MASTER OF SPEC-FIC SILLINESS Tom Holt brings us another delightfully funny romp of magic and muddled dimensions.

WACKY META-MYSTERY is also a parody of dysfunctional collaborations, authors undermining each other. Good fun!

JASPER FFORDE is back with another metafictional adventure for his sleuth Thursday Next–or a version of her…

LUCKY 13! The newest caper starring Serge Storms, enforcer of his own quirky Florida justice, is the best yet.

THE FUNNIEST BOOK yet about sleep disorders! A comedian’s jokey, frank memoir of these and other challenges.

DAVE BARRY does his Dave Barry thing. Highlights: a hilarious TWILIGHT parody; a guide to ridiculous dogs.

FUNNY DUDEBRO TWIST on the “immortal being falls in love with human” trope; New York setting adds grit.

STANDARD LAD-LIT schlub’s breakup ‘n’ makeover story told crisply, engagingly, but nothing new here. SOLID B

THE EX-BOYFRIEND’S HANDBOOK
Sourcebooks Landmark
2010

FUNNY VIGNETTES of Hollywood helicopter parents and media madness offer laughs, insights, but don’t hold together. B MINUS

MOTHER ON FIRE: A TRUE MOTHER F%#$@ STORY ABOUT PARENTING by Sandra Tsing Loh
New York: Crown
August 2008