18 books like The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend · 1982 · ★ 3.9 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Moderate From book jacket: Adrian Mole is a worrier. The problems of existence hit him hard. Spots, bits of him that won't seem to keep still, the cracks in his parents' marriage, all prey heavily on his mind. There are some consolations. A 14 year old feminist, an 89 year old chain smoker and his spoilt best friend all help to lift the gloomy introspection of Mole's moods. Mole believes he is an… Shares Adolescence, Teenage boys, Diaries, Manners and customs

Diary of a provincial lady E. M. Delafield · 1930 · ★ 3.9 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The goal of the provincial lady is to maintain 'niceness', whether it be in the home, relationships or personal behaviour. 'The Diary of a Provincial Lady' first published in the 1930s is a witty celebration of the suburban British housewife between the wars. Shares Diaries, Manners and customs, Humorous stories, England

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie. Shares Adolescence, Diaries, Humorous stories, England

Adrian Mole Sue Townsend · 1999 · ★ 4.8 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate #He's back. Aged 30¼. ##Twenty-first century Mole. **Now in his thirties, Adrian's still worrying: Can he be a good father? Is Viagra cheating? Why won't the BBC produce 'The White Van', his serial killer comedy?** **Will he find the fulfilment he seeks as a celebrity offal chef, single parent and celibate novelist? Is there a place for Adrian Mole in Blair's Brave New… Shares Diary fiction, Manners and customs, Humorous stories, Young Adult

I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith · 1948 · ★ 3.9 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Cassandra, the 17-year-old narrator, lives an eccentric existence in a crumbling castle in the English countryside in the 1930s. Her father is a former bestselling novelist now suffering from a chronic case of writer's block and her glamorous but bohemian stepmother Topaz is a sometime artist model. Money is in short supply but Cassandra and her discontented older sister Rose are forced to make… Shares Diary fiction, Diaries, England, Young Adult

Imago bird Nicholas Mosley · 1980 · ★ 3.5 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "This novel examines the contradictions between the public face and the private experience. Nephew to the prime minister of England, Bert tries to make sense of the grown-up world around him, a colorful crowd of television personalities, politicians, young Trotskyites, pop stars, and eccentric relatives. With the help of his laconic psychoanalyst, Bert questions the relation between exterior and… Shares Teenage boys, England

The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.] O. Henry · 1899 · ★ 3.5 · 1396p · ≈ 46h · Demanding Shares Manners and customs, Social life and customs with this book.

All's Fair in Love and Law Alan Hammond · 2011 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Dufty Dufty Popple & Dunn is a traditional solicitors' firm in the small Midlands town of Hockam (pronounced Hokum, as the local residents are at pains to point out). This heart-warming collection of stories revolves around the lives, relationships, triumphs and failures of the good people of Hockam and of the lawyers to whom they look for help. We meet the lonely dentist and his noisy… Shares Manners and customs, England, Social life and customs

The troll garden Willa Cather · 1905 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "This collection of Willa Cather stories - her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career - is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as the seven stories may be, they share as their subject the role and status of the artist in American society. The passions, ambitions, and pretensions, the cant and the pathos of… Shares Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Mr. Sponge's sporting tour Robert Smith Surtees · 1852 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Manners and customs, England, Social life and customs with this book.

The Memoirs of Cleopatra

The Memoirs of Cleopatra Margaret George · 1997 · ★ 4.2 · 976p · ≈ 32h · Challenging The mesmerizing story of Queen Cleopatra in her own words - by bestselling novelist Margaret George, author of *The Autobiography of Henry VIII* and *Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles*. Told in the first person - from the young queen's earliest memories of her father's tenuous rule to her own reign over one of the most glittering kingdoms in the world - this is an enthralling saga of ambition… Shares Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Diary of a Minecraft Zombie, Book 8 Zack Zombie · 2015 · ★ 4.3 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Zombie finally made it through 7th grade ... And he even made it through one really crazy summer. But will Zombie be able to survive through the first weeks of being an 8th grader in Mob Scare School? Shares Diary fiction, Diaries, Humorous stories

Diary of a Minecraft Zombie Book 1 Zack Zombie · 2015 · ★ 5.0 · 92p · ≈ 3h · Light ## Ever wonder what it would be like to be a Minecraft Zombie? **In the first book of this hilarious Minecraft adventure series, we get to read the diary of an actual 12 year old Minecraft Zombie. Take a peek at what is really going on between the hollow eyes, and dead expression that we normally see when we face the dreaded Zombies of Minecraft.** **Are Zombies really different from us?… Shares Diary fiction, Diaries, Humorous stories

Openings in the Old Trail Bret Harte · 1902 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Manners and customs, Social life and customs with this book.

Amelia Henry Fielding · 1751 · 594p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Against her mother's wishes, Amelia marries Captain William Booth, a young army officer, and runs away to London. William is unjustly imprisoned in Newgate, and is subsequently seduced by Miss Matthews. Amelia stays faithful to her husband and forgives his transgression, but William soon draws them into trouble again as he accrues gambling debts trying to lift the couple out of poverty. Shares Manners and customs, England, Social life and customs

Coming of age in Samoa Margaret Mead · 1924 · ★ 3.5 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The classic anthropological study describes what it was like in the 1920s for girls growing up in the culture of the Samoan Islands, offering provocative insights into such topics as childhood, gender roles, and culture. Shares Adolescence, Manners and customs, Social life and customs

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie · 2007 · ★ 4.1 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Shares Diary fiction, Diaries, Young Adult

Orley Farm Anthony Trollope · 1861 · ★ 4.0 · 610p · ≈ 20h · Demanding When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm (near London) to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil. Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives… Shares Manners and customs, England, Social life and customs

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