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Life in Pieces: From the Sunday Times Bestselling author of So Lucky, comes a bold, brilliant, and hilarious book to curl up with 2021

By O’Porter, Dawn

An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

By Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

Life and Laughing: The bestselling first official autobiography from Britain's biggest comedy star

By Michael McIntyre

The Illustrated Wrinklies' Wit and Wisdom: Humorous Quotations on Getting on a Bit

By Allison Vale, Alison Rattle, Rosemarie Jarski

Losing it in Cornwall

By Liz Hurley

Bart Simpson’s Guide to Life: A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed

By Groening, Matt

An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years Of Upper Class Idiots In Charge)

By O'Farrell, John

Wicked: Women's Wit And Humour: From Elizabeth I to Ruby Wax

By Morgan, Fidelis

Born to be Riled: The Collected Writings of Jeremy Clarkson

By Clarkson, Jeremy

The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus

By Fry, Dr Hannah, Oléron Evans, Dr Thomas

Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use

By Seales, Amanda

Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music

By Tim Lihoreau, Stephen Fry

The Joy of Small Things: 'A not-so-small joy in itself.' Nigella Lawson

By Parkinson, Hannah Jane

I Can Make You Hate

By Charlie Brooker, Brooker, Charlie

Diddly Squat: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

By Clarkson, Jeremy

How to Live with a Neurotic Cat

By Stephen Baker, Jackie Geyer

The Joy of Small Things: 'A not-so-small joy in itself.' Nigella Lawson: 1

By Parkinson, Hannah Jane

Bart Simpson’s Guide to Life: A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed

By Groening, Matt

The Complete Nigerian: A self-confessed Tale-Bearer's guide book to the doings and misdoings of the Nigerian adult male and female

By Enahoro, Peter

If You’d Just Let Me Finish

By Clarkson, Jeremy

Kent Book: Graham Clarke's Kent

By Clarke, Graham

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

By Bryson, Bill

Making It Up As I Go Along: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

By Keyes, Marian

An Atlas of Extinct Countries: The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map

By Defoe, Gideon

Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe

By Bryson, Bill

Latin for All Occasions: Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus

By Henry Beard, Mikhail Ivenitsky

IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU!: Impossible perfectionist seeks very very very tidy woman

By Richardson, Jon

Bossypants

By Fey, Tina

The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment

By Jacobs, A J

You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Through Unloved Britain

By Moore, Tim