Can You Keep a Secret?
by Sophie Kinsella
★ Top 25 book of 2003 · #21 on Best Books of 2003
Emma is like every girl in the world: she has a few little secrets, from her mother and from her boyfriend. A comic novel built around the things she hopes no one finds out.
Best for: Readers who want a light, funny romance.
Can You Keep a Secret? is #21 on BookWard's Best Books of 2003, out of 52 2003 books that cleared our data bar.
What Can You Keep a Secret? is about
Emma Corrigan lives in London, works at the cola company Panther Cola and is trying hard to move up the corporate ladder. Her relationship with the seemingly perfect Connor is steady but dull, and she keeps plenty of small things hidden: she is a size twelve, not the size eight he believes, she faked her Maths GCSE grade on her CV, and she has no idea what NATO stands for.
Then her plane hits turbulence, she is sure the end has come, and she pours out every inner secret to the stranger in the next seat. He turns up later at her office, and he turns out to be the company's founder. Sophie Kinsella's first stand-alone novel, first published in 2003, is a comedy of embarrassment and honesty. It will appeal to readers who enjoy workplace romance and a heroine who longs for a change in her life.
Can You Keep a Secret? on the Best Books of 2003
Can You Keep a Secret? came out in 2003. Of the 52 books first published in 2003 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #21 on our Best Books of 2003 list.
Why it made the list: 285 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (24 ratings); 21 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2003 list
- Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood, #19
- Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code Eoin Colfer, #20
- Odd Thomas Dean Koontz, #22
- Ruby the Red Fairy Daisy Meadows, #23
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 232 want to read it, 21 are reading it now and 32 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 24 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 52 | 55% |
| Reader love | 67 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 65 | 20% |
Questions about Can You Keep a Secret?
When was Can You Keep a Secret? published?
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella was first published in 2003.
Was Can You Keep a Secret? one of the best books of 2003?
Can You Keep a Secret? is #21 on BookWard's Best Books of 2003, out of 52 2003 books that cleared our data bar. 285 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (24 ratings); 21 are reading it right now.
Why is Can You Keep a Secret? on the Best Books of 2003 list?
285 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (24 ratings); 21 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2003
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling, #1
- Into the Wild Erin Hunter, #2
- The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, #3
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Mo Willems, #4
- A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson, #5
- The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown, #6
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How we know
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