A Comedy of Nobodies

A Collection of Stories

Narrated by Baron Ryan
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Pub Date May 21 2024 | Archive Date Oct 02 2024

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Description

Seinfeld meets Fleabag in A Comedy of Nobodies, the debut story collection from popular internet filmmaker Baron Ryan. 

Charlie knows he’s not the main character in his own story. He’s just another schmuck in the Ivy League looking to be somebody. He plays in a terrible jazz band, falls in love too easily, and struggles with the human being business.

Written in a wry, comedic style, A Comedy of Nobodies: A Collection of Stories traces one fall semester in the lives of four typical but unforgettable university students who, as compensation for their existential anxieties, just want to feel understood. 

As Charlie tries to find love using the scientific method, babysits a toddler for student financial aid, jumps out a window to escape a jealous football player’s wrath, and enrages a packed hockey stadium by replacing the national anthem with a jazz-trio rendition of “American Pie,” he discovers that the answers to life’s most pressing questions are almost always just more q

Seinfeld meets Fleabag in A Comedy of Nobodies, the debut story collection from popular internet filmmaker Baron Ryan. 

Charlie knows he’s not the main character in his own story. He’s just another...


A Note From the Publisher

Baron Ryan is a filmmaker, humorist, and Eagle Scout who earned all 139 merit badges. His popular sketches on the internet as @americanbaron—which he writes, directs, edits, and stars in—boast a hyperphilosophical, Larry David–esque perspective that have captivated millions of followers. Of Korean American descent and born in France, Baron now lives in Austin, Texas. A Comedy of Nobodies is his fiction debut.

Baron Ryan is a filmmaker, humorist, and Eagle Scout who earned all 139 merit badges. His popular sketches on the internet as @americanbaron—which he writes, directs, edits, and stars in—boast a...


Advance Praise

“Brilliantly captures the absurdity of life right before ‘real life’ happens.”

Benjamin Holden, second assistant accountant on Barbie


“A college-era coming-of-age with an existential chuckle.”

Heather Robertson, crew member at Trader Joe’s

“Brilliantly captures the absurdity of life right before ‘real life’ happens.”

Benjamin Holden, second assistant accountant on Barbie


“A college-era coming-of-age with an existential chuckle.”

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Marketing Plan


  • Author is a huge TikTok star with 2.8 million followers and 76.4 million likes
  • National features and reviews
  • Digital advertising campaign
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  • Official TikTok (2.8M+ followers): @americanbaron
  • Official Instagram (955k+ followers): @americanbaron


  • Author is a huge TikTok star with 2.8 million followers and 76.4 million likes
  • National features and reviews
  • Digital advertising campaign
  • Social media campaign
  • Bookseller, library, and...

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EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9798212235242
PRICE $19.95 (USD)
DURATION 5 Hours

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