Books like 'Kill the Lion!'
Readers who enjoyed Kill the Lion! by Jorge Ibargüengoitia also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Lords and Ladies by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Midsummer Night – no time for dreaming. Because sometimes, when there's more than one reality at play, too much dreaming can make the walls between them come tumbling down.Unfortunately there's usually a damned good reason for there being walls between them in the first place – to keep things out. Things who want to make mischief and play havoc with the natural order... -
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![FACTORY GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond]()
FACTORY GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNEW! An Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the wildly popular COMA GIRL serial comes a new story of comedy and small-town grit:FACTORY GIRLLong hours, low pay, and big dreams...Hi there. I'm Hattie Morehead, and for a 19-year-old, I've screwed up my life pretty good so far... -
![Die Känguru-Apokryphen by Marc-Uwe Kling]()
Die Känguru-Apokryphen by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSensation, Sensation: Archäologen haben in einem Geheimfach in Marc-Uwes Schreibtisch neue Geschichten vom Känguru und seinem Kleinkünstler gefunden! Dies ist nicht die Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung der Känguru-Chroniken. Triologie bleibt Triologie. Aber ein anständiger Kleinkünstler hat natürlich eine Zugabe vorbereitet... -
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![Betrayal High by Mark M. Bello]()
Betrayal High by Mark M. Bello
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat does a kid do when it just won’t stop?Kevin Burns has had enough. Today, the bullying stops. Today, he has easy access to his father’s gun cabinet. Today, Kevin exacts his revenge.“You think I’m small? Maybe I am, but my gun is huge . . . Size does matter—the larger the gun, the larger the . . .” Jake Tracey’s phone buzzes. It’s a text from his brother, Kenny.Where are you?English class... -
![The Arrangements - Box Set by Annie Adams]()
The Arrangements - Box Set by Annie Adams
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Final Arrangment The Vulture is dead. The body of Quincy McKay's nemesis and biggest competitor in the floral business has just been discovered in a casket at the mortuary, complete with flowers on the lid. Derrick Gibbons, aka The Vulture, stole all of Quincy's funeral business, and now she's on a mission to get it back... -
![Trick or Treat by Loni Ree]()
Trick or Treat by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou might remember Tony Conti from Stubborn Little Miss. Tony is getting his own happily every after with his curvy little soulmate in Trick or Treat... -
![One Strange Date by Laurence Shames]()
One Strange Date by Laurence Shames
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect romance. Perfect nightmare. Sometimes it’s a fine line. Meet Key West native Renita Daughtry--22, wide-eyed, gorgeous, and very much in love with love. In other words, an irresistible target for professional impostor and pathological liar Richie Pestucci, who plans to charm her into utter helplessness. But there’s just one problem... -
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Der Spurenfinder by Marc-Uwe Kling, Johanna Kling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings»Elos von Bergen war nicht einfach irgendein Spurensucher. Er war es, der das Rätsel des Obelisken von Tarnok gelöst hat. Er brachte der Gräfin von Oberlinden ihren Greifen zurück. Er fing den Traummörder von Altschwanenberg. Er war der berühmteste Spurensucher der Verlorenen Provinzen. Wobei er sich selbst nie als Spurensucher bezeichnet hätte. Elos von Bergen war Spurenfinder... -
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Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families and their rising―and declining―fortunes.Campbell Flynn, art historian and biographer of Vermeer, always knew that when his life came crashing down, it would happen in public―yet he never imagined that a single year in London would expose so much... -
![The High Road by Terry Fallis]()
The High Road by Terry Fallis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA brilliant follow-up to the Stephen Leacock Award-winner The Best Laid Plans , this deeply funny satire continues the story of Honest Angus McLintock, an amateur politician who dares to do the unthinkable: tell the truth... -
![Grasă şi proastă by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu]()
Grasă şi proastă by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDespre autoare:http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodica_O...Despre carte:http://www.nemira.ro/suspans/grasa-si.. -
![Ahol megszakad by Péter Závada]()
Ahol megszakad by Péter Závada
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Moszkva tér kocsmáitól a népligeti fákig, az Oktogon hajszalonjaitól a Bartók Béla úti mecsetig sokféle tájat bejárnak Závada Péter versei, akit legtöbben a kortárs underground kultikus zenekara, az Akkezdet Phiai tagjaként ismernek, ám a dalszövegei mellett évek óta publikál rangos irodalmi folyóiratokban is... -
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Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:Melancholy Elephants (1982)Half an Oaf (1976)High Infidelity (1984)Antinomy (1978)In the Olden Days (1984)Chronic Offender (1981)No Renewal (1977)Common Sense (1985)Rubber Soul (1982)Concordiat to "Rubber Soul" (1985) essayFather Paradox (1985)True Minds (1984)Satan's Children (1979)Not Fade Away... -
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![Getaway by Nelson DeMille, Lisa Scottoline]()
Getaway by Nelson DeMille, Lisa Scottoline
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this short story from the International Thriller Writers’ anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Lisa Scottoline—along with their popular series characters John Corey and Bennie Rosato—team up for the first time ever... -
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The Leaky Establishment by David Langford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside... -
![The Day of the Rope: Book One (The Days of the Rope 1) by Devon Stack]()
The Day of the Rope: Book One (The Days of the Rope 1) by Devon Stack
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The Day of the Rope" is a fictional tale about what can happen in a country that has rejected its heritage and descended into degeneracy and decadence. A handful of the inhabitants discover the true power behind the ruling class, and the methods they use to remain above the law... -
![Callisto by Torsten Krol]()
Callisto by Torsten Krol
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOdell Deefus, who's not the sharpest tool in the shed, has one goal: to "try my hardest to be a good soldier against the mad dog Islamites." But while driving to an army enlistment office in Callisto, Kansas, his '78 Chevy breaks down on the side of a country road, and it's only the beginning of his troubles... -
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Ting-A-Ling by Mike Faricy
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTing-A-Ling is the Seventh mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. In Hitchcockian fashion, the telephone rings at two in the morning. PI Dev Haskell answers, half-asleep, to a giggling woman named Danielle. It seems she's found his phone number on a bathroom stall... -
![Doctor Who: Bang-Bang-a-Boom! by Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman]()
Doctor Who: Bang-Bang-a-Boom! by Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDark Space 8 - an advanced monitoring station floating serenely among the stars. Its crew - a dedicated and highly-skilled group of professionals, calmy going about their vital work. Its mission - to boldy host the Intergalactic Song Contest.With representatives from myriad worlds competing, the eyes of the universe are on the station. But dark deeds are afoot aboard Dark Space 8.. -
![Olivia Vendetta by Hugo Meunier]()
Olivia Vendetta by Hugo Meunier
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratings« C'est un cliché, mais je rêve depuis des années d'assommer mon passé à coups de pelle dans face pour enfin faire la paix avec mes vieux démons. Un ambitieux programme pour des retrouvailles organisées dans une cabane à sucre. »De retour d'exil, Olivia renoue avec de vieux amis, mais surtout avec de douloureux souvenirs, en marge du conventum soulignant les vingt ans de la fin de son secondaire... -
![Maid of the Mist by Colin Bateman]()
Maid of the Mist by Colin Bateman
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing much ever happens in Niagara Falls. It is a sleepy town full of honeymooners and tourists, and that's how Inspector Frank Corrigan likes it. He saw enough trouble as a cop in Northern Ireland. Now he's happy dealing with parking offences and the odd drunk, although since his wife has left him and taken their daughter, 'happy' may not quite be the word... -
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November by David Mamet
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief.It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent... -
![Family Politics by John O'Farrell]()
Family Politics by John O'Farrell
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back in to their old bedrooms and showing their gratitude by berating their parents for their out-of-date politics. But for proud and high-profile left-wingers Emma and Eddie Hughes, the return of their only child is a far greater challenge than they ever could have anticipated... -
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![Heiress, P.I. by Amanda Mahan]()
Heiress, P.I. by Amanda Mahan
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of Stephanie Plum, Veronica Mars and Gossip Girl... Meet Lucy Hansen. She’s the richest teenager in the world – and possibly the shyest. She doesn’t flash her business to the paparazzi as she’s getting out of limos or send selfies while smoking salvia. No, Lucy hides behind her frizzy bangs, environmental causes and organic hemp-blend sweats... -
![No Onions Nor Garlic by Srividya Natarajan]()
No Onions Nor Garlic by Srividya Natarajan
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmandeep, Murugesh, Rufus and Sundar are bucks who talk dirty for the same reason that they remove the mufflers from their motorcycle exhausts— it makes them feel like men. Like libertines. To their hormonal despair, when Professor Ram stages his remake of A Midsummer Night's Dream at their college fest, he casts these four as fairies... -
![Enemies of the System by Brian W. Aldiss]()
Enemies of the System by Brian W. Aldiss
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHomo Uniformis: man alike throughout - a centralised nervous system and a million years of genetic engineering have flushed out the old ways of war, disease, ritual and emotion... -
![The Girl You Call by Tanguy Viel]()
The Girl You Call by Tanguy Viel
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this shrewd, timely novel with the allure of old-school noir, an aging boxer and his daughter fight back against political corruption and sexual abuse.At 40, the great boxer Max Le Corre was enjoying a renaissance, back at the top of the ticket after a long absence. When he wasn’t in the ring, he worked as a driver for the mayor, Quentin Le Bars... -
![The Manuscript by Lucy Bloom]()
The Manuscript by Lucy Bloom
Rated: 2.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFast paced, funny and ferocious, The Manuscript is a novel about a novel, and the unexpected ways that life smacks you in the face. When author Edith Scott finds herself free in many ways, she switches genres to write a book about war and men. As she learns hard lessons from the men in her life, who chew her up and spit her out, Edith writes them into the plot, killing them off with delight...
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