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Last Orders by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs a wise man once said, just because you're done with the past, doesn't mean the past is done with you. Paul can't let an incident from his past go. When he finds out a rival detective agency played a key role in it, he drags MCM Investigations into a blood feud that they can't hope to win... -
![Diary ng Panget by HaveYouSeenThisGirL]()
Diary ng Panget by HaveYouSeenThisGirL
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMahirap at panget si Girl tapos magnet siya ng mga poging mayayaman na boys? YES! Cliché? YES! So what makes this book special? This story has made a lot of people online laugh, as in hagalpak talaga with matching headbang pa! This is Eya's diary, a girl who believes she's ugly and will meet Cross Sandford, the most annoying nilalang ever... -
![I Heart Forever by Lindsey Kelk]()
I Heart Forever by Lindsey Kelk
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWinter in Manhattan…and someone’s keeping a secret. The day her husband Alex picks up a backpack and goes travelling, Angela Clark promises to stay out of trouble... -
![Holt by Scarlett Avery]()
Holt by Scarlett Avery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a new client, so how did we go from hello to Fifty Shades of Grey in a New York minute?The first time I met him, his arresting blue eyes were enough to make me lose my head. But of course, I kept it together.I’m a professional and fooling around with a client is a recipe for disaster.Holt Christensen is off limits... -
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![The Chronicles of Audy: 4R by Orizuka]()
The Chronicles of Audy: 4R by Orizuka
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHai. Namaku Audy. Umurku 22 tahun. Hidupku tadinya biasa-biasa saja, sampai kedua orangtuaku jatuh bangkrut karena ditipu. Aku hanya tinggal selangkah lagi menuju gelar sarjanaku. Selangkah lagi! Tapi kedua orangtuaku rupanya tega merusak momen itu. Jadi sekarang, di sinilah aku berada. Di rumah aneh yang dihuni oleh 4 bersaudara yang sama anehnya: Regan, Romeo, Rex dan Rafael... -
![A Proscriptive Relationship by Jordan Lynde]()
A Proscriptive Relationship by Jordan Lynde
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHolly's new, young teacher has a dark past, and a dangerous future. She soon finds herself charmed by his ways, and gets thrown into the chaos. Who knew having an ex-gangster for a teacher could be so troublesome? As Holly and Mr. Heywood grow closer, more questions about his past come upon Holly, as does danger. What is Mr... -
![Si by Bob Ong]()
Si by Bob Ong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Maari bang malaman ang iyong pangalan?""Victoria""Kailan kita masisilayan, Victoria?""Sa iyong... -
![Heathers the Musical by Laurence O'Keefe, Kevin Murphy]()
Heathers the Musical by Laurence O'Keefe, Kevin Murphy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeathers The Musical is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J.D... -
![Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein]()
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDrama, American Literature, Gay and Lesbian Studies, PlaysTorch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s... -
![Vinyl Cafe Unplugged by Stuart McLean]()
Vinyl Cafe Unplugged by Stuart McLean
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBestselling author and radio storytelling sensation Stuart McLean revisits the heartwarming and hilarious friends from his iconic Vinyl Cafe.Dave and his wife Morley would no doubt tell you that life is what you make it. Unfortunately for them, that means a compilation tape of mistakes, miscues, misunderstandings, and muddle... -
![All in the Timing by David Ives]()
All in the Timing by David Ives
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe world according to David Ives is a very odd place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called "Philadelphias," where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet... -
![Einstein's Beach House by Jacob M. Appel]()
Einstein's Beach House by Jacob M. Appel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA couple adopts a depressed hedgehog; a stranger shows up, claiming to be the father of a girl's imaginary friend; a woman kidnaps her ex-husband's turtle; a family is evicted from their home, but was it ever really theirs? Heartbreaking and hilarious, the eight stories of Einstein's Beach House examine how we deceive ourselves and others, all to arrive at something far more real... -
![Milea: Suara Dari Dilan by Pidi Baiq]()
Milea: Suara Dari Dilan by Pidi Baiq
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“Dilan memberi penggambaran lain dari sebuah penaklukan cinta & bagaimana indahnya cinta sederhana anak zaman dahulu.” @refaniris“Cuma satu yang kuinginkan, aku ingin cowok seperti Dilan.” @_SLovaFC“Dilan brengsek! Dia selalu tahu caranya menjadi pusat perhatian, bahkan ketika jadi buku, setiap serinya selalu ditunggu.” @Tedy_Pensil“Membaca Dilan itu seperti jatuh cinta lagi, lagi, dan lagi... -
![Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 by Yuki Yaku]()
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 by Yuki Yaku
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFumiya Tomozaki's opinion on the game of "real life" has been changing ever since he met Aoi Hinami and began training with her-it may not be the greatest, but at least it doesn't suck. Meanwhile, student elections are coming up, and obviously, Hinami will be running for student council president... -
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![The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh]()
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag her manipulative aging mother whose interference in Maureen's first and potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that is as gothically funny as it is horrific... -
![Dead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh]()
Dead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA spectacular return of the wild, dissolute gang from Trainspotting, from the author the New York Times called “Blisteringly funny…. ”The gang from Trainspotting have mostly cleaned up their act…until they are drawn back together to Scotland for one last scheme—a scheme one of them won’t survive. It’s an action-packed, hilarious and rollicking trip, as well as a moving elegy to the crew... -
![Blister by Jeff Strand]()
Blister by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey call her Blister. She’s a hideously disfigured twenty-three year-old woman, living in a shed next to her father’s house, hidden away from the world.Jason Tray is a successful cartoonist, banished to his agent’s lakeside cabin for a few days of mandatory rest and relaxation... -
![The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood by Gill Sims]()
The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood by Gill Sims
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s time for a w(h)ine‘Oh, for f*ck’s sake’ muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find for a no effort dinner. The children continued to fight behind her... -
![Rumors: A Farce by Neil Simon]()
Rumors: A Farce by Neil Simon
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKen and Chris have found their host Charley, a prominent Government official, in his bedroom, too dazed to speak, with a bullet wound in his ear lobe! Len and Claire arrive, themselves injured in a car crash, and are soon joined by Ernest and Cookie, Glenn and Cassie, each with their own problems... -
![The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis]()
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA burnt-out political aide quits just before an election — but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock — an engineering professor who will do anything, anything, to avoid teaching English to engineers — to let his name stand in the election... -
![Girl Next Door - The Complete Series by C.C. Wood]()
Girl Next Door - The Complete Series by C.C. Wood
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEnjoy the complete Girl Next Door series in one book! Friends With Benefits Natalie York is done with relationships. D-O-N-E. After her latest loverboy hits on her best friend, she's tired of playing games and having her heart broken. From now on, she's keeping things casual. When Nat meets her sexy new neighbor, Aidan Hart, she decides his offer to be friends with benefits is perfect... -
![Die Schule der Diktatoren by Erich Kästner]()
Die Schule der Diktatoren by Erich Kästner
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsهذه مسرحيه، وإذا أردتم دقه الوصف فهى مأساه هزليه؛ انقلاب فاضل يزيح ديكتاتوريه فاسده من الطريق، ثم يقتلون المتمرد، وترسخ الديكتاتوريه الجديده أقدامها... -
![The Motherfucker With the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Bobby Cannavale]()
The Motherfucker With the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Bobby Cannavale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAddiction, pain, and explosive tempers are not exactly what you’d call the ingredients for a side-splitting comedy. Yet Steven Adly Guiguis has created a profane, hilarious masterpiece that earned a "hatful" of theatrical accolades in 2011, including a Drama Desk award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for Bobby Cannavale... -
![The Withdrawal Method by Pasha Malla]()
The Withdrawal Method by Pasha Malla
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPasha Malla knows joy in all of its weird, unsettling, and wondrous forms. In their humor, warmth, and rigorous honesty, his stories clearly capture something odd and beautiful: the unmistakable feeling of empathy... -
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![Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh]()
Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe acclaimed author of the cult classics Trainspotting and The Acid House, Irvine Welsh has been hailed as "the best thing that has happened to British writing in a decade" (London Sunday Times)... -
![Meet Clara Andrews by Lacey London]()
Meet Clara Andrews by Lacey London
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeet Clara Andrews a totally vacuous girl with a hangover... With a love of designer brands, a fantastic job at Suave, the latest big name to rock the shoe industry and the world’s greatest best friend, she thought she had it all. That is until a chance meeting introduces her to the most handsome man alive... -
![হিমু by Humayun Ahmed]()
হিমু by Humayun Ahmed
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsহিমু আমার প্রিয় চরিত্রের একটি। যখন হিমুকে নিয়ে কিছু লিখি- নিজেকে হিমু মনে হয়, একধরণের ঘোর অনুভব করি। এই ব্যাপারটা অন্য কোনো লেখার সময় তেমন করে ঘটে না। হিমুকে নিয়ে আমার প্রথম লেখা ময়ূরাক্ষি। ময়ূরাক্ষি লেখার সময় ব্যাপারটা প্রথম লক্ষ করি। দ্বিতীয়বার লিখলাম দরজার ওপাশে। তখনো একই ব্যাপার। কেন এরকম হয়? মানুষ হিসেবে আমি যুক্তিবাদী। হিমুর যুক্তিহীন, রহস্যময় জগৎ একজন যুক্তিবাদীকে কেন আকর্ষণ করবে? আমার... -
![Dorjar Opashe: দরজার ওপাশে by Humayun Ahmed]()
Dorjar Opashe: দরজার ওপাশে by Humayun Ahmed
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsফ্ল্যাপে লিখা কথাঃতার ডাক নাম হিমু। ভালো নাম হিমালয়। বাবা আগ্রহ করে হিলাময় নাম রেখেছিলেন যেন বড় হয়ে সে হিমালয়ের মতো হয়- বিশাল ও বিস্তৃত, কিন্তু ধরা ছোঁয়ার বাইরে নয়। হাত দিয়ে স্পর্শ করা যায়। ইচ্ছে করলে তিনি ছেলের নাম সমুদ্র রাখতে পারতেন। সমুদ্র বিশাল এবং বিস্তৃত। সমুদ্রকে হাত দিয় স্পর্শ করা যায়। তার চেয়েও বড় কথা, সমুদ্র আকাশের ছায়া পড়ে। কিন্তু তিনি সমুদ্র নাম না রেখে রাখলেন... -
![Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan]()
Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe only thing Shane cares about is leaving. Usually on a Greyhound bus, right before his life falls apart again. Just like he planned. But this time it's complicated: there's a sadistic corporate climber who thinks she's his girlfriend, a rent-subsidized affair with his landlord's wife, and the bizarrely appealing deaf assistant to Shane's cosmically unstable dentist... -
![I Am Stalker by Ashley S. Clancy, Jimmy Tudeski]()
I Am Stalker by Ashley S. Clancy, Jimmy Tudeski
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat exactly is a stalker? What if you were ever watched and stalked yourself? Would you ever trust a man just out of prison, convicted of indecency and stalking crimes? Now you must decide, because he's here!The final book and last ever thriller to be written by Ashley.S Clancy and said to be her best work yet... -
![The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvine Welsh]()
The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvine Welsh
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Lucy Brennan, a Miami Beach personal-fitness trainer, disarms a gunman chasing two frightened homeless men, the police and the breaking-news cameras are not far behind and, within hours, Lucy is a media hero... -
![Porno by Irvine Welsh]()
Porno by Irvine Welsh
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the last gasp of youth, Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson is back in Edinburgh. He taps into one last great scam: directing and producing a porn film. To make it work, he needs bedfellows: the lovely Nikki Fuller-Smith, a student with ambition, ego, and troubles to rival his own; old pal Mark Renton; and a motley crew that includes the neighborhood's favorite ex-beverage salesman, "Juice" Terry... -
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Therapy by David Lodge
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBy all appearances, Laurence Passmore is sitting pretty. True, he is almost bald and his nickname in "Tubby", but the TV sitcom he writes keeps the money coming in, he has an exclusive house in Rummridge, a state-of-the-art car, a vigorous sex life with his wife of thirty years, and a platonic mistress to talk shop with. What money can't buy, and his many therapists can't deliver, is contentment... -
![Downward Facing Doug by Don Winslow, Ed Harris]()
Downward Facing Doug by Don Winslow, Ed Harris
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon Winslow returns to the world of PI Boone Daniels and the Dawn Patrol. Doug is one of the Dawn Patrol regulars. He has a miserable job as an accountant for a payday loan company. He has an unsatisfying marriage to Carli, who looks down on him even though she's only five foot three. He is not exactly a joyful person. He doesn't exude happiness or enthusiasm... -
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![Tales of a Drama Queen by Lee Nichols]()
Tales of a Drama Queen by Lee Nichols
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter Elle Medina's three-year engagement spectacularly self-destructs, she flees home to Santa Barbara to heal and regroup. Determined to create a new life that is better for her than her old one, Elle decides she needs to: 1. Get a good job 2. Find a nice apartment 3. Find an adequate boyfriend. But this proves to be more challenging than she expected... -
![Welcome to My World by Miranda Dickinson]()
Welcome to My World by Miranda Dickinson
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA travel agent who longs to travel. An intrepid explorer who just wants to find a place to call home. And a Big Idea that changes everything!. Close your eyes and imagine the world is your oyster! And now imagine never seeing it. Welcome to Harriet Langton's world. All her life she's dreamt of travelling the globe - fate always got in the way... -
![Weddings Can Be Murder by Christie Craig]()
Weddings Can Be Murder by Christie Craig
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWho knew getting married could get you murdered?What happens when you realize you're about to marry a man you don't love—a man who doesn't love you? When accidentally flushing her $8,000 engagement ring down the toilet isn't enough of a sign for Katie Ray to call off the big day, fate gets busy... -
![Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin]()
Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMaybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and former Guiness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman. All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where -- as she says -- "you can die of encouragement... -
![The Acid House by Irvine Welsh]()
The Acid House by Irvine Welsh
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDescription from the inside sleeve: This scintillating, disturbing, and altogether outrageous collection of stories introduces to these shores a young writer already being called "the Scottish Celine of the 1990s" (Guardian) and "a mad postmodern Roald Dahl" (Weekend Scotsman)... -
![Tender Hooks by Moni Mohsin]()
Tender Hooks by Moni Mohsin
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Glamorous girly fiction evolves into Chanel-clad satire" India... -
![Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel]()
Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFed up with the dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and the humiliating job in his father's grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Kathy Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence of prospect and opportunity in his life at home, Gareth O'Donnell has accepted his aunt's invitation to come to Philadelphia... -
![9th and 13th by Jonathan Coe]()
9th and 13th by Jonathan Coe
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Penguin published What a Carve Up! in 1994, Jonathan Coe's lasting fame was assured. There followed a string of widely acclaimed novels that together chart the changing social fabric of Britain over the last thirty years. This publication brings together several uncollected pieces of fiction and non-fiction, some of which never before published in the UK, from the master of comedy and pathos... -
![Oksimoron by Isman H. Suryaman]()
Oksimoron by Isman H. Suryaman
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOksimoron: n Ling, frase yang terdiri dari dua unsur yang bertolak belakang. _______________________________ Alan dan Rine adalah pasangan muda yang berusaha membuktikan bahwa pernikahan bahagia bukanlah oksimoron. Konsekuensinya, mereka juga harus berjuang untuk menghadapi berbagai unsur bertolak belakang, seperti mertua dan kerukunan, tetangga dan kewarasan, hingga kehamilan dan aborsi... -
![Prikupna struparka by Arto Paasilinna]()
Prikupna struparka by Arto Paasilinna
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe book’s protagonist is 77 year-old Linnea Ravaska, the widow of the late ColonelRavaska. She lives a quiet life in a little red house in the countryside with only her cat forcompany. However every month, on the same day as her pension arrives, the silence isshattered when her late husband’s young relative Kauko arrives with his friends, whogenerally terrorize her and drink her out of the house... -
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![The Prophet and the Idiot by Jonas Jonasson]()
The Prophet and the Idiot by Jonas Jonasson
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and DisappearedSweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times... -
![Rebuilding Coventry by Sue Townsend]()
Rebuilding Coventry by Sue Townsend
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom its title on, Sue Townsend's short, utterly entertaining novel is full of jokes both sly and slapstick. The Coventry of the title is one Coventry Dakin, the novel's narrator, and a devoted, intelligent, but intensely bored wife and mother maintaining her dull husband and two nearly-grown children in suburban Midlands... -
![Grow Up by Ben Brooks]()
Grow Up by Ben Brooks
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWho says youth is wasted on the young?One thing I have learned from being alive for seventeen years is that people like to touch things very much.Things that people like to touch: Vaginas. Expensive things in shops. Jelly that is not ready to eat yet. Cigarette lighters. Necks. Dead Things. Dogs. Piercings. Toddlers' cheeks. Each other's knees. People also like to touch death... -
![Sock by Penn Jillette]()
Sock by Penn Jillette
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwisting the buddy cop story upside down and inside out, Penn Jillette has created the most distinctive narrator to come along in fiction in many years: a sock monkey called Dickie. The sock monkey belongs to a New York City police diver who discovers the body of an old lover in the murky waters of the Hudson River and sets off with her best friend to find her killer... -
![Miss Jutek by Yennie Hardiwidjaja]()
Miss Jutek by Yennie Hardiwidjaja
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSALMA nggak bakalan tobat. Dia nggak tau apa itu tobat. Dia bahkan nggak tau gimana cara say thank you apalagi sorry! Siapa yang nggak kenal Salma Dirgawijaya? Bekennya amit-amit, sifatnya nyolot abis, reseh, tukang berantem, tajir sekaligus keren. Cewek dengan masa lalu sekelam malam yang menghukum diri, bertahan hidup dengan misi dan caranya sendiri...
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