Humorous

Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician by Daniel Wallace (July 2008)

Edward Trencom's Nose by Giles Milton - Situated on London’s Foster Lane, there is a quintessentially Georgian, redbrick house with a green door bearing the sign trencoms, 1662.  It’s the home of the Trencom family’s cheese store, a generational establishment begun by Humphrey Trencom that now, 303 years later, is run by Edward Trencom.  Quaint though it may seem, it bears witness to a strange occurrence of “accidents” that seem to befall every generation of the curd-loving family.… (June 2008)

Boomsday by Christopher Buckley - Outraged over the mounting Social Security debt, Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger and member of Generation Whatever, incites massive cultural warfare when she politely suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 75. Her modest proposal catches fire with millions of citizens, chief among them "an ambitious senator seeking the presidency." With the help of Washington's greatest spin doctor, the blogger and the politician try to ride the issue of euthanasia for Boomers (called "transitioning") all the way to the White House. (May 2008)

Second Chance by Jane Green - the story of a group of people who haven’t seen each other since they were best friends at school. (May 2008)

Gun Shy by Ben Rehder - Ambitious and hilarious, Rheder skewers all sides of America's gun culture. (April 2008)

And Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris - No one knows us quite the same way as the men and women who sit beside us in department meetings and crowd the office refrigerator with their labeled yogurts.- Every office is a family of sorts, and the ad agency Joshua Ferris brilliantly depicts in his debut novel is family at its strangest and best, coping with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks. Ferris tells a true and funny story about survival in life's strangest environment. (March 2008)

Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood - Laugh out loud funny. (February 2008)

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz - Hilarious new addition to sleuths series. (February 2008)

Con Ed by Mathew Klein - A darkly comic debut novel about the world's greatest con man (before he got busted), the con man's son (who's in debt to the Russian mob), and a billionaire's beautiful wife (who's got an evil plan). (January 2008)

You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore - We're back in San Francisco, where wannabe writer C. Thomas (Tommy) Flood has gone all the way, so to speak, with his gorgeous girlfriend Jody Stroud, and joined her among the undead. (January 2008)

Ask Again Later by Jill A. Davis - (January 2008)

Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen - Another hilarious Florida romp with a screwball cast. (October 2007)

The Zero by Jess Walter - A deliriously mordant political satire, begins moments after New York City cop Brian Remy shoots himself in the head. He isn't seriously wounded, and he can't remember doing it. It's less than a week after 9/11, and Brian serves as an official guide for celebrities who want a tour of "The Zero." (August 2007)

Lost and Found by Caroyln Parkhurst - Satire on reality shows. - (July 2007)