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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Goodnight Bush Goodnight Bush Erich Origen A brilliant parody of the children's classic Goodnight Moon, built around the coming end of the worst presidency ever.Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody is a hilarious and poignant visual requiem… OL12003185W
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith,Katherine Kellgren,Seth Grahame-Smith Jane Austen Great first line; it had to be polished, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” Zombies and katanas give it the zing the ori… OL15093171W
Go The F**k To Sleep Go The F**k To Sleep Adam Mansbach A very humorous rhyming book for parents who have had to suffer through too many long nights trying to get a child to go to sleep, in a style similar to other children's books. Many parents will be a… OL15730579W
Barry Trotter and the unauthorized parody Barry Trotter and the unauthorized parody Michael Gerber Parody of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. When eager fans threaten Hogwash School for Wizards because of a film about its most famous student, Barry Trotter, the hero of a series of bestsellers,… OL15834717W
The meowmorphosis The meowmorphosis Coleridge Cook Gregor Samsa, a seemingly typical man, wakes up one morning to discover he has been transformed into a cat. OL16322128W
Andy Warhound Pup Art Andy Warhound Pup Art Mia Feinstein 109 pages : 16 cm OL17413796W
Option$ Option$ Daniel Lyons A parody of Silicon Valley culture chronicles the struggles, triumphs, celebrity encounters, political hobnobbing, and counterintuitive management philosophy of Fake Steve Jobs, in a fictional memoir. OL1843357W
Bored of the Rings Bored of the Rings Henry Beard,Harvard Lampoon,Douglas C. Kenney,Jean Little,Jim Meskimen This is a parody of "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien. It is very brief, comparatively, and not to be taken seriously. It is meant to be amusing even if a bit vulgar. OL1939708W
Poorly drawn lines Poorly drawn lines Reza Farazmand "A bear flies through space. A hamster suffers a breakdown. Elsewhere, a garden snake is arrested by animal control and jailed for home invasion, while a child marvels at the wonder of nature as worm… OL20009790W
Selp-helf Selp-helf Miranda Sings "Over six million social media fans can't be wrong: Miranda Sings is one of the funniest faces on YouTube. As a bumbling, ironically talentless, self-absorbed personality (a young Gilda Radner, if yo… OL20012063W
A child's first book of Trump A child's first book of Trump Michael Ian Black The Trump is a curious creature, very often spotted in the wild, but confounding to our youngest citizens. A business mogul, reality TV host, and now & political candidate? Kids (and, let's be honest… OL20038043W
The abide guide The abide guide Oliver Benjamin When you seek salvation from this stressed out, uptight world, there's only one man to go to for guidance--the Dude. At once helpful, funny and profound (like The Big Lebowski itself), this survival … OL22633333W
Why me? Why me? Neil Forsyth Bob Servant is troubled. The economy is collapsing, his health is failing and around his hometown of Broughty Ferry, Bob is struggling to get the respect he deserves. Fortunately his email junk folde… OL24308335W
Nonsense novels Nonsense novels Stephen Leacock “The author of this book offers it to the public without apology,” Leacock boldly asserts in the Preface before launching into a slew of riotous stories. In this book you’ll find:Maddened by Mystery:… OL626369W
Motel of the mysteries Motel of the mysteries David Macaulay An arch and witty tale purporting to be the dissertation of some future archeologists' discovery and exploration of the "Toot and C'mon Motel" (any resemblance to a Holiday Inn and the Egyptian phara… OL74030W
Pistache Pistache Sebastian Faulks A collection of fanciful, satirical and surprising parodies, squibs and pastiches inspired by The Write Stuff on Radio 4pistache (pis-tash): a friendly spoof or parody of another's work. [Deriv uncer… OL80175W