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What do readers say about The Princess Bride?
satirical and sarcasticsatirical romantic fairy taletongue – n-cheekmostly omniscient narrativeBeautiful, flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley, the farm boy, and when he departs to make his fortune, she vows never to love another. So when she hears that his ship has been captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts - who never leaves survivo... Read more about The Princess Bride
How is such a thing possible? I’ll do my best to explain. As a child, I had simply no interest in books. I hated reading, I was very bad at it, and besides, how could you take the time to read when th...
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What do readers say about The Big Over Easy?
who killed humpty dumptywell written and amusingmassively funy spoofhilarious and imaginativeEnter the world of the Nursery Crime Division in this novel from Jasper Fforde, the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series and The Constant Rabbit
Jasper Fforde's bestselling Thursday Next series has delighted readers of every ... Read more about The Big Over Easy
It was the week following Easter in Reading, and no one could remember the last sunny day. Gray clouds swept across the sky, borne on a chill wind that cut like a knife. It seemed that spring had fors...
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What do readers say about The Willoughbys?
tongue in cheekwry chapter bookwitty conversations and obscurityparody of orphan storiesNow a Netflix animated film starring Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Séan Cullen, and Ricky Gervais!
Convinced they'd be better off raising themselves, the Willoughby children hatch a sneaky plan to ... Read more about The Willoughbys
The eldest was a boy named Timothy; he was twelve. Barnaby and Barnaby were ten-year-old twins. No one could tell them apart, and it was even more confusing because they had the same name; so they wer...
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What do readers say about Soulless?
well-paced and executedlondon's integration of supernaturalswitty and vibrantlight hearted, humorous toneBuffy meets Jane Austen in the first book of this wickedly funny NYT bestselling series about a young woman whose brush with the supernatural leads to a deadly investigation of London's high society.
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many so... Read more about Soulless
Miss Alexia Tarabotti was not enjoying her evening. Private balls were never more than middling amusements for spinsters, and Miss Tarabotti was not the kind of spinster who could garner even that muc...
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What do readers say about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
captivating, witty and compellinglaugh out loud funnypure craziness and randomnessoutlandish, semi-ridiculous humorIt's an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur's best friend has just announced that he's an alien.
After that, thing... Read more about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
At eight o’clock on Thursday morning Arthur didn’t feel very good. He woke up blearily, got up, wandered blearily round his room, opened a window, saw a bulldozer, found his slippers, and stomped off ...
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What do readers say about Good Omens?
angels and antichristslong and ramblyclever and wittyvivid and complexAccording to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.
You may be feeling run down and always in the same old daily round. Home and family matters are highlighted and are hanging fire. Avoid unnecessary risks. A friend is important to you. Shelve major de...
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What do readers say about Interior Chinatown?
the immigrant experiencequirky and sharpthe chinese american experiencelike a movie scriptNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER
"One of the funniest books of the year. . . . A delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." -The Washington Post
From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Univ... Read more about Interior Chinatown
The day you first noticed. You’d shown up a few minutes early for weekly lesson. Maybe that’s what threw him off. When he answered the door, it took him a moment to recognize you. Two seconds, or twen...
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What do readers say about The Sellout?
racism in americaintense stream of consciousnessracism and black cultureessays passing for fictionWinner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize
Winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction
Named one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times Book Review and the Wall Street Journal
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbrin... Read more about The Sellout
I suppose that’s exactly the problem—I wasn’t raised to know any better. My father was (Carl Jung, rest his soul) a social scientist of some renown. As the founder and, to my knowledge, sole practitio...
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What do readers say about The Word Is Murder?
clever and engagingthe dual storylineself-deprecating and cleveran ongoing murder caseLibraryReads Selection
"One of the most entertaining mysteries of the year. It's also one of the most stimulating, as it ponders such questions as: Which is of greater interest to the reader, the crime or the detective? And: Is the pencil truly migh... Read more about The Word Is Murder
Just after eleven o’clock on a bright spring morning, the sort of day when the sunshine is almost white and promises a warmth that it doesn’t quite deliver, Diana Cowper crossed the Fulham Road and we...
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What do readers say about The Last Dragonslayer?
wit and wisdomyoung adult fantasyhumor and imaginative storywonderful and playfulIn the good old days, magic was indispensable. But now magic is fading: Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and magic carpets are used for pizza delivery. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians-but it's ha... Read more about The Last Dragonslayer
It looked set to become even hotter by the afternoon, just when the job was becoming more fiddly and needed extra concentration. But the fair weather brought at least one advantage: dry air makes magi...
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