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"Bud Stanley is an obituary writer who is afraid to live. Yes, his wife recently left him for a 'far more interesting' man. Yes, he goes on a particularly awful blind date with a woman who brings her ex. And yes, he has too many glasses of Scotch one night and proceeds to pen and publish his own obituary. The newspaper wants to fire him. But now the company's system has him listed as dead. And the company can't fire a dead person. The ensuing fallout...

The bad seed changes his mind about being bad and decides that he wants to be happy.

Receiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his fiftieth birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his life, reinventing himself, and making connections with the past.

Helvetica the raven lays three eggs, but when she returns to her nest Viridian the dragon has moved in--so Gumluck devises a series of contests to determine who should have custody of the eggs.

"Friends and pranking partners Miles and Niles face a tough challenge when their favorite goat and nemesis, Principal Barkin, is replaced by his stern, no-nonsense father, Principal Barkin Senior, who turns the school into boot camp"-- Provided by publisher.

"When Maya receives a mysterious, magic bracelet in the mail, she wishes to be in charge of things and, although she starts to enjoy her authority, she is soon overwhelmed by newfound responsibilities, needing the help of her long-distance friends to untangle the bracelet's magic"-- Provided by publisher.

A burnt-out veteran, a mad doctor, a sexy revolutionary, and a polygamist outdoorsman team up in a concerted effort to halt what they see as a big government/big business conspiracy to destroy the environment of the American West.

"Wnen Mercy Watson the pig goes missing, all of Deckawoo Drive is in an uproar...Will the clever neighborhood sleuths manage to follow the trail of hoofprints and a certain overwhelmingly enticing scent and recover their porcine wonder?"- Provided by publisher.

"Trenton, New Jersey's favorite used car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he's out on bail and has missed his date in court--and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in. Leads are quickly turning into dead ends, and all too frequently into dead bodies. Even Joe Morelli, the city's hottest cop, is struggling to find a clue to the suspected killer's whereabouts. To top things...

"A thirty-year-old woman retraces her gap year through Ireland, France, and Italy to find love-and herself-in this hilarious and heartfelt novel. It's been seven years since Chelsea Martin embarked on her yearlong post-college European adventure. Since then, she's lost her mother to cancer and watched her sister marry twice, while Chelsea's thrown herself into work, becoming one of the most talented fundraisers for the American Cancer Coalition, and...