Funny Fiction

A Novel

by Backman, Fredrik

Audiobook CD - 2020

Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two coup...Show more Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits. Show less

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The Constant Rabbit

by Fforde, Jasper

Book - 2020

The Spontaneous Anthropomorphic Event of 1965 results in an England where six-foot-tall intelligent rabbits can be one's friends and neighbors. Or could b...Show more The Spontaneous Anthropomorphic Event of 1965 results in an England where six-foot-tall intelligent rabbits can be one's friends and neighbors. Or could be if it weren't for all of the anti-Rabbit sentiment, phobia, and persecution that Rabbits face in everyday life. Show less

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The Flatshare

by O'Leary, Beth

Book - 2019

Tiffy and Leon share an apartment in London. Tiffy and Leon have never met. Leon, who works nights, will have the only bed in the flat during the day; Tiffy will sleep in the bed at night. Tiffy and Leon share an apartment in London. Tiffy and Leon have never met. Leon, who works nights, will have the only bed in the flat during the day; Tiffy will sleep in the bed at night. Show less

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The Grammarians

by Schine, Cathleen

Book - 2019

Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins, share an obsession with words. As adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verba...Show more Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins, share an obsession with words. As adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verbal infatuation begins to push them apart. Their fraying twinship finally shreds completely when the sisters go to war over custody of their most prized family heirloom: Merriam Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition. Show less

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I Was Told It Would Get Easier

by Waxman, Abbi

Book - 2020

Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected. Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected. Show less

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Recipe for Persuasion

A Novel

by Dev, Sonali

Book - 2020

"Chef Ashna Raje thinks that joining the cast of Cooking with the Stars will help save her restaurant and prove to her mother that she's not a failure, but when she's paired with her first love, Rico Silva, the kitchen begins to heat up. "Chef Ashna Raje thinks that joining the cast of Cooking with the Stars will help save her restaurant and prove to her mother that she's not a failure, but when she's paired with her first love, Rico Silva, the kitchen begins to heat up. Show less

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Set My Heart to Five

A Novel

by Stephenson, Simon

Book - 2020

A small-town dentist named Jed, happens to be a bot engineered with human DNA to look and act like a real human being. Brought to tears by a classic movi...Show more A small-town dentist named Jed, happens to be a bot engineered with human DNA to look and act like a real human being. Brought to tears by a classic movie--shocking because bots aren't supposed to have feelings--he soon decides to head west to meet his mother (that is, the programmer who made him). Show less

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Temporary

by Leichter, Hilary

Book - 2020

An unnamed temporary worker lives in a bizarre world in which it's possible to fill in for the chair of a board of directors, assist an assassin, step in ...Show more An unnamed temporary worker lives in a bizarre world in which it's possible to fill in for the chair of a board of directors, assist an assassin, step in as a mother to a lost child, and work as a pirate deckhand on a ship with a human resources department. Show less

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The Tourist Attraction

by Morgenthaler, Sarah

Book - 2020

When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he's stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless string of resort visitors who couldn't interest him less. When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he's stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless string of resort visitors who couldn't interest him less. Show less

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Trio

A Novel

by Boyd, William

Book - 2021

It's summer 1968--a time of war and assassinations, protestsand riots. While the world is reeling, our trio- a producer, a novelist, an actress- is involved in making a disaster-plagued, Swingin' Sixties British movie in sunny Brighton. It's summer 1968--a time of war and assassinations, protestsand riots. While the world is reeling, our trio- a producer, a novelist, an actress- is involved in making a disaster-plagued, Swingin' Sixties British movie in sunny Brighton. Show less

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