Secondhand Humour Books

Man Walks Into A Bar is a one-stop shop for anyone who likes to hear and tell jokes. The jokes are ordered thematically - wives, husbands, doctors, lawyers, the French,...

Let me ask you a question.Have you ever wondered why pretentiousness, jargon, bullshit and Having Notions Above Our Station are so rife in the world today? Well, there's now a...

'I stared in horror - it was a dark, evil green colour with big scales. I hadn't seen a bathroom like this since 1973.' From the creators of Sunday Timesbestseller...

The surely soon-to-be million-copy bestselling sort-of inspirational parody.. Enter the world of me, Panda, plus my sometime-friends Cat and Teddy. You will find us living our best lives, trying (and...

'The book everyone's talking about' The Times (Book of the Year)'Titania McGrath is a genius' Spectator (Book of the Year)'Beautiful classic satire' Ricky Gervais 'Hilarious . . . the most...

There are many ways civilisation could end, even with wise, benevolent leaders like Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin watching over us. Now, in this fun interactive story of...

From the star of Netflix's The Duchess and host of 'Telling Everybody Everything''I've come to accept that being audacious is a gift I can't escape.' People 'know' my on-stage comedy...

We've seen the future. And it's shit. From the authors of the mega-selling Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? Once, we were promised a sci-fi future that never...

Our feline friends have spent eons observing, napping, pondering, napping and taking notes about the human condition. In between naps, they've realised that we humans could use some catlike guidance...

A follow up to Al Franken's worldwide bestseller LIES AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM, this new book will expose the lies and deceptions of the politicians and the...

Mankind has always been fascinated by space - prehistoric man built temples to honour the moon and sun, early civilisations developed theories about what went on up there, and scientists...

Public speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law....

Many of us remember with pleasure Hilaire Belloc's humorous and piquant Cautionary Tales. Ever popular since publication in 1940, the moral poems were supposedly for children - but, with their...

When the cubicle police outlaw plastic plants for fear they will attract dumb bugs, Dilbert takes a stand. However, back in his cubicle, he sweats out his decision to harbour...

From Michael Chabon, the bestselling author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay; his first novel in 5 years is a lovingly painted pop-culture epic. One street in Oakland,...

The lizards are alarmed. The snakes are scared. The antelopes are apoplectic. Why? The meerkats have turned mean. Sure, they look cute with their little noses in the air. And...

A new collection of Clarkson's hilarious Sunday Times Columns.

Ever wondered if a seven-year-old can bench press double his own bodyweight? Or who holds the record for the biggest enhanced breasts? Mark Dolan knows - he's actually met these...

Fizzing with the one-liners and surreal humour for which Milton Jones is famous, this is an authentic, hilarious story of the life of a stand-up comedian . A star of...

Just how long do you plan on defying the laws of gravity?"Responding to overwhelming demand, the Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative has researched deeply into the desires of women of a...

'I sweyour I shud have stopped Ri Ri from watchin' my Big Fat Gypsy Weddin. How de fuk am I s'posed to pay for dis Communion - de allowance has...

Herewith a handful of sample entries to tickle your funny bones...In the 1824 war between Britain and Ashanti (now part of Ghana), the British Redcoats found themselves surrounded by 10,000...

'All I had ever wanted was privacy. In order to get it, it seemed that an exceptionally detailed 500,000-word book was in order...' He was born into an ancient powerful...

Everyone tensed and leaned forward, wondering who this new arrival could be. A stripper? Surely not. A music act? Please no.'From the author of Number One Christmas bestseller, Five on...

Thanks, Penneys is a love letter to an Irish institution, hilariously exploring our complicated relationship with the shop - from the chaos of the changing rooms to the questionable delights...

The Vacant Casualty is not prepared, authorized, licensed, approved, or endorsed by the author or the publishers of The Casual Vacancy. Nothing ever seems to happen in the sleepy English...

Bigger, badder, sharper, ruder, funnier, bestier ...this all-new companion volume to the 2005 Christmas bestseller IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYTHING SHIT? perfectly complements the first book to form...

... 90% of your sick days happen to be Monday. The other 10% are Tuesdays after bank holidays... You've been to a funeral of someone whose name you didn't know...It's...

This is dark humour at its best - a collection of hilarious and outrageous cartoons which will appeal to anyone in touch with their evil side.

It's a memorable year in Scotland. The country will vote on independence, Glasgow will welcome the world to the Commonwealth Games, and the world's best golfers battle it out in...

'At 28 years old, I found myself living at home, with my 73-year-old father. As a child, my father never minced words, and when I screwed up, he had a...

'Growing up, every time I saw a men's magazine cover that had a headline about "73 Ways to Please Your Girlfriend", all I could think was "I'm good with one;...

Parents of the world rejoice! Our bestselling How to Traumatize Your Children has been revamped with all-new totally dysfunctional illustrations. This groundbreaking instructional volume teaches you how to give your...

With her second book comedienne and illustrator Aoife Dooley is on a mission. There's been a growing epidemic of poxes and buzz-wreckers everywhere and something needs to be done.What's a...

'Hurt me!' she begged, raising her skirt as she bent over the workbench. 'Very well,' I replied, 'You've got fat ankles and no dress sense.' Colin Grey's life was happy...

Whether his subject is Islam, goats, Kate Moss, a missing sock, Daktari or duff English, his prose is laser-sharp, clear as sunlight andmirrepressibly funny. Down Boy is Joe's ninth collection...