David Sedaris

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny--it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.

Calypso

994304a8-8f50-45d0-aa00-2782587d1275-1

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Massachusetts

Stories and Essays

Barrel Fever

b4c95805-d88f-44e5-a424-bbaacf1c17f0-1

Minnesota

With a skewed sense of wit uniquely his own, satirist and popular NPR storyteller David Sedaris presents a collection of short stories and essays, wherein home surgery and an elf-abusing Santa prevail

Holidays on Ice

fd24e5b7-801d-4012-ba00-45f0ac6f1b43-1

Brand new condition, no signs of wear. No odors, smoke free home.

Michigan

This copy has not been read; the only flaw is a bit of wear to the front corners.

New York

Texas

District of Columbia

"Sedaris is a remarkably skilled storyteller and savvy essayist....And based, on this latest collection, he's getting only better." ---Los Angeles Times A guy walks into a bar car and... From here the story could take many turns. When the guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved. Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy. The common thread? Sedaris masterfully turns each essay into a love story: how it feels to be in a relationship where one loves and is loved over many years, what it means to be part of a family, and how it's possible, through all of life's absurdities, to grow to love oneself. With LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, David Sedaris shows once again why he is widely considered the "the funniest writer in America" (O, the Oprah Magazine).

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

de89e85a-36ae-43cc-af07-27a84835f773-1

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Crease on bottom right corner. Tiny creases on the bottom near the spine on the back cover.

Washington

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

42adfc2c-f1d9-469e-b29c-a0747cd9e3d9-1

Rare first edition in excellent condition. 

In Naked, David Sedaris's message alternately rendered in Fakespeare, Italian, Spanish, and pidgin Greek is the same: pay attention to me. Whether he's taking to the road with a thieving quadriplegic, sorting out the fancy from the extra-fancy in a bleak fruit-packing factory, or celebrating Christmas in the company of a recently paroled prostitute, this collection of memoirs creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world. It takes Sedaris from his humiliating bout with obsessive behavior in A Plague of Tics to the title story, where he is finally forced to face his naked self in the mirrored sunglasses of a lunatic. At this soulful and moving moment, he picks potato chip crumbs from his pubic hair and wonders what it all means. This remarkable journey into his own life follows a path of self-effacement and a lifelong search for identity, leaving him both under suspicion and overdressed.

Naked

6cada353-aebd-40f2-9d72-e1d64bcc9e15-1

North Carolina

brand new! got it for my dad and he didn’t like it. 

Vermont

Iowa

A lavish gift edition of David Sedaris's best stories, spanning his spectacular bestselling career. Hand-picked by David himself, these are stories that will make you laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, from "the funniest man alive" (Time Out New York). What could be a more tempting holiday gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself? From a spectacular career spanning almost three decades, these stories have become modern classics and are now for the first time collected in one volume. The collection will also feature an introduction by the author; a never-before-collected story, "Unbuttoned"; and a new interview with David Sedaris. Table of Contents Glen's Homophobia Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 2 Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol Christmas Means Giving The Incomplete Quad You Can't Kill the Rooster Me Talk Pretty One Day Jesus Shaves Us and Them Let It Snow The Ship Shape The Girl Next Door Repeat After Me Six to Eight Black Men Possession Nuit of the Living Dead The Understudy In the Waiting Room Solution to Saturday's Puzzle Town and Country The Cat and the Baboon The Motherless Bear The Faithful Setter Dentists Without Borders Think Differenter Memory Laps Loggerheads If I Ruled the World Easy, Tiger Laugh, Kookaburra A Guy Walks into a Bar Car Standing By Understanding Understanding Owls Now We Are Five A House Divided The Perfect Fit Leviathan A Modest Proposal Why Aren't You Laughing? The Spirit World Unbuttoned

The Best of Me

0b19f09a-344a-41d8-a697-c11f527a88ba-1

💥Calypso

Florida

A Modest Bestiary

An original collection of humorous fables features animals with unmistakably human failings, including a cynical cat struggling to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings, and a pair of lovers separated by prejudiced family members.

Browse by categories

Save this search

David Sedaris

Calypso

David Sedaris

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

Holidays on Ice

David Sedaris

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

Calypso

David Sedaris

Calypso

David Sedaris

Calypso

David Sedaris

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

Naked

David Sedaris

Barrel Fever

David Sedaris

Calypso

David Sedaris

The Best of Me

David Sedaris

💥Calypso

David Sedaris

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

David Sedaris

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls