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April Fools -Ridiculous Reads

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10 participants (20 books)

01 Apr 2025—30 Apr 2025

Overview

Books with absolutely unhinged titles or premise. Get *real* weird or silly with it.

Challenge Books

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Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds by Dav Pilkey

Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds

Captain Underpants #3

Dav Pilkey

144 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction childrens adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #4

Douglas Adams

167 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store by A.K. Turner

This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store

A.K. Turner

202 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures by Loren Coleman

Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures

Loren Coleman

334 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction travel adventurous slow-paced
Driving with Dead People: A Memoir by Monica Holloway

Driving with Dead People: A Memoir

Monica Holloway

327 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments by Alex Boese

Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments

Alex Boese

290 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science funny informative fast-paced
5 People Who Died During Sex: And 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists by Karl Shaw

5 People Who Died During Sex: And 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists

Karl Shaw

286 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy

Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses

Bess Lovejoy

329 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark funny informative fast-paced
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt

Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It

David M. Ewalt

276 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative fast-paced
Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World by Vicki León

Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World

Vicki León

312 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous funny informative slow-paced