The Unfortunate Fursey
By: Mervyn Wall
4.04
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Devil himself has launched a determined offensive on the sanctified precincts of tenth-century …
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1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more
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- classics
- humor
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
2. Ack-Ack Macaque (Ack-Ack Macaque, #1)
By: Gareth L. Powell , Gareth L. Powell
3.69
Format: 407 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In 1944, as waves of German ninjas parachute into Kent, Britain's best hopes for victory lie with a… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
3. Wild Thorns
By: Sahar Khalifeh , Trevor Le Gassick , Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A young Palestinian named Usama returns from working in the Gulf to support the resistance movement… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- historical fiction
"هذا الجيل قوي ، متوقد ، صلب كالصوان، رغم قده الممشوق كعود الخيزران. وتذكرها. كتبها، وسبابتها المرفوعة بالغبار، وقامتها النحيلة الضامرة. قالت : - الأقوياء لا يطأطئون."-Sahar Khalifeh, Wild Thorns
" لماذا توجعنا الأغاني الحزينة ؟ ألأننا شعب رومانسي؟ ولم يكن هو رومانسياً. لم يعد كذلك. أو هكذا بات يعتقد. كيف توصل إلى هذي النتيجة؟ تدريب. طلقات. زحف على البطون. شدّ البطون. ويصبح الإنسان لارومانسي الف…"-Sahar Khalifeh, Wild Thorns
4. Eve's Hollywood
By: Eve Babitz
3.44
Format: 213 pages,
Journalist, party girl, bookworm, muse, artist: by the time she'd hit thirty, Eve Babitz had been a… read more
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- classics
5. A Very British Coup
By: Chris Mullin
3.77
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Harry Perkins has led the Labour Party to a stunning election victory. His manifesto included publi… read more
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- humor
- fiction
6. Bird by Bird
By: Anne Lamott
4.24
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more
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- humor
- audiobook
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
7. Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A Young Dwarf's Dream Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He's now in charge of the new recruits gua… read more
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- humor
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
8. Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.25
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
The titles of the first story in this collection—'Jeeves Takes Charge'— and the last—'Bertie Change… read more
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- classics
- humor
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Employers are like horses — they require management."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?"-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
9. Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five bril… read more
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10. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- audiobook
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
11. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
By: Olga Ravn
3.67
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more
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- fiction
"This is not a human, but a coworker."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
12. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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- audiobook
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
13. Slade House
By: David Mitchell
3.81
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British p… read more
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- audiobook
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"Coffee’s the elixir of life."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"In racy Victorian novels, beware of young widows."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"It takes more than holding hands and singing ‘Ebony and Ivory’."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"Truth has this habit of changing after the fact, don't you find?"-David Mitchell, Slade House
14. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
By: Rachel Aviv
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more
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- audiobook
"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
15. Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius
By: Nick Hornby
3.66
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and… read more
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"This book is about work, and nobody ever worked harder than these two, or at a higher standard, while connectiong with so many people for so long."-Nick Hornby, Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius
16. Bellies
By: Nicola Dinan
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more
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- audiobook
17. Greta & Valdin
By: Rebecca K. Reilly
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin
18. A Helping Hand
By: Celia Dale
3.60
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Josh and Maisie Evans are Good Samaritans and enjoy lending a helping hand to lonely elderly ladies… read more
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- fiction
- horror
19. Hackenfeller's Ape
By: Brigid Brophy
3.71
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
When my species has destroyed itself, we may need yours to start it all again. In London Zoo, Profe… read more
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20. Private Rites
By: Julia Armfield
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more
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- horror
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
21. The Unfortunate Fursey
By: Mervyn Wall
4.04
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Devil himself has launched a determined offensive on the sanctified precincts of tenth-century … read more
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- humor
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
- historical fiction
- medieval
- ireland
- irish literature
- audiobook
