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Wry

A raised eyebrow on every page — dry, knowing, funny like a friend who's seen it all and isn't impressed.

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Books and stacks that feel Wry

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Cover of The Making of Another Major Motion Picture MasterpieceCover of Beautiful RuinsCover of Mr Wilder and MeCover of TrioCover of Hollywood
Drayfus Drayfus

Novels about making a movie, mess and all

Bad catering and a star who won't come out of the trailer. Novels from behind the scenes of a film shoot, where the better story is the one off camera.

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Wry Funny
5 days ago 4 Viewed 4 times
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Cover of HyperionCover of Player of GamesCover of Closed and Common OrbitCover of The Lifecycle of Software ObjectsCover of Autonomous
Drayfus Drayfus

Science fiction where AIs live among us as people

Artificial intelligence that already woke up and now has to share the world with the rest of us. Sci-fi about the awkward part that comes after.

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Wry Unsettling
1 wk ago 11 Viewed 11 times
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Cover of The Tainted CupCover of Perdido Street StationCover of HexCover of The Devil You KnowCover of Blood of Elves
Drayfus Drayfus

Everybody knows the monsters are real

Fantasy and horror where the monsters live in the open, with rules and warning signs. Nobody is hiding them. You just learn where not to walk.

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Wry Ominous
1 month ago 5 Viewed 5 times
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Cover of Convenience Store WomanCover of Lessons in ChemistryCover of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineCover of The Wedding PeopleCover of Educated
Drayfus Drayfus

Women in their thirties figuring things out

Women in their thirties, smart and a little odd, trying to get the hang of this living thing. Voices that grab you and don't let go.

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Cathartic Wry
3 months ago 53 Viewed 53 times
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