18 books like A Christmas garland

What to read after A Christmas garland — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The First book of the American chronicles of the times Samuel Adams · 1774 · 23p · ≈ 46m · Demanding In "The Making of the Great West - History of the American Frontier 1512-1883," Samuel Adams Drake meticulously chronicles the evolution of the American West, weaving together narratives that span over three centuries. Through eloquent prose, Drake explores the complex interplay of cultures, indigenous populations, and European settlers, examining pivotal events that shaped the frontier’s… Shares: Parodies, Humor

It's beginning to look a lot like zombies! Michael P. Spradlin · 2009 · ★ 4.0 · 81p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Fresh brains roasting on an open fire . . .Outside the temperature's dropping. The snow is falling, blanketing the world in white. Sleigh bells are jingling. Soon it will be that most wondrous time of the year!That time of flesh-devouring zombie horror!Yes, Christmas is on its way-and all the little boys and ghouls are dreaming of stockings filled with candied eyes and bleeding body parts. You'd… Shares: Christmas, Humor

A Parody Outline of History Donald Ogden Stewart · 1921 · ★ 5.0 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Mr. H. G. Wells, in his Outline of History, was of necessity forced to omit the narration of many of the chief events in the history of these United States. Such omissions I have in this brief volume endeavored to supply. And as American history can possibly best be written by Americans and as we have among us no H. G. Wells, I have imagined an American history as written conjointly by a group of… Shares: Parodies, Humor

The History of England Jane Austen · 1977 · ★ 3.8 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Includes both a copy of the handwritten and illustrated edition and a printed version, written by Jane Austin when she was sixteen. Shares: British Literature, Satire, Humor

The comic Blackstone Gilbert Abbott à Beckett · 1844 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The Comic History of Rome retells Roman history from the city's legendary foundation to the imperial age with irreverent wit, mock-erudition, and a keen eye for political absurdity. À Beckett converts Livy, Plutarch, and schoolroom chronology into Victorian burlesque, exposing the pomposity of heroic narrative without abandoning historical sequence. Its jokes, puns, anachronisms, and satirical… Shares: Parodies, Humor

Z.E.O Scott Kenemore · 2009 · ★ 4.0 From professional athletes like Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan to philosophers like Confucius, inspirational business books love to suggest that readers can succeed in business and in life by adopting the traits of their famous subjects. In Z.E.O. by Scott Kenemore, frustrated employees will finally find inspiration in a source they can already relate to: zombies! A guide for any Joe-lunchbox or… Shares: Parodies, Humor

The Hardy Boys in A ghost in the closet Mabel Maney · 1991 · ★ 4.0 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate With their fearless crime-fighting, good manners, and manly fashion sense, the Hardly boys are the pride of Feyport, Illinois. In A Ghost in the Closet, dark-haired, muscular Frank and his lovable kid brother Joe return from a gay trip to Europe to find that their parents -- world-famous detective Fennel P. Hardly and his wife, Mrs. Hardly -- have been kidnapped! Even worse, so have six poodles… Shares: Parodies, Humor

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith · 2009 · ★ 3.1 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Moderate “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life!… Shares: Parodies, Humor

Christmas Eve with Mr. Pickwick Charles Dickens · 1897 · 77p · ≈ 2h · Challenging In tribute to the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens, Delphi Classics is pleased to introduce Dickensiana, a first of its kind e-compilation of period accounts of Dickens’s life and works, rare 19th and early 20th century books and articles about Dickens and Dickensian locales, reminiscences by family, friends and colleagues, tribute poems, parodies, satires and sequels based on his… Shares: Christmas, Humor

Das NEINhorn Marc-Uwe Kling · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Im Herzwald kommt ein kleines, schnickeldischnuckeliges Einhorn zur Welt. Aber obwohl alle ganz lilalieb zu ihm sind und es ständig mit gezuckertem Glücksklee füttern, benimmt sich das Tierchen ganz und gar nicht einhornmäßig. Es sagt einfach immer Nein, sodass seine Familie es bald nur noch NEINhorn nennt. Eines Tages bricht das NEINhorn aus seiner Zuckerwattewelt aus. Es trifft einen… Shares: Humor

An deux mille quatre cent quarante Louis-Sébastien Mercier · 1772 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Demanding à l' année deux mille quatre cent quarante.Auguste et respectable année,qui dois amener la félicité sur laterre ; toi, hélas ? Que je n' ai vue qu' ensonge, quand tu viendras à jaillir du seinde l' éternité, ceux qui verront ton soleilfouleront aux pieds mes cendres etcelles de trente générations, successivementéteintes et disparues dans le profondabîme de la mort. Les rois qui Shares: Satire, Humor

The Westminster Alice Saki · 1902 · ★ 3.1 · 123p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The Westminster Alice by Saki, the pen name of H. H. Munro, is a witty political satire inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice stories. In a series of short pieces, Alice moves through a strange version of British political life populated by recognizable public figures, exaggerated personalities, and absurd situations. Saki uses parody, irony, and playful fantasy to comment on parliamentary politics,… Shares: Parodies, Humor

Nonsense novels Stephen Leacock · 1900 · ★ 3.9 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Challenging “The author of this book offers it to the public without apology,” Leacock boldly asserts in the Preface before launching into a slew of riotous stories. In this book you’ll find:Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective”Q.” A Psychic Pstory of the PsupernaturalGuido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of ChivalrySorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie MushenoughAn amusing assortment… Shares: Parodies, Humor

Ginx's baby Edward Jenkins · 1870 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Challenging The name of the father of Ginx’s Baby was Ginx. By a not unexceptional coincidence, its mother was Mrs. Ginx. The gender of Ginx’s Baby was masculine. On the day when our hero was born, Mr. and Mrs. Ginx were living at Number Five, Rosemary Street, in the City of Westminster. The being then and there brought into the world was not the only human entity to which the title of “Ginx’s Baby” was or… Shares: Satire, Humor

Mort Terry Pratchett · 1987 · ★ 4.2 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker. Shares: Satire, Humor

Perfect Behavior Donald Ogden Stewart · 1922 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We… Shares: Satire, Humor

Soul Music Terry Pratchett · 1994 · ★ 4.1 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Death goes walk-about and tries everything, including joining the French Foreign Legion, to forget a tragic carriage accident at dead man's curve. His independent-minded teen granddaughter has to surreptitiously take over the reaping biz. Three guys invent music with rocks in it or did the magick in this music invent them? Is time changing or - déjà vu all over again- is it rushing to a new… Shares: Satire, Humor

Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut · 1963 · ★ 4.4 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's… Shares: Satire, Humor

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