The life of a naive, born-again teen can sometimes seem God-awful, as Gideon discovers at Overcomer Bible Institute. Having given himself over to religion, Gideon quickly finds his newfound faith challenged by sexually aggressive women...
Humorous fiction
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Author:Wells, JeffSummary: - Author:Backman, FredrikSummary:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and "writer of astonishing depth" ( The Washington Times ) comes a poignant comedy about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who...
- Author:Whitehead, ColsonSummary:
A small Midwestern town is having an identity crisis--should they have a new techno-savvy name or a name honoring the freedmen who founded the town? Or is the current name just fine? They call in a professional naming consultant, famous...
- Author:Goldstraw, KaseySummary:
What will endure...love, revenge, or Archibald? It's the summer of 1990 in West Vancouver. Maggie, a 23-year-old nursing school drop-out, has just started a job as a live-in personal assistant to Archibald, a flamboyant, elderly...
- Author:Rennison, LouiseSummary:
British teenager Georgia Nicolson's humorous diary entries reveal the results as she finally chooses between potential boyfriends, but then becomes involved in a play with the one not chosen, further complicating her love life.
- Author:Maehrer, Hannah NicoleSummary:
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits....
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Von Igelfeld is quite pleased with his role as a visiting scholar at Cambridge, even if his English colleagues can be difficult to comprehend. They frequently speak in metaphors and make peculiar assumptions, saying such odd things as "...
- Author:Acito, MarcSummary:
Edward Zanni has been kicked out of drama school because he's just too "jazz hands" for Juilliard. He moves to New York City and lands a job working as a stealth guest at corporate parties. When he gets caught up in an insider trading...
- Author:Valognes, AurélieSummary:
1968. Jean a six ans quand il est confié du jour au lendemain à sa grand-mère. Pour l'été. Pour toujours. Il n'a pas prévu ça. Elle non plus.Mémé Lucette n'est pas commode, mais dissimule un coeur tendre. Jean,...
- Author:Wodehouse, P. G.Summary:
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on October 17, 1974 by Barrie & Jenkins, London, and in the United States under the title The Cat-nappers.
- Author:Lavoie, Marie-RenéeSummary:
Diane is forty-eight years old and-according to her husband-boring...which is apparently the reason that he had an affair and left her. After taking the charge to heart, Diane decides to undertake a ribald and highly entertaining...
- Author:Ghatage, ShreeSummary:
It is the mid-seventies, and Shaila has returned to Bombay for her father's sixtieth birthday party. In the linked stories that follow, Shree Gatage renders an India that can only be revealed by first leaving, and then returning again...
- Author:Rennison, LouiseSummary:
The saga of teenager Georgia Nicolson continues in diary entries about her life after her boyfriend goes off to Kiwi-agogoland, leaving her to make do without him.
- Author:Harby, RyanSummary:
Awkward Pause is an anthology collection from Ryan Harby's popular online comic series Honey Dill. A love letter to odd humour, Awkward Pause is a mix of joy and sorrow, both soft and sharp. The book includes over 50 comic strips, which...
- Author:Barclay, LinwoodSummary:
Fans of the crime caper will rejoice that Linwood Barclay is back with the hilarious follow-up to his riotously funny and irreverent debut, in which paranoid pop Zack Walker plotted to transplant his city-savvy wife and two teenage kids...
- Author:Greenberg, Alison RoseSummary:
Whip-smart, heartfelt and joyful, Alison Rose Greenberg's Bad Luck Bridesmaid is a celebration of complicated women and a power-anthem to live your truth. This is not a rom com. You've been warned. It's official: Zoey Marks is the...
- Author:DeWoskin, RachelSummary:
Samantha Baxter has a full, sane life--creative job, lovely family, and all the trappings of middle-age happiness. But when she gets a diagnosis that terrifies her, a lifetime of polite pleasing and putting others first ignites in her a...
- Author:Moore, LorrieSummary:
A collection of eight stories that explore the passage of time and summon up its inevitable sorrows and hilarious pitfalls.
- Author:Richler, MordecaiSummary:
Ebullient and perverse, thrice married, Barney Panofsky has always clung to two cherished beliefs: life is absurd and nobody truly ever understands anybody else. But when his sworn enemy publicly states that Barney is a wife abuser, an...
- Author:Renzetti, ElizabethSummary:
A delectable satirical novel about celebrity culture, journalism, truth, lies, consequences — about the fictions we tell ourselves and the fictions we tell others.Augusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a...
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