Books like 'Barakamon, Vol. 12'
Readers who enjoyed Barakamon, Vol. 12 by Satsuki Yoshino also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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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... -
![Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya]()
Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“Hai, Satya! Hai, Cakra!” Sang Bapak melambaikan tangan. “Ini Bapak. Iya, benar kok, ini Bapak. Bapak cuma pindah ke tempat lain. Gak sakit. Alhamdulillah, berkat doa Satya dan Cakra. … Mungkin Bapak tidak dapat duduk dan bermain di samping kalian. Tapi, Bapak tetap ingin kalian tumbuh dengan Bapak di samping kalian. Ingin tetap dapat bercerita kepada kalian... -
![The Chronicles of Audy: 21 by Orizuka]()
The Chronicles of Audy: 21 by Orizuka
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHai. Namaku Audy. Umurku masih 22 tahun. Hidupku tadinya biasa-biasa saja, sampai aku memutuskan untuk bekerja di rumah 4R. Aku sempat berhenti, tapi mereka berhasil membujukku untuk kembali setelah memberiku titel baru: "bagian dari keluarga". Di saat aku merasa semakin akrab dengan mereka, pada suatu siang, salah seorang dari mereka mengungkapkan perasaannya kepadaku... -
![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... -
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![Sevgili Salak Günlük Ikinci Yil by Jim Benton]()
Sevgili Salak Günlük Ikinci Yil by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBestselling author Jim Benton is back, with a brand-new spin on a favorite series!Dear Dumb Diary is a hilarious hit! Now after 12 books (each covering a month of her life), Jamie Kelly's upcoming diaries have a fresh look and a fun twist. It's Dear Dumb Diary: Year Two! The diary entries are still laugh-out-loud funny -- but this is a whole new beginning... -
![The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe]()
The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLeft quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals... -
![Boys Rock! by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor]()
Boys Rock! by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWally Hatford dreams of long lazy days far away from school and Caroline Malloy. But Wally, the best speller among the Hatford brothers, gets roped into helping them with a summer newspaper project that will earn the twins school credit.What does that get Wally? When he hears scratching noises coming from Oldakers’ bookstore cellar, Mr...Categorized as:
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![Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard]()
Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFiction from Ireland. No 1 Bestseller... -
![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... -
![My Sort-of, Kind-of Hero by Emily Harper]()
My Sort-of, Kind-of Hero by Emily Harper
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEtty Lawrence is a bestselling romance author. At least− she would be if she could just get someone to read her books. Apparently, Amazon doesn’t consider the 500 books purchased by your mother to be ‘bestseller’ material. When Etty’s given some simple advice from a friend − write what you know − she takes it to heart... -
![Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? by Jerry Spinelli]()
Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? by Jerry Spinelli
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? Sibling rivalry at its finest! Whether it's on the hockey ice, at school, or at home, Greg and Megin just can't seem to get along. She calls him Grosso, he calls her Megamouth. They battle with donuts, cockroaches, and hair... -
![5 cm by Donny Dhirgantoro]()
5 cm by Donny Dhirgantoro
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBestseller book di Gramedia Bookstore selama 2 tahun berturut-turut! Lima sahabat telah menjalin persahabatan selama tujuh tahun. Mereka adalah Arial yang paling tampan, Riani sebagai satu-satunya wanita dalam kelompok itu, Zafran yang berlagak seperti seorang penyair, Ian yang paling subur badannya, dan Genta yang dianggap sebagai leader dalam kelompok itu... -
![A Non-Blonde Cheerleader in Love by Kieran Scott]()
A Non-Blonde Cheerleader in Love by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Sand Dune High cheerleading squad has gone coed, and not everyone is happy about it. Annisa's psyched when her boyfriend signs up, and stunting with the guys is pretty cool. But then the battle of the sexes heats up, and Annisa is caught in the middle... -
![Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott]()
Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMean Girls meets High School Musical from the author of I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader! Everyone loves KJ Miller, especially the geeks. She's pretty, smart, and super nice to everyone, which has made her the geek pied piper of Washington High. If only Cameron, the star of the basketball team, would follow her around and worship her the way her dorky entourage does... -
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![Explicit Love Story by Lee Sae In, Dimitri Dairi]()
Explicit Love Story by Lee Sae In, Dimitri Dairi
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSemua orang menganggapku ahli dalam berpacaran. Bahkan, pertanyaan mendetail tentang cara berciuman dan melakukan hubungan intim juga datang menghampiriku. Sejujurnya, aku merasa sedih setiap kali pertanyaan seperti itu muncul karena sebenarnya aku adalah "tong kosong yang nyaring bunyinya"... -
![Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last by Susan Juby]()
Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last by Susan Juby
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsdeAR gooSE, Thank you for your letter. Too bad you won't be able to write. I guess you'll be too busy moving on. Me too. First of all, I'm quite busy socially. Very busy socially. Plus, my screenwriting is really taking off. I'm basically in discussions with some people. Producer-types. You know. They say moviemaking is the new novel writing. I'm pretty much on the vanguard of that whole thing... -
![Marriagable: Gue Mau Nikah Asal... by Riri Sardjono]()
Marriagable: Gue Mau Nikah Asal... by Riri Sardjono
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNamaku Flory. Usia mendekati tiga puluh dua. Status? Tentu saja single! Karena itu Mamz memutuskan mencarikan Datuk Maringgi abad modern untukku. “Kenapa, sih, gue jadi nggak normal cuma gara-gara gue belom kawin?!” “Karena elo punya kantong rahim, Darling,” jawab Dina kalem. “Kantong rahim sama kayak susu Ultra. Mereka punya expired date.” “Yeah,” sahutku sinis... -
![Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell]()
Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLove is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel - with a few surprises and a lot of humour on the way to happinessWhen Nadia Kinsella meets Jay Tiernan, she's tempted, of course she is. Stranded together in a remote Cotswold pub while a snowstorm rages outside... let's face it, who would ever know? But Nadia's already met The One... -
![I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott]()
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnnisa Gobrowski has a problem - everyone at her new Florida high school is blonde. If Annisa's New Jersey attitue didn't make her stand out enough, her dark pixie cut sure does... -
![The Anthology of Feelings by Ika Natassa]()
The Anthology of Feelings by Ika Natassa
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTiga sahabat. Satu pertanyaan. What if in the person that you love, you find a best friend instead of a lover?K e a r aWere both just people who worry about the breaths we take, not how we breathe... -
![Castration Celebration by Jake Wizner]()
Castration Celebration by Jake Wizner
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDid you know that in imperial China, eunuchs had their testicles, penis and scrotum removed? Olivia does. She's done the research--after walking in on her dad fooling around with one of his grad students. On her way to an arts summer camp at Yale University, she's decided to write a musical called Castration Celebration . Max, on the other hand, is a big fan of the penis--intact... -
![No Relation by Terry Fallis]()
No Relation by Terry Fallis
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn his fourth novel, winner of the 2011 Canada Reads competition and "CanLit's crowned king of chuckles" (Telegraph-Journal) Terry Fallis's sharp, funny wit takes readers into the world of identity, inheritance, and belonging, begging the question: What's in a name? This is the story of a young copywriter in New York City... -
![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... -
![Plan B by Jonathan Tropper]()
Plan B by Jonathan Tropper
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTurning thirty was never supposed to be like this. Ten years ago, Ben, Lindsey, Chuck, Alison, and Jack graduated from New York University and went out into the world, fresh-faced and full of dreams for the future... -
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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... -
![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... -
![Reality Chick by Lauren Barnholdt]()
Reality Chick by Lauren Barnholdt
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll-hour study fests . . . all-night parties . . .Going away to college means total independence and freedom. Unless of course your freshman year is taped and televised for all the world to watch. On uncensored cable.Sweet and normal Ally Cavanaugh is one of five freshpeople shacking up on In the House, a reality show filmed on her college campus... -
![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... -
![Haikyu!!, Vol. 3 by Haruichi Furudate]()
Haikyu!!, Vol. 3 by Haruichi Furudate
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEver since he saw the legendary player known as the "Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! He decides to join the team at the high school the Little Giant went to-and then surpass him... -
![Maid-sama! Vol. 03 by Hiro Fujiwara]()
Maid-sama! Vol. 03 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIt's Seika High's Sports Day Festival! The Idiot Trio have just completed a fancy, custom-made maid outfit that they want to give to Misaki as a present, but through a mix-up, the maid outfit is sent out to the Sports Day Dress-up Race as one of its generic costumes, a contest which both Misaki and Usui are entering...
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