Ben Elton books in order

Stark is a secret consortium with immense money and a despicable level of social conscience.

Even worse is that it knows that the Earth hasn’t got much time left.

Somewhere in the heart of Western Australia where the Aboriginals used to milk the trees, a planet-sized plot is being launched.

If you're facing the wealthiest and most inhuman plot in history, sticking up two fingers and saying 'peace' just isn’t enough.

Lose your life in the name of freedom? Lose your life in the name of oil and steel? Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice.

How did we ever reach here? How did we end up getting destroyed by the ultimate freedom machine?

How is it that we drove to our own funeral, in someone else's gravy train?

Although Deborah and Geoffrey know, they already have their fair share of transport problems.

Besides, whoever killed the city could very easily kill them too.

This volume contains two novels by comic genius, Ben Elton.

STARK:
Stark is a secret consortium with immense money and a despicable level of social conscience.
Even worse is that it knows that the Earth hasn’t got much time left.
If you're facing the wealthiest and most inhuman plot in history, sticking up two fingers and saying 'peace' just isn’t enough.

GRIDLOCK:
Lose your life in the name of freedom? Lose your life in the name of oil and steel?
How did we ever reach here? How did we end up getting destroyed by the ultimate freedom machine?
Although Deborah and Geoffrey know, they already have their fair share of transport problems.
Besides, whoever killed the city could very easily kill them too.

“Small, well appointed future. Semi detached.”

If indeed Earth hasn’t got much time left, then we should surely as a human race start making alternative arrangements.

Of course the Earth has its points, but what we really need is a place that is much smaller and easier to manage.

There are some people who will say that this is planetary infidelity, but we couldn’t care less about the opinion of weirdos and terrorists. At least that’s what Nathan thinks.

The only thing he cares about is making his movie and ensuring that there's somebody left to see it.

Bruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill.

In just a single night, they will after a tough lesson be able to differentiate between what's real and what's not, who's the hero and who's the bad guy.

A nation watches in shock as Bruce and Wayne provide answers to the crucial questions. Does art imitate life or does life simply imitate bad art? Does Bruce use erection cream?

Most importantly, does sugar-pie really love his honeybun?

Polly was a seventeen-year-old ideological peace protestor during the early 80s while Jack was a U.S. Army captain working at England's Greenham Common.

Although the two had every reason to argue all the time, they instead chose to have a secret affair, being that they deeply loved one another.

All that however changed one day when Jack decided that he will be permanently joining the army, leaving Polly behind.

Sixteen years on, Polly is a lonely social services employee in her thirties while Jack is a four-star general.

Upon his return to Britain, Jack embarks on a mission to find the one woman he can’t live without.

Jack and Polly however have only one night to settle their differences.

Throw in a dangerous stalker and this quickly becomes a truly unforgettable night.

“Birds do it. Bees do it. So why can't Sam and Lucy?”

When Lucy first brought up the fact that she wanted to have a baby, Sam was pretty excited. After all, making love to his wife is one thing he loves doing.

But then came out the thermometers, the holistic home remedies as well as the embarrassing sessions with specimen jars.

It doesn’t take long for Lucy's demands to start getting on Sam’s nerves.

That’s until Sam comes up with the inconceivable idea of writing a screenplay about their struggles to conceive a child.

It has the potential of making his career. Or destroying his marriage…

This is an amazing chance for you to enjoy a hilarious show of Ben Elton recorded live and at his very best. It’s almost are though you are there in real time.

What makes it even better is that you don’t have to struggle finding somewhere you can park your car or wait in line for the bathroom at intermission!

This is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton.

The story revolves around a group of teenagers growing up during The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1969.

The Beautiful Game is a term commonly used in reference to football.

A football/soccer team in the area is trying to overcome the violence that has rocked their community.

The Catholic team has a coach who is a priest and one atheist player, Del, who is from a Protestant family.

The musical as such follows some of the crucial players during the period of political and religious strife.

“One house. Ten contestants. Thirty cameras. Forty microphones.”

The public is once again filled with excitement after another group of mysterious and unremarkable people commit themselves to the vicious exposure of the televised real-life soap opera known as House Arrest.

The rules are pretty straightforward. Complete strangers are forced to live together as the rest of the country keenly follows their activities.

Who will crack first? Who will end up sleeping with each other? Who will be a fan favorite and who will be loathed by the public?

The questions are quite basic, until some new ones arise.

Who is the killer? How did he/she manage to do it in the full glare of the publicity?

Unfortunately it’s time to face the fact that we’ve lost the war on drugs.

The whole world is fast becoming one huge criminal network.

From the Groucho Club toilets to the flowery Afghanistan fields, we are all partners in crime, and this story takes us through the landscape it has created.

This volume contains two bestselling novels by comic genius, Ben Elton.

POPCORN:
Bruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill.
In just a single night, they will after a tough lesson be able to differentiate between what's real and what's not, who's the hero and who's the bad guy.

THIS OTHER EDEN:
If indeed Earth hasn’t got much time left, then we should surely as a human race start making alternative arrangements.
Of course the Earth has its points, but what we really need is a place that is much smaller and easier to manage.

"What’s the point of having enemies when you’ve got old friends like these?"

This is a question that a lonely detective Edward Newson is forced to ask himself when he logs on to the Friends Reunited website to look up the exes of his youth.

Newson however isn’t the only member of the Class of '88 who has been raking over the past. But as old classmates reconnect online, old rivalries and passions are rekindled.

Meanwhile, Newson's present life is just as disorderly as his past.

The detective has not only failed to solve a series of ghastly killings but is also secretly in love with his beautiful sergeant Natasha.

As the school reunion draws closer, the past prepares to crash head first with the present.

Douglas Kingsley, a former detective with the London police, is paying the price for his unwavering beliefs. A dedicated objector, he is released from prison and sent to France on a mission to secure a conviction.

Forced to conduct his investigations amidst the hell of The Third Battle of Ypres, Kingsley soon learns that both the evidence and the witnesses he is after are quite literally disappearing into the mud surrounding him.

This gripping historical drama seeks to answer some fundamental questions:

What exactly is murder? Where is the honor in rescuing a man from the gallows only for him to lose the battle to suicide?

“Ninety five thousand participants. Three judges. And only one winner.”

And that's Calvin Simms—the brains behind the show.

Calvin has never lost for the simple reason that he makes the rules.

This time round however, he sits proudly as a judge in his masterfully scripted and premeditated 'search' for a star.

But what he doesn’t know is that the rules are changing.

The 'real' is on the verge of being glued back to 'reality' television and Calvin and his fellow judges (the most beloved mum in the country and the other guy) are about to become ex-factors themselves.

Picture a world where everyone knows everything about everybody: a place where 'sharing' is the most important thing while privacy is an act of deviance.

Although Trafford is bold and doesn’t exactly follow the crowd, he wouldn't really call himself a rebel.

He endeavors to push against the system in his own small ways.

But in a world where uniformity is everything, even the slightest bit of rebellion can never go unnoticed.

This brutally comical novel takes us through a post-apocalyptic society where religious bigotry combines with a sex-drive, self-seeking culture.

It’s a world where nakedness is acceptable and ignorance is wisdom.

Life for City trader Jimmy Corby was centered on money.

He lived an adrenaline charged life full of partying and cocaine. In fact, if he hadn’t crossed paths with Monica he would probably be dead by now or in rehab.

Wealthy, accomplished and somewhat spoilt, Jimmy, Monica and their friends lived and lavish a comfortable life, raising their children with a host of domestic servants.

That’s until their world turned upside down.

When the global financial meltdown hit, Jimmy learnt that anyone can handle success. It's how you handle failure that truly matters.

Two babies are born in Berlin in 1920: two brothers.

United and inseparable, they share everything.

The two boys are however twins in all but blood.

As Germany unleashes the wrath of the Nazi forces, the family links, friendship and love are put to the ultimate test.

And the brothers face an unthinkable choice...Which one of the two will survive?

It's June of 1914.

Hugh Stanton, a former soldier and renowned adventurer, is assuredly the loneliest man on the planet.

Everyone that he has ever known or loved has not yet been born. And from the look of things, they never will be.

A terrible war is coming: a collective suicidal madness that will destroy European civilization and ruin the lives of millions in the coming century.

How does Stanton know all this? Because, for him, that century is already history.

But will he successfully change history.

Will he prevent the war that will be triggered by a single bullet?

The friendly and old-school Detective Mick Matlock is thrust into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups as he looks into a string of evidently random killings.

Seemingly lost in a storm of hashtags, his challenging investigation is further complicated by the fact that he just doesn’t ‘get’ a single thing about anything anymore.

Meanwhile, with each passing day, another renowned figure admits to having ‘misspoken’ and present themselves before the judgement of Twitter, desperately begging for forgiveness with the promise that “that is not who I am”.

But if nobody is who they are anymore - then who the f##k are we?

Although Lockheart Industries is making a generously huge amount of money, Sir Chiffley Lockheart is always looking for new ways of making more.

Philip, an ambitious workaholic executive, suggests selling designer air.

Perrier for the nostrils becomes the marketing phenomenon of the decade, and with that they are minting millions.

When people however start hoarding for tougher times, the oxygen supplies drop incredibly.

The Third World is plundered, further lengthening the divide between the rich and the poor.

Gasping is a brilliantly humorous satire on big business, the media and product exploitation.

Doris Wallace has everything a hardy tabloid columnist could want: from a toy boy with a regular dose of Colombian; to a gorgeous personal assistant with whom they may have the same lecherous taste; and the possibility of having her own television show.

Doris isn’t impressed when an actress levels defamation charges against her.

She as such gives her a dose of humility by exposing her sizeable cleavage as she flirts with the judge and spiels populist bravado.

And she is ready to celebrate her victory in court when things don’t go as planned...

GASPING:
Although Lockheart Industries is making a generously huge amount of money, Sir Chiffley Lockheart is always looking for new ways of making more.
Philip, an ambitious workaholic executive, suggests selling designer air.
Perrier for the nostrils becomes the marketing phenomenon of the decade, and with that they are minting millions.

SILLY COW:
Doris Wallace has everything a hardy tabloid columnist could want: from a toy boy with a regular dose of Colombian; to a gorgeous personal assistant with whom they may have the same lecherous taste; and the possibility of having her own television show.
Doris isn’t impressed when an actress levels defamation charges against her.
She as such gives her a dose of humility by exposing her sizeable cleavage as she flirts with the judge and spiels populist bravado.

POPCORN:
Bruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill.
In just a single night, they will after a tough lesson be able to differentiate between what's real and what's not, who's the hero and who's the bad guy.

It’s during the 1590s.

William Shakespeare has just begun his career all thanks to David Mitchell.

However, nobody has faith in him. Shakespeare is brutally ridiculed by his rivals in London, while at home in Stratford he is dismissed by his moody teenage daughter.

But none of that deters him from coming up with a befitting ending for his latest creation, Romeo and Juliet.

He draws several inspirations from some of the trials and tribulations that his closest friends and family reveal.

And that just doesn't help him come up with this famous tragedy, but also for a number of his best plays.