Books

The more you know, right? Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion is a simple guide to understanding magic mushrooms. Or, if you're totally, fully, my-Aunt-Jan-levels of against magic mushrooms, a simple guide to identifying...

I often find myself at a loss for words, or unable to find the word I'm looking for, so maybe this Little Book of Lost Words can help me out too. By "too," I mean, in addition to all of you dudes and ladies out there...

The Botany of Beer is supposed to be An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 Plants Used in Brewing, but I can't find a single decent image of a single page inside Giuseppe Caruso's publication. So while the title makes...

The Unkillables could be a book about the flies that swarm my mama's house in the summer. All the cheaters in Fortnite. Certain - ahem - dictators and old-ass politicians. Or even just a new team of superheroes or antiheroes...

Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada) wrote Cain's Jawbone in 1934, and to this day, only 3 people have ever solved the 6 murder mysteries hidden within its hundred pages. So, nope, calling it The World's Most Fiendishly...

I don't think many people really need JJ Harlan's How Not to Be Helpful: An Illustrated Guide for Thoughtless Adults. With the exception of my mama and, like, Keanu Reeves, most of us have already got it down pat. But...

No, 100 Games to Play with a Stick is not about your penis. But, like your penis, it does make a great gag gift...

Whoa. Check out The Bartender's Manifesto's Guide to Citrus Garnish Styles section. I am amazed. Not only at the number of citrus garnish styles in existence, but also in how this manual of How to Think, Drink, and Create...

Sarah Knight brings all her F*cks together in No F*cks Given: Naughty Words to Live By. The book is a compilation of the "no-bullsh*t, life-changing advice" she offers in her 5 previous F*ck-filled books: The Life-Changing...

Honestly, The Christmas Movie Cookbook doesn't appear to have many recipes I'll actually want to make - or even request my mama make for me. Old Fashioned Meatloaf from A Christmas Story? Chicken, Broccoli, and Cheddar...

Horizontal is certainly my favorite way to do most things, so why wouldn't it appeal to parents too? Horizontal Parenting: How to Entertain Your Kid While Lying Down is a manual for moms and dads who just need a frikkin'...

But probably not many. ... I joke, I joke. I'm not my Aunt Jan, ladies. When I say there are moms way worse than you, and definitely when author Glenn Boozan says There Are Moms Way Worse Than You, we mean it...

A Haunted Road Atlas: Sinister Stops, Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales comes from And That's Why We Drink podcast hosts, Christine Shiefer and Em Schulz. Take the interactive travel guide with you on road...

I can't say much about Men in Blazers Present Gods of Soccer: The Pantheon of the 100 Greatest Soccer Players (According to Us), because I'm not a knowledgeable fan of soccer / football / footy / footie. But I can say...

The Garbage Pail Kids Cookbook is on its way to win the hearts and destroy the kitchens of all the Messy Jesses and Messy Tessies out there. I believe the 35+ recipes it contains are even edible!...

Yoga for the Inflexible Male is funny, but it's no joke. Written by Yoga Matt (yuk, yuk, yuk) the book provides 3 dude-specific yoga practices, designated as such by their attention to men who can't even bend over and...

Not even looking at the blurb before I write this: if they want to call it Seinfeld: The Official Cookbook, there better be recipes for a big salad, a chocolate babka, a marble rye, and some motherf'ing soup inside...

Dirtbag Astrology: Sign-by-Sign No-Filter Cosmic Truths is described as a "medium-spicy, cosmic truth bomb." Huh? Medium-spicy? What are we dealing with here, horoscopic hogwash or Thai food?...

Aromatherapy for Parrots. Um...what? Is this real life? As if aromatherapy for humans weren't enough of a joke, now we need the ultimate guide to smelling your way to calm and happiness for, for birds? No wait, not even...

The 12-inch menaces are coming for you! You might think How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is a parody, a humorous manual for the coffee tables of lawn ornament enthusiasts. But consider how garden gnomes have evolved...

What's in a name? When you're talking Lord of the Rings, years of work, millions of fans, and billions of dollars in book and film revenue. And when you're talking Juniper Books? Dust jackets...

At first I thought Tom Scalisi and Tanya Watson wrote How to Fix Stuff: Practical Hacks for Your Home and Garden as a go-to for kids who need an easy gift for Dad or gift for Mom. But now I wonder if it isn't the opposite...

I figured Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis was a piece of humor writing, released for use as a gag gift, or a coffee table book selected specifically to make my in-laws uncomfortable when they come over. But...