ABRAMS
Bizarro and Other Strange Manifestations of the Art of Dan Piraro (Apr., $24.95) by Dan Piraro collects cartoons, photos and paintings along with the stand-up comic's insights. 6-city author tour.
ANDREWS MCMEEL
The Government Manual for New Wizards (June, $10.95) by Matthew David Brozik and Jacob Sager Weinstein. A mock-official handbook offers advice for would-be wizards, witches and warlocks.
The Explosexuawesome Career Guide (Apr., $12.95) by Mose Hayward interviews holders of outlandish jobs like waterslide designer and dodgeball referee.
BARRONS
The Battle of the Sexes (May, $11.99) by Wynn Wheldon cites statistical sources on which is the superior gender.
CANONGATE
The Easy Way to Start Smoking (Mar., $10) by George Cockerill and David Owen. This ersatz self-help book incites the masses to take up smoking.
CHRONICLE
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: LIFE (July, $15.95) by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht offers survival advice for a range of everyday emergencies.
CITADEL
Don't Get Mad, Get Even: The Big Book of Revenge (May, $14.95) by George Hayduke features more than 200 ways to wreak revenge on tormentors.
CONARI
The Sick Day Handbook (Aug., $12.95) by Ellie Bishop offers tricks so that no employer will doubt claims of having the flu.
HARPERCOLLINS
Simpsons Comics Jam-Packed Jamboree (Apr., $14.95) by Matt Groening is compiled by the creator of The Simpsons. 60,000 first printing.
Simpsons Comics Big Bouncy Book of Bart Simpson (May, $12.95) by Matt Groening features the animated troublemaker. 100,000 first printing.
HYPERION
I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard (May, $12.95) by Tom Reynolds pokes fun at the most heart-wrenching and earsplitting songs of all time.
PENGUIN
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite (Mar., $14) by June Casagrande. A grammar columnist collects anecdotes and essays on grammar and punctuation. 75,000 first printing. 10-city author tour.
PORTABLE PRESS
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts (Mar., $17.95) by the Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society contains factoids, twisted takes, quotes and trivia. 35,000 first printing.
QUIRK BOOKS
The Superman Handbook (June, $15.95) by Scott Beatty shows how to channel one's inner Superman. 50,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
RDR BOOKS
The Digested Read (May, $17.95) by John Crace parodies authors from Rushdie to Grisham in 500-word summaries.
RIVERHEAD
The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan: Classic Diet Recipe Cards from the 1970s (May, $14) by Wendy McClure collects retro Weight Watchers recipe cards.
Really—It's Not You, It's Me (June, $10) by Andrew Weldon. Australia's answer to Gary Larson offers 101 cartoons.
RUNNING PRESS
Deliberate Acts of Needless Meanness: A Miscellany of Mischief-Making (Apr., $8.95) by Justin Rosenholtz offers one dastardly deed for every day of the year.
RUTLEDGE HILL PRESS
No Redneck Left Behind: Facing the Real World After Gettin' Your Diploma (Apr., $9.99) by Jeff Foxworthy with David Boyd presents "wisdom" from one generation of rednecks to another.
SS/FIRESIDE
Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World (May, $14) by Davy Rothbart is a second volume of heartbreaking and funny finds, from discarded Valentines to homework assignments.
SOURCEBOOKS HYSTERIA
I'm Too Young to Be This Damn Old (Mar., $7.95) by Rachel Schwandt contains hundreds of lighthearted quotes about getting older and staying younger.
THREE RIVERS PRESS
You Can Get Arrested for That: 2 Guys, 25 Dumb Laws, 1 Absurd American Crime Spree (Aug., $13.95) by Rich Smith describes a summer spent on a cross-country tour of America breaking obscure laws.
W PUBLISHING GROUP
Rick and Bubba's Expert Guide to God, Country, Family, and Anything Else We Can Think of (Mar., $15.99) by Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey looks at the world through the eyes of a Bubba.
WARNER BOOKS
The Lost Blogs: From Jesus to Jim Morrison—The Historically Inaccurate and Totally Fictitious Cyber Diaries of Everyone Worth Knowing (May, $13.95) by Paul Davidson imagines the blogs of numerous celebrities. Ad/promo.
