Parodies & Spoofs

In the library of a country house in Nottinghamshire, Vivian is writing an article about the importance of lying, when he is interrupted by Cyril, ...

In this dispassionate analysis of the act of murder, De Quinceys innovative, idio­syncratic artistic vision found space for gruesome reportage, sat...

What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to ...

A spoof encyclopedia of contemporary accepted wisdom and commonplaces, the Dictionary of Received Ideas sees Flaubert at his witty and satirical be...

Discover what the end of the world really looks like . . .'Lara has constructed her own home-made flame-thrower.The flame-thrower has turned the wa...

Captain's log: We have entered a galaxy where beloved illustrator Jenny Parks has conjured an astonishingly vivid homage to the original Star Trek ...

'STOP THE COUNT!'Can you spot the Donald?Now Trump has graciously conceded the US presidential election to Joe Biden, it's becoming increasingly ha...

The PERFECT GIFT for Mum would be to let her take the day off while you do everything for her. Why not get her this book instead?----------------Th...

From the authors of the breakout bestseller All my friends are dead. (more than 175,000 copies sold) and in the humorous vein of Go the F**k to Sle...

A collection of remarkable and completely made-up correspondence from the great and the good across history. Many books have collated the...

Burrowed from the Classic by Leo TolstoyAs cute as bunny ears Rabbit Warren Peace is a brand new retelling of Tolstoys classic War & Peace wit...

Face it: You were awesome when you were a kid. You feared nothing. You spoke your mind. You tried new things. You had imagination. Now you play by ...

''So funny, and so wise. Just like the man himself'' Richard Osman ''I inhaled it. HILARIOUS. So sharp - it really made me laugh'' Katherine Ryan''...

When a bomb explodes in front of Dawson on a sunny June morning, he is lucky to escape with his life, certainly luckier than the man he is followin...

The real guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond. Im assuming youve picked up this book because youre either curious...

''The perfect antidote to 2020'' Huffington Post''A must-read if you like funny things'' Greg James''I had no idea Pat Sharp''s life story would be...

In 2001, fans of the internet were introduced to scanned pages from spoof local newspaper The Framley Examiner. Packed with humdrum and preposterou...

'So funny, and so wise. Just like the man himself' Richard Osman 'I inhaled it. HILARIOUS. So sharp - it really made me laugh' Katherine Ryan''Mora...

A fascinating and hilarious gallop through twentieth-century British history, by comedian Al Murray.An awful lot has happened in the last 100 years...

This easy-to-follow-through guide lifts the lid on toilet marks and unlocks the secret of your secretions.A divination guide for bowel-on-bowl acti...

The last 12 months have been the strangest anyone can remember; all our lives have been turned upside down. We were unable to meet and hold our lov...

Did Silence of the Lambs leave you reaching for a smooth bottle of dry red wine?After reading The Shining did you have an unaccountable urge to sip...

*A Book Riot Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of 2021* The creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems bring their witty and unflinching in...

Have you ever looked a bird dead in the eye and wondered what it was thinking? With Effin Birds, the most eagerly anticipated new volume in the nob...

The surely soon-to-be million-copy bestselling sort-of inspirational parody.. A timeless parody of C...