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.