Create a hilarious book starring anyone.
Answer a few questions about someone you love (or merely tolerate), upload a photo, and we will write them into their own comic novel, a real paperback with their name on the spine and their face on the cover.
A Bookabra Original
As Per My Last Email
Book one of an unauthorised trilogy
Starring Denise
BookabraThree steps
Two minutes of typing. One book they will never shut up about.
No writing skill required. You supply the person; we supply the plot, the jokes and the spine.
Tell us about them
Name, job, hometown, the hobby they will not stop talking about, and the one story the family always brings up.
Pick a genre and a tone
Airport thriller? Regency romance? Choose wholesome, cheeky or full roast. The difference is enormous.
Read it, then print it
We write the whole book in about a minute. Read two chapters free. If it makes you laugh, order the paperback.
Ten worlds
Pick the genre that suits their personality
Same person, completely different book. The world kit changes everything: the villain, the vehicle, the disaster.
Airport Thriller
One ordinary person. One international incident.
Start one →Regency Romance
Longing glances. Terrible decisions. Excellent hats.
Start one →Fantasy Quest
A prophecy. A chosen one. An administrative error.
Start one →Space Opera
The galaxy is at stake. So is the deposit on the ship.
Start one →Heist Caper
The perfect crime, planned entirely in a Wetherspoons.
Start one →Office Saga
The stakes have never been lower. The feelings have never been higher.
Start one →Survival Epic
Man against nature. Nature is winning, comfortably.
Start one →Christmas Special
Christmas is cancelled unless somebody does something stupid.
Start one →Detective Noir
Rain. Secrets. A hero who talks like a voiceover.
Start one →Underdog Sports Story
They had no chance. They still have no chance. But now there is a montage.
Start one →Real books, real people
Six we printed last month
Names and photos shared with permission. The jokes are entirely their own fault.
A Bookabra Original
The Tuesday Protocol
Starring Alan
The Tuesday Protocol
Alan, 58, a quantity surveyor from Warrington
They needed someone nobody would suspect. They got Alan, who had never once been suspected of anything, including enthusiasm.
A Bookabra Original
As Per My Last Email
Starring Denise
BookabraAs Per My Last Email
Denise, 41, operations manager, Milton Keynes
A consultation period. A missing spreadsheet. One woman who has read every attachment since 2011 and is finally going to say so.
Chosen, Apparently
Starring Sharon
Chosen, Apparently
Sharon, 34, dog groomer, Doncaster
The prophecy was quite specific. The prophecy was also badly photocopied, and that is how Sharon of Doncaster ended up holding the Amulet of Whenever.
A Bookabra Original
Nobody Fancied Us
Starring Mo
BookabraNobody Fancied Us
Mo, 29, plays left back on Sundays, Bradford
Fourteen players. Eleven shirts. One slope. The story of the season nobody at the clubhouse will ever shut up about.
A Bookabra Original
A Very Damp Christmas
Starring Bev
A Very Damp Christmas
Bev, 67, runs the village hall, Somerset
The power went at four. The turkey went at five. Bev went absolutely nowhere, because Bev had a hot glue gun and a plan.
A Bookabra Original
The Rotherham Job
Starring Jonno
The Rotherham Job
Jonno, 45, scaffolder, South Yorkshire
The vault under the bingo hall has never been opened. There is an extremely good reason for that, and Jonno is about to discover it.
What people say
Mostly: "he has not stopped reading bits out"
A stag gift that did not end a friendship
Chose "cheeky" rather than "savage" and it was exactly right. Funny about him, not cruel about him.
Genuinely the best leaving gift we have done
Twenty-two of us chipped in. The office saga one. HR has asked for a copy. HR is in it.
The photo bit sold it
Uploaded one picture and it turns up all through the book. My dad has shown it to his entire bowls club.
Straightforward pricing
Preview free. Pay only if it makes you laugh.
One price per book. No subscription, no per-page charges, no upsell at the end.
Digital edition
Instant. Readable on anything.
£14.90 £19.90
- Instant download
- Every chapter and illustration
- Read on phone, tablet or laptop
- Print it yourself if you fancy
Paperback
A real book, with a real spine.
£34.90 £39.90
- Soft-touch laminated cover
- 90gsm cream paper
- Printed and bound in the UK
- Digital edition included free
Hardback
The one that looks like it cost more.
£49.90 £59.90
- Case-bound with printed dust jacket
- Foiled title
- Ribbon marker
- Gift box available at checkout
- Digital edition included free
Somebody in your life deserves this.
It takes two minutes and costs nothing until you have read it. Worst case, you get a very funny afternoon out of it.
Make their book