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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... -
![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... -
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![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... -
![Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo]()
Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRichard Russo's slyly funny and moving novel follows the unexpected operation of grace in a deadbeat town in upstate New York—and in the life of one of its unluckiest citizens, Sully, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years... -
![The Risk Pool by Richard Russo]()
The Risk Pool by Richard Russo
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Risk Pool is a thirty-year journey through the lives of Sam Hall, a small-town gambling hellraiser, and his watchful, introspective son Ned... -
![The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph]()
The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOusep Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being “the last of the real men.” This includes waking neighbors upon returning late from the pub. His wife Mariamma stretches their money, raises their two boys, and, in her spare time, gleefully fantasizes about Ousep dying... -
![Everybody's Fool: A Novel by Richard Russo]()
Everybody's Fool: A Novel by Richard Russo
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, the Rust Belt town first brought to unforgettable life in Nobody’s Fool . • "Irresistible.... Very funny.... A joy... -
![Yoga Pant Nation by Laurie Gelman]()
Yoga Pant Nation by Laurie Gelman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the author of Class Mom and You've Been Volunteered comes Yoga Pant Nation--a novel about one mom's challenges through parenting and life, keeping her on her toes and perpetually in yoga pants... -
![Handling Sin by Michael Malone]()
Handling Sin by Michael Malone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac convertible... -
![My Big Greek Summer by Sue Roberts]()
My Big Greek Summer by Sue Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA holiday can solve everything… can’t it? A hilarious, hot new summer escape about kissing your past goodbye and learning to love again… Carefree, thirty-something Mandy thought she’d be married to first-love Danny forever. So when she discovers her heart-throb husband has had a fling, she realises it’s time to make some BIG changes... -
![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... -
![The Trove of the Passion Room by Marcia Lynn McClure]()
The Trove of the Passion Room by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSharlamagne Dickens cherished her family, was intrigued by the past, adored antiques, and enjoyed working at the antique store owned by her parents. Her life, like most, had been touched by tragedy and loss, yet she was happy. Though her life was not void of romance, it was void of a certain emotional passion... -
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![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... -
![Waiting for Milo by Angel Devlin]()
Waiting for Milo by Angel Devlin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first in a brand new series! Meet the Waite family. He called her Rapunzel. Now she’s back in a tower of her own making. Can he rescue his princess and live happily ever after? After purchasing her nan’s old home, Violet Blake wonders if the mysterious Waite family still live in the house across the garden... -
![Smells Like Tween Spirit by Laurie Gelman]()
Smells Like Tween Spirit by Laurie Gelman
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEven with the cutthroat days of being Class Mom behind her, as a freshly minted mat mom of the Pioneer Middle School (PMS) wrestling team, Jen Dixon cannot catch a break.This year, as her son joins the ranks of the PMS wrestlers, Jen faces mystifying new social dynamics with her trademark combination of reluctance and resigned acceptance... -
![The Snapper by Roddy Doyle]()
The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, the follow up to his acclaimed debut novel The CommitmentsWatch for Roddy Doyle's new novel, Smile, coming in October of 2017Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the father's identity a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news... -
![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 Boyfriend's Wedding Dress by Kim Eun Jeong, Dwita Rizki Nientyas]()
My Boyfriend's Wedding Dress by Kim Eun Jeong, Dwita Rizki Nientyas
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBagaimana ini! Saat pernikahanku semakin mendekat, cinta pertama terkutuk yang mencampakkanku kembali lagi. Selain itu, gaun pengantin yang kupesan kepada perancang terkenal Italia juga tertukar. Benar! Tekadku sudah bulat! Aku akan melarikan diri dari pesta pernikahanku... -
![The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper]()
The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRight after high school, Joe Goffman left sleepy Bush Falls, Connecticut and never looked back. Then he wrote a novel savaging everything in town, a novel that became a national bestseller and a huge hit movie... -
![Wild with Happy by Colman Domingo]()
Wild with Happy by Colman Domingo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrief is a funny thing. Gil’s boyfriend has left him, his acting career isn’t exactly taking off, and his mother just passed away. He’s not taking it all very well. But luckily his boisterous Aunt Glo, a sensitive funeral director, and his outrageous best friend may be exactly what he needs... -
![The Worst Thing About My Sister by Jacqueline Wilson]()
The Worst Thing About My Sister by Jacqueline Wilson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBeing a sister isn't always easy . . . but what's the very worst thing about your sister?Marty and her sister Melissa couldn't be more different. Marty loves her Converse trainers, playing football, hiding in her secret den and helping her dad with his DIY. But Melissa loves Justin Bieber and all things pink, girly and pretty... -
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![The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan]()
The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIN MY FAMILY, when anyone rides the wave of their emotions, we say they're chucking a birkett. When the emotion drives out all common sense, we say they're chucking a big one. The telltale signs are: flaming cheeks, shortness of breath, bulging eyes, and a prolonged illogical outburst... -
![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... -
![You've Been Volunteered by Laurie Gelman]()
You've Been Volunteered by Laurie Gelman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf you've ever been a room parent or school volunteer, Jen Dixon is your hero. She says what every class mom is really thinking, whether in her notoriously frank emails or standup-worthy interactions with the micromanaging PTA President and the gamut of difficult parents. Luckily, she has the charm and wit to get away with it--most of the time... -
![One Way or Another by Colleen Coleman]()
One Way or Another by Colleen Coleman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘OMG, OMG, OMG I love this book!… A laugh-out-loud, entertaining read… Hilarious.’ Chelle’s Book Reviews Twenty-nine-year-old Katie Kelly is at an all-time low. The love of her life, gorgeous Ben Cole, took a job abroad and broke her heart, the restaurant she’d put her all into went bust, and now she works in a retirement home, cooking beige mush for the residents... -
![Wish You Were Here by Victoria Connelly]()
Wish You Were Here by Victoria Connelly
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSun, sea and secrets…A week on the sunny Greek island of Kethos is just what Alice Archer needs, even if she has to put up with her difficult sister. Stella’s tantrums and diva-like demands are a fair price to pay for crystal-clear waters, blue skies and white clifftop villas... -
![How to Find Your Way Home by Katy Regan]()
How to Find Your Way Home by Katy Regan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat if the person you thought you'd lost forever walked back into your life? A warm, life-affirming novel about what happens when a sister discovers that the brother she hasn't seen in more than a decade is homeless, and in reconnecting with him learns the true meaning of belonging, from the author of Little Big Love.When they were children, Emily and her brother Stephen were inseparable...Categorized as:
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![A Love Like This by Maria Duffy]()
A Love Like This by Maria Duffy
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWilliam and Donna were born on the same day and in the same hospital, but they couldn't be more different. Will grew up in an affluent suburb and struggles to balance what he wants with what will keep his overbearing mother happy. Donna had a difficult childhood—she was raised by her older sister. She often wonders what her life would be like without her troubled mother around... -
![Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank]()
Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDorothea Benton Frank is a native of the South whose novels vividly capture the wild beauty, laid-back atmosphere, earthy characters, and charming eccentricities of life in South Carolina's Lowcountry. Written with compelling honesty and emotional depth, her stories have touched readers from coast to coast, and propelled her to the top ranks of bestsellerdom nationwide... -
![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"... -
![Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings by Jez Burrows]()
Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings by Jez Burrows
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of very short stories composed entirely of example sentences from various dictionaries, perfect for fans of The Lover's Dictionary and The Interrogative Mood: A Novel?“Dictionary Stories brings to literature the spirit of the musical mashup, digging in the crates to find old hooks and arrange them into new delights with an appeal that’s not merely academic but truly pop... -
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![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... -
![Terms & Conditions by Robert Glancy]()
Terms & Conditions by Robert Glancy
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrank has been in a serious car accident and he’s missing memories—of the people around him, of the history they share, and of how he came to be in the crash. All he remembers is that he is a lawyer who specializes in fine print, and as he narrates his story, he applies this expertise in the form of footnotes... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Nine Inches by Tom Perrotta]()
Nine Inches by Tom Perrotta
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNine Inches, Tom Perrotta's first true collection, features ten stories―some sharp and funny, some mordant and surprising, and a few intense and disturbing... -
![We're All Damaged by Matthew Norman]()
We're All Damaged by Matthew Norman
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAndy Carter was happy. He had a solid job. He ran 5Ks for charity. He was living a nice, safe Midwestern existence. And then his wife left him for a handsome paramedic down the street.We’re All Damaged begins after Andy has lost his job, ruined his best friend’s wedding, and moved to New York City, where he lives in a tiny apartment with an angry cat named Jeter that isn’t technically his... -
![By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank]()
By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this thoughtful, timely, humorous, and bighearted tale, perennial New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank examines what happens when a young sophisticated Chicagoan falls for the owner of a farm on Johns Island, a lush Lowcountry paradise off the coast of South Carolina-trading the bustle of a cosmopolitan city for the vagaries of a small southern... -
![A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris]()
A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNamed a best book of the year by NPR, Vogue , and the New York Times Book Review , the hilarious and profound new novel from National Book Award finalist Joshua Ferris is “a fine American novel about family, love, and a decent but flawed man trying to be better" (Stephen King). Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes, and it doesn't appear to be going well... -
![The Long, Hot Summer by Kathleen MacMahon]()
The Long, Hot Summer by Kathleen MacMahon
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNine Lives. Four Generations. One Family. The MacEntees are no ordinary family. Determined to be different from other people, they have carved out a place for themselves in Irish life by the sheer force of their personalities. But when a series of misfortunes befall them over the course of one long hot summer, even the MacEntees will struggle to make sense of who they are... -
![Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik]()
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons), an unofficial “club” that becomes much more. It becomes a lifeline... -
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![Wrack and Ruin by Don Lee]()
Wrack and Ruin by Don Lee
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn exhilarating comic satire with the quirky energy of The Wonder Boys and Sideways.Lyndon Song, a renowned sculptor, has fled New York City to become a Brussels sprouts farmer in the small California town of Rosarita Bay... -
![Duncan Delaney and the Cadillac of Doom by A.L. Haskett]()
Duncan Delaney and the Cadillac of Doom by A.L. Haskett
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBill Fitzhugh, author of Radio Activity, Fender Benders, Pest Control (and others) described Duncan Delaney and the Cadillac of Doom best when he "As God is my witness, 'Duncan Delaney and the Cadillac of Doom' is the first novel I've ever read where a frozen Cornish hen is used as a weapon. And that's not the craziest part of the story. A.L... -
![Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing: A Novel by Allison Winn Scotch]()
Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing: A Novel by Allison Winn Scotch
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPolitics is a test of wills in a sharp, funny, and emotional novel about truth and consequences by the New York Times bestselling author. Cleo McDougal is a born politician. From congresswoman to senator, the magnetic, ambitious single mother now has her eye on the White House—always looking forward, never back. Until an estranged childhood friend shreds her in an op-ed hit piece gone viral... -
![One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper]()
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“Mistakes have been made.”Drew Silver has begun to accept that life isn’t going to turn out as he expected. His fleeting fame as the drummer for a one-hit wonder rock band is nearly a decade behind him. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy... -
![Prettier if She Smiled More by Toni Jordan]()
Prettier if She Smiled More by Toni Jordan
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Jordan is a kind of Australian Marian Keyes, combining overdrive pace and throwaway humour with a razor intelligence and a deft, illuminating touch on darker subjects and themes . . . A sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and ultimately optimistic story' Sydney Morning Herald 'Taps into the humour and pathos of ordinary life in a way that has you nodding with recognition . . -
![Lying to Children by Alex Shahla]()
Lying to Children by Alex Shahla
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fictional father writes letters to his college-aged daughter and son remembering events, large and small, from their family’s past in the poignant and hilarious Lying to Children...
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