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Find a fantastic range of Funny Books at The Works. With cartoons and comedy stories, there's sure to be a chuckle or two. Browse our range of Funny Books below.

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Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. Meet chemist Elizabeth Zott, she is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. Follow Zott's story as she tackles inequality in the workplace, adopts a dog called Six-Thirty, has a daughter named Mad and becomes a famous TV chef. Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here! Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Forced to resign, she reluctantly signs on as the host of a cooking show, Supper at Six. But her revolutionary approach to cooking, fuelled by scientific and rational commentary, grabs the attention of a nation. Soon, a legion of overlooked housewives finds themselves daring to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781804990926 • Author:  Bonnie Garmus • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  400 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm

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Anna has risked everything to buy and renovate a beautiful cottage. The outside is perfect, but inside all is chaos: with a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, candles the only form of lighting and a sleeping bag and camping mat for a bed, Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew. Her neighbour Chloe comes to the rescue, providing tea, wine and sympathy. But just as Anna's starting to believe she's found the perfect idyll, good-looking but impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than the Grand National. Can Anna have it all? A dream house and the perfect man? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780099472377 • Author: Katie Fford • Publisher: Arrow • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.83 x 2.62 cm

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I love you . . . but what if I can't love your life? Ava is sick of online dating. She's always trusted her own instincts over an algorithm, anyway, and she wants a break from it all. So when she signs up to a semi-silent, anonymous writing retreat in glorious Italy, love is the last thing on her mind. Until she meets a handsome stranger. . . All she knows is that he's funny, he's kind and - she soon learns - he's great in bed. He's equally smitten, and after a whirlwind, intoxicating affair, they pledge their love without even knowing each other's real names. But when they return home, reality hits. They're both driven mad by each other's weird quirks and annoying habits, from his eccentric, naked-sauna-loving family to her terribly behaved, shirt-shredding dog. As disaster follows disaster, it seems that while they love each other, they just can't love each other's lives. Can they overcome their differences to find one life, together? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781784163587 • Author: Sophie Kinsella • Publisher: Black Swan • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm

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Samantha thrives under pressure. A high-powered London lawyer, all she can concentrate on is taking the next step in her career; eating, sleeping, seeing friends – even taking a breath – will have to wait. But just when she’s about to get everything she has ever wanted, Samantha makes a mistake. A fifty-million-pound, career-destroying mistake. Unable to face the consequences, she does the unimaginable and runs away… Catching the first train she can, she finds herself in the countryside, outside a beautiful grand house. Mistaken for another woman, she falls into a new job as the family’s housekeeper. Disaster ensues. In a blink, her life has shifted from writing briefs to washing them – and she has no idea how to work the washing machine. But gradually, she falls in love with her new life in a wholly unexpected way. Will her employers ever discover the truth? Will Samantha's old life ever catch up with her? And if it does...will she want it back? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780552772747 • Author: Sophie Kinsella • Publisher: Black Swan • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.7 x 2.6 cm

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In a small Cotswold country town, Beth, Lindy and Rachel are looking for new beginnings. So they set up a business of their own: organising stylish and perfectly affordable vintage weddings. Soon they are busy arranging other people's Big Days. What none of them know is that their own romances are waiting just around the corner... Product Information: • ISBN: 9780099579274 • Author: Katie Fforde  • Publisher: Arrow • Format: Paperback • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 19.74 x 12.83 x 2.97cm

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Three years ago, Bella Castle left her home town nursing a broken heart over Dominic Thane. Now she has a new job she loves, selling houses in the Cotswold countryside. And her boyfriend, Nevil, has just proposed. They're just right for each other, Bella tells herself. So why doesn't she feel happier? Then Dominic turns up unexpectedly. And Bella begins to ask herself whether Nevil really is her perfect match after all... Product Information: • ISBN: 9780099539230 • Author: Katie Fforde • Publisher: Arrow • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4 cm

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Step inside this beautiful novel to discover friendships, secrets and romance... When Philly starts a new job, working with Lorna on the gorgeous grounds of a beautiful manor house, it marks a turning point in both of their lives. Philly has never been in love before and is constantly disappointing her mother with her unwillingness to settle down. But all that changes when she meets Lucien, a free spirit with an intriguing past... Lorna is learning to embrace life on her own until dashing Jack sweeps her off her feet in a whirlwind romance. But is this what Lorna really wants? When the two women discover a secret garden in the manor house grounds, they are encouraged to restore its forgotten beauty in time for an unforgettable end-of-summer party. As they work together, secrets are revealed and relationships tested. Will they both find the happy endings they are looking for?  Product Information: • ISBN: 9780099579366 • Author: Katie Fforde • Publisher: Arrow • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.76 x 12.9 x 2.49 cm

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