فكاهة

تحتل سخافات الحياة ونقاط ضعف البشر مركز الصدارة في هذه الأعمال الذكية والجريئة التي كتبها مراقبون حادّو البصيرة لعالمنا. سواء كانت تستكشف الغرائب العلمية، أو تشرّح الأعراف الاجتماعية، أو تشارك المغامرات الشخصية الطريفة، فإن هذه الكتب تسلّط الضوء على الفكاهة الكامنة في التجارب اليومية والحقائق العميقة على حدٍّ سواء.

فكاهة ملخصات الكتب

Billy the Kid

بقلم Morris • 1961

An orphaned teen becomes a legendary outlaw, hunted by a former friend turned relentless lawman.

3.96

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🐴 Western Comic 🎭 Outlaw Mythmaking 🔍 Relentless Manhunt 🖤 Orphaned Antihero ⌛ Tragic Inevitability

Billy the Kid

An orphaned teen becomes a legendary outlaw, hunted by a former friend turned relentless lawman.

بقلم Morris 1961 46 صفحة

3.96

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🐴 Western Comic 🎭 Outlaw Mythmaking 🔍 Relentless Manhunt 🖤 Orphaned Antihero ⌛ Tragic Inevitability

I'm Judging You

بقلم Luvvie Ajayi • 2016

Common sense is dead. A manual for navigating a world of selfish friends and clout chasers.

3.69

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🤝 Social Etiquette 📝 Cultural Criticism ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Everyday Racism 📱 Social Media Critique

I'm Judging You

Common sense is dead. A manual for navigating a world of selfish friends and clout chasers.

بقلم Luvvie Ajayi 2016 241 صفحة

3.69

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🤝 Social Etiquette 📝 Cultural Criticism ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Everyday Racism 📱 Social Media Critique

We All Live Here

بقلم Jojo Moyes • 2025

Grieving her mother and her marriage, a writer's chaos deepens when her estranged father reappears.

3.88

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👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 🏠 Blended Family Chaos 🧳 Prodigal Father 😂 Wry Domestic Humor 🌻 Gardener Love Interest

We All Live Here

Grieving her mother and her marriage, a writer's chaos deepens when her estranged father reappears.

بقلم Jojo Moyes 2025 450 صفحة

3.88

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👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 🏠 Blended Family Chaos 🧳 Prodigal Father 😂 Wry Domestic Humor 🌻 Gardener Love Interest

How to Not Give a F*ck at Christmas

بقلم Sarah Knight • 2016

Identify the holiday obligations you secretly hate, skip them guilt-free, and reclaim December.

3.67

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🎄 Holiday Survival 🖕 Irreverent Self-Help 🚧 Setting Boundaries 🙅 Saying No ✨ Anti-Perfectionism

How to Not Give a F*ck at Christmas

Identify the holiday obligations you secretly hate, skip them guilt-free, and reclaim December.

بقلم Sarah Knight 2016 23 صفحة

3.67

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🎄 Holiday Survival 🖕 Irreverent Self-Help 🚧 Setting Boundaries 🙅 Saying No ✨ Anti-Perfectionism

No apto para estrellas

بقلم Heather del Rey • 2024

He's Hollywood's biggest star. She's the intimacy coach who remembers their drunken revenge pact.

3.70

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🎬 Hollywood Romance 📖 Metafictional Romance 🍸 Strangers To Lovers 🎥 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

No apto para estrellas

He's Hollywood's biggest star. She's the intimacy coach who remembers their drunken revenge pact.

بقلم Heather del Rey 2024 356 صفحة

3.70

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🎬 Hollywood Romance 📖 Metafictional Romance 🍸 Strangers To Lovers 🎥 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Undeath and Taxes

بقلم Drew Hayes • 2015

A vampire CPA learns that werewolf and dragon clients are deadlier than any tax audit.

4.25

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🏙️ Cozy Urban Fantasy 📋 Supernatural Red Tape 🫂 Oddball Found Family 🐺 Shifter Pack Dynamics 🐉 Dragon Politics

Undeath and Taxes

A vampire CPA learns that werewolf and dragon clients are deadlier than any tax audit.

بقلم Drew Hayes 2015 382 صفحة

4.25

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🏙️ Cozy Urban Fantasy 📋 Supernatural Red Tape 🫂 Oddball Found Family 🐺 Shifter Pack Dynamics 🐉 Dragon Politics

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

بقلم Camille Pagán • 2015

Cancer diagnosis. Husband's coming out. She trades Chicago for a tiny Caribbean island.

3.88

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🩺 Cancer Diagnosis 🌈 Coming Out Spouse 🌴 Tropical Island Escape 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

Cancer diagnosis. Husband's coming out. She trades Chicago for a tiny Caribbean island.

بقلم Camille Pagán 2015 255 صفحة

3.88

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🩺 Cancer Diagnosis 🌈 Coming Out Spouse 🌴 Tropical Island Escape 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over

Spark

بقلم Lauren Rowe • 2025

For twelve years, a drummer hid his love. One drunken kiss with his best friend ends the secret.

4.06

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🫂 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Band Romance 💘 He Falls First 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Spark

For twelve years, a drummer hid his love. One drunken kiss with his best friend ends the secret.

بقلم Lauren Rowe 2025 410 صفحة

4.06

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🫂 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Band Romance 💘 He Falls First 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Hexed

بقلم Kevin Hearne • 2011

Hexed by witches, a Druid must survive a war of magic, demons, and flirtatious gods.

4.22

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🏙️ Mythic Urban Fantasy 🌿 Druidic Magic 📚 Mentor And Apprentice 🧙‍♀️ Coven War 🧛 Vampire Ally

Hexed

Hexed by witches, a Druid must survive a war of magic, demons, and flirtatious gods.

بقلم Kevin Hearne 2011 296 صفحة

4.22

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🏙️ Mythic Urban Fantasy 🌿 Druidic Magic 📚 Mentor And Apprentice 🧙‍♀️ Coven War 🧛 Vampire Ally

The Golem's Eye

بقلم Jonathan Stroud • 2004

A golem destroys London. The young magician hunting it suspects a traitor inside the government.

4.12

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🏙️ Alternate History London ⚔️ Magic Class Divide ✊ Resistance Movement 💀 Doomed Heist 🎭 Compromised Hero

The Golem's Eye

A golem destroys London. The young magician hunting it suspects a traitor inside the government.

بقلم Jonathan Stroud 2004 562 صفحة

4.12

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🏙️ Alternate History London ⚔️ Magic Class Divide ✊ Resistance Movement 💀 Doomed Heist 🎭 Compromised Hero

The 52 Week Project

بقلم Lauren Keenan • 2020

Fifty-two uncomfortable firsts in one year: how a mother rebuilt the identity she'd lost.

3.35

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🎪 Stunt Memoir 🆕 New Experiences 🚧 Comfort Zones 👩‍👧‍👦 Working Mothers 😊 Positive Psychology

The 52 Week Project

Fifty-two uncomfortable firsts in one year: how a mother rebuilt the identity she'd lost.

بقلم Lauren Keenan 2020 186 صفحة

3.35

٣٧٩ تقييم

🎪 Stunt Memoir 🆕 New Experiences 🚧 Comfort Zones 👩‍👧‍👦 Working Mothers 😊 Positive Psychology

Homesick

بقلم Silvia Saunders • 2025

A librarian's inheritance buys a flat and a reckoning with the boyfriend who no longer fits.

3.73

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🌱 Millennial Coming Of Age 💰 Inheritance Windfall 💔 Failing Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🧠 Mental Health Decline

Homesick

A librarian's inheritance buys a flat and a reckoning with the boyfriend who no longer fits.

بقلم Silvia Saunders 2025 381 صفحة

3.73

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🌱 Millennial Coming Of Age 💰 Inheritance Windfall 💔 Failing Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🧠 Mental Health Decline

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book

بقلم Robert M. Martin • 1992

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

4.01

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🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

بقلم Robert M. Martin 1992 327 صفحة

4.01

٢٤٧ تقييم

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

My Neighbor's Secret

بقلم Lauren Rowe • 2023

Owing a mobster, a flight attendant discovers her neighbor's masked streams and joins him on camera.

3.70

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🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🚪 Forced Proximity 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 👀 Dual Pov

My Neighbor's Secret

Owing a mobster, a flight attendant discovers her neighbor's masked streams and joins him on camera.

بقلم Lauren Rowe 2023 370 صفحة

3.70

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🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🚪 Forced Proximity 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 👀 Dual Pov

April's Fools

بقلم Ivy Asher • 2019

A pandemic sends three damaged Rangers to retrieve a sheriff's wild daughter. She'd rather stay.

3.87

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🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🪖 Military Heroes 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing

April's Fools

A pandemic sends three damaged Rangers to retrieve a sheriff's wild daughter. She'd rather stay.

بقلم Ivy Asher 2019 294 صفحة

3.87

٤٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🪖 Military Heroes 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing

Crazy Spooky Love

بقلم Josie Silver • 2025

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

3.56

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🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Crazy Spooky Love

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

بقلم Josie Silver 2025 320 صفحة

3.56

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🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

بقلم Rain Pryor • 2006

Richard Pryor's daughter on the chaos behind the comedy, and finding her own voice in between.

3.86

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🧬 Biracial Identity 🧒 Children Of Celebrities 💊 Fame And Addiction 🏥 Parental Illness 🔗 Generational Trauma

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

Richard Pryor's daughter on the chaos behind the comedy, and finding her own voice in between.

بقلم Rain Pryor 2006 224 صفحة

3.86

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🧬 Biracial Identity 🧒 Children Of Celebrities 💊 Fame And Addiction 🏥 Parental Illness 🔗 Generational Trauma

If Chins Could Kill

بقلم Bruce Campbell • 2001

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

3.95

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🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎓 Filmmaking Advice

If Chins Could Kill

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

بقلم Bruce Campbell 2001 344 صفحة

3.95

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🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎓 Filmmaking Advice

A Quick Bite

بقلم Lynsay Sands • 2005

A psychologist is kidnapped: a birthday present for a vampire who faints at blood.

3.90

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🩸 Vampire Romance 💫 Fated Mates ☕ Cozy Paranormal 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 🧬 Mortal Turned Immortal

A Quick Bite

A psychologist is kidnapped: a birthday present for a vampire who faints at blood.

بقلم Lynsay Sands 2005 360 صفحة

3.90

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🩸 Vampire Romance 💫 Fated Mates ☕ Cozy Paranormal 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 🧬 Mortal Turned Immortal

Cult Classic

بقلم Sloane Crosley • 2022

An engaged editor's exes keep appearing. A secret society is staging every reunion.

3.27

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🗽 New York Literary 💔 Ex Encounters 🔮 Cult Satire 🖋️ Wry Female Voice 👁️ Secret Society

Cult Classic

An engaged editor's exes keep appearing. A secret society is staging every reunion.

بقلم Sloane Crosley 2022 288 صفحة

3.27

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🗽 New York Literary 💔 Ex Encounters 🔮 Cult Satire 🖋️ Wry Female Voice 👁️ Secret Society

I'm a Joke and So Are You

بقلم Robin Ince • 2018

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

3.93

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🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

I'm a Joke and So Are You

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

بقلم Robin Ince 2018 288 صفحة

3.93

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🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

The Atrocity Archives

بقلم Charles Stross • 2004

Bob Howard's IT job implodes when he's drafted to fight cosmic horrors with applied mathematics.

3.89

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🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare 🖤 Dark Satire

The Atrocity Archives

Bob Howard's IT job implodes when he's drafted to fight cosmic horrors with applied mathematics.

بقلم Charles Stross 2004 345 صفحة

3.89

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🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare 🖤 Dark Satire

Gulp

بقلم Mary Roach • 2013

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

3.93

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🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🏥 Medical History

Gulp

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

بقلم Mary Roach 2013 348 صفحة

3.93

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🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🏥 Medical History

What Happens in Dubai

بقلم Sophie Gravia • 2022

A Glasgow aesthetician flees her dating disasters for Dubai, where her past is waiting poolside.

3.86

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🫠 Dating Disasters 😬 Self-Deprecating Humor 👥 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

What Happens in Dubai

A Glasgow aesthetician flees her dating disasters for Dubai, where her past is waiting poolside.

بقلم Sophie Gravia 2022 360 صفحة

3.86

٥٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🫠 Dating Disasters 😬 Self-Deprecating Humor 👥 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Tricked

بقلم Kevin Hearne • 2012

Atticus fakes his death to escape Asgard, but a trickster's favor draws skinwalkers and a curse.

4.25

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🧙 Modern Druid 🦊 Trickster God Deals 🪶 Navajo Mythology 🐺 Skinwalker Threat 🗡️ Cursed Blade

Tricked

Atticus fakes his death to escape Asgard, but a trickster's favor draws skinwalkers and a curse.

بقلم Kevin Hearne 2012 341 صفحة

4.25

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🧙 Modern Druid 🦊 Trickster God Deals 🪶 Navajo Mythology 🐺 Skinwalker Threat 🗡️ Cursed Blade

My Favorite Holidate

بقلم Lauren Blakely • 2024

After a public betrayal, a designer and her billionaire boss pretend to date for the holidays.

3.87

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🎭 Fake Dating 💰 Billionaire Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👧 Single Dad

My Favorite Holidate

After a public betrayal, a designer and her billionaire boss pretend to date for the holidays.

بقلم Lauren Blakely 2024 498 صفحة

3.87

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🎭 Fake Dating 💰 Billionaire Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👧 Single Dad

Death of a Bore

بقلم M.C. Beaton • 2005

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

3.85

٦٬٠٠٠+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕵️ Loner Detective 🐾 Animal Companions

Death of a Bore

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

بقلم M.C. Beaton 2005 272 صفحة

3.85

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🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕵️ Loner Detective 🐾 Animal Companions

Now I Can Die in Peace

بقلم Bill Simmons • 2005

86 years of Red Sox misery meet one October that upends everything a fan believed about himself.

3.92

٨٬٠٠٠+

🧢 Baseball Fandom ⚾ Sports Memoir 📰 Sports Journalism 🔥 Obsessive Fandom 🏆 Championship Runs

Now I Can Die in Peace

86 years of Red Sox misery meet one October that upends everything a fan believed about himself.

بقلم Bill Simmons 2005 374 صفحة

3.92

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🧢 Baseball Fandom ⚾ Sports Memoir 📰 Sports Journalism 🔥 Obsessive Fandom 🏆 Championship Runs

And Here's the Kicker

بقلم Mike Sacks • 2009

21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.

4.05

٢٬٠٠٠+

🎭 Humor Writing 📖 Interview Anthology 🧠 Comedy Theory 🎯 Truth In Comedy 👀 Outsider Humor

And Here's the Kicker

21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.

بقلم Mike Sacks 2009 337 صفحة

4.05

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🎭 Humor Writing 📖 Interview Anthology 🧠 Comedy Theory 🎯 Truth In Comedy 👀 Outsider Humor

Only and Forever

بقلم Chloe Liese • 2024

A romantic bookseller rooms with a love-shy writer, and their no-feelings rule cracks.

3.99

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☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 📚 Bookstore Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ✍️ Writer Protagonist 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Only and Forever

A romantic bookseller rooms with a love-shy writer, and their no-feelings rule cracks.

بقلم Chloe Liese 2024 368 صفحة

3.99

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☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 📚 Bookstore Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ✍️ Writer Protagonist 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Greta & Valdin

بقلم Rebecca K. Reilly • 2021

Two Auckland siblings, two impossible loves, and one messy family trying to hold it together.

3.90

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🏡 Multicultural Family Saga 👫 Dual Sibling Pov 🫂 Chosen Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🤷 Quarter-Life Crisis

Greta & Valdin

Two Auckland siblings, two impossible loves, and one messy family trying to hold it together.

بقلم Rebecca K. Reilly 2021 352 صفحة

3.90

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🏡 Multicultural Family Saga 👫 Dual Sibling Pov 🫂 Chosen Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🤷 Quarter-Life Crisis

Paladin's Strength

بقلم T. Kingfisher • 2021

When a paladin wins a werebear nun, her kidnapped sisters draw them into a city of stolen bodies.

4.17

٢٩٬٠٠٠+

🐻 Shifter Romance 💕 Allies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🎭 Secret Identity

Paladin's Strength

When a paladin wins a werebear nun, her kidnapped sisters draw them into a city of stolen bodies.

بقلم T. Kingfisher 2021 445 صفحة

4.17

٢٩٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🐻 Shifter Romance 💕 Allies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🎭 Secret Identity

Live Alone and Like It

بقلم Marjorie Hillis • 1936

Living alone isn't a misfortune: the 1936 rules for turning it into an advantage.

3.68

١٬٠٠٠+

🏠 Solo Living Lifestyle 🥂 Single Positivity 🛋️ Home As Sanctuary 👯 Friendship Cultivation 🍸 Cocktail Culture

Live Alone and Like It

Living alone isn't a misfortune: the 1936 rules for turning it into an advantage.

بقلم Marjorie Hillis 1936 176 صفحة

3.68

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🏠 Solo Living Lifestyle 🥂 Single Positivity 🛋️ Home As Sanctuary 👯 Friendship Cultivation 🍸 Cocktail Culture

What Will People Think?

بقلم Sara Hamdan • 2025

A Palestinian American comic hides her stand-up from the undocumented grandparents who raised her.

3.62

٣٬٠٠٠+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🫒 Palestinian American 🧳 Immigrant Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💼 Workplace Romance

What Will People Think?

A Palestinian American comic hides her stand-up from the undocumented grandparents who raised her.

بقلم Sara Hamdan 2025 336 صفحة

3.62

٣٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🫒 Palestinian American 🧳 Immigrant Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💼 Workplace Romance

Lost on Planet China

بقلم J. Maarten Troost • 2008

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

3.77

١٢٬٠٠٠+

🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

Lost on Planet China

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

بقلم J. Maarten Troost 2008 304 صفحة

3.77

١٢٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

Interior Chinatown

بقلم Charles Yu • 2020

Willis Wu, perpetual background Asian in the cop show of his life, is done waiting.

3.93

٧٣٬٠٠٠+

🎬 Hollywood Satire 🏠 Immigrant Family Saga 👤 Invisible Protagonist 💔 Parental Sacrifice 👨‍👧 Fatherhood Redemption

Interior Chinatown

Willis Wu, perpetual background Asian in the cop show of his life, is done waiting.

بقلم Charles Yu 2020 288 صفحة

3.93

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🎬 Hollywood Satire 🏠 Immigrant Family Saga 👤 Invisible Protagonist 💔 Parental Sacrifice 👨‍👧 Fatherhood Redemption

I Used to Be Charming

بقلم Eve Babitz • 2019

Eve Babitz captured 1960s LA. These late essays show what happened when the charm wore off.

4.13

١٬٠٠٠+

🌴 Los Angeles History ✌️ American Counterculture 📝 New Journalism 🎸 Rock Music Scene 🤩 Celebrity Culture

I Used to Be Charming

Eve Babitz captured 1960s LA. These late essays show what happened when the charm wore off.

بقلم Eve Babitz 2019 360 صفحة

4.13

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🌴 Los Angeles History ✌️ American Counterculture 📝 New Journalism 🎸 Rock Music Scene 🤩 Celebrity Culture

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

بقلم T. Kingfisher • 2020

Teen baker's bread magic makes her a murder suspect and the target of a mage-killing assassin.

4.05

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🍞 Baking Magic 🫖 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Found Family 🪄 Persecuted Mages 🛡️ Siege Survival

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

Teen baker's bread magic makes her a murder suspect and the target of a mage-killing assassin.

بقلم T. Kingfisher 2020 306 صفحة

4.05

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🍞 Baking Magic 🫖 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Found Family 🪄 Persecuted Mages 🛡️ Siege Survival

Just Stab Me Now

بقلم Jill Bearup • 2024

An author lands in her fantasy novel demanding romance. Her grieving heroine is fighting bandits.

4.21

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🪞 Meta Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fourth Wall Breaks 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Just Stab Me Now

An author lands in her fantasy novel demanding romance. Her grieving heroine is fighting bandits.

بقلم Jill Bearup 2024 309 صفحة

4.21

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🪞 Meta Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fourth Wall Breaks 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Fail Until You Don't

بقلم Bobby Bones • 2018

Rejection is information, fear is a signal, and the grind is the only advantage you need.

4.01

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🚫 Embracing Failure 💪 Resilience Training ⏰ Daily Discipline 🧠 Growth Mindset 🧾 Personal Accountability

Fail Until You Don't

Rejection is information, fear is a signal, and the grind is the only advantage you need.

بقلم Bobby Bones 2018 224 صفحة

4.01

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🚫 Embracing Failure 💪 Resilience Training ⏰ Daily Discipline 🧠 Growth Mindset 🧾 Personal Accountability

Crimes of Cupidity

بقلم Raven Kennedy • 2019

An accidental cupid boss returns to find her fae mates enslaved by a mind-snatching prince.

4.14

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🐉 Romantasy 👥 Reverse Harem 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy

Crimes of Cupidity

An accidental cupid boss returns to find her fae mates enslaved by a mind-snatching prince.

بقلم Raven Kennedy 2019 350 صفحة

4.14

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🐉 Romantasy 👥 Reverse Harem 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy

The Best Thing

بقلم Mariana Zapata • 2019

The rugby star who broke her heart returns, never knowing he left a daughter behind.

3.94

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🐌 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🏉 Athlete Hero 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Best Thing

The rugby star who broke her heart returns, never knowing he left a daughter behind.

بقلم Mariana Zapata 2019 480 صفحة

3.94

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🐌 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🏉 Athlete Hero 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Just His Secretary

بقلم Elena Johnson • 2021

To appease his mother, a gruff boss claims his secretly smitten secretary as his fake girlfriend.

3.66

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🎭 Fake Dating 💼 Boss Secretary Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💘 Secret Pining 🧁 Sweet Romcom

Just His Secretary

To appease his mother, a gruff boss claims his secretly smitten secretary as his fake girlfriend.

بقلم Elena Johnson 2021 362 صفحة

3.66

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🎭 Fake Dating 💼 Boss Secretary Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💘 Secret Pining 🧁 Sweet Romcom

Miss May Does Not Exist

بقلم Carrie Courogen • 2024

Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.

3.83

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🎬 Hollywood History 🎭 Comedy History 🎥 Women Directors 🎪 Improvisation 🤝 Creative Partnerships

Miss May Does Not Exist

Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.

بقلم Carrie Courogen 2024 400 صفحة

3.83

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🎬 Hollywood History 🎭 Comedy History 🎥 Women Directors 🎪 Improvisation 🤝 Creative Partnerships

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

بقلم Michelle Cuevas • 2017

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

4.19

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🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond 🍂 Letting Go 💔 Bittersweet

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

بقلم Michelle Cuevas 2017

4.19

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🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond 🍂 Letting Go 💔 Bittersweet

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

بقلم Caitlin Doughty • 2019

A mortician answers kids' blunt questions: from eyeball-eating cats to freeze-dried space corpses.

4.12

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🧬 Mortuary Science 💀 Death Positivity 🦠 Decomposition ⚰️ Funeral Practices 🤪 Quirky Science

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

A mortician answers kids' blunt questions: from eyeball-eating cats to freeze-dried space corpses.

بقلم Caitlin Doughty 2019 200 صفحة

4.12

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🧬 Mortuary Science 💀 Death Positivity 🦠 Decomposition ⚰️ Funeral Practices 🤪 Quirky Science

What On Earth Have I Done?

بقلم Robert Fulghum • 1997

Life's biggest questions, answered by lemonade stands, neighbors, and a village in Crete.

4.09

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🧘 Everyday Philosophy 🌼 Ordinary Joys 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤠 American Humorists 🏘️ Community Building

What On Earth Have I Done?

Life's biggest questions, answered by lemonade stands, neighbors, and a village in Crete.

بقلم Robert Fulghum 1997 320 صفحة

4.09

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🧘 Everyday Philosophy 🌼 Ordinary Joys 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤠 American Humorists 🏘️ Community Building

For the Love of Friends

بقلم Sara Goodman Confino • 2021

A single bridesmaid, five weddings, and the secret blog where she vents her way toward disaster.

4.19

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🎪 Wedding Season Chaos 📱 Going Viral 🌙 One Night Stand 💕 Friends To Lovers 👯 Sibling Rivalry

For the Love of Friends

A single bridesmaid, five weddings, and the secret blog where she vents her way toward disaster.

بقلم Sara Goodman Confino 2021 364 صفحة

4.19

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🎪 Wedding Season Chaos 📱 Going Viral 🌙 One Night Stand 💕 Friends To Lovers 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Denim & Diamonds

بقلم Penelope Ward • 2025

A burned-out mogul, banished to rural Maine, collides with a guarded bar owner. Everything changes.

4.16

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🏡 Small Town Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👦 Single Dad

Denim & Diamonds

A burned-out mogul, banished to rural Maine, collides with a guarded bar owner. Everything changes.

بقلم Penelope Ward 2025 397 صفحة

4.16

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🏡 Small Town Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👦 Single Dad

I Had a Nice Time And Other Lies...

بقلم The Betches • 2016

Self-worth first, texting never: the tough-love dating playbook for millennial women.

3.66

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🧭 Dating Advice 📱 Millennial Dating 💻 Online Dating 🚩 Relationship Red Flags 🪢 Commitment Issues

I Had a Nice Time And Other Lies...

Self-worth first, texting never: the tough-love dating playbook for millennial women.

بقلم The Betches 2016 354 صفحة

3.66

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🧭 Dating Advice 📱 Millennial Dating 💻 Online Dating 🚩 Relationship Red Flags 🪢 Commitment Issues

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