The Vile Village
Three orphans raised by a rule bound village find hidden friends and a sky escape in book seven.
2,971-word summary · 13 min read
Tag: humor
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The Ugly Truth
Greg faces puberty, a school lock-in and Uncle Gary's wedding while Mom returns to college in Wimpy Kid book five.
2,766-word summary · 12 min read
The Twits
Mr. and Mrs. Twit trade vile pranks and torment caged monkeys until the birds and monkeys flip the house on them.
2,864-word summary · 13 min read
The Hypnotist's Love Story
A hypnotherapist falls for a widower whose ex keeps watching from the shadows.
2,490-word summary · 11 min read
The Humans
An alien borrows Andrew Martin's life to erase a proof, then a dog, peanut butter, and a tired family win him over.
2,959-word summary · 13 min read
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
Lauren Graham looks back on broke actress years, Parenthood, and playing Lorelai Gilmore twice in this funny 2016 memoir.
2,701-word summary · 12 min read
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Nine-year-old Peter Hatcher tries to get through fourth grade while his toddler brother Fudge steals every scene.
2,469-word summary · 11 min read
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
Stephen Fry retells Greek myths from Chaos to Perseus with jokes, footnotes, and very human gods.
2,553-word summary · 11 min read
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
A self-protective Pittsburgh senior is pushed to befriend a classmate with leukemia, and a clumsy film with Earl changes all three.
2,773-word summary · 12 min read
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
Sedaris gets French dental work, feeds a kookaburra in Australia, shops for a stuffed owl in London, and survives China, airports and a colonoscopy.
2,538-word summary · 11 min read
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox raids three cruel farmers to feed his family, then outdigs tractors and a siege to host a feast underground.
2,910-word summary · 13 min read
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
A mystery writer narrates his own snowbound family reunion, where everyone has killed someone and the bodies pile up.
2,961-word summary · 13 min read
Curious George
Curious George retold: a monkey sails from Africa to the city, phones the fire station, floats off on balloons, and finds home.
2,979-word summary · 13 min read
Calypso
Sedaris buys a Carolina beach house, grieves his sister Tiffany, tends his aging father, and turns illness and marriage into dry family comedy.
2,835-word summary · 13 min read
Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson's first collection introduces Calvin and Hobbes, a wild six-year-old and his tiger friend, in strips full of imagination and mischief.
2,972-word summary · 13 min read
Boyfriend Material
A tabloid-haunted charity worker fakes a romance with a straitlaced barrister in this funny 2020 London rom-com.
2,325-word summary · 10 min read
White Teeth
Archie and Samad's wartime bond tangles their London families across generations, genes, and faith.
2,110-word summary · 9 min read
The Last Straw
Frank wants Greg toughened through sports while Greg dodges everything and military school looms.
2,020-word summary · 9 min read
The Guncle
A sitcom star takes his niece and nephew for a summer and learns presence beats punchlines.
2,779-word summary · 12 min read
The Ersatz Elevator
Orphans climb endless stairs while a stylish guardian sides with Olaf.
1,961-word summary · 9 min read
The Austere Academy
The Baudelaires endure Prufrock Prep, meet the Quagmires, and face Olaf as Coach Genghis in book five.
2,175-word summary · 10 min read
Sh*t My Dad Says
A comedy writer moves home and writes down his blunt fathers funniest lines with love.
1,961-word summary · 9 min read
Falling Up
Poems about falling up, messes that win and tender goodbyes in between.
2,055-word summary · 9 min read
Dog Days
Greg wastes summer perfectly through pools, dogs and dad fishing trips.
2,127-word summary · 9 min read