Fiction - Satire

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Buried Alive pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Experience Arnold Bennett's sharp wit and social commentary in "Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days," a satirical novel exploring...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Love Among the Chickens pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Dive into the uproarious world of P. G. Wodehouse with "Love Among the Chickens," a delightful comedic novel...

The Rude Eye of Rebellion is the riotously absurd sequel to Always Greener, a sci-fi satire called "hilarious and horrifying" by Foreword Reviews and "cultured, witty, and very British" by Kirkus Reviews! A reality show host struggles to find any meaningful way to rebel...

"Vile Bodies" is a sharp, acerbic satire that captures the frenetic and often shallow lives of the "Bright Young Things" in post-World War I London. Evelyn Waugh's acclaimed novel presents a whirlwind of decadent parties, social climbing, and romantic entanglements through the eyes of...

"The God Soldier: Schweik" is a masterpiece of satirical literature that chronicles the adventures of Josef Schweik, a man who, despite being certified as an idiot, finds himself drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. This dark comedy explores the absurdity of...

Miranda Dalton has everything she could have dreamed of. But heroines often find that "everything" isn't enough, and Miranda is no exception in this witty and biting satire.Brilliant and beautiful Miranda Dalton is at a crossroads. Living in the elite enclave of Lincoln, Massachusetts,...

Joy Sanders has a permanently displeased face and the personality to match.A senior account director in Manhattan, thirty-two, with a closet full of Theory blouses and a contempt for almost everyone she meets - including, increasingly, herself. Over the course of one bad week...

Jason is a normal call center worker at a normal call center. You know the type, you've probably worked at them. The type of place you tell yourself you'll be at for six months and then blink and its been six years. The type...

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Democracy was supposed to save humanity.Instead, it became a spectacle.When Demos-the ancient angel of democracy-looks upon the modern world, he finds himself confronting an uncomfortable question: what if the civilization that claims to embody freedom, justice, and human progress has become something else entirely?Through...

"The Younger Married Set" is a sharp and witty satirical examination of American suburban life during the mid-1920s. George S. Chappell provides a humorous lens through which to view the social rituals, domestic trials, and cultural pretensions of the era's middle-class couples. The work...

Some girls will kill for the lead role. Clara is willing to die for the background.Thirteen-year-old Clara Vance has always been invisible. In the loud, chaotic ecosystem of St. Jude's Middle School, she is the girl who never speaks, never acts out, and never...

Every player who has ever died to a boss monster has never stopped to wonder: what does the boss think of them?I Am the Boss Monster answers that question with unexpected grace.In the fog-shrouded Asylum at the end of the world, an enormous, ancient...

"Where the only thing wilder than the traffic is the town itself."Volumes 1-4 in one collection for the 1st time!Are you ready for a wild ride through the quirkiest town in America? Introducing Tales From a Roundabout-the collection of short stories that proves the...

The Pallification Process is the greatest beauty innovation of the twenty-first century. Invented by Professor Mathias Lügner, a German physicist of questionable conscience, patented by the Beomin Corporation, and enthusiastically championed by Park Jong-pil - President of the island state of Seom Jiman, and...

"Point Counter Point" is a masterful exploration of the intellectual and moral landscape of post-World War I London. Using a complex, multilinear narrative structure inspired by musical counterpoint, Aldous Huxley weaves together the lives of a diverse group of intellectuals, socialites, and revolutionaries. The...

"Mortal Coils" is a sophisticated collection of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, showcasing the sharp wit and psychological depth that defined his early career. Comprising five distinct works-"The Gioconda Smile", "Permutations Among the Nightingales", "The Tillotson Banquet", "Green Tunnels", and "Nuns at Luncheon"-this anthology...

The city was a cold mistress, her streets slick with the rain of a thousand unwashed sins, a black mirror reflecting the hollow shells of men who had long since traded their souls for a nickel.Barney Stubbs is the last of a dying breed....

The Pallification Process is the greatest beauty innovation of the twenty-first century. Invented by Professor Mathias Lügner, a German physicist of questionable conscience, patented by the Beomin Corporation, and enthusiastically championed by Park Jong-pil - President of the island state of Seom Jiman, and...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Mortal Coils pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Aldous Huxley's "Mortal Coils" offers a sharp and satirical glimpse into British society during the 20th century. This collection of...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Diary of a Nobody pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. "Diary of a Nobody," by George and Weedon Grossmith, offers a humorous and satirical glimpse into the...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. "The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson," by Anthony Trollope, is a sharp and witty...

"Peevee: A Novel" is a sharp and engaging work of Canadian social satire that explores the complexities of provincial life in the early 20th century. Through its titular character, the story provides a keen examination of the social hierarchies, political maneuvering, and eccentricities that...

A clerk designs a flag under artillery fire for a nation that does not yet exist. He has no training, no time, and no idea what he's doing. The flag comes out muddy, stitched together from curtain scraps by men who can't write cursive....

In the Condominium of the Souls everything is prohibited in the master deed, and everything happens anyway. Travoladis saw it all. Documented it all. Published it all. Then the condominium sued him. A merciless satire about low-budget tyrants, saints with talons, and idealists who...

The Best of All Worlds: A Hip-Hop Retelling of Voltaire's Candide is an original work of fiction in story-form inspired by Voltaire's Candide. It reimagines the classic satire in contemporary hip-hop verse, drawing on the musicality and precision of rhyme, the kinetic force of...

The country town of Lialia is dying. The freeway bypassed it. Covid killed tourism. And now the Lialia 2 Power Station is closing. Desperate times call for bold decisions. The Chamber of Commerce votes to hire a publicity firm and they want something big,...

Sick of the lies? Why not laugh at the truth. ANNIE M delivers four fictional stories wrapped in a raw reality, sewn together with threads of humour. This is a dark comedy-more the antithesis of misogyny... and then some [insert sinister snicker here].The natural...

"Self is the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation."--GuardianA blistering, brilliant novel from the Booker-shortlisted author, elegantly reflecting his Geoffrey Faber Memorial award-winning story collection The Quantity Theory of InsanityIn The Quantity Theory of Morality, Will Self's unconventional new novel, his pen...

Open mouths, empty heads, big bytes.Darby Skelm crashes a wedding between a Wi-Fi router and a taxidermy octopus. He's the groom's other lover, an HDMI cable clutched like a ring, and he's not sorry.Something's rotting in the code. Deeper than heartbreak, deeper than every...

"Mr. Mulliner Speaking" is a delightful collection of humorous short stories by the master of British comedy, P. G. Wodehouse. Set primarily within the cozy confines of the Angler's Rest pub, the narrative revolves around the inexhaustible Mr. Mulliner, a man with an uncanny...

He wears the badge. He breaks the law. And justice is the only thing he answers to.Deputy US Marshal John Gunn doesn't play by the rules. He rewrites them. From Boston to Los Angeles, Seattle to Washington DC, he's the man they send when...

THE GIFTS OF THE CHRISTMAS CYCLOPSby Tony W. ArnoldForget the department-store Santa. Deep in the Florida swamps, where the palmettos give way to legend, a different kind of gift-bringer keeps watch - eight feet tall, one enormous eye, and a heart bigger than the...

"At the Sign of the Reine Pedauque" is a masterful philosophical satire by Nobel Prize-winning author Anatole France. Set in eighteenth-century Paris, the narrative follows young Jacques Ménétrier, whose life at his father's rotisserie is transformed when he becomes the pupil of the brilliant...

The book that makes you laugh because you know it could really happen.A humpback whale strands in the Baltic Sea. Within 72 hours it has more social media reach than the Chancellor, more rescuers than makes any sense, and more petitions than the petitions...

They're selling miracles. Someone's about to sell them out. Six days. Four wellness empires. One investigative journalist sitting on the story that will burn it all down. Derek is moving $500 bags of colored glass. Tyler is filling auditoriums with desperate dreamers. Maria is...

At The IMEx-the Institute for Modern Expressions-something unexpected takes root: a collaboration that begins as an exhibition and quickly slips beyond it, blurring the line between art and spectacle, genius and absurdity. Heinrich Wolframm, a volatile German artist known for his audacious creations and...

In 1967, Pete Cage sold his soul for rock-and-roll immortality. Fifty years later, he's dying in a sterile L.A. hospital, and he can't even remember the Devil's name.Pete Cage is a legend who has outlived his own desire for fame. Over decades of genre-shifts,...

Open mouths, empty heads, big bytes.Darby Skelm is dead. Again. This time Hell has a customer service department and the hold music sounds like his ex-wife's voice played backwards through a stock ticker.Beatrix is somewhere inside the firewall. Not a ghost. Not a memory....

Open mouths, empty heads, big bytes.The Dido is a dead whale welded to a Soviet satellite. It shouldn't fly. Neither should Darby Skelm, but here he is, riding a bioluminescent coffin into the digital underworld because his dead wife won't stop screaming from inside...

The first account of Tax Commissioner's war within the system. He joined to serve.But inside the system, survival is not guaranteed. Decisions are questioned.Authority is tested.And every move carries a cost. This is not a fight against people -it is a fight within the...

He didn't fight for his marriage. He scoped it. When his wife asks for a separation, Joel Finch does what he's always done: he opens a new doc, defines the problem, and builds a sprint. He will optimize his way back to love-or at...

Ever pretended not to hear a fart in the middle of the night? Ever held your breath, your feelings, or your laughter just to keep the peace? Welcome to marriage, where love is deep, commitment is real, and pretending humans don't have bodily functions...

When an ecological disaster literally breaches the White House lawn, a disillusioned speechwriter and a charismatic, empty-suit president must figure out how to spin their way out of a catastrophe. It's a biting, laugh-out-loud takedown of a political system that cares more about optics...

Etoile is the darling daughter of a famous actor and a celebrated director. She loves expensive clothes, trendy restaurants and the adoration of the public. However whats she wants most is to be taken seriously. One problem. She is a stick up delusional nepo...

The Humanimal Demon is a haunting political allegory that exposes the machinery of power, war, and human complicity. In a world where empires claim morality but thrive on suffering, one narrator's journey reveals the truth behind the headlines, treaties, and speeches that shape civilization....

"Breaking Stupid" is a sidesplitting compendium of interconnected comedic tales that revolve around the uproarious escapades of the Tramp family. As they relentlessly chase riches through increasingly absurd schemes, their journey takes them from cryptocurrency conundrums to reality show ruses, and even a peculiar...

Three e-book novelettes now in print form to bring you a smile.A VALENTINE FOR VENUS - When teenage Cupid and his mother, Venus, get into a disagreement about who can make mortals fall in love first, their grandfather, Zeus, steps in to put them...

BEST OF BOOK SEEKS READERS! Candle Light Press acquired the rights to make "The Best of TIRE" books in a derelict IP auction, and here's the first one. Hundreds of previously unpublished classified ads for everything from hokum to bunkum! Act now to purchase...

Sancho Reyes answers phones at a Kissimmee call center. His bank balance sits at $112.34, rent hits $750, and Friday creeps closer every shift. Then Alonso Quijada lands in his queue. A retired teacher with a binder full of annotated contracts, a bicycle helmet,...