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The Autograph Man
Zadie Smith
Amazon.com Review
When Alex-Li Tandem is 12 years old, his father takes him and his friends Adam and Rubinfine to a wrest...
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Semi-Tough
Dan Jenkins
Review
"A very funny book...It is outrageous; it mocks contemporary American mores; it mocks Madison Avenue; it mocks rac...
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She Woke Up Married
Suzanne Macpherson
From Publishers Weekly
Fashion model Paris James has spent her life avoiding commitment. So when she wakes up on the morn...
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The Interruption of Everything
Terry Mcmillan
Amazon.com Review
Terry McMillan's sixth novel, The Interruption of Everything, is every bit as enthralling and empowerin...
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The Ballad of Dingus Magee
David Markson
From Library Journal
This 1965 comic Western was the basis for the films Dirty Dingus Magee and Cat Ballou. It follows th...
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Vampire Loves
Joann Sfar
From Publishers Weekly
Ferdinand is a vampire who lives in Lithuania, wears three-piece suits and receives regular visits...
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Lightning Field
Dana Spiotta
From Publishers Weekly
Spiotta's bitingly clever debut novel sports a rare book-jacket blurb from Don DeLillo, fitting si...
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The Undomestic Goddess
Sophie Kinsella
From Publishers Weekly
Samantha Sweeting, the 29-year-old heroine of Kinsella's latest confection (after Shopaholic Siste...
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Just Short of Crazy
Nina Foxx
From
Alexis Montague Pearson dated Walter for three years when he decided to leave town to end their relationship. In an...
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She's Got Issues (Avon Books)
Stephanie Lessing
Review
"A lively chick-lit exploration of modern social manners." -- Orla Healy for the New York Post
About the Aut...
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Trophies: A Novel
Heather Thomas
From Publishers Weekly
Actress and screenwriter Thomas's first novel lifts the veil on the already well-exposed world of ...
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In Her Shoes : A Novel
Jennifer Weiner
Amazon.com Review
The Feller sisters are equal but opposite. Maggie is the good-looking, dyslexic little sister who knows...
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Notting Hell: A Novel
Rachel Johnson
From Publishers Weekly
This veddy droll through-the-keyhole debut from British columnist Johnson is drenched in the mores...
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Ghosts Aliens
Trey Hamburger
About the Author
TREY HAMBURGER is a regular dude from Leonard, Michigan, who wants the scientific community to shut thei...
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Loves Me, Loves Me Knot
Heidi Betts
From Publishers Weekly
Betts spins a realistic but problematic follow-up to 2009's Tangled Up in Love. Jenna Langan can't...
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Puff: A Novel
Bob Flaherty
From Publishers Weekly
In this shaggy-dog '70s coming-of-age tale, two 20-something brothers set out across suburban Bost...
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Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Janet Evanovich
Amazon.com Review
Book Description SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
EVENT: The next Stephanie Plum novel, in which...
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Play Dates
Leslie Carroll
From
In Manhattan's world of competitive mothering, Claire Marsh becomes seriously handicapped when her 15-years-senior ...
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The Screwtape Letters
C. S. Lewis
Amazon.com Review
Who among us has never wondered if there might not really be a tempter sitting on our shoulders or dog...
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The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
P. G. Wodehouse
From Library Journal
These short, very slight stories from early in Wodehouse's (A Gentleman of Leisure, Audio Reviews, L...
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Between the Bridge and the River
Craig Ferguson
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. A gallery of grotesques slogs through the sewers of the entertainment industry tow...
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Behindlings: A Novel
Nicola Barker
Amazon.com Review
Behindlings, the fifth novel from Nicola Barker, is a welcome return, both in mood and in geography, to...
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The Girlfriend Curse
Valerie Frankel
From
When Peg's ex-boyfriend Paul calls her up, she thinks he is hoping for a reunion. But when she meets up with him, h...
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If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend
Alison Pace
From
Art-gallery assistant Jane Laine, recuperating after a failed love affair, really hates her odious martinet of a bo...
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Skipping Christmas: A Novel
John Grisham
Amazon.com Review
John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season, and the resul...
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Trials of Tiffany Trott
Isabel Wolff
From Publishers Weekly
In this hilarious and distinctly British debut novel, 37-year-old Tiffany Trott, a recently dumped...
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Squeeze Play: A Novel
Jane Leavy
From Publishers Weekly
Leavy's hilarious debut about a female sportswriter's tribulations covering an expansion baseball ...
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The Year of the Hare: A Novel
Arto Paasilinna
From Publishers Weekly
First published in 1975 at the height of the back-to-nature movement, Paasilinna's charming, low-k...
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Swell Foop
Piers Anthony
From Publishers Weekly
"Do you think the puns will ever run out?" a character asks early in Anthony's 26th funny Xanth ad...
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Orange Crush
Tim Dorsey
Amazon.com Review
Maybe you can't be too outrageous when the subject is Florida politics, but Tim Dorsey (, ) manages to...
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The Worst Noel: Hellish Holiday Tales
Collected Authors Of The Worst Noel
From Publishers Weekly
While everyone has his or her own holiday nightmare-the overcooked turkey, the undercooked ham, th...
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Bathtub Admirals
Jeff Huber
From Publishers Weekly
Retired navy commander Huber's debut novel is a profane and hilarious parody of the post–Co...
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Changing Places
David Lodge
Amazon.com Review
Anyone intrigued by differences between American and British academic institutions will find this an ...
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