The picaresque adventures of a folk singer named Norwood Pratt on a cross-country trip from Texas to Manhattan in the 1960s.
Humorous fiction
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Author:Portis, CharlesSummary: - Author:Keith, Esmé ClaireSummary:
Rutledge, an aging, divorced man, has treated himself to a Cruise on the Mariola. The Cruise is not just any cruise. It's the whole shebang. It's around the world. It's a lifestyle change: G & Ts and tuxedos and cigars and cognac...
- Author:Keith, Esmé ClaireSummary:
Rutledge, an aging, divorced man, has treated himself to a Cruise on the Mariola. The Cruise is not just any cruise. It’s the whole shebang. It's around the world. It’s a lifestyle change: G & Ts and tuxedos and cigars and cognac...
- Author:Asher, AprilSummary:
Magic-less witch Violet Maxwell wants nothing to do with alpha wolf shifter Lincoln Thorne--the man who broke her fragile teenage heart. But when the two of them are forced by arcane Supernatural Laws to find mates, Violet and Lincoln...
- Author:Wilson, KevinSummary:
Kevin Wilson's best book yet-a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing abilities Lillian and Madison were the unlikeliest of...
- Author:Grubisic, Brett JosefSummary:
Meet Marcus O, a man who's feeling older but not much wiser as he sets jaded eyes on that last vigorous stretch before the dreaded sunset years. With the approach of the terminal semester of a long-winded career, he's...
- Author:Dumont, DawnSummary:
Tout est là : voici la vie sur la réserve, en haute définition. Dawn, la narratrice, revisite sa vie familiale, se replonge dans ses années d'école et s'engage résolument sur la voie de l'avenir. Situé quelque part entre le roman d'...
- Author:Rennison, LouiseSummary:
Fourteen-year-old Georgia continues her diary in which she records her misadventures trying to reclaim the attention of seventeen-year-old Robbie, while coping with her friends, family, and dog-like cat Angus at the same time.
- Author:Lipman, ElinorSummary:
An endearing romantic comedy from the beloved best-selling author of The Family Man and The View from Penthouse B At thirty-two, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you...
- Author:McCrumb, SharynSummary:
Badger Jenkins, a driver past his prime, is recruited by an all-female pit crew to drive their new car. But every woman has a different plan to get the car into the fast lane, and it's not long before the women collide--both on and off...
- Author:Unger, AndrewSummary:
Timothy Heppner is a frustrated ghostwriter struggling to make ends meet in Edenfeld, a small Mennonite community bulldozing its way towards modernity--if it's old, it has to go! A member of the Preservation Society but desperate to...
- Author:Fallis, TerrySummary:
Few people know the real Alex MacAskill. Most of the world sees a painfully and chronically shy software engineer in his mid-20s. When his mother, one of the only people in the world who Alex felt comfortable as himself around, dies...
- Author:McQuiston, CaseySummary:
"Lives are remade in McQuiston's LGBTQ, paranormal rom-com. Memorable characters (including N.Y.C. itself) and a sultry-comic seduction on public transit (rivaling the iconic Risky Business scene) will have listeners hooked....
- Author:Childress, MarkSummary:
In 1973, Yankee transplant Daniel Msgrove can't seem to fit in at his new Mississippi school, Minor High. When he meets fellow outsider Tim Cousins, things begin looking up. The two begin a close friendship that includes time spent...
- Author:Stayman-London, KateSummary:
Real love ... as seen on TV. A plus-size bachelorette brings a fresh look to a reality show in this delightful, razor-sharp debut. "Relatable, incredibly smart ... an extraordinary debut."'Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling...
- Author:Morrow, JamesSummary:
Rejoice! A new messiah has come, and her name is Julie. Born to Murray Katz, the solitary (and celibate) keeper of an abandoned lighthouse on the Jersey shore, our protagonist arrives on Earth boasting supernatural abilities evocative...
- Author:Dorsey, Tim.Summary:
When a traumatic experience forever changes Florida gubernatorial race candidate Marlon Conrad's life, he hits the road in a Winnebago to find the "real" Florida. But his odyssey is plagued with would-be assassins and cutthroat...
- Author:Nissen, ThisbeSummary:
A sharp and bitingly funny novel about a professor whose calm-ish midwestern life gives way to a vortex of crises-and her attempts to salvage the pieces without going to pieces herself In the space of a few torrid months on the Iowa...
- Author:Comeau, JoeySummary:
“OVERQUALIFIED’s cover letters are like a slap in the face, butthe slap is hilarious, and you can’t stop laughing, and as soonas it’s over you want to tell all your friends about the slap.You know the kind?”
— Ryan North... - Author:Andrews, DonnaSummary:
It's a few days before Christmas, and Meg's grandfather is hosting a scientific conference on owls at the Caerphilly Inn. Most of the family are there, helping out in one capacity or another, including Meg's grandmother,...
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