Awesome Books

An amusing collection of poetry written by cats. Or perhaps written by a human controlled by his cat master. Either way, why hasn’t this won a Pulitzer prize yet? Also available as a wall calendar – perfect for your kitty to claw at.

Parks & Recreation star Nick Offerman shows us how he made his memoir and manly advice book Paddle Your Own Canoe. We’d love to see a whole series of stars crafting their books,even if they don’t really have one coming out.

E.B. Hudspeth’s tale of a doctor who became obsessed with mythological beasts. The doctor’s magnum opus is The Codex Extinct Animalia, a book (within the book) filled with anatomical illustrations of fictional creatures. More at io9.

The latest version of the Kindle Paperwhite has a faster processor and an improved touchscreen. It also has new features such as a quick page scanning feature and intuitive word and phrase lookup tools.

It’s time for Phillip Blake (aka The Governor) to get what’s coming to him in the latest expansion novel from The Walking Dead. If you haven’t read ’em already, pick up Rise of the Governor and The Road to Woodbury first.

Knock Knock’s Bathroom Guest Book provides a fun activity for when you’re engaged in another activity. Rate the bathroom, describe your visit with a song and more. Check out a large image of the activity page here.

Sparky Sweets has proven before that only one thug presents literary analysis in a way that all the homies understand. Here Sparky breaks down The Hobbit and explains why Bilbo Baggins didn’t just stay home and smoke some trees.

A 144-page, full color compilation of Zac Gorman’s Magical Game Time comic strips, from its inception in 2011 to the July 2013 strips. The comic depicts video game characters in hilarious or touching introspective moments.

The Ride: New Custom Motorcycles and Their Builders is a new coffee table book from premiere motorcycle blog Bike EXIF. It looks at the resurgance of bike building and the philosophy behind this new wave of builders.

Dan Lewis’ email newsletter Now I Know provides interesting trivia from a variety of topics, from why alcohol makes wounds burn to the horse jockey who won a race after he died. His book has 100 stories, half of which are new.

Allie Brosh has entertained millions of people with her hilarious and achingly sincere web comic. Now she’s working on a book. We’re not sure if it will have 100% new content, but we’re pretty sure it’s going to be awesome.

Tim Leong’s book presents trivia about comic books and comic book characters using stylish charts and infographics. Hardcore comic fans shouldn’t expect an encyclopedia though: Tim seems to have focused more on fun than facts.

David Jablow was given a doodle pad with each page containing a suggestive outline of a woman. Instead of feeling constrained, he took it as an opportunity to be creative. More here. He’s also selling some of the original sketches.

There’s nothing quite like foods that make you sweat. With the help of this manual, you’ll be creating homemade versions of popular hot sauces and salsas, as well as cooking meals with about 50 recipes you can make with them.

There’s much to be said about thinking out of the box, but sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones. Anthony Rubino Jr. compiled 101 inventions that required no expensive research or complex experimentation to develop.

Design firm Raw Edges came up with this loom-based design to show off Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists series. By displaying the books floating at different heights it encourages viewers to explore each work individually.

Mumbai designer Shahid Datawala captured images of over 500 unique matchbox labels and assembled them into this compilation of one of India’s more unusual artforms. The book itself looks like a giant matchbox.

We’ve seen a way to put your favorite t-shirts on display. Boox does that for books. Available in three sizes, it’s a glass case with squishy rubber orbs that hold an opened book in place.

For kids and kids at heart, Klutz’ Book of Impossible Objects offers 25 fun and mind-bending illusions and tricks. Our favorite – the stare-o-saurus, a dinosaur whose eyes remain fixed on yours.

Lumio borrows from the form of a book. Its body is made of Tyvek, while the cover is made of wood with neodymium magnets inside. The lamp also has a rechargeable battery that lasts up to 8 hours.

Patrick W. Galbraith’s fascinating look inside Otaku culture, which is best described as a combination of avid collecting, hoarding, and some sort of an OCD. Features interviews with 15 of these über-fans.

(NSFW: Language) Illustrator Mr. Bingo creates nasty postcards with randomly hateful messages on them and mails them out to victims selected by his customers. Now available in book form.

Christoffer Martens’ Book Binder are the only pair of bookends we’ve seen that lets you organize books even without a bookshelf. It’s made of lacquered wood or raw oak and an elastic textile band.