What's So Funny?

Stories with a light-hearted, humorous tone
 
Black Buck
by Mateo Askaripour

An unambitious college graduate accepts a job at Sumwun, the hottest NYC startup, and reimagines himself as “Buck,” a ruthless salesman, and begins to hatch a plan to help young people of color infiltrate America’s sales force. 
Highfire 
by Eoin Colfer

Burned out by the days of yore and passing his time in the Louisiana bayou watching Flashdance, a vodka-drinking dragon endures unexpected misadventures when he crosses paths with a 15-year-old troublemaker on the run. 
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop 
by Fannie Flagg

Taking a final visit to the ghost town where his mother Ruth’s Whistle Stop Café made its famous fried green tomatoes, Bud Threadgoode discovers new friends and surprises about the community’s women while triggering unexpected changes in his daughters’ lives.
The Big Finish
by Brooke Fossey

A curmudgeonly senior who would avoid a nursing home forges an unexpected bond with his estranged granddaughter. This abused child rapidly succumbed to the alcoholism that once painfully overshadowed his own life. 
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
by Elyssa Friedland

Perfect for fans of Dirty Dancing and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, this funny, nostalgia-filled story follows the Goldman and Weingold families as they, amid drama and scandal, try to save the Golden Hotel – their beloved getaway in the Catskills.
Been There, Married That
by Gigi Levangie Grazer

An uproarious battle of wills ensues when a picture-perfect Hollywood wife tries to navigate a sudden, brutal divorce while holding onto her luxurious lifestyle. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Starter Wife.
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor 
by Hank Green

A sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing finds Andy assuming a late April speaking tour in the aftermath of the Carls’s departure, while Miranda infiltrates a new scientific operation that poses consequences beyond her comprehension.
People We Meet on Vacation
by Emily Henry

Best friends Alex and Poppy try to repair their relationship two years after a disastrous vacation together by planning another vacation together in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Beach Read. 
Early Morning Riser
by Katherine Heiny

"A wise, bighearted, boundlessly joyful novel of love, disaster, and unconventional family from the celebrated author of Standard Deviation".
Just Like You
by Nick Hornby

Miserably married to a man with whom she once shared everything in common, Lucy forges an unexpected bond with her 22-year-old babysitter, a man from an entirely different class, culture, and generation. By the best-selling author of About a Boy.
Love Your Life
by Sophie Kinsella

Discarding her dating app to enjoy a post-breakup anonymous writers' retreat in coastal Italy, Ava shares an idyllic love affair with a fellow romantic before returning to London forces them to acknowledge their true identities.
The Bad Muslim Discount 
by Syed Masood

A homesick Pakistani immigrant chafing against the strictures of his family's new devout Muslim life in California and a young woman who barely escaped war-torn Baghdad upend their community in the aftermath of a fateful chance encounter. 
One Last Stop
by Casey McQuiston

Cynical August starts to believe in the impossible when she meets Jane on the subway, a mysterious punk rocker she forms a crush on, who is literally displaced in time from the 1970s and is trying to find her way back. 
Dial A for Aunties
by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Accidentally causing the death of a blind date, Meddy is persuaded by her meddlesome Chinese-Indonesian mother and aunts to dispose of the body, which upends a billionaire’s wedding and Meddy’s reunion with a former flame. 
Separation Anxiety
by Laura Zigman

Separation Anxiety is a hilarious, heart-breaking, and thought-provoking portrait of a difficult marriage, as fierce as it is funny.
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