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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
Mariana Enriquez · 2021
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka · 2009
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara · 2015
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin · 2022
Cold Caller
Jason Starr · 1997
Briefly, A Delicious Life
Nell Stevens · 2022
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini · 2004
Seven Days in June
Tia Williams · 2022
In the Miso Soup
Ryu Murakami · 2005
It's just before New Year. Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife on three successive evenings. But Frank's behaviour is so strange that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion- that his client may in fact be the killer currently terrorising the city.<br> <br> Kenji is a likeable, if far from innocent guide, leading the reader through the inferno of violence and evil into which he apparently unwillingly descends - and from which only Jun, his sixteen-year-old girlfriend can possibly save him.<br> <br> Kenji's intimate knowledge of Tokyo's sex industry, his thoughtful observations and wisecracks, his insights into the emptiness and hypocrisy of contemporary Japan, and his ultimate moral paralysis and complicity reveal a deeply distressed and rotten modern world that seems to have lost its way in search of pleasure and instant gratification.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2018
<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><b> BESTSELLER</b><br> <br><b>“If you</b>’<b>re looking for a book to take on holiday this summer, <i>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo</i> has got all the glitz and glamour to make it a perfect beach read.” —<i>Bustle</i></b><br> <br><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Daisy Jones & the Six</i>—an entrancing and “wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet” (<i>PopSugar</i>) as she reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.</b><br><br>Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?<br> <br>Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.<br> <br>Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.<br> <br>“Heartbreaking, yet beautiful” (Jamie Blynn, <i>Us Weekly</i>), <i>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo </i>is “Tinseltown drama at its finest” (<i>Redbook</i>): a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means—and what it costs—to face the truth.
Too Good to Be True
Prajakta Koli · 2025
<p>Winner of the Amazon India Popular Choice Debut Book 2025 Award </p><p></p><p>From one of India's most-loved creators comes something new to fall in love with.</p><p>Avani's favourite thing to do is bury her nose in romance novels, but, honestly, life can't be trusted to make the stories real, right? </p><p>But in the bookstore where she works, a man walks in, straight out of the pages of her favourite love stories. Aman is hot, successful, seems to know what she's going to say before she's said it, and just cannot get enough of her. In short, he's perfect. </p><p>Then why is Avani losing her mind, ignoring the advice of her BFFs and trying to convince herself that he's just too good to be true?</p><p>Will Aman ever be able to figure her out? And will Avani allow him to?</p><p>Wickedly witty, tender and utterly relatable at every turn, Too Good to Be True by Prajakta Koli is the sparkling, true-blue, will-they-won't-they love story you've been waiting for! </p>
They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera · 2018
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami · 2010
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo · 2015
Ikigai
Héctor García, Francesc Miralles · 2017
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides · 2019
Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert · 2015
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami · 2005
Reading
Men Without Women
Haruki Murakami · 2018
<p><b>DISCOVER THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION THAT GAVE THE WORLD <i>DRIVE MY CAR, </i> THE BAFTA AND OSCAR WINNING FILM</b> <p><b>A dazzling <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling collection of short stories from the beloved internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami.</b> <p> Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. <p> Marked by the same wry humour that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.<br> <b><br> 'Supremely enjoyable, philosophical and pitch-perfect new collection of short stories...Murakami has a marvelous understanding of youth and age' <i>Observer</i></b><br> <b><br> 'Murakami at his whimsical, romantic best' <i>Financial Times</i></b></p>
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2012
Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech · 1996
