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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
by Helen Fielding
A humorous journey of self-discovery for a thirty-something single woman.
Lurching from the cappuccino bars of Notting Hill to the blissed-out shores of Thailand, Bridget Jones searches for The Truth in spite of pathetically unevolved men, insane dating theories, and Smug ... (Goodreads)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
An empowering story of female friendship, courage, and detective work in Botswana.
Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. However, ... (Goodreads)
The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene
A teenage girl uses her sleuthing skills to solve a decades-old mystery.
Nancy, unaided, seeks to find a missing will. To the surprise of many, the Topham family will inherit wealthy Josiah Crowley's fortune, instead of deserving relatives and friends who were promised ... (Goodreads)
It Had to Be You
by Cecily von Ziegesar
A group of privileged teenagers navigate love, friendship, and scandal in the glamorous world of Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live in luxe Fifth Avenue apartments and attend Manhattan's most exclusive private schools. We're smart, we've inherited classic ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Nanny Diaries
by Emma McLaughlin
A young woman's struggle to balance her professional and personal obligations as a nanny.
Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless–bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived ... (Goodreads)
Legally Blonde
by Amanda Brown
A sorority girl follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and discovers her own legal talents.
Elle Woods , a blonde University of Southern California sorority president and homecoming queen, is deeply in love with her college sweetheart, Warner Huntington III. When Warner enrolls in Stanford ... (Wikipedia)
All I Want is Everything
by Cecily von Ziegesar
The privileged lives of Manhattan's elite teenagers continue to unfold in this juicy Gossip Girl novel.
Enter the world of Gossip Girl - watch us indulge our taste for jealousy and betrayal, all in the midst of the wildest parties in the best clubs. S and B have decided to kiss and make up, and it's ... (Goodreads)
Because I'm Worth It
by Cecily von Ziegesar
A group of privileged teenagers navigate their way through the ups and downs of high society in New York City.
The wickedly funny fourth book in the #1, New York Times, bestselling series that inspired the original hit CW show and the new series coming to HBO Max's Spring 2020 launch season (alongside hit ... (Barnes & Noble)
Project Princess
by Meg Cabot
Mia Thermopolis discovers she is a princess and must navigate royal life while dealing with typical teenage problems.
What on earth is that princess up to now? Most princesses would prefer to spend their spring breaks in Gstaad, or some other equally unpronounceable European hot spot. Not this one, though. Hammer in ... (Goodreads)
Candy
by Kevin Brooks
A teenage girl falls in love with a drug dealer and gets caught up in a dangerous world of addiction and crime.
The story opens when Joe Beck, a music lover with a knack for curiosity, meets 16-year-old Candy on the streets of London . Joe soon learns that Candy is not only a runaway from her home town, but ... (Wikipedia)
Nice Girls Don't Live Forever
by Molly Harper
Vampire Jane Jameson navigates the challenges of being undead while dealing with a new vampire in town and a mysterious illness affecting her friends.
UNEXPECTED UNDEAD, BREAK-UP, Nothing sucks the romance out of world travel like a boyfriend who may or may not have broken up with you in a hotel room in Brussels. Jane Jameson's sexy sire Gabriel ... (Barnes & Noble)
Paint it Black
by Janet Fitch
A young woman struggles with grief and self-destruction after her boyfriend's suicide. Set in the 1980s Los Angeles punk scene.
Josie Tyrell, art model, runaway, and denizen of LA's rock scene finds a chance at real love with Michael Faraday, a Harvard dropout and son of a renowned pianist. But when she receives a call from ... (Goodreads)
The Golden Cage
by Camilla Läckberg
A wealthy woman's perfect life is shattered when her husband is found dead, and she becomes the prime suspect.
An exhilarating new novel from a global superstar–a sexy, over-the-top psychological thriller that tells the story of the scorned wife of a billionaire and her delicious plot to get her revenge and ... (Goodreads)
Maine
by J. Courtney Sullivan
Four generations of women in an Irish-American family confront their past and present during a summer in Maine.
In her best-selling debut, Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan explored the complicated and contradictory landscape of female friendship. Now, in her highly anticipated second novel, Sullivan takes us ... (Goodreads)
Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries
by Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones navigates the ups and downs of pregnancy and motherhood while trying to figure out who the father of her baby is.
Bridget Jones is a Bangor University graduate. She is a 32-year-old single woman whose life is a satirized version of the stereotypical single London 30-something in the 1990s and very unlucky in ... (Wikipedia)
The Summer Wives
by Beatriz Williams
A young woman falls in love with a wealthy man on an island in the 1950s, but their romance is threatened by secrets and class differences.
“ The Summer Wives is an exquisitely rendered novel that tackles two of my favorite topics: love and money. The glorious setting and drama are enriched by Williams’s signature vintage touch. It’s at ... (Barnes & Noble)
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
by Louise Rennison
The hilarious and quirky teenage diary of Georgia Nicolson continues as she navigates through love, friendship, and school life.
Let the overseas snogfest begin!, Georgia and Jas are off to Hamburger-a-gogo land! Georgia plans to track down Masimo, the Italian-American dreamboat, but after a long week in America, she only ... (Barnes & Noble)
Startled by His Furry Shorts
by Louise Rennison
Georgia Nicolson navigates the ups and downs of teenage life, including crushes, family drama, and embarrassing mishaps.
On the rack of romance. And also in the oven of luuurve. Woe is Georgia: Dave the Laugh has declared his love for her (at least she thinks he was talking about her), and she has finally given Masimo ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Six Sacred Stones
by Matthew Reilly
A race against time to find six mysterious ancient stones and save the world from destruction.
This novel is a sequel to Matthew Reilly's previous novel,, Seven Ancient Wonders, , which ended with the Golden Capstone reassembled atop the Great Pyramid at Giza, and the ritual of power performed ... (Wikipedia)
He Shall Thunder in the Sky
by Elizabeth Peters
An archaeological mystery set in Egypt, uncovering secrets of the Pharaohs.
The novel takes place in 1914, as Ramses Emerson works undercover to gather intelligence for the British military, Nefret returns from studying medicine in Switzerland, and Percy Peabody returns to ... (Wikipedia)
Princess in Waiting
by Meg Cabot
Mia Thermopolis is back, now a high school junior and still dealing with the struggles of being a princess.
Never before has the world seen such a princess. Nor have her own subjects, for that matter. Mia's royal introduction to Genovia has mixed results: while her fashion sense is widely applauded, her ... (Wikipedia)
White Oleander
by Janet Fitch
A young girl's struggles to survive in a series of foster homes, finding strength in her resilience.
Astrid Magnussen is a 12-year-old girl living in Los Angeles , California with her mother, Ingrid Magnussen, a self-centered and eccentric poet. Astrid's father, Klaus Anders, left before Astrid was ... (Wikipedia)
Out of Oz
by Gregory Maguire
The final book in the Wicked series, following the journey of the infamous Wicked Witch of the West's granddaughter.
Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law, and Dorothy is back. Amid chaos ... (Goodreads)
Blood and Chocolate
by Annette Curtis Klause
A young werewolf must choose between her family and an outsider, struggling with the difficulties of being different.
Vivian Gandillon relishes the change, the sweet, fierce ache that carries her from girl to wolf. At sixteen, she is beautiful and strong, and all the young wolves are on her tail. But Vivian still ... (Goodreads)
Beautiful Redemption
by Kami Garcia
Ethan Wate must navigate the afterlife to save his love, Lena Duchannes, from eternal damnation.
Ethan Wate finds himself in the Otherworld’s version of Wate’s Landing, where he sees his mom, Lila Evers Wate. Although Ethan is happy to see his mother again, he longs to be with Lena. To make his ... (Wikipedia)
Area 7
by Matthew Reilly
A group of terrorists take over a military base in Antarctica, and it's up to a lone hero to stop them before they unleash a deadly virus.
The President of the United States is visiting America's most secret military installation , Area 7. Assigned to his protective detail is Shane Schofield and his team of Marines including Gunnery ... (Wikipedia)
Heart of the Matter
by Emily Giffin
A woman's journey of self-discovery as she navigates difficult choices and the consequences of her actions.
Tessa Russo is the mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon. Despite her own mother's warnings, Tessa has recently given up her career to focus on her family and the ... (Goodreads)
A Complicated Kindness
by Miriam Toews
A teenage girl navigates life in a strict Mennonite community while dealing with family dysfunction and questioning her faith.
The novel is set in a small religious Mennonite town called East Village, generally considered to be a fictionalized version of Toews' hometown of Steinbach , Manitoba . The narrator is Nomi Nickel, ... (Wikipedia)
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
by Lilian Jackson Braun
A murder mystery solved by a crime-solving cat and his owner.
Jim Qwilleran is attempting to get his life back on track, starting with a new job; his old acquaintance, Arch Riker, is taking a chance. Qwilleran became known as a journalist for covering crime, ... (Wikipedia)
The Dogs of Babel
by Carolyn Parkhurst
A man's journey to uncover the truth behind his wife's sudden death using the only witness – their pet dog.
Paul Iverson called home to find a police officer answering the phone and suggesting him to come home. When he comes home he finds his wife, Alexandra "Lexy" Ransome, dead, fallen from an apple tree. ... (Wikipedia)
