The Cactus
By: Sarah Haywood
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An unforgettable love story that shows sometimes you have to embrace the unexpected. Susan Green…
Want to Read $ 13.49"But, these days, fairy-tale endings come in all shapes and sizes. It’s okay for the princess to end up with the prince, it’s okay for her to end up with the footman, it’s okay for her to end up on her own. It’s also okay for her to end up with another princess, or with six cats, or to decide she wants to be a prince. None of those make her any more or less a feminist."-Sarah Haywood, The Cactus
"But, these days, fairy-tale endings come in all shapes and sizes. It’s okay for the princess to end up with the prince, it’s okay for her to end up with the footman, it’s okay for her to end up on her own. It’s also okay for her to end up with another princess, or with six cats, or to decide she wants to be a prince. None of those make her any more or less a feminist."-Sarah Haywood, The Cactus
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1. You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories
By: Curtis Sittenfeld
4.25
Format: 194 pages, ebook
'Most people I know who have read anything by Curtis Sittenfeld would read anything else the woman … read more
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2. The Night Tiger
By: Yangsze Choo
3.86
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping historical novel about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy whose fates entangle over an o… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
"Tener buenas intenciones no es igual que hacer lo correcto."-Yangsze Choo, The Night Tiger
"One of the appalling yet convenient things about being family is that you can trade accusations at night, then pretend next morning that nothing has happened."-Yangsze Choo, The Night Tiger
3. Džekpots
By: Zane Nuts
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Ko tu darītu, ja laimētu milzu naudas summu loterijā? Evelīna un Reinis mācās vidusskolas pēdējā… read more
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4. Cassandra in Reverse
By: Holly Smale
3.56
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “A Time-Twisting Delight” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club June ’23 … read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Not everyone is like me: that much is painfully clear."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"Maybe love prefers to be eaten warm, like biscuits out of the oven."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"I can't help wondering: Am I a monster? And--if so--was I born or was I made?"-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"I get caught up with trying to read all the music around me, instead of one note inside myself."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
5. Mother-Daughter Murder Night
By: Nina Simon
3.58
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a gran… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
6. The Other Woman
By: Sandie Jones
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A deliciously disturbing, compulsively readable debut domestic suspense—prepare to meet The Other W… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
7. The Scent Keeper
By: Erica Bauermeister
3.93
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, present… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Salmon always return to the same stream."-Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper
"Once you change the scent, you change the memory."-Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper
"This city was too big, too fast, for such quiet details."-Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper
"Scents were like rain, or birds. They left and came back."-Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper
8. Whisper Network
By: Chandler Baker
3.59
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truvi… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"We have been programed to work with secrets."-Chandler Baker, Whisper Network
"Sloane played by the rules of the game. So she could stay. She could keep her seat at the table."-Chandler Baker, Whisper Network
"Children turned men into heroes and mothers into weaker employees if we didn't play our cards right."-Chandler Baker, Whisper Network
"We wanted to be treated just like men, at work, for the same reason that people buy smart phones: to make our lives easyer."-Chandler Baker, Whisper Network
9. The Secrets We Kept
By: Lara Prescott
3.66
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--the real-life sto… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Only privileged men romanticize tragedy"-Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
"The way he pushed himself to write his great work no matter the cost."-Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
"And as the years passed, her age always stayed the same, her beauty sealed in amber."-Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
"Reading the letter, I felt something I think only the nuns of the camp could understand—the warmth and protection of faith."-Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
10. The Last Story of Mina Lee
By: Nancy Jooyoun Kim
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Margot Lee's mother, Mina, isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot,… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Her mother had once screamed, “How am I going to pay for this? Why don’t you take better care of yourself?"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"Beauty is a construct, but theory is not at the reality we live, she thought. Theory didn't live in the bones. Theory didn't erase the years of self-scrutiny in a mirror and not seeing anyone at all,…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"But if she allowed that story to continue to be told, over and over again - that her mother was a nobody, anonymous, an immigrant who couldn't speak the language, another immigrant who worked a job t…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
"She wondered how many women had been trapped - in terrible marriages, terrible jobs, unbearable circumstances - simply because the world hadn't been designed to allow them to thrive on their own. The…"-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee
11. The Jetsetters
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, s… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Somehow her later years had become a mirror of her lonely childhood."-Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
"Somehow she'd labeled those days a humiliation. She'd based her choices--her giant house, her daughters' schools, her constant attention to family life--on erecting a wall between her grim childhood …"-Amanda Eyre Ward, The Jetsetters
12. The Chicken Sisters
By: K.J. Dell'Antonia
3.40
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Three generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. In tiny Merinac, Kansas, Chicken… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"The next morning, when she bent to buckle Ryder into the taxi to go to the airport, he was clutching the chicken tightly to his chest, looking so much like his father that it made Mae catch her breat…"-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters
"The restaurants are very different, by asking which you like. The restaurants are very different, Mimi's is pretty simple and BYOB while Frannie's has a bar. Some people go to Mimi's because they rea…"-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters
"Mimi's and Frannie's both served fried chicken, yes. And they had the same kind of name. And they had been started by sisters. But from there, the similarities---and any competition---ended. Frannie'…"-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters
"Good fried chicken was remarkably hard to come by in New York, but this---tender, with just enough crust-only bits protruding, skin peeling easily away from the meat---this was good . The fries were …"-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters
13. The Cactus
By: Sarah Haywood
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An unforgettable love story that shows sometimes you have to embrace the unexpected. Susan Green… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- british literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"But, these days, fairy-tale endings come in all shapes and sizes. It’s okay for the princess to end up with the prince, it’s okay for her to end up with the footman, it’s okay for her to end up on he…"-Sarah Haywood, The Cactus
14. Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
By: Denise Mina
3.53
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
It’s just a normal morning when Anna's husband announces that he's leaving her for her best friend … read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Sorg är ett ärr. Vävnaden blir hård och när såret går upp igen läker det dåligt."-Denise Mina, Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
"Just when you think something can’t get any worse someone who dislikes you comes to watch."-Denise Mina, Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
"This is who I was for my children. I told them to go. I told them to leave me. I said their dad had gone a wee bit mad but he had decided to do this and there was no going back. Jess shrank in her ch…"-Denise Mina, Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
"The disposable girl should develop a drink problem or take drugs. She should become the victim of someone else, somewhere else. At best she becomes a campaigner against whatever she was a victim of. …"-Denise Mina, Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
15. Still Lives
By: Maria Hummel
3.26
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Kim Lord is an avant-garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the L.A. art scene. Her … read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
16. Maybe Next Time
By: Cesca Major
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780063239920. One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
17. The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2)
By: Jasmine Guillory
3.48
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
The author of The Wedding Date serves up a novel about what happens when a public proposal doesn't … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"I think I mostly realized I couldn't live in fear anymore."-Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2)
"You walk into any situation with an attitude that you’ve got this, you can defend yourself, you are strong."-Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2)
"WAS THIS WHAT LOVE WAS? Being happy when you thought about someone; wanting to never stop thinking abou tthem, even when you were fighting; having every damn thing in the grocery store remind you of …"-Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2)
"He knew he loved her; he knew it to his core. He loved her for her kindness, her ability to laugh both at him and at herself, and her intelligence. But most of all, he loved her for the feeling he ha…"-Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2)
18. Everything Inside
By: Edwidge Danticat
3.70
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vivi… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
19. Krīzes menedžere
By: Eleonora Troja
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Elīza ir izskatīga, labu izglītību ieguvusi un karjerā veiksmīga sieviete, kurai ir pilnīgi skaidrs… read more
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20. Saplēstā kokvilna
By: Zane Nuts
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Kopš Dita uzsāka romantiskas attiecības ar bijušā vīra brāli, viņa staro, īpaši daudz nedomājot par… read more
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- romance
21. Gunita
By: Gunita Lagzdiņa
3.79
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
Vai ticat, ka cilvēka vārds ir kods, kas ietekmē tā nēsātāju? Eksperiments “Gunita” sākās pēc nes… read more
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