travels tells the story of the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an English ship's surgeon. First, he is shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput, where the alarmed residents are...
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  • Snuff by Palahniuk, Chuck
    Chuck Palahniuk

    Snuff

    In the crowded greenroom of a porn-movie production, hundreds of men mill around in their boxers, awaiting their turn with the legendary Cassie Wright. An aging adult film star, Cassie Wright intends to cap her career by breaking the world record for serial fornication...
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