Herman ParishFunny bonesThe doctor is out! But Amelia Bedelia is ready to help a crowd of grouchy patients. Along the way she doses out some of the best medicine of...

Compiled by Robin Corbett, MP and Val Hudson January 1, 1986 by Hutchinson

Sophie KinsellaWith the same wicked humor, buoyant charm, and optimism that have made her Shopaholic novels beloved international bestsellers, Sophie Kinsella delivers a hilarious new novel and an unforgettable new...

Author: Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle is the story of ice-nine and just what it meant when the stuff got loost. With chill, deadpan humour the author spatters the targets of...

Tuvia Tenenbom   Catch the Jew! recounts the adventures of gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom, who wanders around Israel and the Palestinian Authority for seven months in search of the untold...

Joseph Heller   Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all time. In recent years it...

Piers Anthony Dor agreed to act as King of Xanth so long as Trent was gone for a week. But the weeks passed and Trent did not return. Dor knew...

David LodgeChanging Places: A Tale of Two Campuses(The Campus Trilogy #1)Anyone intrigued by differences between American and British academic institutions will find this an amusing and accurate send-up. David Lodge,...

Roald Dahl Charlie Bucket's wonderful adventure begins when he finds one of Mr. Willy Wonka's precious Golden Tickets and wins a whole day inside the mysterious chocolate factory. Little does...

Roald DahlNow that he's won the chocolate factory, what's next for Charlie?Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back...

Roz Chast One of the New Yorker's most popular cartoonists lends her unique brand of humor to the classic subject of child/parent relationships, in her first collection in six years...

Author: Joliffe Enjoyed by readers of the "Daily Mail" for over 10 years, "Up and Running" observes the endeavours of the gorgeous but dippy Chloe and her neurotic friends as...