The Rejected Writers' Book Club
Suzanne KelmanLibrarian Janet Johnson is puzzled when she is invited—and practically dragged—to her first meeting of the Rejected Writers' Book Club. This quirky group of women would much rather celebrate one another's rejected manuscripts over...
"This book is a shot of pure joy!"—Jenny Colgan, author of The Bookshop on the CornerFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella comes an irresistible story of love and empowerment about a young woman with a...
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Owe You One, an utterly delightful novel about a woman who ditches her dating app for a writer's retreat in Italy--only to find that real love comes with its own filters Call Ava r...
From the New York Times bestselling author of Walking in Circles Before Lying Down comes a hilarious novel about a man who won't grow up, his confused relationships with women, and his four (talking) dogs.
While waiting in line for apple pie at a party, Imogene Gilfeather, a lingerie designer who does not understand the reason for romance, meets Wally Yez, a scientist whose business card says "An Answer for Everything." Imogen...
In the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world's most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapida...
Unbearable Lightness of Scones, The (...
Alexander McCall SmithThe residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy-just ask his mo...
A New York Times Notable Book"A wonderful book, and there's no one I would not urge to read it . . . This is the work of a fluid, confident and profoundly talented writer who gets more fluid, more confident and seemingly more ...
Just why do humpback whales sing? That's the question that has marine behavioral biologist Nate Quinn and his crew poking, charting, recording, and photographing very big, wet, gray marine mammals. Until the extraordinary day when a w...
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming T...
Christopher MooreNow in a special holiday edition, the hilariously deranged tale of Santa, fruitcakes, angels, and Kung fu. . . . “Christopher Moore writes novels that are not only hilarious, but fun to read as well. He is an author at the top of...
Pork Chops of Death: A Funny Murder (...
Frank MulaZolly's a private detective and champion of the "little guy," because he himself is a little guy. He claims to be 5'6 but admits to be 5'6 he'd not only need lifts in his shoes, he'd need an Otis elevator. His current a...
The First Assistant: A Continuing Tal...
Clare NaylorRunTime: 11 hrs, 8 CDs. In 'The First Assistant,' Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare have again joined forces to take a wry and hilarious look at the wheeling, dealing, schmoozing, and snubbing that make Hollywood the cutthroat capital of the...
Apathy and Other Small Victories
Paul NeilanThe 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 gi...
Brunch and Other Obligations: A Novel...
Suzanne NugentThe only thing reclusive bookworm Nora, high-powered attorney Christina, and supermom-in-training Leanne ever had in common was their best friend, Molly. When Molly dies, she leaves mysterious gifts and cryptic notes for each of her g...
Le Divorce meets The Elegance of the Hedgehog in this hilariously entertaining mega-bestseller from France When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in Kenya with his mistress, Josephine Cortès is l...
Sideways: The Ultimate Road Trip, The...
Rex PickettSideways is the story of two friends, Miles and Jack. In the week before Jack plans to marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country, in this raucous and surprising novel about men, women, wine, and human r...
pRomeo Cacciamani and Julie Roseman are rival florists whose families have hated each other for as long as anyone can remember, yet no one can remember why. When the two meet at a small business owners' seminar, an intense and unwaver...
Vampires in the Lemon Grove (Vintage ...
Karen RussellFrom the author of the New York Times best seller Swamplandia!—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—a magical new collection of stories that showcases Karen Russell's gifts at their inimitable best. A dejected teenager discovers that...
I was standing on one leg shucking oysters when the problems began… Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are about to face their most important challenge. Their ten-year-old son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and no...
The smart and sassy detective Zephyr Zuckerman is now armed and undercover in a Greenwich Village hotel where mysteries—from garbage-grabbing guests to the reservation system—lurk around every corner. Now working as a junior de...
Snow Angels, Secrets and Christmas Ca...
Sue WatsonSnow Angels, Secrets and Christmas Cake is a truly heart-warming and hilarious read about sisters, love and finding the courage to be yourself – one snowflake at a time.For Tamsin Angel, Christmas is always the biggest and best… c...
Where's My Jetpack? Where's My Jetpac...
Daniel H. WilsonIIt's the twenty-first century and let's be honest--things are a little disappointing. Despite every World's Fair prediction and the advertisements in comic books, we are not living the future we were promised. By now, life was suppos...
[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] **An AudioFile Earphones Award Winner** [Read by Frederick Davidson] When Jimmy Pitt bets an actor friend that any fool could burgle a house, offering to demonstrate the feat ...
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen: A Jeeves and ...
P. G. WodehouseOn doctor's orders, Bertie Wooster retires to the delights of Maiden Eggesford. But his retreat is rudely shattered by Aunt Dahlia, who wants him to fix a horse race. Other problems rapidly interrupt Bertie's respite.
Cyril Fothingay-Phipps, known to his friends as Barmy is persuaded to invest his modest fortune in the stage production of Sacrifice. But not everyone views his enterprise with such optimism, in fact if it had not been for the delecta...
[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] [Read by Frederick Davidson] A madcap adventure whose comic twists and turns could only have come from the zany imagination of P. G. Wodehouse. P. G. Wodehouse is at his whi...
The ninth novel in Wodehouse's popular Blandings sagaIn a major mix-up at Blandings Castle, Galahad introduces yet another imposter to Lord Emsworth's residence and the Empress of Blandings gets sloshed in her sty. Formidable comic ...
Sam Bagshott, son of the late Boko Bagshott, had been at Blandings Castle only a short while, but long enough to know that anyone enjoying its hospitality must get the occasional shock. Sam braced himself as the possibilities flitted ...
Bertie Wooster is trapped in the rural community of Steeple Bumpleigh with a strange assortment of characters. The biggest blot on the social landscape is Edwin the boy scout whose acts of kindness are akin to sheer malevolence.
In the Angler s Rest, drinking hot scotch and lemon, sits one of Wodehouse s greatest raconteurs. Mr. Mulliner, his vivid imagination lubricated by Miss Postlethwaite the barmaid, has fabulous stories to tell of the extraordinary beha...