Satire

  • I’ll Sell You a Dog

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    A painter-turned-taco-seller, famous in Mexico City for his ‘Gringo Dog’ recipe, hates retirement. Plagued by the literary salon bumping about his building’s lobby, haunted by the self-pitying ghost o

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    • Author: Villalobos, Juan Pablo
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: August 09 2016
    • ISBN10: 1908276746
    • Language: English
  • The Strudlhof Steps: The Depth of the Years

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    The first English translation of an essential Austrian novel about life in early-twentieth-century Vienna, as seen through a wide and varied cast of characters.

    The Strudlhof Steps is an unsurpassed po… [more below]

    • Author: Doderer, Heimito Von
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 864
    • Publish Date: December 14 2021
    • ISBN10: 1681375273
    • Language: English
  • Gunk Baby

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    A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

    “[Lau’s] gift for writing accumulative insanities creates the same dizzying effect as a good cleaning.” –Alexandra Tanner, The New York Times Book Review

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    • Author: Lau, Jamie Marina
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: December 13 2022
    • ISBN10: 166260145X
    • Language: English
  • The Soft Machine: The Restored Text

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    A total assault on the powers that turn humans into machines by writing and fixing our life scripts, Burroughs’ original “cut-up” book was itself rewritten in three different forms. This new edition o… [more below]

    • Author: Burroughs, William S.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: May 06 2014
    • ISBN10: 0802122116
    • Language: English
  • City of Likes

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    “Jenny Mollen’s City of Likes is a propulsive story of motherhood, social media, and obsession-and the ways we can lose ourselves in each. A delightful blend of social commentary, dark humor, and good

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    • Series: City of Likes
    • Author: Mollen, Jenny
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 266
    • Publish Date: June 14 2022
    • ISBN10: 1737380110
    • Language: English
  • The Mary Shelley Club

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    New York Times-bestselling author Goldy Moldavsky delivers a deliciously twisty YA thriller that’s Scream meets Karen McManus about a mysterious club with an obsession for horror.

    When it comes to hor

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    • Author: Moldavsky, Goldy
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 480
    • Publish Date: April 13 2021
    • ISBN10: 1250230101
    • Language: English
  • Invisible Monsters Remix

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    Injected with new material and special design elements, Invisible Monsters Remix fulfills Chuck Palahniuk’s original vision for his 1999 novel, turning a daring satire on beauty and the fashion indust… [more below]

    • Author: Palahniuk, Chuck
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: May 13 2013
    • ISBN10: 0393345114
    • Language: English
  • Eleutheria

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    SHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD
    FINALIST FOR THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARD IN FICTION
    A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

    “Allegra Hyde’s seductive first novel tackles the big stuff of clima

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    • Author: Hyde, Allegra
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: March 08 2022
    • ISBN10: 0593315243
    • Language: English
  • The Ardent Swarm

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    From an award-winning Tunisian author comes a stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of revolution and the power of a single quest.

    Sidi lives a hermetic life as a bee whisperer, tending to

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    • Author: Manai, Yamen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 204
    • Publish Date: February 01 2021
    • ISBN10: 154202045X
    • Language: English
  • Sot-Weed Factor

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    This is Barth’s most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is “one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world

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    • Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
    • Author: Barth, John
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 806
    • Publish Date: September 19 2023
    • ISBN10: 1628973943
    • Language: English
  • Gremlins: Gizmo’s 12 Days of Christmas

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    Relive the cult classic movie Gremlins in this storybook retelling for adults and children alike.

    On the first day of Christmas, my father brought to me: a mogwai from Chinatown.

    Based on the cult cla

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    • Author: Robinson, Andrea
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 27 2020
    • ISBN10: 164722120X
    • Language: English
  • The Lemon

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    “[T]his poised and playful debut novel is a sly satire on foodie culture and the modern hype machine. . . . As tart as ‘artisanal citrus, ‘ as sharp as a chef’s knife, The Lemon is both a gleeful food[more below]

    • Author: Boyd, S. E.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: November 08 2022
    • ISBN10: 0593490444
    • Language: English
  • Heart Sutra

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    From “China’s foremost literary satirist” (Financial Times) comes a captivating new novel set at a religious training center in Beijing, focusing on the unlikely love story of a Buddhist nun and a Dao[more below]

    • Author: Lianke, Yan
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: March 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 0802162193
    • Language: English
  • My Weil

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    “Memorable characters make this a singular exploration of the human condition.” – Publishers Weekly

    A scathingly funny look at a group of quirky graduate students majoring in Disaster Studies who are

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    • Author: Iyer, Lars
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: August 29 2023
    • ISBN10: 1685890601
    • Language: English
  • Stormy Weather

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    NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A hilarious and scathing novel from the author of Squeeze Me about a crazed and determined man who has devoted his strange existence to saving southern Florida from con artists a[more below]

    • Author: Hiaasen, Carl
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: March 23 2021
    • ISBN10: 0525431780
    • Language: English
  • We Cast a Shadow

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    “An incisive and necessary” (Roxane Gay) debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, about a father’s obsessive quest to protect his son–even if it means turning him white

    “Stunning and

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    • Author: Ruffin, Maurice Carlos
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: February 04 2020
    • ISBN10: 0525509070
    • Language: English
  • Death Watch

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    Coe Vessel, son of a legendary adman, lands the much-anticipated ad campaign of artist-provocateur Watanabe’s latest creation, a mysterious watch called Cassius Seven. The enigmatic Watanabe claims th

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    • Author: Fitch, Stona
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 250
    • Publish Date: March 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 0990805956
    • Language: English
  • Bad Monkey

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    Coming on August 14 as an Apple Original series from Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence and starring Vince Vaughn, here is a gleefully zany and incisively sharp tale from “the funniest important write[more below]

    • Author: Hiaasen, Carl
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: August 27 2024
    • ISBN10: 1538758369
    • Language: English
  • Rejection: Fiction

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    Rejection is unrelentingly brutal and gut-bustingly funny and spares no one–not you, not me. Tulathimutte is a pervert and a madman and a stone-cold genius.” Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Bo

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    • Author: Tulathimutte, Tony
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: September 17 2024
    • ISBN10: 0063337878
    • Language: English
  • Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend

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    White Lotus meets Kevin Wilson in this whip-smart social satire about a man who finds himself trapped on an island resort after the sun explodes, and suddenly must choose whether to save himself from

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    • Author: Wassmer, Mj
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: August 06 2024
    • ISBN10: 1464218021
    • Language: English
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