Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| I’ll Go Home Then, It’s Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails. | 2012 | Buy |
| The Internet is a Playground | 2014 | Buy |
| Look Evelyn Duck Dynasty Wiper Blades. We Should Get Them | 2014 | Buy |
| That’s Not How You Wash a Squirrel | 2015 | Buy |
| Wrap It In A Bit of Cheese Like You’re Tricking The Dog | 2016 | Buy |
| The Collected Works of 27B/6 | 2016 | Buy |
| Walk It Off, Princess | 2017 | Buy |
| The Ducks in the Bathroom Are Not Mine | 2017 | Buy |
| Crows, Papua New Guinea, and Boats | 2018 | Buy |
| I Wont Be Coming Into Work Today Because You’re All Dickheads | 2019 | Buy |
| Burning Bridges to Light the Way | 2019 | Buy |
| Deadlines Don’t Care If Janet Doesn’t Like Her Photo | 2021 | Buy |
| Everyone’s Friendly and Nobody Gets Upset | 2022 | Buy |
| How to Talk to Girls and Lizards | 2023 | Buy |
| Yesterday’s Words at Tomorrow’s Prices | 2024 | Buy |
| Just Because It Happened To You Doesn’t Make It Interesting | 2024 | Buy |
David Thorne built his audience online before moving to book publishing. His website, 27b/6.com, became popular in the late 2000s for its exchanges in which Thorne would respond to routine correspondence, complaints, and requests with elaborate, deadpan nonsense. A property manager asking him to pay an overdue bill might receive a drawing of a spider in lieu of cash, and the resulting exchange would escalate from there.
His books collect this material along with new essays, workplace anecdotes, and observations about modern life. The titles themselves give a sense of the approach: That’s Not How You Wash a Squirrel, Wrap It In A Bit of Cheese Like You’re Tricking The Dog, and I Wont Be Coming Into Work Today Because You’re All Dickheads are fairly representative. The humour depends on a particular kind of commitment to absurd premises and a willingness to let situations run far past the point of reasonable resolution.
Thorne has been prolific, publishing sixteen books between 2012 and 2024. The quality of the material is uneven across such a large output, but fans of his earlier website work will find plenty to enjoy across the catalogue. His writing appeals to readers who appreciate dry, deadpan humour and a distinctly Australian bluntness underneath the wordplay.