Dystopian Comedy

Brought to you by Penguin. From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you...

Hyper advanced, sarcastic aliens have invaded Earth … A funny, whip-smart work of science fiction from Sam O'Nella Academy YouTube creator Sam A. Miller – perfect for readers of Andy Weir, Douglas Adams, Matt Dinniman. Set in a world that is not really dystopian, or utopian, but just...

When Chase sees the little girl in umbrella socks savaging the Rottweiler, he‘s not too concerned. As someone who‘s been smoking meth every day for as long as he can remember, he‘s no stranger to such horrifying, drug-fueled hallucinations. But as he and his fellow junkies discover, the...

Tedd hat die Welt gerettet. Ihr Dank: ein Kopfgeld auf ihn. Mit dem Verschwinden des Managers hat die Menschheit keine Zeit verloren, um jedem verbliebenen Roboter den Krieg zu erklären–sie jagen sie für Ersatzteile, zum Spaß und für Credits. Jetzt erhebt sich eine neue Kraft aus den Trümmern. Sie nennen sich Phoenix. Ihre Mission: jede freidenkende Maschine von der Erde tilgen. Tedds Freunde sind seine einzige Überlebenschance. Das Problem ist, einer von ihnen hat bereits die Seiten gewechselt.

In a heretofore calm pocket of a postapocalyptic world, a few survivors find they are not alone as they face a new reality rife with cosmic horrors. In an isolated village at the edge of a forest, the last of humanity ekes out a spirited existence on an Earth that was ravaged by cataclysm...

A teen girl embarks on a heart-pounding, post-apocalyptic road trip on a mission to meet her favorite pop star, perfect for fans of The Last Bookstore on Earth. Grace has always followed the rules—especially the ninety-two she's created since the zombie apocalypse began seven months ago. But...

In this stunning follow-up to Hollow Kingdom, the hilarious animal duo is back with a renewed sense of hope for humanity, ready to take on a world ravaged by a viral pandemic. ★ "Hilarious and heartbreaking." —Shelf Awareness (Starred Review) Once upon an apocalypse, there lived an obscenely...

"Kavenna is a diligent scholar of her form, melding a massively complex plot à la Thomas Pynchon and the wicked social satire of Evelyn Waugh with a healthy dose of Gogol's absurdist dysphoria thrown in for good measure." Kirkus (starred review) A blistering, satirical novel about life under a...

If you’re a fan of post-apocalyptic comedy, gritty dystopian sci-fi, and absurdist adventures like Fallout or Idiocracy, you’ve found your next obsession. In the gleaming mega-city of United America, John Mason is a glitch in the system. While the elite sip tranquility lattes topped with seaweed foam and serotonin, John is just trying to survive the mandated perfection. By day, he scrubs glass towers; by night, he hunts for his sister, Lily—swallowed by the cracks of paradise five years ago. Then he snaps. One alcohol-fueled mistake leads to a one-way ticket to the wasteland.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR For fans of Interior Chinatown and American War, a surreal, hilarious, and sneakily profound debut novel that casts our current climate of gun violence and environmental destruction in a surprising new mold. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN OUR CULTURE...

Tedd hat die Konzerne überlebt. Die Mafia. Das Todeslager. Der Dschungel ist anders. Etwas wächst in der Festung, die in den Bäumen versteckt ist. Etwas, das der Manager im Geheimen erschaffen hat. Etwas, das nicht aus Metall besteht, nicht verdrahtet ist und keinerlei Interesse daran hat, Gefangene zu machen.

A contemporary dystopian elegy narrated by a cat imprisoned in a Schrödinger’s box, by the prizing-winning poet and memoirist whose writing "cuts to the core with electrifying force" (The Free-Lance Star). “Notes from Underground meets Kafka's ‘The Burrow,’ only it's an experiment with...

"Narrator Joe Gaminara keeps listeners right where the author wants them: teetering between perception and reality." — AudioFile Magazine From acclaimed British poet Luke Kennard comes The Transition: an intriguing and mysterious debut audiobook. Do you or your partner spend more than you earn?...

One of Wall Street Journal’s Best of 2017 “Entertainingly mixes thrills and humor.”—Entertainment Weekly “[An] amazing debut novel. . . . Dazzling and complex. . . . Fearlessly funny storytelling.”—The Washington Post “Instantly engaging. . . . A timeless, if mind-bending, story...

Surviving a zombie apocalypse is no laughing matter. You need the right guns, the right gear, and the right people to survive. Unfortunately, the customers of the zombie apocalypse call center don’t have the right guns, the right gear, or the right people supporting them. Now the world has gone mad and zombies are everywhere. Can the customers survive the zombies that are now taking over the world? Can they survive the cutthroat survivalists who are on the hunt for more supplies and guns? Can they trust each other enough to live another day?

Dave and Melanie thought an asteroid was going to destroy the planet. For a full seven weeks, so did everyone else on Earth. But then, it missed. Now, along with the rest of humanity, Dave and Melanie have to deal with the choices they made during “The Countdown” and figure out if there are any parts of their old life worth hanging on to after “The Miss”.

A kid's book (that's not really for kids) to help you cope with the world's rapid descent into a dystopian societal collapse. Sleep well!

PR extraordinaire Blake Hamner (the n is silent) put off his honeymoon for his big break: joining a major political campaign for president. Now, the "Hammer" struggles to make time for his marriage as crisis communications manager for Our Leader, who, since taking power, has become increasingly mad and totalitarian.

No name. No Clue. And a time old prophecy in a dysfunctional world ravaged by apathy. It’s all downhill from there when at the end of a noose. After a run in with a lunatic vagrant the two gallivant across the Lowland barrens when sparked by a sleazy advert for “Billy the Skids Truck Stop Depot”. Together they realize there might be more to life than first believed. More like muck mouth mutants, cannibalistic carnies, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and a 400-pound dictator with BO that would stop a truck. Everything is absurd.

A fearless novel about the price of revenge from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Go the F*** to Sleep Kilroy Dondi Vance is an eighteen-year-old mixed-race Brooklynite who deals pot and goes to prep school on scholarship, all while growing up in the shadow of his absentee father...