Stephen Fry A womanizing, drunken, failed poet and recently fired drama critic, cantankerous Ted Wallace seeks refuge from his problems at the country estate of his old friend Logan, the...

Douglas Adams Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the...

John Irving   'The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a...

Samuel Shem, MDNow a classic! The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns -- they saw themselves as...

Jonas Jonasson It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people’s home, he is waiting for the party he-never-wanted-anyway to...

Elinor Lipman This "tale of delicious revenge" ( USA Today ) is also "a punchy little comedy of manners.... Think Jane Austen in the Catskills" ( Chicago Tribune ).It's 1962 and...

Mark Twain A travel book by Mark Twain, published in 1869. A must read. February 1, 1966 by Signet Classics

Woody AllenComprising the classic bestsellers Getting Even, Without Feathers, and Side Effects, this definitive collection of comic writings is from a man who needs no Introduction. Really–this book has no...

Kathi WagnerThe Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!: 2,001 Brand-New Side-Splitters That Will Keep You Laughing Out LoudThe Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written ....

Leo Rosten   First published January 1, 1968

Alexander McCall Smith   Life is never without its problems. Will Precious Ramotswe’s delightfully cunning and profoundly moral methods save the day? Find out in this, the fourth volume in...

Edited by Russell Davies Following the publication of "The Kenneth Williams Diaries", this is a collection of his letters. Corresponding with all manner of people, including Alec Guinness, Maggie Smith,...