18 books like The Devil's Dictionary

What to read after The Devil's Dictionary — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves Lynne Truss · 2003 · ★ 3.9 · 209p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good reason to suspect they never sank in. ‘Its Summer!’ screams a sign that sets our teeth on… Shares Reference, English language, Humor

You have a point there Eric Partridge · 1953 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Language Arts, English language, Nonfiction with this book.

Synchrodestiny Deepak Chopra · 2003 · ★ 3.0 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Deepak Chopra's remarkable book on using the power of synchronicity to shape your destinyDr Deepak Chopra, the bestselling pioneer in mind/body medicine, shows how coincidences are messages about the miraculous potential of each moment. He reveals how, through understanding the forces that shape coincidences, you can learn to live at a deeper level and access the flow of synchronicity that lies… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction

Introducing English grammar David J. Young · 1984 · 126p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Introducing English Grammar provides a basic grounding in English grammar, without going into too much detail or theory, and will lay the foundation for further grammatical studies. David Young presents English grammar in a coherent and lively way. He dispels the popular notion among students that grammar is simply a set of dreary rules and argues for the importance of grammar in describing the… Shares Language Arts, English language, Nonfiction

Chapters on Jewish Literature Israel Abrahams · 1899 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction with this book.

Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys Dave Barry · 1995 · ★ 3.9 · 189p · ≈ 6h · Moderate For thousands of years, women have asked themselves: What is the deal with guys, anyway? What are they thinking? The answer, of course, is: virtually nothing. Shares American wit and humor, Humor

A fable for critics James Russell Lowell · 1848 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Shares American wit and humor, Humor with this book.

Westward ha! S. J. Perelman · 1948 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares American wit and humor, Humor with this book.

Blue Hand Edgar Wallace · 1923 · ★ 4.1 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Jim Steele, a clerk for a prominent London attorney, has the distasteful task of assisting a notorious client, Digby Groat, who stands to inherit the Jonathan Danton fortune. Danton’s infant daughter and closest heir, Dorothy, was thought to have died in a boating accident twenty years ago. Adding to the mystery, Dorothy’s mother, Lady Mary Danton, also disappeared around the same time. Jim… Shares Adventure

The Emperor's candlesticks Baroness Emmuska Orczy · 1908 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899) is a historical novel by Baroness Orczy and was her first book as an author. Shares Adventure

The House Without a Key Earl Derr Biggers · 2015 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Published in 1925, The House Without a Key introduces the kindly detective Charlie Chan, conceived by Earl Derr Biggers as a counter to the “Yellow Peril” stereotypes common in the era’s society. John Quincy Winterslip, having been sent by his family to convince his aunt to return to Boston, arrives in Honolulu to find that a rich family member with a shady past has been murdered. Detective… Shares Adventure

Das NEINhorn Marc-Uwe Kling · 2019 · ★ 5.0 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Light 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

The Author's Craft Arnold Bennett · 1914 · 121p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The author of The Grand Babylon Hotel, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, The Old Wives' Tale and much more, English writer Arnold Bennett's fictional and non-fictional works have stood the test of time. Bennett also wrote for stage and screen. The Author's Craft, contains some of Bennett's essays on the art of writing, with his thoughts on applying the craft to both novel and play writing. Shares Language Arts, Nonfiction

Authority in language James Milroy · 1927 · 189p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Leading sociolinguists Lesley and James Milroy explore the perennially topical and controversial notion of 'correct' and 'incorrect' language. In this fully revised and updated third edition, they:* engage directly with the most recent arguments in the long-running debate over the teaching of Standard English in Britain* compare the langauge ideologies in Britain and the USA, invovling a… Shares Language Arts, English language, Nonfiction

Reading the Bible Again For the First Time

Reading the Bible Again For the First Time Marcus J. Borg · 2001 · ★ 3.6 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: Extensive hyperlinking allows the reader to move easily from Professor Borg's text and footnotes to the full text of the actual Biblical passages he cites (including the entirety of the Book of Job); "Seriously but Not Literally," an interview in which Borg discusses his own journey as a scholar and a person of faith and his membership in the controversial… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction

How to live with a neurotic dog Stephen Baker · 1960 · ★ 3.7 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Faced with the complications and contradictons of modern society, today's dog becomes a neurotic. At every turn, his prime life forces—the need to eat and sleep—are thwarted. Instinct pushes him towards satisfying this hunger; sleep is necessary to infuse him with sufficient strength to get up and eat several times a day. (The average dog may require about 24 hours rest a day.) But environmental… Shares American wit and humor, Humor

God's Problem

God's Problem Bart D. Ehrman · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In times of questioning and despair, people often quote the Bible to provide answers. Surprisingly, though, the Bible does not have one answer but many "answers" that often contradict one another. Consider these competing explanations for suffering put forth by various biblical writers: The prophets: suffering is a punishment for sinThe book of Job, which offers two different answers: suffering… Shares Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction

The joys of Yiddish Leo Calvin Rosten · 1968 · ★ 4.3 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Do you know when to cry Mazel tov -- and when to avoid it like the plague? Did you know that Oy! is not a word, but a vocabulary with 29 distinct variations, sighed, cried, howled, or moaned, employed to express anything from ecstasy to horror? Here are words heard 'round the English-speaking world: chutzpa, or gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, "...that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed… Shares English language, Humor

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