Cat And The Stinkwater War
10 best books like Cat And The Stinkwater War (Kate Saunders): The Silence of the Lambs, Brokeback Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Kaas, Hotel du Lac, Appointment with Death, Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, Kira-Kira, Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade, The Secret of Platform 13
| Author | Thomas Harris |
| ISBN | 0099446782 |
Why?
Many years from now, historians will look back on this story and wonder why it was so important. And believe me, my friends, important it was. Today, most thrillers and police procedurals gets measured against it.
For this review, I will refer to TSOTL as the story, because I'm going to talk...
| Author | Annie Proulx |
| ISBN | 0743271327 |
Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece. Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender...
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
| ISBN | 0393332144 |
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken...
| Author | Willem Elsschot |
| ISBN | 0798127864 |
A tragicomical story about a 50-year-old man living in Antwerp, Belgium, back in 1933, who loses his mother and goes through a midlife crisis. His story is not particularly funny, not downright hilarious, but contains elements of bitter irony and a mild cynicism of sorts. It can be perceived as a satire,...
| Author | Anita Brookner |
| ISBN | 0679759328 |
In the novel that won her the Booker Prize and established her international reputation, Anita Brookner finds a new vocabulary for framing the eternal question "Why love?" It tells the story of Edith Hope, who writes romance novels under a pseudonym. When her life begins to resemble the plots of her...
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| ISBN | 0007119356 |
Among the towering red cliffs of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs Boynton, a tiny puncture mark on her wrist the only sign of what has killed her. Hercule Poirot has only 24 hours to solve the mystery.
A tyrannical old martinet, a mental sadist and the incarnation of evil. These were only three of the...
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
| Author | Rachel Renée Russell |
| ISBN | 1416980067 |
It’s
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
for girls in this hilarious novel!
Meet Nikki Maxwell! She's starting eighth grade at a new school—and her very first diary packed with hilarious stories and art in Book One of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!
New school. New mean...
| Author | Cynthia Kadohata |
| ISBN | 0689856407 |
kira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason and so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move...
Filosofi Kopi: Kumpulan Cerita dan Prosa Satu Dekade
| Author | Dee Lestari |
| ISBN | 9799625734 |
Pemaknaan kembali kembali kopi, Buddha, Herman, surat tak tarkirimkan, cinta sejenis yang manis atau apa pun, membuktikan Dee tetap memesona. Kalau kemarin panitia Nobel sastra masih maju mundur dengan nama Pramoedya, sekarang bisa memaknai kembali, melalui karya-karya ini.
Ruang...
The Secret of Platform 13
| Author | Eva Ibbotson |
| ISBN | 0141311924 |
A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom--an island where humans live happily with feys, mermaids, ogres, and other wonderful creatures. Carefully hidden from the world, the Island is only accessible when the door opens for nine days every nine years....
| Author | Jacqueline Wilson |
| ISBN | 1854599119 |
The Lottie Project is a story about Charlotte Enright (Charlie) set in late 20th century England. Charlie is the most popular girl in her school. She assumes she will find history lessons boring but she sees a Victorian photo of a girl who looked exactly like her and from then on she becomes interested...
| Author | Jacqueline Wilson |
| ISBN | 0440867584 |
I'M TRACY BEAKER, THE GREAT INVENTOR OF EXTREMELY OUTRAGEOUS DARES - AND I DARE YOU TO READ A MORE BRILLIANT STORY THAN THIS!
I've bought a big fat purple notebook for writing down all my mega-manic ultra-scary stories in. But especially for my own story. Of how my foster-mum, Cam, has turned...
| Author | Jacqueline Wilson |
| ISBN | 0385610173 |
Tracy Beaker is back . . . and she's just desperate for a role in her school play. They're performing A Christmas Carol and for one extremely worrying moment, the irrepressible Tracy thinks she might not even get to play one of the unnamed street urchins. But then she is cast in the main role. Can she manage...
| Author | Marcus Sedgwick |
| ISBN | 1626721254 |
A bold, genre-bending epic that chronicles madness, obsession, and creation, from the Paleolithic era through the Witch Hunts and into the space-bound future.
Four linked stories boldly chronicle madness, obsession, and creation through the ages. Beginning with the cave-drawings of...
| Author | Adam Gidwitz |
| ISBN | 0525423346 |
In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses,...
| Author | Rakhmawati Fitri |
| ISBN | 9793750448 |
Pun mempermasalahkan keanehan di muka sang putri. gue lalu berhenti bercerita, menunggu reaksi dai bocah-bocah menggemaskan ini, gue pun mengibas poni di kening dan melempar pandangan menerawang sambil pasang expresi merenung yang menurut gue sih rasanya sudah cukup menimbulkan efek dramatis....
Seorang karyawan klinik bedah plastik yang rajin tiba-tiba mati di meja kerjanya. Namun energi jiwanya tidak padam sehingga ia bangkit kembali dan berusaha menjalani hidup seperti manusia normal. Ternyata sulit sekali berpura-pura menjadi hidup. Ia tidak boleh lupa bernapas dan mengedip-ngedipkan...
| Author | M. Aan Mansyur |
| ISBN | 9792288392 |
Nak, dua hal aku benci dalam hidup: September dan pohon mangga. September tidak pernah mau beranjak dari rumah. Betah. Ia sibuk meletakkan neraka di seluruh penjuru. Di ruang tamu. Di ranjang. Di meja makan. Bahkan di dada.Batang pohon mangga tetap selutut persis prasasti batu. Ia berdiri mengekalkan...
