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The Socs and the Greasers are rival gangs from the opposite sides of town. The Socs’ idea of a good time is cruising around in their flash cars and beating up long-haired Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and that he can count on his older brothers and other friends—until one night when someone takes things too far. Ponyboy may seem tough, but on the inside he is running scared.

On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks down into her own arms to see the baby, remembering—with a jolt of fear—that she is responsible for the kidnapping that has instantly shattered Cassie’s world.

Viv, Janet and Zelda know all about facing the wobbly first year of becoming a widow as their friendship was forged when they ran away from the same dreary support group. Forming instead the much more lively widows' wine club – The Muscateers – they welcome new member Libby with open arms. Libby feels lost without Jim, her husband of more than thirty years, but the warmth, friendship and fun the women wrap her up in inspires her to begin to look to the future.

All her life, Zofia has found comfort in two things during times of hardship: books and her best friend, Janina. But no one could have imagined the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Warsaw. As the bombs rain down and Hitler’s forces loot and destroy the city, Zofia finds that now books are also in need of saving. With the death count rising and persecution intensifying, Zofia jumps to action to save her friend and salvage whatever books she can from the wreckage, hiding them away, and even starting a clandestine book club.

Lady Georgiana Pendlebury is no stranger to breaking the rules of polite society. But when a so-called ‘friend’ invites her to a clandestine party, Georgiana is shocked to discover the event is more scandalous than even she could have imagined. So when a mysterious stranger offers help, she accepts, not realising their encounter will turn her life upside down.

On a day Abbey thought would be the best of her life – her boyfriend is surely going to propose tonight, right? – it all falls apart: he tells her he’s met someone else. And then to make things worse, she loses her job. In an act of reimagination, she splurges her wedding savings on renting an apartment in a building she’s always dreamed of living in and kits out her wardrobe to match. But when her family invites her ex – a close family friend – plus a date(!!) to her parents’ vow renewal, Abbey realizes her façade won’t be enough. There’s nothing for it but to fake one more thing – a romance.

Jo Waterstone knows what you should read next. She’s honed the skill of sizing up a person and recommending their next book in the decades she’s worked at Bruebaker’s Books. Her life has been shaped by the store, the bustle of customers exploring the stacks, and managing the eager staff. She can honestly say it’s the best job she’s ever had. Then the store’s elderly owner, Mr. Bruebaker, suffers a stroke, and just like that Jo’s perfect job is on the chopping block. Mr. B’s daughters and the bookstore’s icy CEO think the time is right to close for good, and they order Jo to lock up.

1979. In the vast and often unforgiving city of London, two Irish outsiders seeking refuge find one another: Milly, a teenage runaway, and Pip, a young boxer full of anger and potential who is beginning to drink it all away. Over the decades their lives follow different paths, interweaving from time to time, often in one another's sight, always on one another's mind, yet rarely together.

Still fiery and feisty at eighty-seven, Veronica McCreedy, the very first Penguin Ambassador, is determined to prove that nothing is impossible when you put your mind to it. Eileen, Veronica’s ever-patient assistant, is content taking care of other people. But when a new adventure calls, it makes her question everything...

Sevimli mi sevimli, uslu uslu (!) iki kafadar, karşınızda Rüzgâr ve Acar! Rüzgâr ve Acar yedikleri içtikleri ayrı gitmeyen, birbirini çok seven iki arkadaş. Öyle iyi anlaşıyorlar ki sanki akıllarından hep aynı şeyler geçiyor. Rüzgâr’ın başladığı cümleyi Acar, Acar’ın başladığı cümleyi Rüzgâr tamamlıyor. En çok anlaştıkları konu ise tabii ki yaramazlık! Bu yüzden öğretmenleri onların yaramazlıkta ikiz olduklarını düşünüyor. Rüzgâr ve Acar ilk maceralarında evlerini değiştirmeye karar veriyorlar.

Sevimli mi sevimli, uslu mu uslu (!) iki kafadar, karşınızda Rüzgâr ve Acar! Rüzgâr ve Acar yedikleri içtikleri ayrı gitmeyen, birbirini çok seven iki arkadaş. Öyle iyi anlaşıyorlar ki sanki akıllarından hep aynı şeyler geçiyor. Rüzgâr’ın başladığı cümleyi Acar, Acar’ın başladığı cümleyi Rüzgâr tamamlıyor. En çok anlaştıkları konu ise tabii ki yaramazlık! Bu yüzden öğretmenleri onların yaramazlıkta ikiz olduklarını düşünüyor.

Vom Zurückkehren und Aufarbeiten: Der Tod ihres exzentrischen Großvaters bringt Chris' Leben ordentlich durcheinander. Um Abschied zu nehmen, kehrt sie in die Kleinstadt zurück, in der sie aufgewachsen ist, aus der sie jedoch vor über sechs Jahren Hals über Kopf geflohen ist. Sie schlittert wieder in das Leben von damals, mit Doro, Rafa und Antonia, die vor sieben Jahren entschieden haben, als Wahlfamilie gemeinsam ein Kind großzuziehen. Zusammen mit Chris, eigentlich.

By early 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan, Viv Buschetti, and Bitsy Cobb, suburban housewives in a brand-new "planned community" in Northern Virginia, appear to have it all. The fact that "all" doesn't feel like enough leaves them feeling confused and guilty, certain the fault must lie with them. Things begin to change when they form a book club with Charlotte Gustafson—the eccentric and artsy "new neighbor" from Manhattan—and read Betty Friedan's just-released book, The Feminine Mystique.

The truth about two women and an abandoned baby threatens to come to light, revealing buried trauma that will force them to confront the past… When they were nineteen, Olivia and Eve found a newborn baby in a phone box. That day marked the end of their friendship. The baby could have drawn them together, but instead, the trauma pushed them dramatically apart. A few days later, Olivia and Eve went their separate ways and never spoke to each other again.

Meet Tula, Vinny, Jabeen, Sonal and Samina - best friends and members of the 'Girlie’ club. Listen to this joyous exploration of friendship, family, work and womanhood in the British Asian community in the 90s. In their regular gatherings for ‘Girlie’ evenings the friends drink, laugh, blow off steam and commiserate. Nothing is sacred and friendships are tested, marriages analysed, and secrets exposed.

Sevimli mi sevimli, uslu mu uslu (!) iki kafadar, karşınızda Rüzgâr ve Acar! Rüzgâr ve Acar yedikleri içtikleri ayrı gitmeyen, birbirini çok seven iki arkadaş. Öyle iyi anlaşıyorlar ki sanki akıllarından hep aynı şeyler geçiyor. Rüzgâr’ın başladığı cümleyi Acar, Acar’ın başladığı cümleyi Rüzgâr tamamlıyor. En çok anlaştıkları konu ise tabii ki yaramazlık! Bu yüzden öğretmenleri onların yaramazlıkta ikiz olduklarını düşünüyor.

When retired Jill Parker wins an all-expenses paid Mediterranean cruise for two she is thrilled! At 63 life in retirement has got a little bit bland for Jill and this might be just the holiday she and husband Eddy need to get the sparks back in their marriage. But when Eddy admits he would much prefer to build his patio and look through the latest DIY magazine, Jill is left with only one other option – her sister Diana. Diana has become rather reclusive since her husband, Caspar died, but perhaps this is the push she needs to bring some excitement back into her life, too?

In the bustling world of Dublin's advertising scene, Kitty O’Sullivan, a copywriter, feels an unexplainable void in her life that she can't quite pinpoint. Her five-year relationship with Dave is stagnant, her creative juices have dried up and she’s even entertaining thoughts of marriage as a cure-all! Something’s missing from her life but she can’t work out exactly what it is…When Dave decides to take time out from ‘them’, Kitty finds herself momentarily liberated to explore life and have some fun. She and best friend Shazza are corralled into joining a five-aside football team.

Freakishly smart. That’s the unwelcome box Ru Evans is put into for life. After all, she taught herself Euclidean geometry at age seven, has an eidetic memory, and is about to enter college at thirteen years old. Boarding at a house near campus 150 miles from home, Ru meets seventeen-year-old Gabriel, an outsider himself who, like Ru, has trouble making friends—until they form a fast sibling-like bond. Finding a relatable someone in the world to talk to is a first for both of them.

Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world—but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays “godkillers” to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows. As a child, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with a god problem. The child’s soul is bonded to a tiny god of white lies, and Kissen can’t kill it without ending the girl’s life too.