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Then We Came to the End
Joshua Ferris

The remaining employees at an office affected by a business downturn spend their time enjoying secret romances, elaborate pranks, and frequent coffee breaks, while trying to make sense of their only remaining "work," a mysterious pro-bono ad campaign.[NoveList]

A Dirty Job
Christopher Moore

Charlie Asher, a neurotic and anxious hypochondriac who hates change, confronts the challenges of being a widower and a single parent when his wife dies of a freak medical condition on the day his new daughter, Sophie, is born. [NoveList]

Catch-22
Joseph Heller

Presents the contemporary classic depicting the struggles of a United States airman attempting to survive the lunacy and depravity of a World War II airbase. [NoveList]

Naked
David Sedaris

Sedaris has fashioned a funny memoir of his wonderfully offbeat life. To call his family "dysfunctional" would be enormous understatement and beside the point; Sedaris's relatives and other companions become vital characters on the page. We see his mother serving drinks to the string of teachers who want to discuss her son's compulsions to lick light switches and make high-pitched noises.

When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris

Delightful compilation of essays circling the theme of death and dying, with nods to the French countryside, art collecting and feces. (New York Times)