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  • Natural Consequences by Barceló, Elia
    Elia Barceló

    Natural Consequences

    The Xhroll, an alien humanoid race whose infertility is bringing them near extinction, come into contact with a crew of fertile human astronauts. Their encounter on a remote space station will have significant consequences for both species when a human male winds up impregnated....
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  • Babbitt by Lewis, Sinclair
    Sinclair Lewis

    Babbitt

    George Babbitt is a forty-six-year-old real estate broker. His job allows him to enjoy many commodities of the middle-class, and offers he and his family a place in an elevated social circle. With three kids, a loving wife, a steady job, and a fair...
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  • Subtly Worded and Other Stories by Teffi
    Teffi

    Subtly Worded and Other Stories

    A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, now available in a striking new Pushkin Blues format. Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories,...
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  • Living by Green, Henry
    Henry Green

    Living

    A timeless work of social satire, set in the 1920s and considered one of the most insightful Modernist depictions of England's working class Living is a book about life in a factory town and the operations of a factory, from the workers on the...
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  • Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet by Lakhous, Amara
    Amara Lakhous

    Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

    An Italian journalist gets wrapped up in the criminality and cultural controversies of modern Turin in this "very funny" satirical novel (The New York Times). It's October 2006. The northern Italian town of Turin has been rocked by a series of murders involving Albanians...
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  • Loudermilk: Or, the Real Poet; Or, the Origin of the World by Ives, Lucy
    Lucy Ives

    Loudermilk: Or, the Real Poet; Or, the Origin of the World

    This New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, is "hilarious . . . a riotous success. Equal parts campus novel, buddy comedy and meditation on art-making under late capitalism, the novel is a hugely funny portrait of an egomaniac and his nebbish best friend"...
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  • Porterhouse Blue by Sharpe, Tom
    Tom Sharpe

    Porterhouse Blue

    The basis of a PBS miniseries, Porterhouse Blue confirms that Tom Sharpe is "an excellent writer and absolutely hilarious. His characterizations are deft, his plots are brilliant, and his prose style is smooth and winning" (P.J. O'Rourke). To Porterhouse College-bastion of a formidable crew...
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  • Riotous Assembly by Sharpe, Tom
    Tom Sharpe

    Riotous Assembly

    Tom Sharpe's savagely funny first novel is set in South Africa, where the author was imprisoned and later deported. When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionnel, the hasty, rude members of the South African police force...
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  • The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Kotzwinkle, William
    William Kotzwinkle

    The Bear Went Over the Mountain

    William Kotzwinkle, the esteemed author of The Fan Man and E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, is in top comic form in this outrageous and uproarious parable.Meet Hal Jam--a big black bear who finds a manuscript under a tree in the Maine woods, dons a suit and...
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  • Numero Zero by Eco, Umberto
    Umberto Eco

    Numero Zero

    The worldwide bestselling novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder from the acclaimed author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery #1 bestseller in Italy 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by...
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  • The Plotters by Kim, Un-Su
    Un-Su Kim

    The Plotters

    ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - A fantastical crime novel set in an alternate Seoul where assassination guilds compete for market dominance."The Plotters's first convenient comparison may be to the ever-expanding John Wick movies" --Los Angeles...
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  • Three Lives by Stein, Gertrude
    Gertrude Stein

    Three Lives

    Three Lives (1909) is a collection of novellas by Gertrude Stein. Characterized by its straightforward narrative style and disjointed prose, Three Lives proved a breakthrough for Stein, who had previously found it difficult bringing her works to publication. Each novella is set in Bridgepoint,...
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  • The Babysitter at Rest by George, Jen
    Jen George

    The Babysitter at Rest

    "I'm so happy this collection exists. I feel drunk with love for these stories. They're so funny and weird and true." --Sheila Heti Five stories―several as long as novellas―introduce the world to Jen George, a writer whose furiously imaginative new voice calls to mind...
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  • The Shakespeare Requirement by Schumacher, Julie
    Julie Schumacher

    The Shakespeare Requirement

    A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hitting beleaguered English professor Jason Fitger right between the eyes in this hilarious and eagerly awaited sequel to the cult classic of anhedonic academe, the Thurber Prize-winning...
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  • Sharp Teeth by Barlow, Toby
    Toby Barlow

    Sharp Teeth

    "Barlow's imagery is magnificent . . . [A] kooky combo of grit, goofiness, and gusto . . . demonstrates that fantasy . . . may just be the place to find true exuberance and stylistic innovation." -- Los Angeles Times Book ReviewAn ancient race...
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  • Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Allen, Samantha
    Samantha Allen

    Patricia Wants to Cuddle

    One of the Best Books of 2022NPR - Them - Lit Hub - CrimeReads - Book Riot - Chicago Review of Books "A one-of-a-kind queer horror comedy for people who watch The Bachelor and The X-Files back-to-back." --Kirkus Reviews On this season of The...
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  • Hard Times: Introduction by Phil Collins by Dickens, Charles
    Charles Dickens

    Hard Times: Introduction by Phil Collins

    "Facts alone are wanted in life." The children at Mr. Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. The effects of Gradgrind's teaching on his own children, Tom and Louisa, are particularly profound and leave...
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  • Invisible Monsters Remix by Palahniuk, Chuck
    Chuck Palahniuk

    Invisible Monsters Remix

    Injected with new material and special design elements, Invisible Monsters Remix fulfills Chuck Palahniuk's original vision for his 1999 novel, turning a daring satire on beauty and the fashion industry into an even more wildly unique reading experience. Palahniuk's fashion-model protagonist has it all--boyfriend,...
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  • A Handful of Dust by Waugh, Evelyn
    Evelyn Waugh

    A Handful of Dust

    Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this "absolutely delightful" novel (New York Times) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after World War I. After...
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  • The Rescuists by Fitchett, Geoffrey
    Geoffrey Fitchett

    The Rescuists

    When three princes and a princess meet at a wedding in Vienna, their topic of conversation is a fourth, absent princess. She is Princess Petra of Prague, reputedly beautiful beyond compare and daughter of Bad King Wenceslas, he being the son of the late...
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  • The Permanent Observer by Scher, R. K.
    R. K. Scher

    The Permanent Observer

    Sarah Cunningham is a serial temp worker, never staying in the same job more than a few months, until now. Her new gig has her restless nature ensnared in a bizarrely personal web of international intrigue: working for a UN Permanent Observer, the eccentric...
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  • The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony
    Anthony Trollope

    The Way We Live Now

    'Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.' It is impossible to be sure who Melmotte is, let alone what exactly he has done. He is, seemingly, a gentleman, and a great financier, who penetrates...
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  • Blue Angel by Prose, Francine
    Francine Prose

    Blue Angel

    The National Book Award Finalist from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose--now the major motion picture Submission "Screamingly funny ... Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials." --USA TodayIt has been years since Swenson, a...
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  • The Sweetmeat Saga by Gravenson, G. F.
    G. F. Gravenson

    The Sweetmeat Saga

    On April 24, 1966, Pookie and Paul Sweetmeat, rock idols of America's youth, mysteriously disappeared from their hotel room in New York City. G. F. Gravenson's The Sweetmeat Saga is the documented account of subsequent events."The Sweetmeat Saga, An Epic Story of the Sixties...
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  • Liberation Day: Stories by Saunders, George
    George Saunders

    Liberation Day: Stories

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "One of our most inventive purveyors of the form returns with pitch-perfect, genre-bending stories that stare into the abyss of our national character. . . . An exquisite work from a writer whose reach is galactic."--Oprah Daily Booker Prize...
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  • My Days of Dark Green Euphoria by Copenhaver, A. E.
    A. E. Copenhaver

    My Days of Dark Green Euphoria

    Thirtysomething 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 as seldom as possible, takes navy showers every couple of days, and is reevaluating...
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  • Dumb-Show by Parker, Fawn
    Fawn Parker

    Dumb-Show

    Heather and Geoffrey -- twenty-something siblings -- become entangled in separate power struggles with a controversial professor, Dr. Barry Martin. His divisive views on masculinity have put him in the public spotlight in a way that's created both public disgust and a private lust...
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  • Hot Maroc by Adnan, Yassin
    Yassin Adnan

    Hot Maroc

    With an infectious blend of humor, satire, and biting social commentary, Yassin Adnan gives readers a portrait of contemporary Morocco--and the city of Marrakech--told through the eyes of the hapless Rahhal La ouina, a.k.a. the Squirrel. Painfully shy, not that bright, and not all...
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  • La Lucia: A Story of Riseholme in the Style of the Originals by E.F.Benson by Ashton, Hugh
    Hugh Ashton

    La Lucia: A Story of Riseholme in the Style of the Originals by E.F.Benson

    Mrs Emmeline Lucas, known to all as "la Lucia", is the undisputed social and cultural leader of the quiet, but refined country village of Riseholme. Together with her husband, and her devoted courtier Georgie Pillson, she leads her subjects in hunts for Roman remains...
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  • Legacy Omnibus by Welch, Gerald
    Gerald Welch

    Legacy Omnibus

    Compiling the first three books in the Legacy Series by Warren Murphy and Gerald Welch, volume one boasts a 135-page encyclopedia complete with character entries, maps, 3D renderings, a look behind the scenes with never-before seen art and much more Author: Gerald Welch, Warren...
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  • Envy by Olesha, Yuri
    Yuri Olesha

    Envy

    A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL One of the delights of Russian literature, a tour de force that has been compared to the best of Nabokov and Bulgakov, Yuri Olesha's novella Envy brings together cutting social satire, slapstick humor, and a wild visionary streak....
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  • The Sleepwalker by Karapanou, Margarita
    Margarita Karapanou

    The Sleepwalker

    Winner of the Prix de meilleur livre tranger/Prize for the best foreign novel, France. At the opening of Margarita Karapanou's stunning second novel, in disgust at mankind God vomits a new Messiah onto the earth. Or rather, onto a Greek island. Populated by villagers,...
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  • The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian
    Trevanian

    The Eiger Sanction

    Jonathan Hemlock lives in a renovated Gothic church on Long Island. He is an art professor, a mountain climber, and a mercenary, performing assassinations (i.e., sanctions) for money to augment his black-market art collection. Now Hemlock is being tricked into a hazardous assignment that...
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  • Queen Lucia & Miss Mapp: The Mapp & Lucia Novels by Benson, E. F.
    E. F. Benson

    Queen Lucia & Miss Mapp: The Mapp & Lucia Novels

    E. F. Benson's beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling, classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s. Benson's series revolves around two unforgettable characters, both forceful and irrepressible women who...
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  • The Great American Novel by Roth, Philip
    Philip Roth

    The Great American Novel

    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral--a richly imagined novel featuring America's only homeless big-league baseball team in history delivers "shameless comic extravagance.... Roth gleefully exploits our readiness to let baseball stand for America itself" (The New York Times). Gil Gamesh, the only...
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  • Babbitt by Lewis, Sinclair
    Sinclair Lewis

    Babbitt

    Prosperous and socially prominent, George Babbitt appears to have everything a man could wish: good health, a fine family, and a profitable business in a booming Midwestern city. But the middle-aged real estate agent is shaken from his self-satisfaction by a growing restlessness with...
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  • Bucky F*cking Dent by Duchovny, David
    David Duchovny

    Bucky F*cking Dent

    The New York Times bestselling author David Duchovny is back with Bucky F*cking Dent, a singular tale that brims with the mirth, poignancy, and profound solitude of modern life. Ted Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an...
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  • The American Senator by Trollope, Anthony
    Anthony Trollope

    The American Senator

    Arabella Trefoil, the beautiful anti-heroine of this novel, inspired Trollope to write of her, "I wished to express the depth of my scorn for women who run down husbands." Arabella's determination to find a rich husband is at the heart of this story and...
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  • Candide: Or Optimism by Voltaire
    Voltaire

    Candide: Or Optimism

    From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type...
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  • The Torrents of Spring: A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race by Hemingway, Ernest
    Ernest Hemingway

    The Torrents of Spring: A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race

    Written in ten days, The Torrents of Spring was a satirical treatment of pretentious writers. Hemingway submitted the manuscript early in December 1925, and it was rejected by the end of the month. Finally, in January 1926, Max Perkins at Scribner's agreed to publish...
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  • Make America Beautiful Again by Bancroft, Bo
    Bo Bancroft

    Make America Beautiful Again

    "A nimble political satire that should appeal to Americans of every stripe...reminiscent of books by Christopher Buckley, the author of Thank You for Smoking (1994)" - Kirkus Reviews Suspected terrorists attack with a pre-dawn bomb spree, baffling law enforcement as the only targets are...
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  • You Might Feel a Little Prick by Leder, Reuben
    Reuben Leder

    You Might Feel a Little Prick

    A screaming snowman plummets from the top floor of Cleveland Mercy Hospital-a decaying relic built before the first pandemic-and disappears into the snow drifts below. By the time his thawed corpse is discovered the following spring, a body count of incompetents, frauds, and crooks...
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  • And Another Thing...: Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three by Colfer, Eoin
    Eoin Colfer

    And Another Thing...: Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three

    And Another Thing ... will be the sixth novel in the now improbably named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Eight years after the death of its creator, Douglas Adams, the author's widow, Jane Belson, has given her approval for the project to be...
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  • Portuguese Irregular Verbs by McCall Smith, Alexander
    Alexander McCall Smith

    Portuguese Irregular Verbs

    Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due--a quest which has the tendency to go...
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  • Candide by Voltaire
    Voltaire

    Candide

    Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is...
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  • Coming Up for Air by Orwell, George
    George Orwell

    Coming Up for Air

    From George Orwell, the author of 1984 and Animal Farm, Coming Up for Air is the classic, comic novel about the everyday struggles of the common man and a satiric look at the trappings of middle-class suburbia.George "Tubby" Bowling is a middle-aged insurance salesman,...
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  • Marshlands by Gide, Andre
    Andre Gide

    Marshlands

    A slim but powerful work of metafiction by a Nobel Prize-winning French writer and intellectual. Andr Gide is the inventor of modern metafiction and of autofiction, and his short novel Marshlands shows him handling both forms with a deft and delightful touch. The protagonist...
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  • Our Mutual Friend: With Appreciations and Criticisms By G. K. Chesterton by Dickens, Charles
    Charles Dickens

    Our Mutual Friend: With Appreciations and Criticisms By G. K. Chesterton

    Charles Dickens's last completed novel, "Our Mutual Friend" is the story of "Noddy" Boffin, a common clerk who becomes "the Golden Dustman" after he inherits a dust-heap where the aristocracy throw their refuge. A brutal satire and social analysis, "Our Mutual Friend" is a...
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  • Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940 by Schuyler, George S.
    George S. Schuyler

    Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940

    2015 Reprint of 1931 Printing. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This celebrated Picaresque novel is a 1931 Harlem Renaissance era satire on American race relations. Schuyler targets both the KKK and NAACP in condemning the ways in which race functions as both an...
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  • The Pickwick Papers: Introduction by Peter Washington by Dickens, Charles
    Charles Dickens

    The Pickwick Papers: Introduction by Peter Washington

    In this classic social commentary from Dickens, Mr. Samuel Pickwick, retired business man and confirmed bachelor, is determined that after a quiet life of enterprise the time has come to go out into the world. Together with the other members of the Pickwick Club:...
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