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Size 12 Is Not Fat

Meg Cabot · 368 pages

HEATHER WELLS ROCKS! Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two -- and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average

Situational ComedyLove TrianglePlot-DrivenRomantic Comedy
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Shopaholic and Sister

Sophie Kinsella · 385 pages

Returning to London after her ten-month honeymoon, Becky Bloomwood Brandon finds herself depressed by a lack of money, a search for a job, and her best friend Suze's new best friend, until she discovers that she has a long lost sister.

Slapstick ComedySituational ComedyPlot-DrivenLove Triangle
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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Louise Rennison · 247 pages

Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

Situational ComedySlapstick ComedyLove TriangleWitty Banter
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First Grave on the Right

Darynda Jones · 328 pages

Meet Charley Davidson -- PI and grim reaper extraordinaire... Charley sees dead people. That's right, she sees dead people. And it's her job to convince them to 'go into the light.' But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been

Situational ComedyPrivate InvestigatorSlapstick ComedyLighthearted
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Bridget Jones's Diary

Helen Fielding · 297 pages

A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An iconic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?

Situational ComedySlapstick ComedyLove TriangleWitty Banter
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Live Wire

Harlan Coben · 384 pages

Is a pretty lie better than the ugly truth? Harlan Coben published his first Myron Bolitar thriller, Deal Breaker, in 1995, introducing a hero that would captivate millions. Over the years we have watched Myron walk a tight rope between sports agent, friend, problem solver and private eye, his big heart quick to defend his client’s interests so fiercely that he can’t help but jump in to save th

StalkerCrimePlot-DrivenPrivate Investigator
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Undead and Unwed

MaryJanice Davidson · 277 pages

First Betsy Taylor loses her job, then she's killed in a car accident. But what really bites is that she can't seem to stay dead. And now her new friends have the ridiculous idea that Betsy is the prophesied vampire queen, and they want her help in overthrowing the most obnoxious power-hungry vampire in five centuries.

Slapstick ComedyRomantic ComedyPlot-DrivenFunny
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Guilty Pleasures

Laurell K. Hamilton · 368 pages

Private InvestigatorPlot-DrivenWitty BanterLove Triangle
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Wallbanger

Alice Clayton · 320 pages

Thanks to paper-thin walls and the guy's athletic prowess, Caroline can hear not just her neighbor's bed banging against the wall but the ecstatic response of what seems like an endless parade of women. She finds her fantasies keep her awake even longer than the noise. So when the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll ni

Slapstick ComedySituational ComedyLightheartedRomantic Comedy
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Whiskey Sour

Liliana Hart · 274 pages

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare · 122 pages

One night two young couples run into an enchanted forest in an attempt to escape their problems. But these four humans do not realize that the forest is filled with fairies and hobgoblins who love making mischief. When Oberon, the Fairy King, and his loyal hobgoblin servant, Puck, intervene in human affairs, the fate of these young couples is magically and hilariously transformed. Like a classic f

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Succubus Blues

Richelle Mead · 368 pages

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Déjà Dead

Kathy Reichs · 509 pages

Un beau jour d'été à Montréal, sur la table de dissection du laboratoire de médecine légale de la police provinciale, arrive un cadavre découvert dans l'ancien parc du Grand Séminaire. Le docteur Temperance Brennan est chargé d'autopsier ce qu'il reste d'une femme découpée en morceaux. Sa sinistre expertise va l'amener en première ligne de l'enquête, face à l'assassin pervers qui collectionne les

StalkerCrimePlot-DrivenMystery
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B is for Burglar

Sue Grafton · 229 pages

Plot-DrivenPrivate InvestigatorCrimeMystery
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Sushi for Beginners

Marian Keyes · 545 pages

Three women in Dublin are going through a period of change in their lives. Bitchy, ambitious and beautiful, Lisa has been sent to Dublin to launch a brand new Irish Women's Magazine, however as she thought her next move was to New York she feels like she is in exile and is none to happy with the alternative. On arrival she decides that her new boss, the attractive if not somewhat scruffy Jack Devi

Career ChangeSituational ComedyRomantic ComedyLighthearted
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An Affair to Dismember

Elise Sax · 323 pages

"Three months has been Gladie Burger's limit when it comes to staying in one place. That's why Gladie is more than a little skeptical when her eccentric Grandma Zelda recruits her to the family's matchmaking business in the quaint small town of Cannes, California. What's more, Gladie is also highly unqualified, having a terrible track record with romance. Still, Zelda is convinced that her grandda

Slapstick ComedyLove TriangleRomantic ComedyLighthearted
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Calamity Jayne

Kathleen Bacus · 296 pages

How does a blonde spell "Farm"? E-I-E-I-O Tressa Jayne Turner has had it up to here with the dumb-blonde jokes and a childhood nickname that's harder to get rid of than her favorite pair of cowboy boots. Thanks to one Rick Townsend, Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer, local hottie, and general pain in Tressa's behind, everyone knows her as "Calamity Jayne". Just because she may be a

Slapstick ComedyLove TriangleRomantic ComedyLighthearted
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The A.B.C. Murders

Agatha Christie · 252 pages

There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way though the alphabet. There seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until her makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans . . .

CrimePrivate InvestigatorPlot-DrivenMystery
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Skip Beat!, Vol. 01

Yoshiki Nakamura · 184 pages

Kyoko followed her true love, Sho, to Tokyo and supported him while he made it big as an idol. Now, he says she means nothing to him, so Kyoko sets out to become even bigger than Sho, but finds that her bitter heart may be her undoing.

Slapstick ComedyRomantic ComedyLightheartedLove Triangle
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The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett · 197 pages

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners.

Private InvestigatorCrimePlot-DrivenMystery
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Love Among the Chickens

P.G. Wodehouse · 182 pages

Wodehouse once described his writing as “musical comedy without music,” and Love Among the Chickens is one of the earliest examples of his trademark style. The narrator, Jeremy Garnet, is a mild-mannered author attempting to finish his next novel in peace and quiet. Enter Stanley Ukridge, a man brimming with endless schemes, who draws the narrator into his latest, “the idea of a lifetime”—running

Situational ComedySlapstick ComedyRomantic ComedyWitty Banter
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Spell Bound

Rachel Hawkins

Love TrianglePlot-DrivenWitty BanterLighthearted
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Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World

Bryan Lee O'Malley · 392 pages

Slapstick ComedyLove TriangleRomantic ComedyLighthearted
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