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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorJeeves and the Wedding Bells
Sebastian Faulks · 272 pages
"Bertie Wooster (a young man about town) and his butler Jeeves (the very model of the modern manservant)--return in their first new novel in nearly forty years: Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks. P.G. Wodehouse documented the lives of the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster for nearly sixty years, from their first appearance in 1915 ("Extricating Young Gussie") to the his final completed
Wayside School Is Falling Down
Louis Sachar · 179 pages
"Watch Closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window. The children watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!" That's the way things happen a
Shopaholic and Sister
Sophie Kinsella · 385 pages
Returning to London after her ten-month honeymoon, Becky Bloomwood Brandon finds herself depressed by a lack of money, a search for a job, and her best friend Suze's new best friend, until she discovers that she has a long lost sister.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Helen Fielding · 422 pages
*The Edge of Reason* is the sequel to Helen Fielding's number one best-selling Bridget Jones's Diary. It has been turned into a film starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* is followed by *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy*. *The Wilderness Years* are over! But not for long. At the end of *Bridget Jones's Diary*, Bridget hiccuped off into the sunset
Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel
Jerome K. Jerome · 315 pages
When J. the narrator, George, Harris and Montmorency the dog set off on their hilarious misadventures, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts, imaginary illnesses, butter pats and tins of pineapple chunks.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde · 106 pages
Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. - [*Wikipedia*][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impor
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
Sue Townsend · 203 pages
From book jacket: Adrian Mole is a worrier. The problems of existence hit him hard. Spots, bits of him that won't seem to keep still, the cracks in his parents' marriage, all prey heavily on his mind. There are some consolations. A 14 year old feminist, an 89 year old chain smoker and his spoilt best friend all help to lift the gloomy introspection of Mole's moods. Mole believes he is an intellect
The Portable Door
Tom Holt · 416 pages
The course of true love never runs smooth - particularly when there's a goblin in the way! Tom Holt cordially invites readers to join him in his world of madness with this comic fantasy novel about a man who finds himself working for a deeply sinister organization with a mighty peculiar agenda.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Douglas Adams · 225 pages
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel. It was originally published by Pan Books as a paperback. The book was inspired by the song "Grand Hotel" by British rock band Procol Harum. The book title refers to Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, one of the s
The Mortdecai Trilogy
Kyril Bonfiglioli · 528 pages
Les aventures aux quatre coins du monde de Charlie Mortdecai, un curieux marchand d'art entouré d'amis peu scrupuleux. Par chance, lorsqu'il est soupçonné dans des affaires de vol de tableau, de mariage par intérêt et d'assassinat de la reine d'Angleterre, cet aristocrate dégénéré et snob se sert de ses contacts avantageux au sein de la haute société londonienne pour sen tirer.
Wallbanger
Alice Clayton · 320 pages
Thanks to paper-thin walls and the guy's athletic prowess, Caroline can hear not just her neighbor's bed banging against the wall but the ecstatic response of what seems like an endless parade of women. She finds her fantasies keep her awake even longer than the noise. So when the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll ni
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman · 72 pages
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
Bill Watterson · 208 pages
Mort
Terry Pratchett · 276 pages
Terry Pratchett's hilarious fourth Discworld novel established once and for all that Death really is a laughing matter.... 'He is screamingly funny. He is wise. He has style' Daily Telegraph 'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elepha
Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Janet Evanovich · 332 pages
Stephanie Plum is working overtime tracking felons for the bonds office at night and snooping for security expert Carlos Manoso, aka Ranger, during the day. Can she hunt down two killers, a traitor, and five skips, keep her grandmother out of the sauce, and solve Ranger's problems and not jump his bones?
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume · 120 pages
Any fourth grader would agree that Peter Hatcher has a terrible problem—his little brother, Fudge. But the grown-ups in his life just can't see that there is something wrong with a two-year-old who breaks his front teeth try- ing to fly, decides that he is a dog, goes on a no-eat strike, and scribbles all over his brother's homework. Peter is always asked to perform so that Fudge will be less of
The Odd Couple
Neil Simon · 109 pages
Two poker buddies, one a hyper-neurotic, the other an incurable slob, suddenly find themselves bachelors again and decide to share a New York City apartment. This classic comedic play was later adapted into two motion pictures and a successful television series.
Banking the Billionaire
Max Monroe · 416 pages
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Connie Willis · 496 pages
Connie Willis' entertaining comedy inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's [Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)][1]. [Robert A. Heinlein][2] mentioned the earlier work in [Have Spacesuit will Travel][3] as Kip's father's favorite. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1793164W/Three_Men_in_a_Boat_(to_say_nothing_of_the_dog) [2]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL28641A/Robert_A._He
The Rosie Effect
Graeme Simsion · 419 pages
"The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge because--surprise--Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don
Curse of the Spellmans
Lisa Lutz · 504 pages
Sequel to *The Spellman Files*. When Izzy Spellman, PI, is arrested for the fourth time in three months, she writes it off as a job hazard. She's been (obsessively) keeping surveillance on a suspicious next door neighbor (suspect's name: John Brown), convinced he's up to no good -- even if her parents (the management at Spellman Investigations) are not. When the (displeased) management refu
Nicholas in Trouble
Jean-Jacques Sempe, Rene Goscinny · 132 pages