Best Humor Books | Summaries & Audio

Humor Book Summaries

Growing Up Laughing

by Marlo Thomas • 2010

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

3.85

1k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

Growing Up Laughing

Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.

by Marlo Thomas 2010 400 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Comedy History 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎤 Women In Comedy ✊ Feminist Memoir

The Year of Reading Dangerously

by Andy Miller • 2012

One secret list, fifty classics, and a year spent reading them between diapers and deadlines.

3.31

6k+

🧾 Reading Memoirs 🕰️ Midlife Reflection 😳 Reading Guilt 🏭 Workplace Disillusionment 🐢 Slow Reading

The Year of Reading Dangerously

One secret list, fifty classics, and a year spent reading them between diapers and deadlines.

by Andy Miller 2012 338 pages

3.31

6k+ ratings

🧾 Reading Memoirs 🕰️ Midlife Reflection 😳 Reading Guilt 🏭 Workplace Disillusionment 🐢 Slow Reading

How to Survive the End of the World

by Aaron Gillies • 2018

Your brain thinks a Monday meeting is a lion. Here is a survival guide, with jokes.

4.00

1k+

🧠 Anxiety Management 📖 Mental Health Memoir 🛋️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness ❤️ Self-Compassion

How to Survive the End of the World

Your brain thinks a Monday meeting is a lion. Here is a survival guide, with jokes.

by Aaron Gillies 2018 288 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 📖 Mental Health Memoir 🛋️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness ❤️ Self-Compassion

Humor Me

by Cat Shook • 2024

A late-night PA juggles an office crush, her grief, and a family friend's charming son.

3.59

2k+

🎭 Workplace Comedy 💼 Office Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Humor Me

A late-night PA juggles an office crush, her grief, and a family friend's charming son.

by Cat Shook 2024 320 pages

3.59

2k+ ratings

🎭 Workplace Comedy 💼 Office Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

A Pizza My Heart

by Teagan Hunter • 2019

She agrees to fake-date her brother's best friend. The feelings? Not fake at all.

3.85

4k+

💙 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Fake Dating 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💪 Independent Heroine

A Pizza My Heart

She agrees to fake-date her brother's best friend. The feelings? Not fake at all.

by Teagan Hunter 2019 257 pages

3.85

4k+ ratings

💙 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Fake Dating 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💪 Independent Heroine

Old Rage

by Sheila Hancock • 2022

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

4.06

500+

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

Old Rage

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

by Sheila Hancock 2022 238 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary 🕯️ Quaker Spirituality ⚒️ Class Consciousness

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need

by Judith Matloff • 2020

A war reporter's field manual for emergencies most people never train for, until it's too late.

3.51

390

🚨 Emergency Preparedness 👀 Situational Awareness 🛡️ Personal Safety 🩹 First Aid Basics 🔒 Digital Security

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need

A war reporter's field manual for emergencies most people never train for, until it's too late.

by Judith Matloff 2020 302 pages

3.51

390 ratings

🚨 Emergency Preparedness 👀 Situational Awareness 🛡️ Personal Safety 🩹 First Aid Basics 🔒 Digital Security

A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home

by Melissa Dilkes Pateras • 2023

The unfussy guide to a clean home: vinegar, baking soda, and small wins over marathon scrubs.

3.92

350

🧹 Housekeeping 📦 Home Organization 🧘 Anti-Perfectionism 🧪 DIY Cleaning Products 💧 Stain Removal

A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home

The unfussy guide to a clean home: vinegar, baking soda, and small wins over marathon scrubs.

by Melissa Dilkes Pateras 2023 256 pages

3.92

350 ratings

🧹 Housekeeping 📦 Home Organization 🧘 Anti-Perfectionism 🧪 DIY Cleaning Products 💧 Stain Removal

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

by Sara Raasch • 2025

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

4.18

16k+

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

by Sara Raasch 2025 336 pages

4.18

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

Manhood for Amateurs

by Michael Chabon • 2009

Fatherhood is the one job where failing every day means you're probably doing it right.

3.73

8k+

🧔 Modern Masculinity 👨‍👧 Fatherhood 📖 Literary Memoir 💔 Male Vulnerability 🌳 Childhood Freedom

Manhood for Amateurs

Fatherhood is the one job where failing every day means you're probably doing it right.

by Michael Chabon 2009 306 pages

3.73

8k+ ratings

🧔 Modern Masculinity 👨‍👧 Fatherhood 📖 Literary Memoir 💔 Male Vulnerability 🌳 Childhood Freedom

Seriously Funny

by Terry Pratchett • 2016

Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.

4.28

483

🎭 British Humor 💬 Wit And Wisdom 🧠 Human Nature 💀 Mortality 🎯 British Satire

Seriously Funny

Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.

by Terry Pratchett 2016 128 pages

4.28

483 ratings

🎭 British Humor 💬 Wit And Wisdom 🧠 Human Nature 💀 Mortality 🎯 British Satire

The Pocket Guide to Mischief

by Bart King • 2008

From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.

3.92

106

🃏 Practical Jokes 🎬 Pop Culture Trivia 💬 Wordplay And Puns 😂 Teen Humor 💩 Gross-Out Humor

The Pocket Guide to Mischief

From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.

by Bart King 2008 272 pages

3.92

106 ratings

🃏 Practical Jokes 🎬 Pop Culture Trivia 💬 Wordplay And Puns 😂 Teen Humor 💩 Gross-Out Humor

Finn Rhodes Forever

by Stephanie Archer • 2023

Her childhood sweetheart returns and joins her rare-flower hunt, so she plots to make him dump her.

3.94

29k+

💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🧬 Stem Heroine 🏘️ Quirky Small Town 🗣️ Meddling Friends

Finn Rhodes Forever

Her childhood sweetheart returns and joins her rare-flower hunt, so she plots to make him dump her.

by Stephanie Archer 2023 400 pages

3.94

29k+ ratings

💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🧬 Stem Heroine 🏘️ Quirky Small Town 🗣️ Meddling Friends

That Kind of Guy

by Stephanie Archer • 2021

To buy her restaurant, she fake-dates the smug mayoral candidate she's spent years despising.

3.74

45k+

🤝 Fake Relationship 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🥺 Mutual Pining 😂 Comedic Banter

That Kind of Guy

To buy her restaurant, she fake-dates the smug mayoral candidate she's spent years despising.

by Stephanie Archer 2021 312 pages

3.74

45k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Relationship 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🥺 Mutual Pining 😂 Comedic Banter

Under the Whispering Door

by T.J. Klune • 2021

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

4.11

300k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Under the Whispering Door

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

by T.J. Klune 2021 376 pages

4.11

300k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Carry On, Warrior

by Glennon Doyle • 2013

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

4.10

29k+

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Carry On, Warrior

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

by Glennon Doyle 2013 269 pages

4.10

29k+ ratings

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

The Enemy Trap

by Maren Moore • 2021

A single night trapped with her hockey-star nemesis leaves her pregnant, fake-engaged, and falling.

3.39

14k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 🚢 Forced Proximity

The Enemy Trap

A single night trapped with her hockey-star nemesis leaves her pregnant, fake-engaged, and falling.

by Maren Moore 2021 219 pages

3.39

14k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 🚢 Forced Proximity

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

by David Sedaris • 2004

His mother banned the word 'weenie.' She was only the first of many baffling rule-givers.

4.12

200k+

📝 Essay Collections 😂 Humor Memoirs 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Stories 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

His mother banned the word 'weenie.' She was only the first of many baffling rule-givers.

by David Sedaris 2004 272 pages

4.12

200k+ ratings

📝 Essay Collections 😂 Humor Memoirs 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Stories 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 👀 Observational Comedy

Smooth Talking Stranger

by Lisa Kleypas • 2009

Her sister's abandoned baby sends an advice columnist to a wealthy Houston playboy's penthouse.

4.13

43k+

👶 Guardian Romance 🖤 Alpha Hero 💔 Emotional Scars 🏠 Found Family 💰 Wealthy Hero

Smooth Talking Stranger

Her sister's abandoned baby sends an advice columnist to a wealthy Houston playboy's penthouse.

by Lisa Kleypas 2009 340 pages

4.13

43k+ ratings

👶 Guardian Romance 🖤 Alpha Hero 💔 Emotional Scars 🏠 Found Family 💰 Wealthy Hero

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

by Samantha Irby • 2017

A vet clinic receptionist on chronic illness, dead parents, and the dull love that saved her.

3.89

48k+

🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🩺 Chronic Illness 🧘 Body Acceptance 💸 Poverty Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

A vet clinic receptionist on chronic illness, dead parents, and the dull love that saved her.

by Samantha Irby 2017 275 pages

3.89

48k+ ratings

🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🩺 Chronic Illness 🧘 Body Acceptance 💸 Poverty Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Road Trip With a Vampire

by Jenna Levine • 2025

A reformed witch and a vampire with amnesia road-trip toward his past and into a trap.

3.58

7k+

🧛‍♀️ Paranormal Rom-Com 🚗 Road Trip Romance 💭 Amnesia Romance 🏨 Forced Proximity 🧘 Cozy Paranormal

Road Trip With a Vampire

A reformed witch and a vampire with amnesia road-trip toward his past and into a trap.

by Jenna Levine 2025 384 pages

3.58

7k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Paranormal Rom-Com 🚗 Road Trip Romance 💭 Amnesia Romance 🏨 Forced Proximity 🧘 Cozy Paranormal

Love That Story

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2022

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

4.09

7k+

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

Love That Story

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2022 256 pages

4.09

7k+ ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

The Road to Roswell

by Connie Willis • 2023

A maid of honor's alien abduction in Roswell is a rescue mission, not an invasion.

3.71

9k+

🛸 Comic Science Fiction 👽 First Contact 🖤 Interspecies Friendship 🎭 Oddball Ensemble 💕 Forced Proximity

The Road to Roswell

A maid of honor's alien abduction in Roswell is a rescue mission, not an invasion.

by Connie Willis 2023 399 pages

3.71

9k+ ratings

🛸 Comic Science Fiction 👽 First Contact 🖤 Interspecies Friendship 🎭 Oddball Ensemble 💕 Forced Proximity

Bound and Tide

by A.K. Caggiano • 2024

Stripped of power, a snarky blood mage needs a guarded apothecary's cure. She wants his heart.

4.00

3k+

🖤 Demon Romance 🧙 Villain Redemption 🩸 Blood Magic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💬 Banter-Driven Romance

Bound and Tide

Stripped of power, a snarky blood mage needs a guarded apothecary's cure. She wants his heart.

by A.K. Caggiano 2024 266 pages

4.00

3k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Romance 🧙 Villain Redemption 🩸 Blood Magic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💬 Banter-Driven Romance

Up Till Now

by William Shatner • 2008

Star Trek typecast him for decades; a late-career role as a shameless lawyer changed everything.

3.84

3k+

👤 Celebrity Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Careers 📺 Television History 🖖 Star Trek 🔄 Career Reinvention

Up Till Now

Star Trek typecast him for decades; a late-career role as a shameless lawyer changed everything.

by William Shatner 2008 358 pages

3.84

3k+ ratings

👤 Celebrity Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Careers 📺 Television History 🖖 Star Trek 🔄 Career Reinvention

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens • 1837

Samuel Pickwick forms a travel club; curiosity earns him farce, fraud, and a ruinous lawsuit.

3.85

32k+

🚶 Picaresque Journey 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Victorian England 😊 Warm Humor ⚖️ Legal Farce

The Pickwick Papers

Samuel Pickwick forms a travel club; curiosity earns him farce, fraud, and a ruinous lawsuit.

by Charles Dickens 1837 801 pages

3.85

32k+ ratings

🚶 Picaresque Journey 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Victorian England 😊 Warm Humor ⚖️ Legal Farce

An Ideal Husband

by Oscar Wilde • 1893

A blackmailer holds a politician's secret sin and demands a corrupt vote in return for silence.

4.01

44k+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏛️ Political Scandal ✉️ Blackmail Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🏙️ Victorian London

An Ideal Husband

A blackmailer holds a politician's secret sin and demands a corrupt vote in return for silence.

by Oscar Wilde 1893 78 pages

4.01

44k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏛️ Political Scandal ✉️ Blackmail Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🏙️ Victorian London

For the Love of Cupidity

by Raven Kennedy • 2019

Valentine's Day is crumbling. A pregnant cupid boss must fix it before her mates bench her.

4.18

11k+

🏠 Domestic Fantasy 💫 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🐺 Alpha Hero 🤰 Pregnant Heroine

For the Love of Cupidity

Valentine's Day is crumbling. A pregnant cupid boss must fix it before her mates bench her.

by Raven Kennedy 2019

4.18

11k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fantasy 💫 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🐺 Alpha Hero 🤰 Pregnant Heroine

Happier Than A Billionaire

by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

3.89

1k+

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting ✈️ Starting Over Abroad 🦋 Midlife Reinvention

Happier Than A Billionaire

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011

3.89

1k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting ✈️ Starting Over Abroad 🦋 Midlife Reinvention

Why Business People Speak Like Idiots

by Brian Fugere • 2005

Burn the jargon. Cut every message by a quarter. Sound like a person. A corporate communication fix.

3.62

273

🏢 Corporate Communication 🗣️ Plain Language ✂️ Brevity 📖 Storytelling In Business 🎯 Audience Focus

Why Business People Speak Like Idiots

Burn the jargon. Cut every message by a quarter. Sound like a person. A corporate communication fix.

by Brian Fugere 2005 192 pages

3.62

273 ratings

🏢 Corporate Communication 🗣️ Plain Language ✂️ Brevity 📖 Storytelling In Business 🎯 Audience Focus

Skipping Towards Gomorrah

by Dan Savage • 2002

Sampling all seven sins to find happiness, and the moral hypocrites who want them banned.

3.81

3k+

🏃‍♂️ Pursuit Of Happiness 🙈 Moral Hypocrisy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Pride 📝 Gonzo Journalism 🌿 Drug War Critique

Skipping Towards Gomorrah

Sampling all seven sins to find happiness, and the moral hypocrites who want them banned.

by Dan Savage 2002 320 pages

3.81

3k+ ratings

🏃‍♂️ Pursuit Of Happiness 🙈 Moral Hypocrisy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Pride 📝 Gonzo Journalism 🌿 Drug War Critique

Let's Get Textual

by Teagan Hunter • 2017

A college senior's wrong-number text lands with a nerdy developer whose banter she can't quit.

4.04

19k+

🍀 Wrong Number Meet Cute 🤓 Nerdy Hero 📚 College Romance 💬 Witty Banter ❤️ Strangers To Lovers

Let's Get Textual

A college senior's wrong-number text lands with a nerdy developer whose banter she can't quit.

by Teagan Hunter 2017 346 pages

4.04

19k+ ratings

🍀 Wrong Number Meet Cute 🤓 Nerdy Hero 📚 College Romance 💬 Witty Banter ❤️ Strangers To Lovers

Enjoying the Chase

by Kirsty Moseley • 2011

A cocky SWAT sniper meets a single mom who says no. Suddenly walking away isn't an option.

4.22

7k+

🍼 Single Mom Romance 💔 Player Reformed 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💬 Banter Heavy

Enjoying the Chase

A cocky SWAT sniper meets a single mom who says no. Suddenly walking away isn't an option.

by Kirsty Moseley 2011

4.22

7k+ ratings

🍼 Single Mom Romance 💔 Player Reformed 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💬 Banter Heavy

Tik-Tok

by John Sladek • 1983

A domestic robot discovers his moral circuits never worked, and art, murder, and politics follow.

3.70

500+

🦾 Robot Antihero 🧠 Sociopathic Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎨 Art World Satire

Tik-Tok

A domestic robot discovers his moral circuits never worked, and art, murder, and politics follow.

by John Sladek 1983 192 pages

3.70

500+ ratings

🦾 Robot Antihero 🧠 Sociopathic Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎨 Art World Satire

Master of Mayhem

by Saxon James • 2022

When a frat prankster experiments with his best friend, their chemistry becomes the real risk.

4.11

9k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💜 Bisexual Awakening ⚡ Opposites Attract 🤫 Secret Romance 🫶 Found Family

Master of Mayhem

When a frat prankster experiments with his best friend, their chemistry becomes the real risk.

by Saxon James 2022 275 pages

4.11

9k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💜 Bisexual Awakening ⚡ Opposites Attract 🤫 Secret Romance 🫶 Found Family

Vinegar Girl

by Anne Tyler • 2016

Her father's Russian lab assistant needs a green card, so Kate Battista is volunteered for marriage.

3.38

41k+

🌿 Shakespeare Retelling 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 😤 Grumpy Heroine 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🌍 Cultural Clash

Vinegar Girl

Her father's Russian lab assistant needs a green card, so Kate Battista is volunteered for marriage.

by Anne Tyler 2016 237 pages

3.38

41k+ ratings

🌿 Shakespeare Retelling 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 😤 Grumpy Heroine 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🌍 Cultural Clash

Promise Me Sunshine

by Cara Bastone • 2025

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

4.07

95k+

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

Promise Me Sunshine

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

by Cara Bastone 2025 373 pages

4.07

95k+ ratings

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

How to Hack a Hellhound

by Shannon Mae • 2025

A survivor hunting his traffickers discovers his stalker is a hellhound who refuses to let go.

4.29

4k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🖤 Obsessive Protector

How to Hack a Hellhound

A survivor hunting his traffickers discovers his stalker is a hellhound who refuses to let go.

by Shannon Mae 2025 240 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🖤 Obsessive Protector

Between You & Me

by Mary Norris • 2015

Punctuation, pronouns, profanity: the New Yorker copy desk's secrets for making every sentence work.

3.61

6k+

📝 Copy Editing ✏️ Punctuation Marks 📚 Language Memoir 🧐 Editorial Judgment 🗽 New Yorker Style

Between You & Me

Punctuation, pronouns, profanity: the New Yorker copy desk's secrets for making every sentence work.

by Mary Norris 2015 240 pages

3.61

6k+ ratings

📝 Copy Editing ✏️ Punctuation Marks 📚 Language Memoir 🧐 Editorial Judgment 🗽 New Yorker Style

The Kid

by Dan Savage • 1999

Two gay men. One homeless birth mother. And the open adoption goodbye nobody warned them about.

4.05

8k+

🤝 Open Adoption 👨‍👨‍👦 Gay Fathers 📖 Adoption Memoir 🏡 Adoptive Parents 🇺🇸 Domestic Adoption

The Kid

Two gay men. One homeless birth mother. And the open adoption goodbye nobody warned them about.

by Dan Savage 1999 246 pages

4.05

8k+ ratings

🤝 Open Adoption 👨‍👨‍👦 Gay Fathers 📖 Adoption Memoir 🏡 Adoptive Parents 🇺🇸 Domestic Adoption

Wrong Text, Right Love

by Claudia Y. Burgoa • 2020

When a sex therapist drunk-texts her ex, a guarded tech billionaire answers. He's her new neighbor.

3.76

6k+

📱 Wrong Number Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🖤 Reclusive Hero

Wrong Text, Right Love

When a sex therapist drunk-texts her ex, a guarded tech billionaire answers. He's her new neighbor.

by Claudia Y. Burgoa 2020 276 pages

3.76

6k+ ratings

📱 Wrong Number Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🖤 Reclusive Hero

Not All Himbos Wear Capes

by C. Rochelle • 2022

A supervillain and a superhero match on a dating app, unaware they're sworn enemies.

4.21

6k+

🦸 Superhero Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 💫 Fated Mates 🧎 Submissive Hero

Not All Himbos Wear Capes

A supervillain and a superhero match on a dating app, unaware they're sworn enemies.

by C. Rochelle 2022 420 pages

4.21

6k+ ratings

🦸 Superhero Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 💫 Fated Mates 🧎 Submissive Hero

The Malevolent Eight

by Sebastien de Castell • 2025

Seven outlaw mages wage war on angels and demons to stop a divine apocalypse.

4.14

1k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💰 Heist Fantasy 🖤 Antihero Ensemble 🤡 Irreverent Humor 😇 Angels And Demons

The Malevolent Eight

Seven outlaw mages wage war on angels and demons to stop a divine apocalypse.

by Sebastien de Castell 2025 397 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💰 Heist Fantasy 🖤 Antihero Ensemble 🤡 Irreverent Humor 😇 Angels And Demons

Punk Rock Etiquette

by Travis Nichols • 2008

Start a band with nothing, record for pennies, survive the road without a label.

3.75

123

🎸 Indie Music 🔧 Diy Ethos 🤘 Punk Subculture 🎙️ Home Recording 🚐 Touring

Punk Rock Etiquette

Start a band with nothing, record for pennies, survive the road without a label.

by Travis Nichols 2008 144 pages

3.75

123 ratings

🎸 Indie Music 🔧 Diy Ethos 🤘 Punk Subculture 🎙️ Home Recording 🚐 Touring

Jilted

by Vi Keeland • 2025

A jilted wedding writer keeps running into a British groomsman at every wedding she covers.

3.94

13k+

🫣 Left At The Altar 💍 Wedding Industry 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First

Jilted

A jilted wedding writer keeps running into a British groomsman at every wedding she covers.

by Vi Keeland 2025 272 pages

3.94

13k+ ratings

🫣 Left At The Altar 💍 Wedding Industry 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First

Focused

by Karla Sorensen • 2020

A team staffer's promotion demands she film the one football star she's never gotten over.

4.00

24k+

💼 Workplace Romance 🏈 Football Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 😤 Grumpy Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Focused

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4.00

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Acne

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Acne

Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.

by Laura Chinn 2022 320 pages

4.28

1k+ ratings

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4.21

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Complete Live and Learn and Pass It on

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4.21

107 ratings

👵 Intergenerational Wisdom 💡 Everyday Wisdom 📚 Lifelong Learning 🤝 Human Connection 🪞 Self-Reflection

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4.05

500+ ratings

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230

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3.76

230 ratings

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