Best Humor Books | Summaries & Audio

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Unreliable Narrator

by Aparna Nancherla • 2023

Off stage, she was still performing. A comedian on the exhausting act of looking okay.

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1k+

🎤 Comedian Memoirs 🎭 Impostor Syndrome 😅 Depression And Humor 🤫 Introversion 🪞 Body Image

Unreliable Narrator

Off stage, she was still performing. A comedian on the exhausting act of looking okay.

by Aparna Nancherla 2023 289 pages

3.58

1k+ ratings

🎤 Comedian Memoirs 🎭 Impostor Syndrome 😅 Depression And Humor 🤫 Introversion 🪞 Body Image

50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know

by Daniele Bolelli • 2011

Undead popes, Buddhist warriors, and a spaghetti god: faith's irreverent, hidden history.

4.00

227

🕌 Religious History ☸️ Comparative Religion ⚡ Institutional Religion 🃏 Religious Satire 🧬 New Atheism

50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know

Undead popes, Buddhist warriors, and a spaghetti god: faith's irreverent, hidden history.

by Daniele Bolelli 2011 192 pages

4.00

227 ratings

🕌 Religious History ☸️ Comparative Religion ⚡ Institutional Religion 🃏 Religious Satire 🧬 New Atheism

The Witch Queen of Halloween

by Kresley Cole • 2024

On Halloween, a cursed witch and her demon ex are trapped where her nightmares come to life.

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4k+

🖤 Fated Mates 💥 Forced Proximity 💔 Second Chance Romance 😈 Demon Hero ✨ Curse Breaking

The Witch Queen of Halloween

On Halloween, a cursed witch and her demon ex are trapped where her nightmares come to life.

by Kresley Cole 2024 179 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 💥 Forced Proximity 💔 Second Chance Romance 😈 Demon Hero ✨ Curse Breaking

101 Secrets for Your Twenties

by Paul Angone • 2013

No dream job, no friend group, no clue: 101 secrets for the decade that refuses to make sense.

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2k+

🌪️ Quarter-Life Crisis 🏠 Adulting 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🤝 Friendship In Adulthood 🧭 Career Navigation

101 Secrets for Your Twenties

No dream job, no friend group, no clue: 101 secrets for the decade that refuses to make sense.

by Paul Angone 2013 208 pages

3.53

2k+ ratings

🌪️ Quarter-Life Crisis 🏠 Adulting 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🤝 Friendship In Adulthood 🧭 Career Navigation

Silver Screen Fiend

by Patton Oswalt • 2015

A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.

3.62

7k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎭 Comedian Memoirs ⚠️ Addiction Memoirs 💡 Creative Ambition 🎪 Alternative Comedy

Silver Screen Fiend

A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.

by Patton Oswalt 2015 240 pages

3.62

7k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎭 Comedian Memoirs ⚠️ Addiction Memoirs 💡 Creative Ambition 🎪 Alternative Comedy

Vineland

by Thomas Pynchon • 1990

A hippie's welfare window jump hooks a fed and his daughter's hunt for her vanished mother.

3.75

18k+

🤣 Postmodern Satire 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 📹 Surveillance State 📺 Media Satire ✌️ Counterculture Aftermath

Vineland

A hippie's welfare window jump hooks a fed and his daughter's hunt for her vanished mother.

by Thomas Pynchon 1990 480 pages

3.75

18k+ ratings

🤣 Postmodern Satire 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 📹 Surveillance State 📺 Media Satire ✌️ Counterculture Aftermath

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety

by Jen Lancaster • 2020

Never safer, never richer, never more anxious. The culprit: how we now eat, post, and parent.

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6k+

🪞 Cultural Anxiety 📖 Anxiety Memoirs 📱 Social Media Anxiety 🏆 Status Anxiety 📡 Attention Economy

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety

Never safer, never richer, never more anxious. The culprit: how we now eat, post, and parent.

by Jen Lancaster 2020 288 pages

3.37

6k+ ratings

🪞 Cultural Anxiety 📖 Anxiety Memoirs 📱 Social Media Anxiety 🏆 Status Anxiety 📡 Attention Economy

Who's Your Daddy?

by Lauren Rowe • 2023

A single mother's one-night stand implodes when she discovers he is her married ex-lover's son.

4.05

3k+

🧑‍👧 Single Parent Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🚫 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🌙 One Night Stand

Who's Your Daddy?

A single mother's one-night stand implodes when she discovers he is her married ex-lover's son.

by Lauren Rowe 2023 340 pages

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧑‍👧 Single Parent Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🚫 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🌙 One Night Stand

Fundamentally

by Nussaibah Younis • 2025

A secular academic deradicalizes ISIS brides in Baghdad, until one woman mirrors her own lost faith.

3.71

20k+

😈 Darkly Comic 🕌 Ex-Muslim Narrative 🌍 Humanitarian Aid 🇮🇶 Post-War Iraq 💔 Trauma Bonding

Fundamentally

A secular academic deradicalizes ISIS brides in Baghdad, until one woman mirrors her own lost faith.

by Nussaibah Younis 2025 352 pages

3.71

20k+ ratings

😈 Darkly Comic 🕌 Ex-Muslim Narrative 🌍 Humanitarian Aid 🇮🇶 Post-War Iraq 💔 Trauma Bonding

Believe

by Jeremy Egner • 2024

The chaotic, lucky path from throwaway ad to the streaming era's most comforting hit.

3.93

2k+

🎬 Television Production 🎥 Behind The Scenes ⚽ Football Culture 💪 Modern Masculinity ❤️ Radical Kindness

Believe

The chaotic, lucky path from throwaway ad to the streaming era's most comforting hit.

by Jeremy Egner 2024 368 pages

3.93

2k+ ratings

🎬 Television Production 🎥 Behind The Scenes ⚽ Football Culture 💪 Modern Masculinity ❤️ Radical Kindness

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life

by Georgia Pritchett • 2021

An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.

3.82

6k+

🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 🎤 Women In Comedy 📝 Vignette Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor 🇬🇧 British Humor

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life

An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.

by Georgia Pritchett 2021 293 pages

3.82

6k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 🎤 Women In Comedy 📝 Vignette Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor 🇬🇧 British Humor

Most Talkative

by Andy Cohen • 2012

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

3.81

17k+

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture 😄 Self-Deprecating Humor 📺 Pop Culture Obsession

Most Talkative

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

by Andy Cohen 2012 288 pages

3.81

17k+ ratings

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture 😄 Self-Deprecating Humor 📺 Pop Culture Obsession

In a Rush

by Kate Canterbary • 2025

A betrayed teacher marries her NFL best friend. The pact is old; the feelings are not.

3.96

11k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💕 Friends To Lovers 💘 He Falls First 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

In a Rush

A betrayed teacher marries her NFL best friend. The pact is old; the feelings are not.

by Kate Canterbary 2025 496 pages

3.96

11k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💕 Friends To Lovers 💘 He Falls First 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

How Not to Get Rich

by Alan Pell Crawford • 2014

Before he was America's most beloved author, Mark Twain was its most disastrous investor.

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123

🏦 Financial Biography 🎩 Gilded Age ✍️ Literary Biography 📉 Business Failures 🎲 Speculation

How Not to Get Rich

Before he was America's most beloved author, Mark Twain was its most disastrous investor.

by Alan Pell Crawford 2014 224 pages

3.63

123 ratings

🏦 Financial Biography 🎩 Gilded Age ✍️ Literary Biography 📉 Business Failures 🎲 Speculation

This Will Only Hurt a Little

by Busy Philipps • 2018

She told the TV executive who publicly belittled her award that he could have done better.

3.91

33k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 💔 Sexual Trauma 👯 Female Friendships 🍼 New Motherhood

This Will Only Hurt a Little

She told the TV executive who publicly belittled her award that he could have done better.

by Busy Philipps 2018 288 pages

3.91

33k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 💔 Sexual Trauma 👯 Female Friendships 🍼 New Motherhood

Should We Stay or Should We Go

by Lionel Shriver • 2021

A couple plans their perfect exit at eighty, then watches twelve alternate futures unfold.

3.65

6k+

🪞 Alternate Lives ⏳ Suicide Pact 💑 Long-Married Couple 👴 Elderly Protagonists 😏 Dark Humor

Should We Stay or Should We Go

A couple plans their perfect exit at eighty, then watches twelve alternate futures unfold.

by Lionel Shriver 2021 288 pages

3.65

6k+ ratings

🪞 Alternate Lives ⏳ Suicide Pact 💑 Long-Married Couple 👴 Elderly Protagonists 😏 Dark Humor

Killers of a Certain Age

by Deanna Raybourn • 2022

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

3.85

100k+

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hunters Hunted 😈 Dark Comedy

Killers of a Certain Age

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

by Deanna Raybourn 2022 368 pages

3.85

100k+ ratings

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hunters Hunted 😈 Dark Comedy

Off the Deep End

by W. Hodding Carter IV • 2008

He skipped the sports car, bought a swim cap, and at 41 tried to qualify for the Olympics.

3.30

111

🏊 Masters Athletics 🏅 Swimming Memoirs 🔄 Midlife Reinvention ↩️ Athletic Comeback 🔬 Technique Obsession

Off the Deep End

He skipped the sports car, bought a swim cap, and at 41 tried to qualify for the Olympics.

by W. Hodding Carter IV 2008 209 pages

3.30

111 ratings

🏊 Masters Athletics 🏅 Swimming Memoirs 🔄 Midlife Reinvention ↩️ Athletic Comeback 🔬 Technique Obsession

A World Without "Whom"

by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017

The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.

3.72

491

📖 Style Guides 🌐 Internet Linguistics 🔄 Language Evolution 🤝 Inclusive Language 📝 Descriptivism

A World Without "Whom"

The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.

by Emmy J. Favilla 2017 311 pages

3.72

491 ratings

📖 Style Guides 🌐 Internet Linguistics 🔄 Language Evolution 🤝 Inclusive Language 📝 Descriptivism

Whiskey Rebellion

by Liliana Hart • 2011

A broke teacher's stripping gig ends with a dead principal and a detective who can't look away.

3.94

12k+

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Whiskey Rebellion

A broke teacher's stripping gig ends with a dead principal and a detective who can't look away.

by Liliana Hart 2011 308 pages

3.94

12k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Is This Love or Dopamine?

by Iona David • 2022

Emojis, ghosting, and the 0.4-second impression: what your texts say when your mouth isn't moving.

3.35

155

📱 Digital Dating 💌 Modern Courtship 💻 Dating App Culture 🌐 Internet Culture 💬 Online Language Analysis

Is This Love or Dopamine?

Emojis, ghosting, and the 0.4-second impression: what your texts say when your mouth isn't moving.

by Iona David 2022 213 pages

3.35

155 ratings

📱 Digital Dating 💌 Modern Courtship 💻 Dating App Culture 🌐 Internet Culture 💬 Online Language Analysis

Replaceable You

by Mary Roach • 2025

Body parts are almost impossible to replace. The workarounds are ingenious, grotesque, and humbling.

4.06

12k+

🔬 Human Anatomy 🫁 Transplant Medicine 📜 Medical History 🛡️ Immunology 🧬 Regenerative Medicine

Replaceable You

Body parts are almost impossible to replace. The workarounds are ingenious, grotesque, and humbling.

by Mary Roach 2025 288 pages

4.06

12k+ ratings

🔬 Human Anatomy 🫁 Transplant Medicine 📜 Medical History 🛡️ Immunology 🧬 Regenerative Medicine

Dating Dr. Dil

by Nisha Sharma • 2022

A fake engagement between a lawyer and a doctor turns real faster than either expects.

3.58

66k+

💥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Engagement 🔥 Slow Burn 🪷 Desi Romance 👵 Meddling Aunties

Dating Dr. Dil

A fake engagement between a lawyer and a doctor turns real faster than either expects.

by Nisha Sharma 2022 364 pages

3.58

66k+ ratings

💥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Engagement 🔥 Slow Burn 🪷 Desi Romance 👵 Meddling Aunties

The Law of Attraction

by N.M. Silber • 2013

Between court battles, a public defender and a prosecutor negotiate a steamy, hilarious romance.

3.76

11k+

⚖️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Rivals 👩‍⚖️ Lawyer Romance 🏛️ Legal Comedy 💬 Witty Banter

The Law of Attraction

Between court battles, a public defender and a prosecutor negotiate a steamy, hilarious romance.

by N.M. Silber 2013 240 pages

3.76

11k+ ratings

⚖️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Rivals 👩‍⚖️ Lawyer Romance 🏛️ Legal Comedy 💬 Witty Banter

A Lion's Tale

by Chris Jericho • 2007

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

4.37

5k+

🤼 Pro Wrestling 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🏋️ Paying Dues 🛣️ Life On The Road 🎤 Backstage Stories

A Lion's Tale

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

by Chris Jericho 2007 412 pages

4.37

5k+ ratings

🤼 Pro Wrestling 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🏋️ Paying Dues 🛣️ Life On The Road 🎤 Backstage Stories

Dad Hacks

by Dan Marshall • 2016

A wet paper towel, a toothpick, a pool noodle: 200+ household fixes every dad needs.

3.31

🏠 Life Hacks 👨 Dad Humor 🍼 New Fathers 🔄 Clever Repurposing 📋 Household Tips

Dad Hacks

A wet paper towel, a toothpick, a pool noodle: 200+ household fixes every dad needs.

by Dan Marshall 2016 160 pages

3.31

49 ratings

🏠 Life Hacks 👨 Dad Humor 🍼 New Fathers 🔄 Clever Repurposing 📋 Household Tips

Big Nick Energy

by Kristen Bailey • 2025

A children's author is torn between her ex and a Christmas tree farmer, both named Nick.

3.67

4k+

🫶 Love Triangle 💞 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 📚 Bookish Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Big Nick Energy

A children's author is torn between her ex and a Christmas tree farmer, both named Nick.

by Kristen Bailey 2025 306 pages

3.67

4k+ ratings

🫶 Love Triangle 💞 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 📚 Bookish Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Rebel with a Clause

by Ellen Jovin • 2022

She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.

4.00

1k+

🧱 Language Mechanics 🗣️ Pop Linguistics 😂 Grammar Humor ✍️ Language Memoir 🔬 Descriptive Grammar

Rebel with a Clause

She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.

by Ellen Jovin 2022 400 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🧱 Language Mechanics 🗣️ Pop Linguistics 😂 Grammar Humor ✍️ Language Memoir 🔬 Descriptive Grammar

The Number of the Beast

by Robert A. Heinlein • 1980

Two couples flee assassins in a flying car that jumps to every universe ever imagined.

3.63

13k+

🌌 Multiverse Adventure 📖 Metafictional SF 🤝 Found Family ⚖️ Equal Partnership 🔬 Genius Inventor

The Number of the Beast

Two couples flee assassins in a flying car that jumps to every universe ever imagined.

by Robert A. Heinlein 1980 511 pages

3.63

13k+ ratings

🌌 Multiverse Adventure 📖 Metafictional SF 🤝 Found Family ⚖️ Equal Partnership 🔬 Genius Inventor

Wit's End

by James Geary • 2018

Wit is the mind's way of connecting opposites, seeing past habit, and holding life lightly.

3.35

479

🧠 Philosophy Of Humor 🎲 Verbal Play 🔗 Metaphor And Analogy 🔬 Cognitive Science 👁️ Perceptual Illusion

Wit's End

Wit is the mind's way of connecting opposites, seeing past habit, and holding life lightly.

by James Geary 2018 128 pages

3.35

479 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Humor 🎲 Verbal Play 🔗 Metaphor And Analogy 🔬 Cognitive Science 👁️ Perceptual Illusion

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had

by Tony Danza • 2012

A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.

3.86

4k+

🏫 Public Education 👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher 🔬 Immersion Memoir 🏙️ Urban Education 📋 Classroom Management

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had

A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.

by Tony Danza 2012 272 pages

3.86

4k+ ratings

🏫 Public Education 👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher 🔬 Immersion Memoir 🏙️ Urban Education 📋 Classroom Management

Fifty Shades of Chicken

by F.L. Fowler • 2012

A chicken falls for the chef who wants to cook her whole, and in parts.

4.17

1k+

🥸 Literary Parody 🎁 Gag Gifts 😉 Suggestive Humor 🐔 Single-Subject Cookbooks 👨‍🍳 Cookbook Humor

Fifty Shades of Chicken

A chicken falls for the chef who wants to cook her whole, and in parts.

by F.L. Fowler 2012 160 pages

4.17

1k+ ratings

🥸 Literary Parody 🎁 Gag Gifts 😉 Suggestive Humor 🐔 Single-Subject Cookbooks 👨‍🍳 Cookbook Humor

Operation Ironman

by George Mahood • 2015

Hospital bed to Ironman in four months. He couldn't swim front crawl. He lined up anyway.

4.52

2k+

🏃‍♂️ Endurance Sports 🏊 Triathlon 😂 Comedic Memoir 💪 Ultra Endurance 🎯 Against The Odds

Operation Ironman

Hospital bed to Ironman in four months. He couldn't swim front crawl. He lined up anyway.

by George Mahood 2015 311 pages

4.52

2k+ ratings

🏃‍♂️ Endurance Sports 🏊 Triathlon 😂 Comedic Memoir 💪 Ultra Endurance 🎯 Against The Odds

Discount Dan

by James A. Hunter • 2025

A hungover contractor in a bathrobe wakes in a maze where survival runs on game logic.

4.12

3k+

🎮 Litrpg Game Mechanics 🌀 Liminal Horror 🫂 Found Family 🛠️ Reluctant Hero 🏪 Shopkeeper Protagonist

Discount Dan

A hungover contractor in a bathrobe wakes in a maze where survival runs on game logic.

by James A. Hunter 2025 512 pages

4.12

3k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Game Mechanics 🌀 Liminal Horror 🫂 Found Family 🛠️ Reluctant Hero 🏪 Shopkeeper Protagonist

Under Your Spell

by Laura Wood • 2024

Her one-night stand at a funeral is the reclusive rock star she has to live with.

4.08

17k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 👯 Sisterhood 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌙 One Night Stand 🖤 Found Family

Under Your Spell

Her one-night stand at a funeral is the reclusive rock star she has to live with.

by Laura Wood 2024 352 pages

4.08

17k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 👯 Sisterhood 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌙 One Night Stand 🖤 Found Family

Tangled

by Emma Chase • 2013

A cocky playboy must collaborate with the brilliant, engaged rival he's been trying to seduce.

4.03

100k+

🚹 Male Pov Romance 🏢 Office Rivals To Lovers 😈 Reformed Playboy 🙇 Groveling Hero 🎤 Banter-Heavy Narration

Tangled

A cocky playboy must collaborate with the brilliant, engaged rival he's been trying to seduce.

by Emma Chase 2013 254 pages

4.03

100k+ ratings

🚹 Male Pov Romance 🏢 Office Rivals To Lovers 😈 Reformed Playboy 🙇 Groveling Hero 🎤 Banter-Heavy Narration

The Ring of Solomon

by Jonathan Stroud • 2010

A queen's guard must kill a king. Her only ally: a sarcastic djinn she commands.

4.21

32k+

📜 Historical Fantasy 🏺 Mythological Fantasy 🧞 Enslaved Djinn 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🗡️ Assassin Mission

The Ring of Solomon

A queen's guard must kill a king. Her only ally: a sarcastic djinn she commands.

by Jonathan Stroud 2010 398 pages

4.21

32k+ ratings

📜 Historical Fantasy 🏺 Mythological Fantasy 🧞 Enslaved Djinn 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🗡️ Assassin Mission

Heart and Brain

by Nick Seluk • 2017

Heart wants fun. Brain wants safety. Your life, a compromise between two impossible roommates.

4.30

2k+

💻 Webcomic Collection 😰 Anxiety Comics 😮‍💨 Adulting Struggles 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Overthinking

Heart and Brain

Heart wants fun. Brain wants safety. Your life, a compromise between two impossible roommates.

by Nick Seluk 2017 144 pages

4.30

2k+ ratings

💻 Webcomic Collection 😰 Anxiety Comics 😮‍💨 Adulting Struggles 🤡 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Overthinking

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1

by Mark Twain • 2010

A century's delay let him speak without fear. The result is a hilarious, unvarnished life.

3.80

8k+

🇺🇸 American Autobiography ✍️ Literary Memoir 📜 Posthumous Memoirs ⛓️ Slavery Memoirs 🕰️ 19th-Century America

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1

A century's delay let him speak without fear. The result is a hilarious, unvarnished life.

by Mark Twain 2010 736 pages

3.80

8k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Autobiography ✍️ Literary Memoir 📜 Posthumous Memoirs ⛓️ Slavery Memoirs 🕰️ 19th-Century America

All Things Aside

by Iliza Shlesinger • 2022

Modern womanhood is a series of scams. A comedian presents her receipts.

3.90

5k+

🎤 Observational Comedy ♀️ Feminist Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 💄 Body Image Pressure 🤰 Modern Motherhood

All Things Aside

Modern womanhood is a series of scams. A comedian presents her receipts.

by Iliza Shlesinger 2022 256 pages

3.90

5k+ ratings

🎤 Observational Comedy ♀️ Feminist Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 💄 Body Image Pressure 🤰 Modern Motherhood

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

by Talia Hibbert • 2021

After hitting a rigid B&B owner with her car, a chaotic woman must run his inn.

4.07

100k+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 🌿 English Countryside 🏠 Forced Proximity

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

After hitting a rigid B&B owner with her car, a chaotic woman must run his inn.

by Talia Hibbert 2021 400 pages

4.07

100k+ ratings

🥊 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 🌿 English Countryside 🏠 Forced Proximity

All Things Wise and Wonderful

by James Herriot • 1978

From calving sheds to RAF basic training: a young vet learns humans are the difficult animals.

4.45

38k+

🏞️ Rural England 🐄 Country Veterinarian 🐾 Animal Stories 🛩️ Wartime Britain 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

All Things Wise and Wonderful

From calving sheds to RAF basic training: a young vet learns humans are the difficult animals.

by James Herriot 1978 458 pages

4.45

38k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural England 🐄 Country Veterinarian 🐾 Animal Stories 🛩️ Wartime Britain 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Impromptu Match

by Lily Mayne • 2024

A sad office drone's misery is catnip to the owner of an underground monster wrestling club.

4.10

6k+

🐺 Monster Romance 🫂 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💘 Opposites Attract 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

Impromptu Match

A sad office drone's misery is catnip to the owner of an underground monster wrestling club.

by Lily Mayne 2024 422 pages

4.10

6k+ ratings

🐺 Monster Romance 🫂 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💘 Opposites Attract 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

How to Survive History

by Cody Cassidy • 2023

T. rex: 13 mph, you win. Pompeii: run north. The science of outliving history's deadliest days.

4.05

3k+

🧨 Historical Disasters 🧪 Survival Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios ⚛️ Applied Physics 🔬 Popular Science

How to Survive History

T. rex: 13 mph, you win. Pompeii: run north. The science of outliving history's deadliest days.

by Cody Cassidy 2023 195 pages

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧨 Historical Disasters 🧪 Survival Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios ⚛️ Applied Physics 🔬 Popular Science

Talk Dirty, Cowboy

by Elle Thorpe • 2020

A mistaken online accusation lands a single mom in the arms of a widowed bull rider.

4.10

7k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 👶 Single Parent Romance 💔 Widower Hero 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Talk Dirty, Cowboy

A mistaken online accusation lands a single mom in the arms of a widowed bull rider.

by Elle Thorpe 2020 267 pages

4.10

7k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 👶 Single Parent Romance 💔 Widower Hero 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏘️ Small Town Romance

The Duchess Deal

by Tessa Dare • 2017

A desperate seamstress demands payment from a scarred duke and leaves with a marriage proposal.

3.98

69k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Scarred Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter 🏠 Found Family

The Duchess Deal

A desperate seamstress demands payment from a scarred duke and leaves with a marriage proposal.

by Tessa Dare 2017 389 pages

3.98

69k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Scarred Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter 🏠 Found Family

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The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

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by Jo Nichols 2025 342 pages

3.74

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After his seventh apprentice dies, a cursed Glasgow sigil agent uncovers a goddess trafficking Fae.

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4.14

10k+ ratings

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3.68

84k+ ratings

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328

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3.48

328 ratings

🛠️ Life Skills For Men 🎩 Gentleman's Guide 🏠 Adulting Basics 🍷 Social Etiquette 💰 Financial Basics

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