A New York Times Notable Book: Darkly comic fables of modern life from a "major discovery" whose "writing gets in your bloodstream like a fever" ( The Washington Post Book World).A housewife with a ravenous lust for the adolescent boy who mows her lawn swallows him whole. A woman nonchalantly hacks off her leg at a posh private club. A father babyproofs his house so thoroughly he never sees his wife and child. And a businessman passing through an airport r...

A wildly imaginative tragicomedy about a fantastical animal on the prowl and its affection for one troubled family.Wendy Dunleavy is desperately trying to hold her family together. But with her politician husband in prison for corruption and her son, Dylan, the former child actor, running unsupervised through the orderly avenues of northwest Washington, she may not have enough muscle for the task. And that's before the first sighting of the mysterious chagwa, a fam...

From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts.

From the author of the wildly controversial books Liar and Paul's Case comes one of the most anticipated — and perhaps, in some quarters, feared — books of the year. This is author Lynn Crosbie at her most honest, most cutting, most hilarious, and most heartbreaking. The stories told here are at once a cache, a repository, of a seven-year period in the author's life; and, too, a gymnasium, a place where she can flex her prodigious wit and her dazzling stash of literary tricks Deft with mat...

*Why did the chicken cross the road?Knock, knock. Who's there?What do you get when you...?*As kids guess the answers, they're sure to get the giggles! With this book, little ones will look forward to sharing the jokes with parents, teachers, and siblings--and even coming up with some variations of their own! In addition to hundreds of rib-tickling jokes, readers will love:Head-scratching brain teasersFunny knock-knock jokesHysterica...

“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven.” —PeopleA gripping forensic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones brings Dr. Temperance Brennan back to the page in a chilling investigation that will captivate fans of Bones, CSI, and the very best in medical suspense.In the scorching Charlotte summer, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temp...

Here are more scathingly funny tales from the wild side! Laurie Notaro survived the debauched ride of her twenties and the bumpy road to matrimony. Now she’s ready to take on the thirtysomething years . . . and almost middle age has never been more hilarious.Laurie is married, mortgaged, and now—miraculously—employed in the corporate world, discovering that bosses come in all shapes, sizes, and degrees of mental stability. After maxing out her last good credit card at Bana...

**Introducing Wyoming’s Sheriff Walt Longmire in this riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson—the first in the Longmire mystery seriesThe hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+**Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love this outstanding first novel, in which Craig Johnson draws on his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary mystery of stunning authenticity.After twenty-f...

Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performance poets of all time, whose poem "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" has become a cultural phenomenon with over 50,000,000 views. Depression & Other Magic Tricks explores themes of mental health, love, and family. It is a documentation of struggle and triumph, a celebration of daily life and of living. Benaim's wit, empathy, and gift for language produce a work of endless wonder.

Twenty-five high-octane stories from the hottest thriller authors in one anthology, edited by #1 New York Times –bestselling author Lee Child.Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present an anthology of remarkable stories in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, here are twenty-five brand-new, never-before published, storie...

The first book in the inspiring New York Times bestselling series about an executive who loses everything he holds dear and embarks on a walk across America that changes his life forever.What would you do if you lost everything—your job, your home, and the love of your life—all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he’s tempted by his darkest thoughts. Instead, he decides to take a walk. But not any ordinary walk. T...

Did you hear about the slow student with terrible gas?He was getting farter and farter behind, so his parents hired a tooter.If there's one guaranteed way to get a kid laughing, tell them a poop, pee, or fart joke. With 500 GROSS & DISGUSTING JOKES FOR KIDS: ENOUGH BOOGERS, SNOT, FARTS, POOP, AND PUKE TO KEEP KIDS LAUGHING FOR HOURS by Scott Allen, your kids may never stop laughing. They'll laugh so hard, they may be telling some pee or poop jokes a...