Humor genre books (6)


1.

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl : Fiction by Mona Awad EN

Rating: 3     14 Votes
Description:
“Stunning . . . As you watch Lizzie navigate fraught relationships—with food, men, girlfriends, her parents and even with herself—you’ll want to grab a friend and say: ‘Whoa. This. Exactly.’” —Washington Post A “hilarious, heartbreaking book” (People) from the author of Bunny Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Atlantic, Time Out New York, and The Globe and Mail Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks—even though her best friend Mel says she’s the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, but she’s afraid to... continue
Genre Humor
Recommended: 07 May 2023

2.

Bunny by Mona Awad EN

Rating: 4     5 Votes
Description:
The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel about a lonely graduate student drawn into a clique of rich girls who seem to move and speak as one "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing co... continue
Recommended: 21 Jul 2022

3.

I'll Sell You a Dog by Juan Pablo Villalobos EN

0 Ratings
Description:
Everything that can be done to fend off the boredom of retirement and old age, while still holding a beer.
Genre Humor
Recommended: 07 Apr 2022

4.
Little Women

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Description:
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England.

5.

Moccasin Square Gardens : Short Stories by Richard Van Camp EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Description:
The characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves ("The Camel Clutch"), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or "Sky People," love, lust and prayers for peace. While this is Van Camp's most hilarious short story collection, it's also haunted by the lurking presence of the Wheetago, human-devouring monsters of legend that have returned due to global warming and the greed of humanity. The stories in Moccasin Square ... continue
Recommended: 27 Dec 2022

6.

Quesadillas by Juan Pablo Villalobos EN

Rating: 3.5     5 Votes
Description:
Anarchy in Mexico - a comic novel about screwed-up politics and families from the author of 'Down the Rabbit Hole'. Orestes' mother prepares hundreds of quesadillas for Orestes and the rest of their brood. After another fraudulent election and the disappearance of his younger brothers, he takes to the road.
Genre Humor
Recommended: 07 Apr 2022


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