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One of New York Magazine’s 10 Best Comedy Books of 2023

Our feline cyborg hero must prevent climate “apawcalypse” by zapping back to 2000 in this bonkers science-fiction adventure.

2040: Earth’s in trouble. Brilliant inventor Dr. Tara Switcher, an elder millennial (like all millennials), tried to save the environment, but politicians banned her...

Adjunct professor Olivia has no savings, no stability, no hope...oh, and she’s still living at home with her father, the university dean. Meanwhile, sky-high tuition is wrecking her students’ lives. The solution? Kidnap the out-of-touch baby boomers running the school and demand cancellation of all college loan debt. What could possibly go...

On the eve of their thirtieth birthday, twin brothers Jake and Zack Hind—bankrupt from the recession and obsessed with the lost golden era of the 1990s—drunkenly create a Kickstarter crowdfunding page for ’90s ISLAND, a tropical commune dedicated to recreating that beloved, carefree decade. When they wake up, Generation Y has collectively...

Marty Beckerman’s hilarious guide for the modern man to booze, battle, and bull-fight his way to becoming more like Hemingway

More than fifty years have passed since the death of Ernest Hemingway, history’s ultimate man, and young males today--obsessed with Facebook, Twitter, and Playstation--know nothing about his legendary brand of rugged,...

In every election year, we hear much about the allpowerful “bases” of each major party. Who are these activists? What drives them? And why are they all equally dangerous to our lives, liberties, and pursuits of happiness? In Dumbocracy, journalist Marty Beckerman spends four years with foot soldiers of the Left and Right--prochoice and...

As reported from the frontlines by twenty-year-old Marty Beckerman, combining fact and fiction, the book is filled with mind-shattering stats, news reports, and confessions from the new American “Hook-Up Culture.” Blunt and brutal, Beckerman’s tour de force through contemporary adolescence will leave you stunned, breathless, and ultimately...

Before he was a #1 Amazon.com bestselling humorist and a contributor to The New York Times, Esquire, Playboy, and MTV News, Marty Beckerman (“laugh-out-loud”—USA Today) was a sarcastic teenager from tropical Anchorage, Alaska, who had a column in the local newspaper and zero f***s to give. Week after week, he skewered high school rites of...