The Mallet of Loving Correction: Selected Writings from Whatever, 2008-2012

10 best books like The Mallet of Loving Correction: Selected Writings from Whatever, 2008-2012 (John Scalzi): Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, The Library of the Unwritten, Paper Girls, Vol. 5, Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future, A Personal Matter, Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago, The Night of the Hunter, Watson and Holmes - A Study In Black, Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy, Vendetta in Death

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Author

Mariko Tamaki

Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend.

Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her,...

The Library of the Unwritten

Author	A.J. Hackwith
ISBN	1984806386

In the first book in a brilliant new fantasy series, books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, and it is up to the Librarian to track down any restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories.

Many years ago, Claire was named Head Librarian...

Paper Girls, Vol. 5

Author	Brian K. Vaughan
ISBN	1534308679

“This day and age we’re living in
gives cause for apprehension
With speed and apprehension
And things like the Fourth Dimension.”

(As Time Goes by, verse unused in Casablanca, lyrics Herman Hupfield)

In this, the fifth volume, the girls are still in the future,...

Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future

Author	Nick Spencer
ISBN	1607063077

I've heard some bad things about this one, but the first volume really sucked me in! Now, whether or not it's going to continue to do so is up for grabs...



Six very different teenagers go to a prestigious boarding school.
But mystery and danger lurk in the shadowy hallways!

...

A Personal Matter

Author	Kenzaburō Ōe
ISBN	0802150616

Kenzaburō Ōe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as one of the most important and influential post-World War II writers, known for his powerful accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and his own struggle to come to terms with a mentally handicapped...

Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago

Author	Alex Kotlowitz
ISBN	1400046211

The acclaimed author of There Are No Children Here takes us into the heart of Chicago by introducing us to some of the city’s most interesting, if not always celebrated, people.

Chicago is one of America’s most iconic, historic, and fascinating cities, as well as a major travel destination....

The Night of the Hunter

Author	Davis Grubb
ISBN	1596542292

Inspired by serial killer Harry Powers, "The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," who was hung in 1932 for his murders of two widows and three children. This best-selling novel, first published in 1953 to wide acclaim by author Grubb, (who like Powers lived in Clarksburg, West Virginia), served as the basis for...

Watson and Holmes - A Study In Black

Author	Karl Bollers
ISBN	1939516013

New Paradigm Studios is proud to present its bold re-imagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic characters as African Americans living and operating in New York City's famous Harlem district. Watson, an Afghanistan war vet, works in an inner-city clinic; Holmes, a local P.I. who takes unusual...

Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy

Author	Eri Hotta
ISBN	0307594017

A groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective and is certain to revolutionize how we think of the war in the Pacific.

When Japan launched hostilities against the United States in 1941, argues Eri Hotta, its leaders, in large part, understood...

Vendetta in Death

Author	J.D. Robb
ISBN	1250207177

The predator becomes the prey in the newest thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring homicide detective Eve Dallas.

She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as...