Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world. So when she takes a job in a convenience store while at the university, they are delighted. For her part,...
Humorous fiction
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Author:Murata, SayakaSummary: - Author:Bryan, AliSummary:
From Leacock finalist Ali Bryan, a witty and immensely fun dramedy about a family's memorial trip to the City of Love, where chaos ensues at every turn. It's been ten years since Claudia's mother died after a tragic collision with a...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
In London's Pimlico neighborhood lies a tenement described in architectural guides as "a building of no interest whatsoever." But the residents of Corduroy Mansions--including a literary agent, a wine merchant, a thoroughly unpleasant...
- Author:Goldberg Sloan, HollySummary:
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that...
- Author:Spurway, AmySummary:
When Stacey Fortune is diagnosed with three highly unpredictable - and inoperable - brain tumours, she abandons the crumbling glamour of her life in Toronto for her mother Effie's scruffy trailer in rural Cape Breton. Back home, she's...
- Author:Armstrong, BobSummary:
Bill and Julie live in thrifty middle-class wedded bliss with their 12-year-old son Sean. Julie brings home the bacon while Bill keeps house and frets over his never-ending PhD thesis: an anthropological study of the role of men in...
- Author:Annette MarieSummary:
Once upon a time, I was your average spunky redhead with the lamest employment history ever, a shaky relationship with my only family member, and no idea what I was doing with my life. Now, I'm a pseudo mythic with the best bartending...
- Author:Patterson, James, Grabenstein, Chris, Grabenstein, ChrisSummary:
Bick Kidd and his globe-trotting siblings set out to rescue their kidnapped mother from some nasty pirates. Their journey that takes them down the Nile River, where they must navigate everything from Egyptian pyramids to wet-and-wild...
- Author:Boyagoda, RandySummary:
Middle-aged, married, but living on his own, Prin has lost his way. Desperate for money and purpose, he moves to small-town Indiana to work for an evangelical millionaire who₂s building a theme park inspired by Dante₂s Inferno. He...
- Author:Marie, AnnetteSummary:
When I found myself facing down the scariest black-magic felon in the city, practically daring him to abduct me, I had to wonder exactly how I ended up here. It all started when I accidentally landed a job as a bartender-but not at a...
- Author:Sharma, NishaSummary:
"Nisha Sharma's Dating Dr. Dil is what would happen if you put all my favorite romantic comedy tropes into a blender: a frothy, snarky, hilarious treat with a gooey, heartwarming center. The perfect addition to any rom-com lover's shelf...
- Author:Munsch, RobertSummary:
Julie thinks her new neighbors must be very scary because all the stuff being moved into their house is enormous. Then she meets David and finds out that he's just a normal, regular boy. But when David's father calls him for supper the...
- Author:Gaiman, Neil, Pratchett, TerrySummary:
Comment deux envoyés spéciaux sur Terre, Aziraphale (ange, bibliophile et libraire à mi-temps) et Rampa (démon, lunettes noires, Bentley et bottes en peau de serpent), décident de faire capoter l'Apocalypse qu'ils sont...
- Author:Osborne, TomSummary:
Longlisted for the ReLit Award Best Fiction 2006, Ottawa Xpress
Dead Man in the Orchestra Pit is a singularly Canadian novel featuring crime, culture, and sports. Written in the vein of John Kennedy Toole (Confederacy of Dunces)...
- Author:Jenkins, DanSummary:
Kenny Lee Puckett has yet to find game and fortune as a professional golfer, but he keeps swinging, hoping to make a name for himself. One of many fringe players on the tour, Puckett has been no more successful on the marriage circuit....
- Author:Davidson, MaryJaniceSummary:
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Undead novels comes a delightfully addictive new series about past lives and bad habits. Leah Nazir is an Insighter. Reincarnation is her business. But while her clients' pasts are a...
- Author:Sutanto, Jesse Q.Summary:
"Sutanto brilliantly infuses comedy and culture into the unpredictable rom-com/murder mystery mashup as Meddy navigates familial duty, possible arrest and a groomzilla. I laughed out loud and you will too.”— USA Today (four-star review...
- Author:Kinney, JeffSummary:
Middle-schooler Greg Heffley is the prime suspect when it is discovered that school property has been damaged, but when a surprise blizzard hits and school is closed, Greg is stuck indoors with his family, unable to prove his innocence...
- Author:Kinney, JeffSummary:
Book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks. When he decides to tag along with his brother...
- Author:Murray, MorganSummary:
In late 2008, as the world's economy crumbles and Barack Obama ascends to the White House, the remarkably unremarkable Milton Ontario - not to be confused with Milton, Ontario - leaves his parents' basement in Middle-of-...
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