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Lato, gdy mama miała zielone oczy by Tatiana Țîbuleac
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAleksy, kipiący gniewem nastolatek, po ukończeniu szkoły zamierza pojechać z kolegami do Amsterdamu, zamiast tego jednak udaje się z matką na wieś do Francji. Mają spędzić razem lato. Ich trudna relacja powoli się odmienia, aż w końcu – na krótko – przechodzi w autentyczną bliskość... -
![Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt]()
Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"A brave and breathtaking musical... -
![Breakdown by Jack L. Pyke]()
Breakdown by Jack L. Pyke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Who’s been whispering to you, Jack?” ~ Doctor Halliday Jack Harrison has the evidence there in his hands—the DVD and notepad off D.C. Sanders that proves Gray supposedly played a part in tearing him and Jan brutally apart... -
![A filha primitiva by Vanessa Passos]()
A filha primitiva by Vanessa Passos
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVencedor do Prêmio Kindle de Literatura (2021) e Prêmio Jacarandá (2022)Uma história de amor e ódio, violência e redenção. Ambientada em Fortaleza, A filha primitiva traz luz e sombra para uma geração de avó, mãe e filha – unidas pela dor e pelo abandono, separadas pela fé, pelo ceticismo e pelos segredos que guardam. Uma avó negra que esconde quem é o pai da filha... -
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![The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna]()
The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for the ISBN can be found here."Ned was beside me, his messages running easily through him, with space between each one, coming through him like water. He was the go-between, going between the animal kingdom and this one. I watched the waves as they rolled and crashed towards us, one after another, never stopping, always changing... -
![The Mustachioed Woman of Shanghai by Isham Cook]()
The Mustachioed Woman of Shanghai by Isham Cook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWant to know what's really going on with relationships in China today? It is the Shanghai of courtesans and concubines, danger and decadence, updated to 2020. American expat author Isham Cook has disappeared... -
![Memento & Following by Christopher J. Nolan]()
Memento & Following by Christopher J. Nolan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristopher Nolan's Memento is an intricate, original, fascinating thriller, hailed by Philip French of the Observer as 'one of the year's most exciting pictures'. Its protagonist Leonard (Guy Pearce) is a puzzle, even to himself. He sports the trappings of an expensive lifestyle, yet he lives in seedy motels, and seems to be on a desperate mission of revenge to find the man who murdered his wife... -
![The House of Gazes by Daniele Mencarelli]()
The House of Gazes by Daniele Mencarelli
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWinner of the 2019 John Fante First Novel Prize The critically acclaimed novel from the author of Everything Calls for Salvation , adapted into a Netflix Original series, is a powerful coming-of-age story about loss, identity, and rebirth Daniele is a young poet plagued by an unknown darkness, “an invisible disease of the heart, or of the mind...Categorized as:
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![My Husband's Secret by Kiersten Modglin]()
My Husband's Secret by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy husband liked his secrets. On the day of his funeral, I found out just how much. As it turns out, there were three of us. Three women he loved. Three secrets he had to keep. But Lucas wasn’t the only one with secrets. The three of us have a few of our own, and we’d do anything to keep them. If you look close enough, we each had a motive. We all had an opportunity... -
![The Vacation by John Marrs]()
The Vacation by John Marrs
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Vacation is a compulsive, holiday-set thriller from John Marrs, the author of The One, now a Netflix Original Series.How far would you run to escape your past?Venice Beach, Los Angeles. A paradise on earth.Tourists flock to the golden coast and the promise of Hollywood.But for eight strangers at a beach front hostel, there is far more on their mind than an extended vacation... -
![Clean by Juno Dawson]()
Clean by Juno Dawson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI can feel it swimming through my veins like glitter ... it's liquid gold.When socialite Lexi Volkov almost overdoses, she thinks she's hit rock bottom.She's wrong. Rock bottom is when she's forced into an exclusive rehab facility.From there, the only way is up for Lexi and her fellow inmates, including the mysterious Brady... -
![Mad Girl by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini]()
Mad Girl by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**CAUTION-------PITCH BLACK READ** My mother was the Madison Ridge Killer … and I helped her. At nine, I was given a new start—a new life. My adoptive parents did everything they could to help me forget my past, and for a while, they succeeded. But I was never normal. I never truly forgot all I saw or did.Now, twenty years later, I work in the billing department for a small city newspaper... -
![Sapphire Storm by C. Travis Rice]()
Sapphire Storm by C. Travis Rice
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnder his new pen name, C. Travis Rice, New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice offers tales of passion, intrigue, and steamy romance between men. The third novel, SAPPHIRE STORM, once again transports you to a beautiful luxury resort on the sparkling Southern California coast where strong-willed heroes release the shame that blocks their hearts’ desires... -
![Exquisite by Sarah Stovell]()
Exquisite by Sarah Stovell
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBo Luxton has it all - a loving family, a beautiful home in the Lake District, and a clutch of bestselling books to her name. Enter Alice Dark, an aspiring writer who is drifting through life, with a series of dead-end jobs and a freeloading boyfriend. When they meet at a writers' retreat, the chemistry is instant, and a sinister relationship develops .. -
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![Invisible Love by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt]()
Invisible Love by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEric-Emmanuel Schmitt is the author of three luminous collections of short stories published by Europa Editions, including the bestselling Most Beautiful Book in the World, and one novel, Three Women in a Mirror... -
![Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg]()
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom the creator and executive producer of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman, a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love--the best and worst thing in the universeWritten with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg's stories will make readers laugh, weep, and shiver in uncomfortably delicious... -
![The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson]()
The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEvery love story has a dangerous twist. Tamia Challey is horrified when her husband, Scott, is accused of something terrible – but when she discovers who his accuser is, everything goes into freefall. Backed into a corner and unsure what to think, Tamia is forced to choose who she instinctively believes... -
![Lucy in the Sky by Anonymous]()
Lucy in the Sky by Anonymous
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay’s Journal.The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday. She lived in an upper middle class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, and Berkeley-bound older brother. She was a good girl, living a good life...but one party changed everything... -
![Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima]()
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRecognized throughout the world for his brilliance as a novelist and playwright, Yukio Mishima is also noted as a master of the short story in his native Japan. Here nine of his finest stories, selected by Mishima himself, represent his extraordinary ability to depict a wide variety of human beings in moments of significance... -
![I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist: 6 Deadly Social Media Influencers by Dr. Harper]()
I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist: 6 Deadly Social Media Influencers by Dr. Harper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Explosive Conclusion to the Dr. Harper Therapy seriesI'm a therapist, and I've worked with the wildest internet celebrities… A vigilante who treated humans as factory farm animals. A germaphobe who warned of the next major plague. My own best friend. A rapist who got cancelled online — and in real life. A psychic medium with a disturbing prediction... -
![Shiver by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine]()
Shiver by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWide-eyed and innocent, you stumbled into my world, never knowing the danger that lurked within. The Wolfe’s Den is no place for a little lamb, but you came anyway, and from the moment you stepped inside, you were mine. In my life there are no happy accidents. Every move is carefully orchestrated. Every situation premeditated. That’s what makes the hunt so intoxicating. What you need, I become... -
![Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris]()
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation--in the breeze, in the cotton fields...and in the crack of the whip. It's an antebellum fever-dream, where fear and desire entwine in the looming shadow of the Master's House... -
![Splintered by Tal Bauer]()
Splintered by Tal Bauer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEverything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery.But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there... -
![Everything Like Before: Stories by Kjell Askildsen]()
Everything Like Before: Stories by Kjell Askildsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpare, taut and told with flashes of pitch-black humour, the short stories of Norwegian master Kjell Askildsen capture all the strangeness of modern existence. In this selection of tales, spanning the whole of his brilliant career, unnerving encounters occur, lonely individuals try to connect, families and relationships are fractured, and we are confronted by the fragility and absurdity of life...Categorized as:
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![War Against the Animals by Paul Russell]()
War Against the Animals by Paul Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCameron Barnes, formerly of New York City, lives in a small town in upstate New York. After having nearly succumbed to AIDS, he's recently regained a measure of his health but his long-term lover has moved away, and Cameron faces the daunting prospect of learning how to live with the idea of a future in mind again... -
![The Ordinary Us by DomLuka]()
The Ordinary Us by DomLuka
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the story of seventeen-year-old Quinn Moore. He has a loving family, good friends and a girlfriend he's deemed as perfect. Quinn's also gay, not that he's about to admit it. He likes things just the way they are, thank you. But then he meets Jude Landon, and everything in Quinn's comfortable world is turned upside down.Status: Complete Word count: approx... -
![The Boy at the Bottom of the Fountain by Jay Bell]()
The Boy at the Bottom of the Fountain by Jay Bell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes dreams come true, whether you’re ready for them or not. Shane was only fourteen when found a photo of a boy his age and became obsessed with it. Now, thirteen years later, he has a chance encounter with a man who bears a striking resemblance... -
![Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams]()
Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKerr, in the NY Herald-Tribune, describes: "This, says Mr. Williams through the most sympathetic voice among his characters, 'is a true story about the time and the world we live in.' He has made it seem true-or at least curiously and suspensefully possible-by the extraordinary skill with which he has wrung detail after detail out of a young woman who has lived with horror... -
![No matarás by Ana Sofía González]()
No matarás by Ana Sofía González
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings«—Vicky, ven, acércate, te voy a decir un el infierno no existe, son los papás—le susurró al oído y se partió de risa.»Alejandra, una adolescente frívola, vive en un fraccionamiento de clase alta. Su vida se ve afectada por el abandono de su madre y la dureza de un padre estricto... -
![52赫茲的鯨魚們 by Sonoko Machida, 町田苑香]()
52赫茲的鯨魚們 by Sonoko Machida, 町田苑香
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings52赫茲的鯨魚，是世界上最孤獨的鯨魚。其他鯨魚無法接收到牠發出的高頻率叫聲。雖然有很多同伴，但其他同伴聽不到牠的呼喚，牠也聽不到其他同伴的聲音。就像總是無比孤單、無人理解，無人在乎的我一樣⋯⋯ 沒有人能理解、無法將內心呼喊、求救傳達出去的你，並不孤單。「我會傾聽你那無法傳達給任何人的52赫茲的聲音。」 日本九州一處偏遠的海邊小鎮。斷絕所有一切，獨自移居此地的貴瑚，在某個下雨天遇到了跟自己一樣散發孤單感的一名少年。 他身上有和我相同的氣味。那是沒有父母關愛的孤獨氣味。這種氣味很棘手，無論再怎麼仔細清洗都洗不掉。孤獨的氣味不是滲進皮膚或是肌肉，而是滲進內心。 她彷彿從少年身上看見當年的自己──悲慘、絕望、被踐踏、了無生趣。當時的貴瑚遇見了這世上唯一能聽到她求救呼喊的人，她才得以倖存。如今，貴瑚想要對少年伸出援手……... -
![A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale]()
A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen 20-year-old Lenny Barnes, paralysed in a rugby accident, commits suicide in the presence of Barnaby Johnson, the much-loved priest of a West Cornwall parish, the tragedy's reverberations open up the fault-lines between Barnaby and his nearest and dearest... -
![Love You Gone by Rona Halsall]()
Love You Gone by Rona Halsall
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratings‘Hello? Police? My husband and our children… they’re gone.’ When Mel arrives at the holiday cottage in the Lake District, she expects to find the heating on and her husband Luke and the two children waiting for her. Maybe a bottle of wine open… Instead, there is just a note on the side, saying they’ve gone out for a walk... -
![Controle by Natalia Borges Polesso]()
Controle by Natalia Borges Polesso
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatalia Borges Polesso apresenta, em Controle, uma narrativa impactante sobre relações homoafetivas entre mulheres, o poder do desafio e, acima de tudo, as escolhas que precisam ser feitas para que as pessoas se tornem quem elas querem ser.A protagonista, Nanda, é epilética. Cercada de cuidado pelos pais, ela evita ao máximo o contato humano — exceto pela amiga, Joana... -
![Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook]()
Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWake In Fright was first published in 1961 and the film version, The Outback, starring Donald Pleasance was released in 1971. Both the book and the film have achieved a cult status as the Australian answer to US and UK novels and films of 1960s youthful alienation... -
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![Angry Management by Chris Crutcher]()
Angry Management by Chris Crutcher
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to Angry ManagementIt's a place for misfits. For stories that will rip out your heart and give you back one better than what you started with. Stories about prejudice, rage, and hope. About surviving it all and showing the world that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger... -
![Sister Psychopath by Maggie James]()
Sister Psychopath by Maggie James
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen they were children, Megan Copeland adored her younger sister Chloe. Now she can’t bear to be in the same room as her.Megan believes Chloe to be a psychopath. After all, her sister’s a textbook case: cold, cruel and lacking in empathy. Chloe loves to taunt Megan at every opportunity, as well as manipulating their mentally ill mother, Tilly... -
![The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan]()
The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOne school. Twenty voices.Endless possibilities.There's the girl who is in love with Holden Caulfield. The boy who wants to be strong who falls for the girl who's convinced she needs to be weak. The girl who writes love songs for a girl she can't have. The two boys teetering on the brink of their first anniversary. And everyone in between... -
![Probation by Tom Mendicino]()
Probation by Tom Mendicino
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll it took to destroy Andy Nocera's seemingly perfect life was an anonymous tryst at an Interstate rest area. Sentenced to probation and thrown out by his wife, he spends his week as a traveling salesman, and his weekends at his mother's house where no questions are asked--and no explanations are offered... -
![All the Little Animals by Walker Hamilton]()
All the Little Animals by Walker Hamilton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA beguiling, unsettling and ultimately moving modern fable set on the byways of rural Cornwall; a story about running away, the search for acceptance and burying road-kill.Bobby is a 31 year old man with the mind of a small, frightened boy. He has run away from his privileged but abusive London home to rural Cornwall...Categorized as:
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![Gravity by Sean Michael]()
Gravity by Sean Michael
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's never easy to run into an ex-lover, especially when the break-up was a bad one. That's exactly what happens to Hunter Barrister one evening at the Hammer, though, and he's more upset over seeing the amazingly beautiful Forrest Greune again than he ever thought he could be... -
![Khokkiri by Lia Indra Andriana, O. Lydia Panduwinata]()
Khokkiri by Lia Indra Andriana, O. Lydia Panduwinata
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Kusimpan seuntai kenangan abadi tentangmu" Becca. Adriel Jo. Richard. Della. TOP. Lucie. Penulis. Fotografer. Dokter. Penerjemah. Blogger. Teman. Saudara. Kekasih. Tunangan Mereka telah mengikrarkan kesetiaan untuk tak saling melupakan. Namun, kenyataan bahwa mereka hanyalah manusia biasa yang memiliki keterbatasan memori, tak dapat diubah... -
![Punk Like Me by J.D. Glass]()
Punk Like Me by J.D. Glass
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA coming of age story, a love story…a brave, brilliant story of strength and seldiscovery. Twenty-one year old Nina writes lyrics and plays guitar in the rock band, Adam’s Rib, and she doesn’t always play by the rules. And, oh yeah—she has a way with the girls. Even her brother Nicky’s girlfriends think she’s hot... -
![Afterglow by Abigail Hunter]()
Afterglow by Abigail Hunter
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStoic, masculine, powerful. Thorn is everything people want in a model. His stage name conveys a sense of dominance over others, and the strong look in his eyes lets the watcher know that he's in control. Thorn's next shoot is his opportunity to break out as an international model, but there's one main problem: Thorn has no idea how to act sexy... -
![The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín]()
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other... -
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![Life Without Summer: A Novel by Lynne Griffin, Tanya Eby]()
Life Without Summer: A Novel by Lynne Griffin, Tanya Eby
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTessa Gray’s life changes forever when she loses her four-year-old daughter, Abby, in a hit-and-run accident outside her preschool. Once a vivacious, joyful mother and wife, Tessa now spends her days holed up in Abby’s room, sleeping in her bed, clutching Abby’s Tootsie Rabbit stuffed animal—anything to keep her memories close... -
![Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale]()
Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen troubled artist Rachel Kelly dies painting obsessively in her attic studio in Penzance, her saintly husband and adult children have more than the usual mess to clear up. She leaves behind an extraordinary and acclaimed body of work - but she also leaves a legacy of secrets and emotional damage that will take months to unravel... -
![Tom at the Farm by Michel Marc Bouchard]()
Tom at the Farm by Michel Marc Bouchard
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs an unexpected guest at his recently deceased lover's funeral, Tom is blindsided by the man's legacy of untruth. With the mother expecting a chain-smoking girlfriend, and the older brother hell-bent on preserving a facade of normalcy, Tom is coerced into participating in the dishonesty until, at last, he confronts the torment that drove his lover to live in the shadows of deceit... -
![Cutting Cords by Mickie B. Ashling]()
Cutting Cords by Mickie B. Ashling
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSloan Driscoll is a talented graphic artist but compared to his father and younger brother—all star athletes—he’s never measured up. A lifetime of insecurity leads him down dark paths. His childhood friend, Cole Fujiwara, a former major league pitcher, embodies all of Sloan’s hidden aspirations. Cole is physically fit, attractive, intelligent, and successful. Seemingly perfect... -
![Goodbye, Earl: A Bad Girl Creek Novel by Jo-Ann Mapson]()
Goodbye, Earl: A Bad Girl Creek Novel by Jo-Ann Mapson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive challenging years have passed in the lives of the ladies of Bad Girl Creek. Beryl, Nance, Ness, and Phoebe have experienced their share of hardship and heartache, but also much happiness. Beryl now lives with Earl in Alaska, where the fissures in their relationship have started to spread... -
![Target by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson]()
Target by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhy had the men chosen him? Savagely violated by two strangers, sixteen-year-old Grady West retreats into silence. Some hells just can't be shared. Searing and powerful, Target shows that people can go through unspeakable things and emerge whole-- and sometimes your friends can save you. Another "provocative tale" ( Booklist ) by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson, author of The Parallel Universe of Liars...
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