Simon Rich

• Jun-2010
• / General Fiction
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Seymour Herson is the least popular student at Glendale, a private school in Manhattan. He's painfully shy, physically inept, and his new nick-name, "chunk style," is in danger of entering common usage. But Seymour's solitary existence comes to a swi...

• Aug-2012
• / General Fiction
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Welcome to Heaven, Inc., the grossly mismanaged corporation in the sky. For as long as anyone can remember, the founder and CEO (known in some circles as "God") has been phoning it in. Lately, he's been spending most of his time on the golf course. A...

• Jan-2013
• / General Fiction
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In "Center of the Universe," God struggles to balance the demands of his career with the needs of his long-term girlfriend. In "Magical Mr. Goat," a young girl's imaginary friend yearns to become "more than friends." In "Unprotected," an unused proph...

• Oct-2014
• / General Fiction
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In his collection "Spoiled Brats," Simon Rich takes his absurd, culture-skewering style to new heights, marrying the literary polish of writers like Karen Russell and George Saunders with the humor of Steve Martin to deliver truly dazzling tales. ...

• Oct-2016
• / General Fiction
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• May-2018
• / Romance
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God decides to close up shop on Earth -- unless two idealistic angels can make a miracle happen -- in this media tie-in edition of WHAT IN GOD'S NAME Welcome to Heaven, Inc., the grossly mismanaged corporation in the sky. For as long as anyone can...

• Jul-2018
• / General Fiction
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A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the humanity of failure in a world dominated by social media influencers and reality TV stars. Simon ...

• Mar-2020
• / General Fiction
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SNL's Beck Bennett performs Screwball, a wildly funny and wistful take on Babe Ruth's little-known stint in the minor leagues, from one of America's funniest writers, Simon Rich. 

Before he was “Babe” or “The Sultan of Swat” or “T...

• Aug-2021
• / General Fiction
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Laugh till you cry in this new collection of stories from the award-winning “Serena Williams of humor writing” (New York Times Book Review) about raising babies and trying  not to be one.  Called a “comedic Godsend” by Con...

• Apr-2022
• / General Fiction
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Can I tell you a secret? I’m terrified of bath time.…
 
And so begins a hilarious dip into the choppy waters of a nightly ritual that parents and children alike often dread. Filled with soapsuds, rubber ducki...

• Jul-2023
• / General Fiction
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A hilarious yet reassuring back-to-school picture book by humorist, novelist, and TV writer Simon Rich–a clever and sweet follow-up to I’m Terrified of Bath Time, where a child's backpack frets about first-day-of-school jitters!&...

• Jul-2024
• / General Fiction
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A hilarious, powerful, and "laugh-out-loud" (People) collection of stories about millennials entering the abyss of middle age that will make you "laugh, then nod, then shed a tear" (Booklist) -- from Thurber Prize-winning author Simon Rich, "one...