Summary | Excerpt | Reading Guide | Reviews | Read-Alikes | Genres & Themes | Author Bio
The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
If you liked Lamb, try these:
by Jasper Fforde
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsAn astonishing, hotly anticipated new novel from the great literary fantasist and creator of Thursday Next, Jasper Fforde: Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds.
by Ian Sansom
Published Jan 2010
Read ReviewsIsrael Armstrong - the hapless librarian who solves crimes and domestic problems whilst driving a mobile library around the north coast of Ireland - suspects a teenage girl's disappearance has something to do with his lending her American Pastoral from the library's special "Unshelved" category. Now he has to find the lost teen before he's run out...
by Josh Bazell
Published Sep 2009
Read ReviewsDr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital; Pietro "Bearclaw" Brwna is a hitman for the mob.
And Nicholas LoBrutto, Dr. Brown's new patient who has three months to live, has a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brwna might - just might - be the same person ...
by Anne Rice
Published Feb 2008
Read ReviewsA novel about the early years of Christ, based on the Gospels and on respected New Testament scholarship.
by David Maine
Published Nov 2007
Read ReviewsIn The Book of Samson, David Maine has created an unforgettable portrait of a man who believes he is touched by the hand of God---then instructed by that God to slaughter his enemies.
by J.R. Lankford
Published Mar 2003
Read ReviewsThe story of a momentous undertaking -- an attempt to clone Christ. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, this soaring novel is a triumph, and a touching and unexpected love story, born amid swirling events.
by Kurt Vonnegut
Published Aug 2000
Read ReviewsTwenty-four of Vonnegut's favorite stories - never published before in book form with a new preface for the occasion.
by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Published Aug 1997
Read ReviewsA masterwork of suspense and passion that has as its center an unforgettable woman, the 9th Century Pope Joan. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel.
The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: The power to see, to sense, and to say. ...
Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!
Your guide toexceptional books
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.