The Book With No Pictures by BJ Bovak

The Book with no pictures by BJ Novak, best known for producing The Office and acting in it The Book With No Pictures became a No 1 New York Times bestseller in a matter of weeks. Written by BJ Novak, who is – among other things – an actor and standup comedian, it’s a book with few words and no pictures in a picturebook format, designed to be read by an adult to a child. The conceit is that “Everything the words say, the person reading the book has to say. No matter what.” And the joke is, of course, that the poor old adult is forced to say very silly things, such as: “My head is made of blueberry pizza.” You’re not laughing? No, neither was I, but you’re not reading it to a young child. (There’s a YouTube video of Novak reading the book to a group of young children who are certainly enjoying it.)