(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best parody books

Yeah, brah! That's what I said! It's totally cool to make fun of a person's looks as long as they are not female or a democrat!

We agree you can't make fun of Nancy Pelosi's looks, right? Or Hilldogs? Or AOC? Even though they are rich and vain and powerful?

And as we see with democrats who are comedians - as well as many who are not - they can say the outlandish things republicans can't say as long as they call it "edgy" or "satire"... and that gives them a free pass.

I mean - we haven't even started in on Trump's famous hair or even more famous mouth shape, gnome sane? Or that big lard butt! All 100% AOK to make fun of as often and as ruthlessly as possible, totally not bullying or bad in any way... In fact: Teach your kids to make fun of his hair and skin color and fat butt and mouth shape! There are so many books to choose from that will help you start them down this path!

It's 100% sanctioned by democrats and democrat-comedians! No worries at all! Insult his looks until your heart is content! Who cares what anybody else thinks about that!

Except maybe... when people go to vote... Nah - that couldn't effect the vote! It must be Russians using mind control techniques!

> Humor is always good.

This isn't really related to any of the books/authors you mentioned but To Be Or Not To Be: A Chooseable Path Adventure is really fun. The same author also wrote Romeo and/or Juliet.

I thought those might be fun while you're recovering because they're like a book and game all in one, and they're very light-hearted.

Good luck with the procedure! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

This is a friend of mine, It popped up on our feed and I thought maybe posting here would help more. She is the embodiment of a perfect women. Sweet, kind, soft spoken funny and intelligent. A single mother of three brilliant children and a awesome writer. Check out one of her projects.http://www.amazon.com/Extremely-Unofficial-Highly-Unauthorized-Sutra/dp/1519483058

Purdue has a free online lab with lots of writing resources. It's geared toward the academic, but can be applied to fiction. [This link](
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/600/01/) goes to a page on sentence clarity. A sidebar on the left links to more subjects within the Mechanics section.

This links to the main resource page, which contains links to all sections, including Mechanics, Grammar, Punctuation and more, all with their own sub-sections.

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^^EDIT

A recent edition of The Elements of Style* is available for free here. For purists, the original 1918 edition is online here. This book is not the be-all-end-all Writing Bible, but it's useful, concise, and touted by more than one famous author.

(For people like u/ldonthaveaname, this style guide may have greater appeal.)

You have to throw about £3 at it but green laser ponter would be cool.

Or maybe I Am America (and So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert.

And you can never go wrong with a classic.

Edit: I almost forgot both book by John Hodgman are great.

The Areas of My Expertise: A Compendium of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order by Myself

More Information Than You Require ( Paperback )

It's a bit lesser known, but The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W.E. Bowman is astounding.

It's a satire of all the great English mountaineering expeditions of the 20th Century, and Bill Bryson even claims in his introduction to it that he thinks it's the funniest book he's ever read.

I will never hesitate to recommend Chuck Wendig, though he may not be to everyone's taste. Blackbirds is his most recent full-length novel, with its sequel, Mockingbird, coming out next week. If you want more of a sampler platter, I'd recommend his short story collection Irregular Creatures.

For something completely different, Phil Hornshaw and Nick Hurwitch recently released So You Created a Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel, which is a book in the style The Zombie Survival Guide, except a lot funnier. I met these guys at this year's comiccon (we were on a panel together), bought the book because they cracked me up in person, and definitely didn't regret the purchase. It's a lot of fun.

The overly politically correct writing was lampooned in 1994 in this short amauzing book: https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Correct-Bedtime-Stories-Storybook-ebook/dp/B004BA5EV0

> One day an invitation arrived at their house. The prince was celebrating his exploitation of the dispossessed and marginalized peasantry by throwing a fancy dress ball. Cinderella’s sisters-of-step were very excited to be invited to the palace. They began to plan the expensive clothes they would use to alter and enslave their natural body images to emulate an unrealistic standard of feminine beauty.


> When the day of the ball arrived, Cinderella helped her mother- and sisters-of-step into their ball gowns. A formidable task: It was like trying to force ten pounds of processed nonhuman animal carcasses into a five-pound skin. Next came immense cosmetic augmentation, which it would be best not to describe at all.

1. Something that is grey. (Wish List)
   
2. Something reminiscent of rain. (Music)
   
3. Something food related that is unusual. (Candy/Snacks)
   
4. Something on your list that is for someone other than yourself. Tell me who it's for and why. (Yes, pets count!) Breath mints for my doggies because they like to lick my face, which is gross when their breath stinks. (Pumpkin/Petey)
   
5. A book I should read! I am an avid reader, so take your best shot and tell me why I need to read it! I read a free sample, and it is absolutely hilarious! (books)
   
6. An item that is less than a dollar, including shipping... that is not jewelry, nail polish, and or hair related!
   
7. Something related to cats. I love cats! (keep this SFW, you know who you are...) (Pumpkin/Petey)
   
8. Something that is not useful, but so beautiful you must have it.
   
9. A movie everyone should watch at least once in their life. Why? It teaches that you must face the demons of your past in order to achieve inner peace. And it's hilarious. (Wish List)
   
10. Something that would be useful when the zombies attack. Explain.
    
11. Something that would have a profound impact on your life and help you to achieve your current goals.
    
12. One of those pesky Add-On items. (Wish List)
    
13. The most expensive thing on your list. Your dream item. Why? We currently have a similar set, but two of the springs have fallen out under my seat, and the back cushion covering is pulling apart. This would be to replace those. (Nice things I don't need right now)
    
14. Something bigger than a bread box. EDIT A bread box is typically similar in size to a microwave. I think this is bigger than a bread box... (Wish List)
    
15. Something smaller than a golf ball. (Wish List)
    
16. Something that smells wonderful.
    
17. A (SFW) toy. (Wish List)
    
18. Something that would be helpful for going back to school. (Wish List)
    
19. Something related to your current obsession, whatever that may be. This combines two of my current obsessions - reading and My Little Pony. (Books)
    
20. Something that is just so amazing and awe-inspiring that I simply must see it. Explain why it is so grand.
    
    Fear cuts deeper than swords.

Thanks for the love, guys. I'm aware this is a touch whorey, but if you enjoyed this little trifle I think you'll like my book, 'But... You're a Horse', which you can buy from Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/But-Youre-Horse-David-Bussell-ebook/dp/B00QH1LK9G/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1427120839&sr=1-1&keywords=bussell+horse

Books

• Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. A great read that will forever fuel zombie conversations in the future.
  
• World War Z by Max Brooks. A well done recount of the zombie war that nearly wiped humans off the planet.
  
• Day By Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne. A compelling diary-style account from the beginning of a zombie apocalypse.
  
• Beyond Exile by J. L. Bourne. A sequel that picks up right where Day By Day left off.
  
• The Zombie Combat Manual by Roger Ma. Meh. Just a cash-in on Max Brooks' great work with the survival guide.
  
• U.S. Army Zombie Combat Skills by 'Dept. of the Army'. Lame. About as fun to read as a roll of toilet paper.

From the Amazon page for the book

> From the internet mischief-maker who brought you the “Knock Knock Hijack”, in which he ran away with a friend’s Facebook joke to hilarious effect, and “Hotel Graffiti”, a series of peculiar messages hidden in hotel rooms around the world, comes “But... You’re a Horse”, a collection of pranks, anecdotes and gags that have nothing whatsoever to do with the cover of the book containing them.

On the other hand, it would probably be exactly what it looks like in the Bojack 'verse.

Beer from a baby bottle is my faves. I've also got a pretty good collection of adult parodies of little kid's books. I've got this one and this one and I've asked Santa for this one

I also recently got my green card so let the nommy special cookies and cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles commence :3

All three of John Hodgman's books (The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That is All) are fantastic almanacs of made-up facts.

Hodgman has a really unique voice that shines through in his writing, and his signature move of CAPTALIZING SOME WORDS for emphasis will always be funny to me - for example:


>DECEMBER 16 1936, PARIS: Walter Benjamin writes his seminal essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," in which he argues that ancient works of art, such as sculpture and pottery, have an "aura" that cinema and books, which exist only as copies, do not. Benjamin went on to claim that only he could see this magical aura, and when the time was right, he would tap its energy to fuel the massive PSYCHIC RESONATOR he was developing to halt the rise of the Nazis. IT WOULD HAVE WORKED, TOO, had the Nazis not destroyed his enormous cache of urns.

I think "More" is probably the best of the three, but they all have a through-line where Hodgman charts his path from unknown Apple commercial personality to reclusive millionaire, so the whole series is worth checking out IMO.

I read a very silly but entertaining book set in late nineteenth century New York, written by Chris Elliot of all people. I recommend it.

A lesbian nurse? Sorry to hear about your case. To cheer you up, check out these novels, which are spoofs of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, except everyone is gay, and the main character is lesbian nurse Cherry Aimless, who has an affair with Nancy. They're hilarious!

http://www.amazon.com/Case-Not-So-Nice-Nurse-Aimless-Mystery/dp/1573442267

http://www.amazon.com/Case-Good-Nothing-Girlfriend-Aimless/dp/1573442275

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Closet-Nancy-Hardly-Mystery/dp/1573442283

Ryan North is a bona fide amazing dude. He's also made:

• That Time traveler poster that once was reposted everywhere, and the same in book form
  
• A chooseable-path version of Hamlet
  
• A chooseable-path version of Romeo and Juliet
  
• Co-edited two books about a machine that tells you how you will die. You can download the first one for free.

He also wrote the single greatest book of all time: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Timewaster-Letters-Robin-Cooper/dp/1843171694

edit: look just watch this ok?

Goodnight Brew - just came out, perfect timing for my wife's birthday

Goodnight Goon

Goodnight iPad

And my personal favorite, Fuck You Sun.

You could win with an interesting set of coffee table books. I'll start you out.

I'm totally buying that.

Though they're not really full books, the Jack Handey Deep Thoughts series (1, 2, 3) are the funniest things I've ever read in my life. Twenty years later and I still start giggling if I think about them.

I had some little books of deep,deeper and deepest thoughts growing up. They were great. I'm so glad I can remind people these exist.

For real though, once my grandma bought me a bunch of books from a thrift store, and This gem was hidden in the pile. I got halfway through the first chapter and asked my mom if she's read it. She snatched it away from me and called my grandma asking why she had purchased me an "adult" novel. We still laugh about it today.

Thanks, i'm about to order this I hope it lives up to all the reviews.

"so you created a wormhole: the time traveler's guide to time travel"

i don't know if i should be happy about that or not.

Loved that show.

Did you read The Shroud of the Thwacker?

Sure, you lose some furniture, but you might get a free boat.

You are in good company. John Hodgman explains in great detail in his apocalyptic book That Is All exactly what part the Big Dog robot will play in the end of the world.

Although technically, it is a fleet of the robots, called Dogstorm.

If you like this item you may also like: State by State with The State.

If you like this kind of thing and don't know about 'The Timewaster Letters', you should check it out

(The Timewaster Phone Calls are also brilliant):

http://www.robincooper.co.uk/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Timewaster-Letters-Robin-Cooper/dp/1843171694

Seriously funny.

LOL

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Whose-Boat-This-Aftermath-Hurricane/dp/1982121084&ved=2ahUKEwin-a6o0f3kAhURW60KHQ9aDC4QFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw0uNJ-0eUmL3KVjAEV2rGMy

If you're looking for something fun, you can try Politically Correct Bedtime Stories.

State by State with The State was a fun read

If anyone is interested in reading an Airplane-esque style book about these kind of climbers/explorers, check out The Ascent of Rum Doodle.

You won't regret it.

is your friend robin cooper? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Timewaster-Letters-Robin-Cooper/dp/1843171694

Colbert did something similar and all the proceeds go to hurricane relief. https://www.amazon.com/Whose-Boat-This-Aftermath-Hurricane/dp/1982121084/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540330050&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=whos+boat+is+this+boat+book+trump

we have https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Army-Zombie-Combat-Skills/dp/1599219093/ and https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Army-Werewolf-Sniper-Manual/dp/1599219875 so we aren't so bad, I just wish they were on APD...

This title and thread was so confusing to me.

He announced the book on purpose. The book is a collection of Trump quotes compiled by the Late Show staff, leading to the book being billed as "by Donald J. Trump (by accident)":

Whose Boat Is This Boat?: Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane By Donald J. Trump (By Accident)

Quite the book. Here's a link for anyone interested.

If you like this joke, I recommend the book State by State with The State.


Context

I'd like to make another suggestion.

My NEO sample sale purchase is finally on it's way for delivery today. I never had any doubt that some equitable solution would be found (refund, new pair, or hold-on-a-second so we can make a sample of something, etc.) After all this time, they went with a new pair of catumets apparently, though I don't know any more details of what I'm getting, but I'm excited nonetheless!

Also, bought the Star Wars Kama Sutra for the girl I'm seeing. Perfect "early into our dating, but still a meaningful, personal gift." (She's into star wars, buddhist, and crass).

I've got a few more:

1. [Go the F**k to Sleep] (http://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach-ebook/dp/B004YMYR2C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1414123015&sr=8-4&keywords=safe+baby+handling+tips)
   
2. [K is for Knifeball] (http://www.amazon.com/K-Knifeball-Alphabet-Terrible-Advice-ebook/dp/B009F3G958/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1414123015&sr=8-5&keywords=safe+baby+handling+tips)
   
3. [If You Give a Kid a Cookie, Will He Shut the F**k Up?] (http://www.amazon.com/You-Give-Cookie-Will-Shut-ebook/dp/B00F8GUN76/ref=pd_sim_kstore_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YJ34BBQ5B1T1H3H6WA0)
   
4. [That's Not Your Mommy Anymore] (http://www.amazon.com/Thats-Not-Your-Mommy-Anymore-ebook/dp/B004XI9IC6/ref=pd_sim_kstore_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YJ34BBQ5B1T1H3H6WA0)
   
5. [Safe Baby Handling Tips] (http://www.viralnova.com/baby-handling-tips/)
   
6. [How Not to Kill Your Baby] (http://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Kill-Your-Baby-ebook/dp/B006UD2COI/ref=pd_sim_kstore_11?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YJ34BBQ5B1T1H3H6WA0)
   
7. [Baby's First Tattoo] (http://www.amazon.com/Babys-First-Tattoo-Jim-Mullen/dp/0743224450/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1X05RPJDZ7T8R50RCB0Y)
   
8. [Raising the Perfect Child Through Manipulation and Guilt] (http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Perfect-Child-Through-Manipulation/dp/0061759570/ref=pd_sim_b_8?ie=UTF8&refRID=1VVWDAE9A2WAXA5KPHHD)
   
9. [The Taking Tree] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Taking-Tree-Selfish-Parody/dp/1442407638/ref=pd_sim_b_13?ie=UTF8&refRID=0FJDP8BFTG0CRQ0S9BAE)
   
10. [Fuck You Sun] (http://www.amazon.com/Fuck-You-Sun-Matt-Cole/dp/0615509142/ref=pd_sim_b_37?ie=UTF8&refRID=0FJDP8BFTG0CRQ0S9BAE)
    
11. [Bi-Curious George] (http://www.amazon.com/Bi-Curious-George-An-Unauthorized-Parody/dp/1604332832/ref=pd_sim_b_42?ie=UTF8&refRID=0FJDP8BFTG0CRQ0S9BAE)
    
12. [Monsters Eat Whiny Children] (http://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Whiny-Children-Bruce-Kaplan/dp/1416986898/ref=pd_sim_b_14?ie=UTF8&refRID=1VVWDAE9A2WAXA5KPHHD)
    
13. [How to Traumatize Your Children] (http://www.amazon.com/How-Traumatize-Your-Children-Deliberately/dp/1601063091/ref=pd_sim_b_23?ie=UTF8&refRID=1VVWDAE9A2WAXA5KPHHD)
    
14. [Reasons Mommy Drinks] (http://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Mommy-Drinks-Lyranda-Martin-Evans-ebook/dp/B00BVJG4C2/ref=pd_sim_kstore_39?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YJ34BBQ5B1T1H3H6WA0)

The U.S. army has a zombie survival guide as well.

[https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Army-Zombie-Combat-Skills/dp/1599219093/ref=nodl_]

Yeah seriously, we don't need another "Whose boat is this boat?"

State by State with the State

This book, along with Jack Handey, shaped my sense of humor from my late teens to current day. If you have read this book, I will upvote every comment you've ever made on reddit. Seriously.

The Last Testament: A Memoir https://www.amazon.com/dp/1451640196/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_95iIAbV2R2NQR

https://www.amazon.com/But-Youre-Horse-David-Bussell-ebook/dp/B00QH1LK9G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518379170&sr=8-1&keywords=but+you%27re+a+horse

They were published as books in the 90's:
http://smile.amazon.com/Deep-Thoughts-Jack-Handey/dp/0425133656/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462214127&sr=8-1&keywords=jack+handey+deep+thoughts
http://smile.amazon.com/Deepest-Thoughts-Deep-They-Squeak/dp/0786880449/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1462214127&sr=8-2&keywords=jack+handey+deep+thoughts
http://smile.amazon.com/Deeper-Thoughts-All-Jack-Handey/dp/1562828401/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1462214127&sr=8-3&keywords=jack+handey+deep+thoughts

What if it's:
https://www.amazon.com/Bi-Curious-George-Unauthorized-Andrew-Simonian/dp/1604332832

Would that change your mind?

How about an entire book?

https://www.amazon.com/Bi-Curious-George-Unauthorized-Andrew-Simonian/dp/1604332832/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

But... You're a Horse.

People do it. I've got a book somewhere of a guy that just does this for a living and compiles the responses into books he sells.

Edit: Dug it out of my book shelf:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Timewaster-Letters-Robin-Cooper/dp/1843171694

Whose Boat Is This Boat?

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https://www.amazon.com/Whose-Boat-This-Aftermath-Hurricane/dp/1982121084

Who's boat is this?

https://www.amazon.com/Whose-Boat-This-Aftermath-Hurricane/dp/1982121084/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539269465&sr=8-1&keywords=Who%27s+Boat+is+this

Nothing but copies of this.
https://www.amazon.com/Whose-Boat-This-Aftermath-Hurricane/dp/1982121084/

Reference

Get this book. Seriously.

I bet it's this one: https://www.amazon.com/Whose-Boat-This-Aftermath-Hurricane/dp/1982121084/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_twi_har_2?

P

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982121084/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_R3TDCb7BR34DV

Never thought I would link this...

I think he meant this book

U.S. Army Zombie Combat Skills

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Whose-Boat-This-Aftermath-Hurricane/dp/1982121084/ but with his horrible quotes.

When my niece was born, the first of the grandchildren, I made it a point that once a month I sent my sister and BIL an "inappropriate" kids book. This was on the list, although my favorite is "K is for Knifeball", as even I thought this one went a little too far.

So other suggestions for you:

The Taking Tree https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442407638/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Children Make Terrible Pets
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316015482/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

All My Friends Are Dead
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811874559/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Everyone Poops
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/192913214X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ten Little Zombies: A Love Story
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081187723X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Monsters Eat Whiny Children
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416986898/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'd Really Like To Eat A Child
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375837612/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Very Hungry Zombie
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1620871823/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cornelius and the Undigested Kernel of Corn
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1434909808/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Zombie Cat: A Tale of a Decomposing Kitty
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616088842/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

K is for Knifeball
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1452103313/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Once Upon A Time, The End
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0689866194/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1OGBZXPD3BH7B&colid=3D1T0BH91G9JT

Zombies Hate Stuff
https://www.amazon.com/Zombies-Hate-Stuff-Greg-Stones/dp/1452107408/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=ISHSM71HN45MJ&colid=3D1T0BH91G9JT&qid=&sr=

The Night Dad Went To Jail
https://www.amazon.com/Night-Dad-Went-Jail-Challenges/dp/1479521426/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

You Have To Fucking Eat
https://www.amazon.com/You-Have-F-g-Eat/dp/1617753785/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Fuck You Sun
https://www.amazon.com/Fuck-You-Sun-Matt-Cole/dp/0615509142/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498051281&sr=1-2

Available for pre-order next week, "Whose burned down house is that burned down house?"

He's going to make an ass of himself here. He is genetically incapable of handling a disaster with empathy or tact.