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  • Cover of Martians, Go Home
    Martians, Go HomeNovel

    Fredric Brown · standalone novel · 1955

    Humor and alien invasion, funny in tone, about aliens.

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  • Cover of Agent to the Stars
    Agent to the StarsNovel

    John Scalzi · standalone novel · 2005

    First contact, funny in tone, about aliens, set in big city.

    “There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish.”

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  • Cover of The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)
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    series · 3 books · 2020

    About coming of age and identity, set in big city.

    “The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”

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    Start with The Extraordinaries →

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  • Cover of Airhead
    AirheadSeries

    series · 3 books · 2008

    About identity and body swap.

    “The sequel, Being Nikki, was released in May 2009.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Airhead →

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  • Cover of Captain Underpants
    Captain UnderpantsSeries

    series · 15 books · 1989

    Humor, funny in tone, about friendship.

    Start with The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants →

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  • Cover of Funny Boy
    Funny BoySeries

    series · 4 books · 1999

    Humor, funny in tone, about aliens.

    “Funny Boy, a superhero who disarms villains with his powerful sense of humor, is summoned to save Earth from a planet-gobbling alien from outer space.”

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    Start with Funny Boy Meets the Airsick Alien from Andromeda →

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