Umor

Absurditatea vieții și slăbiciunile umane ocupă rolul principal în aceste opere spirituale și nonconformiste ale unor observatori perspicace ai lumii noastre. Fie că explorează ciudățenii științifice, disecă convenții sociale sau împărtășesc aventuri personale nefericite, aceste cărți luminează umorul atât din experiențele cotidiene, cât și din adevărurile profunde.

Umor Rezumate de cărți

Dear Wendy

de Ann Zhao • 2024

Two rival anonymous advice columnists become best friends, not knowing they are online rivals.

3.93

3.000+

🎓 College Campus Fiction 🖤 Asexual Protagonists 📱 Social Media Fiction 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family

Dear Wendy

Two rival anonymous advice columnists become best friends, not knowing they are online rivals.

de Ann Zhao 2024 368 pagini

3.93

3.000+ evaluări

🎓 College Campus Fiction 🖤 Asexual Protagonists 📱 Social Media Fiction 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family

The Stupidest Angel

de Christopher Moore • 2004

A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.

3.80

47.000+

🧠 Zombie Comedy 😈 Dark Comedy 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Quirky Coastal Town

The Stupidest Angel

A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.

de Christopher Moore 2004 306 pagini

3.80

47.000+ evaluări

🧠 Zombie Comedy 😈 Dark Comedy 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Quirky Coastal Town

Families And How To Survive Them

de John Cleese • 1983

You didn't choose your partner by accident. Childhood wrote the job description.

3.94

1.000+

🏠 Family Systems 🔄 Generational Patterns 🌊 Unconscious Patterns 💔 Relationship Patterns 👁️ Emotional Awareness

Families And How To Survive Them

You didn't choose your partner by accident. Childhood wrote the job description.

de John Cleese 1983 304 pagini

3.94

1.000+ evaluări

🏠 Family Systems 🔄 Generational Patterns 🌊 Unconscious Patterns 💔 Relationship Patterns 👁️ Emotional Awareness

Holiday Romance

de Catherine Walsh • 2022

Nine years of platonic Christmas flights. One travel nightmare. A kiss that rewrites the rules.

3.96

91.000+

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance ✈️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🕯️ Cozy Holiday Vibes

Holiday Romance

Nine years of platonic Christmas flights. One travel nightmare. A kiss that rewrites the rules.

de Catherine Walsh 2022 354 pagini

3.96

91.000+ evaluări

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance ✈️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🕯️ Cozy Holiday Vibes

Gold Digger

de Susie Tate • 2024

A cleaner hides her silent sister in a duke's mansion and can't afford to fall for him.

4.12

23.000+

🏛️ Class Divide Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Sister Bond 🩹 Trauma Healing

Gold Digger

A cleaner hides her silent sister in a duke's mansion and can't afford to fall for him.

de Susie Tate 2024 344 pagini

4.12

23.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Class Divide Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Sister Bond 🩹 Trauma Healing

I Must Say

de Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

4.12

18.000+

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

I Must Say

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

de Martin Short 2014 336 pagini

4.12

18.000+ evaluări

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

The World According to Cunk

de Philomena Cunk • 2024

A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.

3.90

2.000+

🏛️ Parody History 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🎓 Fake Expertise 🇬🇧 British Satire 📺 Bbc Comedy

The World According to Cunk

A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.

de Philomena Cunk 2024 256 pagini

3.90

2.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Parody History 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🎓 Fake Expertise 🇬🇧 British Satire 📺 Bbc Comedy

Hi, Anxiety

de Kat Kinsman • 2016

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

3.64

1.000+

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Hi, Anxiety

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

de Kat Kinsman 2016 229 pagini

3.64

1.000+ evaluări

📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

de Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

3.71

25.000+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

de Maria Bamford 2023 287 pagini

3.71

25.000+ evaluări

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

The Best Advice in Six Words

de Larry Smith • 2015

Hundreds of writers, six words each: blunt advice on love, work, and everything else.

3.90

143

💬 Aphorisms ✍️ Creative Constraints 👥 Crowdsourced Wisdom 🎁 Gift Books 📝 Writing Prompts

The Best Advice in Six Words

Hundreds of writers, six words each: blunt advice on love, work, and everything else.

de Larry Smith 2015 229 pagini

3.90

143 evaluări

💬 Aphorisms ✍️ Creative Constraints 👥 Crowdsourced Wisdom 🎁 Gift Books 📝 Writing Prompts

Yoga Bitch

de Suzanne Morrison • 2011

Two months in Bali to become enlightened. She mostly just learned to hate her nickname.

3.67

4.000+

🧘 Spiritual Memoir 🕉️ Yoga Culture 🔍 Spiritual Skepticism 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 😔 Guru Disillusionment

Yoga Bitch

Two months in Bali to become enlightened. She mostly just learned to hate her nickname.

de Suzanne Morrison 2011 169 pagini

3.67

4.000+ evaluări

🧘 Spiritual Memoir 🕉️ Yoga Culture 🔍 Spiritual Skepticism 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 😔 Guru Disillusionment

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

de Sarah Kurchak • 2020

She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.

4.16

1.000+

🎭 Autistic Masking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 🎯 Special Interests ⏰ Late Diagnosis 👩‍🦰 Autistic Women

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.

de Sarah Kurchak 2020 240 pagini

4.16

1.000+ evaluări

🎭 Autistic Masking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 🎯 Special Interests ⏰ Late Diagnosis 👩‍🦰 Autistic Women

Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

de Steven Petrow • 2021

The anti-bucket list for aging: name what you won't do, and the rest falls into place.

3.67

5.000+

🧓 Aging With Humor 🫀 Healthy Aging 🎬 Third Act Living 📝 End Of Life Planning 📖 Personal Legacy

Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

The anti-bucket list for aging: name what you won't do, and the rest falls into place.

de Steven Petrow 2021 272 pagini

3.67

5.000+ evaluări

🧓 Aging With Humor 🫀 Healthy Aging 🎬 Third Act Living 📝 End Of Life Planning 📖 Personal Legacy

Home to Harmony

de Philip Gulley • 2000

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

3.99

5.000+

⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor 😊 Gentle Humor ☕ Comfort Read

Home to Harmony

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

de Philip Gulley 2000 256 pagini

3.99

5.000+ evaluări

⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor 😊 Gentle Humor ☕ Comfort Read

mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge

de Will Pearson • 2004

A smart aleck's guide to the universe: relativity, radiation, and why Hollywood gets physics wrong.

3.92

500+

🗂️ Trivia Compendiums 🔬 Popular Science 🚫 Science Myths Debunked 😏 Irreverent Knowledge 📜 Science History

mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge

A smart aleck's guide to the universe: relativity, radiation, and why Hollywood gets physics wrong.

de Will Pearson 2004 345 pagini

3.92

500+ evaluări

🗂️ Trivia Compendiums 🔬 Popular Science 🚫 Science Myths Debunked 😏 Irreverent Knowledge 📜 Science History

Depression the Comedy

de Jessica Holmes • 2018

A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.

3.45

139

🌧️ Depression Memoir 😂 Mental Health And Humor 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🧸 Parenting With Depression 😰 Social Anxiety

Depression the Comedy

A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.

de Jessica Holmes 2018 202 pagini

3.45

139 evaluări

🌧️ Depression Memoir 😂 Mental Health And Humor 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🧸 Parenting With Depression 😰 Social Anxiety

LeaderShift

de Orrin Woodward • 2013

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

4.39

1.000+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds 📱 Modern Dating Critique 🌸 Child-Free Reflections

LeaderShift

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

de Orrin Woodward 2013 191 pagini

4.39

1.000+ evaluări

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds 📱 Modern Dating Critique 🌸 Child-Free Reflections

Vera, or Faith

de Gary Shteyngart • 2025

A ten-year-old spies on her father and uncovers a secret more dangerous than her parents' divorce.

3.87

8.000+

🎭 Political Satire 🇺🇸 Near Future America 🧠 Precocious Narrator 🔍 Search For Origins 🔒 Family Secrets

Vera, or Faith

A ten-year-old spies on her father and uncovers a secret more dangerous than her parents' divorce.

de Gary Shteyngart 2025 256 pagini

3.87

8.000+ evaluări

🎭 Political Satire 🇺🇸 Near Future America 🧠 Precocious Narrator 🔍 Search For Origins 🔒 Family Secrets

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

de John Allen Paulos • 1985

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

3.48

245

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Analytic Philosophy 📚 Popular Philosophy

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

de John Allen Paulos 1985 192 pagini

3.48

245 evaluări

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Analytic Philosophy 📚 Popular Philosophy

Diaries 1969-1979

de Michael Palin • 2006

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

4.04

3.000+

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

Diaries 1969-1979

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

de Michael Palin 2006 650 pagini

4.04

3.000+ evaluări

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

The Right Chemistry

de Joe Schwarcz • 2012

Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.

3.84

🔬 Everyday Science 🍎 Food Chemistry 📚 Scientific Literacy 🕵️ Pseudoscience Debunking 📜 History Of Science

The Right Chemistry

Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.

de Joe Schwarcz 2012 304 pagini

3.84

79 evaluări

🔬 Everyday Science 🍎 Food Chemistry 📚 Scientific Literacy 🕵️ Pseudoscience Debunking 📜 History Of Science

SuperFreakonomics

de Steven D. Levitt • 2009

Prostitutes earn more on holidays, suicide bombers buy life insurance. An economist explains why.

4.00

100.000+

📉 Pop-Economics 🧠 Incentive Design 🧐 Myth Busting 🎁 Altruism 🔢 Data Analysis

SuperFreakonomics

Prostitutes earn more on holidays, suicide bombers buy life insurance. An economist explains why.

de Steven D. Levitt 2009 6 pagini

4.00

100.000+ evaluări

📉 Pop-Economics 🧠 Incentive Design 🧐 Myth Busting 🎁 Altruism 🔢 Data Analysis

The Do-Over

de Sharon M. Peterson • 2022

A public breakup pushes Perci to ban dating. Her neighbor's fake romance offer tests that rule.

4.05

7.000+

🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Difficult Mothers 💪 Body Positivity 🏡 Small Town Romance

The Do-Over

A public breakup pushes Perci to ban dating. Her neighbor's fake romance offer tests that rule.

de Sharon M. Peterson 2022 335 pagini

4.05

7.000+ evaluări

🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Difficult Mothers 💪 Body Positivity 🏡 Small Town Romance

Disaster Preparedness

de Heather Havrilesky • 2010

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

3.53

500+

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Disaster Preparedness

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

de Heather Havrilesky 2010 256 pagini

3.53

500+ evaluări

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy

de Greg Dean • 2000

The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.

3.95

399

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Joke Writing 🎭 Comedy Performance 🌱 Creative Process 😰 Performance Anxiety

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy

The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.

de Greg Dean 2000 191 pagini

3.95

399 evaluări

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Joke Writing 🎭 Comedy Performance 🌱 Creative Process 😰 Performance Anxiety

Operation Ironman

de George Mahood • 2015

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

4.52

2.000+

🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

Operation Ironman

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

de George Mahood 2015 315 pagini

4.52

2.000+ evaluări

🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

de Jason Pargin • 2024

A driver, a stranger, a locked box, and an internet that thinks it's a bomb.

3.93

17.000+

🖥️ Internet Satire 📱 Viral Paranoia 🚗 Odd Couple Road Trip 🤷 Reluctant Everyman 😂 Absurdist Humor

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

A driver, a stranger, a locked box, and an internet that thinks it's a bomb.

de Jason Pargin 2024 400 pagini

3.93

17.000+ evaluări

🖥️ Internet Satire 📱 Viral Paranoia 🚗 Odd Couple Road Trip 🤷 Reluctant Everyman 😂 Absurdist Humor

Thug Notes

de Sparky Sweets • 2015

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

3.96

500+

🤣 Comic Literary Criticism 📝 Study Guides 🔑 Accessible Classics 📖 Reluctant Readers 🎓 Humor In Education

Thug Notes

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

de Sparky Sweets 2015 304 pagini

3.96

500+ evaluări

🤣 Comic Literary Criticism 📝 Study Guides 🔑 Accessible Classics 📖 Reluctant Readers 🎓 Humor In Education

Merry Little Kissmas

de Lauren Blakely • 2025

Fake dating for Christmas: a grumpy hockey dad and a sunny matchmaker find real sparks.

3.81

14.000+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Dad

Merry Little Kissmas

Fake dating for Christmas: a grumpy hockey dad and a sunny matchmaker find real sparks.

de Lauren Blakely 2025 538 pagini

3.81

14.000+ evaluări

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Dad

Funny on Purpose

de Joe Randazzo • 2015

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

3.99

244

🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎙️ Standup Comedy

Funny on Purpose

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

de Joe Randazzo 2015 336 pagini

3.99

244 evaluări

🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎙️ Standup Comedy

One in a Millennial

de Kate Kennedy • 2024

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

3.70

21.000+

💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

One in a Millennial

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

de Kate Kennedy 2024 336 pagini

3.70

21.000+ evaluări

💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

Sourdough

de Robin Sloan • 2017

When a San Francisco coder inherits a singing sourdough starter, her optimized life begins to rise.

3.75

62.000+

🪄 Magical Realism 🍞 Foodie Fiction ☕ Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 💻 Women In Stem

Sourdough

When a San Francisco coder inherits a singing sourdough starter, her optimized life begins to rise.

de Robin Sloan 2017 259 pagini

3.75

62.000+ evaluări

🪄 Magical Realism 🍞 Foodie Fiction ☕ Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 💻 Women In Stem

Have You Eaten Grandma?

de Gyles Brandreth • 2018

Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.

3.93

1.000+

📝 English Usage ❗ Punctuation ❌ Common Errors 🧱 Vocabulary Building 😂 Humorous Reference

Have You Eaten Grandma?

Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.

de Gyles Brandreth 2018 256 pagini

3.93

1.000+ evaluări

📝 English Usage ❗ Punctuation ❌ Common Errors 🧱 Vocabulary Building 😂 Humorous Reference

Nature Girl

de Carl Hiaasen • 2006

A single mom baits the telemarketer who insulted her into a Florida ecotour he cannot escape.

3.68

27.000+

🐊 Florida Crime Caper 🌿 Eco-Satire 🎯 Revenge Comedy 🎪 Misfit Ensemble 🖤 Dark Comedy

Nature Girl

A single mom baits the telemarketer who insulted her into a Florida ecotour he cannot escape.

de Carl Hiaasen 2006 306 pagini

3.68

27.000+ evaluări

🐊 Florida Crime Caper 🌿 Eco-Satire 🎯 Revenge Comedy 🎪 Misfit Ensemble 🖤 Dark Comedy

Love at First Sighting

de Mallory Marlowe • 2025

Her UFO video was a joke to everyone except the agent sent to debunk it.

3.69

5.000+

📱 Influencer Culture ⚡ Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔥 Slow Burn

Love at First Sighting

Her UFO video was a joke to everyone except the agent sent to debunk it.

de Mallory Marlowe 2025 352 pagini

3.69

5.000+ evaluări

📱 Influencer Culture ⚡ Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔥 Slow Burn

Finding My Badass Self

de Sherry Stanfa-Stanley • 2017

52 scary firsts in one year, at age 52. The nude beach was the easy part.

4.03

168

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 📅 Year-Long Challenges 🤸 Comfort Zone Challenges 😄 Humor As Resilience 🧪 Personal Experiments

Finding My Badass Self

52 scary firsts in one year, at age 52. The nude beach was the easy part.

de Sherry Stanfa-Stanley 2017 225 pagini

4.03

168 evaluări

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 📅 Year-Long Challenges 🤸 Comfort Zone Challenges 😄 Humor As Resilience 🧪 Personal Experiments

Humour

de Terry Eagleton • 2019

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

3.19

500+

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory 🤝 Humor And Society 🗳️ Humor And Politics

Humour

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

de Terry Eagleton 2019 224 pagini

3.19

500+ evaluări

🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory 🤝 Humor And Society 🗳️ Humor And Politics

How to Flirt with a Hellhound

de Shannon Mae • 2024

An anxious writer asks his hot neighbor about dismemberment. He's a hellhound. He's into it.

4.13

5.000+

🖤 Dark Paranormal Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey Hero

How to Flirt with a Hellhound

An anxious writer asks his hot neighbor about dismemberment. He's a hellhound. He's into it.

de Shannon Mae 2024 226 pagini

4.13

5.000+ evaluări

🖤 Dark Paranormal Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey Hero

The Canterbury Tales

de Peter Ackroyd • 2009

A storytelling contest on a spring pilgrimage to Canterbury unmasks the soul of medieval England.

3.57

2.000+

📖 Frame Narrative 🏰 Medieval England 🍻 Bawdy Humor 🦊 Trickster Tales ⛪ Church Corruption

The Canterbury Tales

A storytelling contest on a spring pilgrimage to Canterbury unmasks the soul of medieval England.

de Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pagini

3.57

2.000+ evaluări

📖 Frame Narrative 🏰 Medieval England 🍻 Bawdy Humor 🦊 Trickster Tales ⛪ Church Corruption

Paladin's Faith

de T. Kingfisher • 2023

A hunted spy and a guilt-ridden paladin seek an invention that could shatter a deadly monopoly.

4.19

17.000+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🕵️ Spy Heroine 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue

Paladin's Faith

A hunted spy and a guilt-ridden paladin seek an invention that could shatter a deadly monopoly.

de T. Kingfisher 2023 446 pagini

4.19

17.000+ evaluări

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🕵️ Spy Heroine 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue

The Seventh Function of Language

de Laurent Binet • 2015

After Barthes is killed, a detective and a scholar hunt a manuscript that weaponizes language.

3.76

6.000+

📚 Literary Thriller 🔒 Secret Society 👥 Odd Couple Detectives 🧠 Real-Life Figures 🎭 Academic Satire

The Seventh Function of Language

After Barthes is killed, a detective and a scholar hunt a manuscript that weaponizes language.

de Laurent Binet 2015 359 pagini

3.76

6.000+ evaluări

📚 Literary Thriller 🔒 Secret Society 👥 Odd Couple Detectives 🧠 Real-Life Figures 🎭 Academic Satire

In a Sunburned Country

de Bill Bryson • 2000

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

4.07

100.000+

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife 🐇 Invasive Species ⛓️ Convict Legacy

In a Sunburned Country

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

de Bill Bryson 2000 335 pagini

4.07

100.000+ evaluări

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife 🐇 Invasive Species ⛓️ Convict Legacy

The Body in the Backyard

de Lucy Score • 2024

A psychic and her PI boyfriend protect her ex-husband after a corpse lands in his backyard.

4.14

23.000+

🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Sleuth 💔 Ex-Husband In Trouble 🏠 Chaotic Found Family 🕶️ Protective PI 😂 Laugh-Out-Loud

The Body in the Backyard

A psychic and her PI boyfriend protect her ex-husband after a corpse lands in his backyard.

de Lucy Score 2024 368 pagini

4.14

23.000+ evaluări

🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Sleuth 💔 Ex-Husband In Trouble 🏠 Chaotic Found Family 🕶️ Protective PI 😂 Laugh-Out-Loud

The Wrong Mr. Right

de Stephanie Archer • 2022

A shy bookstore owner blackmails a surfer into boldness lessons, and learns he is hiding too.

3.97

45.000+

🏄 Beach Town Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌷 Shy Heroine 🤝 Bargain Romance

The Wrong Mr. Right

A shy bookstore owner blackmails a surfer into boldness lessons, and learns he is hiding too.

de Stephanie Archer 2022 376 pagini

3.97

45.000+ evaluări

🏄 Beach Town Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌷 Shy Heroine 🤝 Bargain Romance

488 Rules for Life

de Kitty Flanagan • 2019

Four hundred and eighty-eight cranky rules for not becoming the person everyone quietly resents.

3.87

6.000+

🧐 Modern Etiquette 📖 Parody Self-Help ✍️ Comedy Essays 😤 Pet Peeves 🇦🇺 Australian Humor

488 Rules for Life

Four hundred and eighty-eight cranky rules for not becoming the person everyone quietly resents.

de Kitty Flanagan 2019 302 pagini

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Honestly, I'm Totally Faking It

de Amanda Gambill • 2022

A viral accident forces an assistant to fake-date her boss, the stranger from the charity ball.

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Honestly, I'm Totally Faking It

A viral accident forces an assistant to fake-date her boss, the stranger from the charity ball.

de Amanda Gambill 2022 362 pagini

4.05

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Uh-oh

de Robert Fulghum • 1991

Life's philosophy lives inside your refrigerator door and in the first sound you ever made.

4.13

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Uh-oh

Life's philosophy lives inside your refrigerator door and in the first sound you ever made.

de Robert Fulghum 1991 244 pagini

4.13

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I'd Rather Be Reading

de Anne Bogel • 2018

Finished her first book by flashlight at 2 a.m. and never stopped: a bibliophile's confessions.

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I'd Rather Be Reading

Finished her first book by flashlight at 2 a.m. and never stopped: a bibliophile's confessions.

de Anne Bogel 2018 156 pagini

4.02

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Gentle Writing Advice

de Chuck Wendig • 2023

The writing life burns out the best. Skip the craft rules; this is the guide to creative survival.

4.27

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Gentle Writing Advice

The writing life burns out the best. Skip the craft rules; this is the guide to creative survival.

de Chuck Wendig 2023 256 pagini

4.27

500+ evaluări

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Nice Is Just a Place in France

de The Betches • 2013

Why niceness is a losing strategy, and the unapologetic playbook for getting everything you want.

3.11

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Nice Is Just a Place in France

Why niceness is a losing strategy, and the unapologetic playbook for getting everything you want.

de The Betches 2013 338 pagini

3.11

4.000+ evaluări

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