Humor

A comic novel is usually a work of fiction in which the writer seeks to amuse the reader, sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative, sometimes above all other considerations. It could indeed be said that comedy fiction is literary work that aims primarily to provoke laughter, but this isn't always as obvious as it first may seem. ...more

Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life
Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality
The Encyclopedia of Ugly Fashion: A Hilarious Introspective of History’s Best Worst Fashion Trends
The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt
Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World
Slayers of Old
F*cked Up Fairy Tales: Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics
Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds
Dog Affirmations: An Illustrated Journey Through Your Dog's Thoughts
A Fae in Finance (How to Do Business in Fairie Book 1)
K-Jane
Five Golden Wings (Meg Langslow Mysteries, #38)
Physics for Cats
Garth Marenghi's This Bursted Earth
  • Like This, But Funnier by Hallie Cantor
    Like This, But Funnier

    Release date: Apr 07, 2026
    Enter for a chance to win an early copy of Hallie Cantor's debut novel, LIKE THIS, BUT FUNNIER! ...more
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    Number of copies: 5

    Giveaway dates: Dec 08 - Dec 28, 2025

    Countries available: U.S.

  • An Asylum of Sorts by John Lowe
    An Asylum of Sorts: An Olde New Jersey Estate Becomes The Home For Some Colorful Tenants Both Real And Imagined In This Humorous Tale Laced With Mystery And Self-Indulgence

    Release date: Aug 26, 2017
    The crazy goings on in an old house in the summer of ’77, from a WWII vet who sees Japanese soldiers to a young woman with CSBD, and those in between.
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    Format: Kindle book

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    Number of copies: 100

    Giveaway dates: Nov 30 - Dec 28, 2025

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Habeas Laptop by Hasan Tanveer
    Habeas Laptop (The Mirzas in Session Book 1)
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    Release date: Nov 03, 2025
    In the labyrinthine corridors of India's justice system, a stolen laptop is about to spark a political firestorm.

    Latif Mirza, an idealistic but often
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    Number of copies: 100

    Giveaway dates: Dec 13 - Dec 31, 2025

    Countries available: U.S.

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    Murder at Martingale Manor (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #14.8)
    Astérix en Lusitanie (Asterix #41)
    Call Me Anytime (The Protectors #1)
    The King's Ransom
    Single Dad Dilemma (The Kings, #2)
    A Very Merry Matchup
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    You Deserve Each Other (You Deserve Each Other, #1)
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    This Christmas
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    Yes Please
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