Книжный клуб

Истории, меняющие жизнь, и книги, заставляющие задуматься, объединяют читателей в содержательных дискуссиях и совместных открытиях. Эти тщательно подобранные произведения охватывают личные истории, социальные проблемы и переломные моменты, которые вдохновляют на разговоры и сближают любителей чтения.

Книжный клуб Саммари книг

Hotel Portofino

— J.P. O'Connell • 2022

An Englishwoman's Riviera hotel harbors guests with secrets as fascism rises in 1920s Italy.

3.31

5 000+

📺 Ensemble Period Drama 🇮🇹 Italian Riviera 🖼️ Art Theft 🌍 Expatriate Community 🎖️ War Trauma

Hotel Portofino

An Englishwoman's Riviera hotel harbors guests with secrets as fascism rises in 1920s Italy.

— J.P. O'Connell 2022 330 стр.

3.31

5 000+ оценок

📺 Ensemble Period Drama 🇮🇹 Italian Riviera 🖼️ Art Theft 🌍 Expatriate Community 🎖️ War Trauma

Свет, который мы потеряли

— Джилл Сантополо • 2017

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

3.84

200 000+

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City

Свет, который мы потеряли

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

— Джилл Сантополо 2017 328 стр.

3.84

200 000+ оценок

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City

Завтра в это же время

— Эмма Страуб • 2022

Alice turns 40 and wakes in 1996, a teenager again, with her father alive and vibrant.

3.80

100 000+

🖤 Father-Daughter Bond 🕰️ Time Travel To Youth 😢 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🧓 Aging Parent 🎂 Midlife Reflection

Завтра в это же время

Alice turns 40 and wakes in 1996, a teenager again, with her father alive and vibrant.

— Эмма Страуб 2022 310 стр.

3.80

100 000+ оценок

🖤 Father-Daughter Bond 🕰️ Time Travel To Youth 😢 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🧓 Aging Parent 🎂 Midlife Reflection

Potiki

— Patricia Grace • 1995

A Māori family's ancestral coastline is threatened by a developer who sees land, not legacy.

3.87

2 000+

🗣️ MāOri Storytelling 🌊 Coastal New Zealand 📖 Oral Tradition ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏘️ Community Vs Developer

Potiki

A Māori family's ancestral coastline is threatened by a developer who sees land, not legacy.

— Patricia Grace 1995 185 стр.

3.87

2 000+ оценок

🗣️ MāOri Storytelling 🌊 Coastal New Zealand 📖 Oral Tradition ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏘️ Community Vs Developer

История твоей жизни и другие истории

— Тед Чан • 2002

Eight stories where language reshapes time, math comes undone, and a tower scrapes heaven.

4.25

100 000+

🗣️ Linguistic Sci-Fi 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi ⏳ Nonlinear Time 📐 Mathematical Fiction 🙏 Theological Sci-Fi

История твоей жизни и другие истории

Eight stories where language reshapes time, math comes undone, and a tower scrapes heaven.

— Тед Чан 2002 281 стр.

4.25

100 000+ оценок

🗣️ Linguistic Sci-Fi 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi ⏳ Nonlinear Time 📐 Mathematical Fiction 🙏 Theological Sci-Fi

Run

— Ann Patchett • 2007

A snowy night rescue reunites two adopted brothers with the birth mother they never knew.

3.69

58 000+

🏃 Adoption Reunion 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grief And Healing 🕊️ Maternal Sacrifice 🌆 Boston Setting

Run

A snowy night rescue reunites two adopted brothers with the birth mother they never knew.

— Ann Patchett 2007 295 стр.

3.69

58 000+ оценок

🏃 Adoption Reunion 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grief And Healing 🕊️ Maternal Sacrifice 🌆 Boston Setting

Страна облаков

— Энтони Дорр • 2021

A fable about a fool chasing utopia outlasts war, fire, and centuries to connect five dreamers.

4.25

200 000+

📖 Story Within A Story 📚 Books About Books 🤝 Found Family 🦸 Unlikely Hero 🌿 Eco-Grief

Страна облаков

A fable about a fool chasing utopia outlasts war, fire, and centuries to connect five dreamers.

— Энтони Дорр 2021 626 стр.

4.25

200 000+ оценок

📖 Story Within A Story 📚 Books About Books 🤝 Found Family 🦸 Unlikely Hero 🌿 Eco-Grief

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

— Xóchitl González • 2024

A Brown student unearths a murdered Cuban artist's work, and awakens her vengeful ghost.

3.78

49 000+

🎨 Art World Satire ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Campus Novel 🔥 Feminist Rage 👻 Ghostly Haunting

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

A Brown student unearths a murdered Cuban artist's work, and awakens her vengeful ghost.

— Xóchitl González 2024 342 стр.

3.78

49 000+ оценок

🎨 Art World Satire ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Campus Novel 🔥 Feminist Rage 👻 Ghostly Haunting

Книга страстей

— Сью Монк Кидд • 2020

In ancient Galilee, a scribe's daughter with a forbidden voice marries a radical carpenter, Jesus.

4.23

100 000+

📜 Biblical Reimagining 🏺 Ancient World Feminism ✍️ Woman As Writer 💍 Marriage To A Prophet 🤝 Found Family In Exile

Книга страстей

In ancient Galilee, a scribe's daughter with a forbidden voice marries a radical carpenter, Jesus.

— Сью Монк Кидд 2020 416 стр.

4.23

100 000+ оценок

📜 Biblical Reimagining 🏺 Ancient World Feminism ✍️ Woman As Writer 💍 Marriage To A Prophet 🤝 Found Family In Exile

The World Played Chess

— Robert Dugoni • 2021

A Vietnam vet's journal links a father and son to a war that never ended.

4.44

40 000+

🎖️ Vietnam War 🏖️ 1970s California 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Male Friendship

The World Played Chess

A Vietnam vet's journal links a father and son to a war that never ended.

— Robert Dugoni 2021 400 стр.

4.44

40 000+ оценок

🎖️ Vietnam War 🏖️ 1970s California 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Male Friendship

Revolutionary Road

— Richard Yates • 1961

Frank and April Wheeler are sure they're exceptional. Their suburban marriage says otherwise.

3.93

94 000+

📚 Midcentury American Fiction 🏡 Suburban Disillusionment 💔 Marriage As Prison 🎭 Performative Domesticity 🔒 Claustrophobic Atmosphere

Revolutionary Road

Frank and April Wheeler are sure they're exceptional. Their suburban marriage says otherwise.

— Richard Yates 1961 355 стр.

3.93

94 000+ оценок

📚 Midcentury American Fiction 🏡 Suburban Disillusionment 💔 Marriage As Prison 🎭 Performative Domesticity 🔒 Claustrophobic Atmosphere

Unaccustomed Earth

— Jhumpa Lahiri • 2008

Eight tales of Bengali immigrants and their American children, bound by love, divided by silence.

4.14

97 000+

🖇️ Linked Story Collection 🇮🇳 Indian Diaspora 🌱 Immigrant Children 🤫 Unspoken Grief 👥 Troubled Sibling Bond

Unaccustomed Earth

Eight tales of Bengali immigrants and their American children, bound by love, divided by silence.

— Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 352 стр.

4.14

97 000+ оценок

🖇️ Linked Story Collection 🇮🇳 Indian Diaspora 🌱 Immigrant Children 🤫 Unspoken Grief 👥 Troubled Sibling Bond

Правила учтивости

— Амор Тоулз • 2011

A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.

4.09

200 000+

🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Love Triangle 💪 Self-Made Woman 🎩 Manners And Society 🕰️ Bittersweet Nostalgia

Правила учтивости

A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.

— Амор Тоулз 2011 335 стр.

4.09

200 000+ оценок

🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Love Triangle 💪 Self-Made Woman 🎩 Manners And Society 🕰️ Bittersweet Nostalgia

Три женщины

— Лиза Таддео • 2019

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

3.71

100 000+

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire ⚖️ Power And Consent 😶 Desire And Shame

Три женщины

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

— Лиза Таддео 2019 306 стр.

3.71

100 000+ оценок

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire ⚖️ Power And Consent 😶 Desire And Shame

Три женщины

— Лиза Таддео • 2019

Female desire without the performance: eight years inside three ordinary women's most private lives.

3.71

100 000+

🔥 Female Desire 📋 Immersive Journalism 💔 Sexual Trauma ⚠️ Grooming And Abuse 🔄 Consensual Non-Monogamy

Три женщины

Female desire without the performance: eight years inside three ordinary women's most private lives.

— Лиза Таддео 2019 12 стр.

3.71

100 000+ оценок

🔥 Female Desire 📋 Immersive Journalism 💔 Sexual Trauma ⚠️ Grooming And Abuse 🔄 Consensual Non-Monogamy

Семь дней в июне

— Тиа Уильямс • 2021

A romance novelist faces her first love, now a reclusive literary star, at a Brooklyn panel.

3.98

200 000+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance ✍️ Writers In Love 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💞 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline

Семь дней в июне

A romance novelist faces her first love, now a reclusive literary star, at a Brooklyn panel.

— Тиа Уильямс 2021 336 стр.

3.98

200 000+ оценок

🕰️ Second Chance Romance ✍️ Writers In Love 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💞 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline

Wahala

— Nikki May • 2022

A glamorous old friend inserts herself into a London trio, trailing secrets that could destroy them.

3.61

18 000+

🕵️‍♀️ Domestic Noir ☠️ Toxic Female Friendship 🕷️ Manipulative Outsider ⚔️ Family Vendetta 🔥 Slow-Burn Suspense

Wahala

A glamorous old friend inserts herself into a London trio, trailing secrets that could destroy them.

— Nikki May 2022 384 стр.

3.61

18 000+ оценок

🕵️‍♀️ Domestic Noir ☠️ Toxic Female Friendship 🕷️ Manipulative Outsider ⚔️ Family Vendetta 🔥 Slow-Burn Suspense

The Housekeeper's Secret

— Sandra Schnakenburg • 2024

Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.

4.21

500+

🕵️‍♀️ Investigative Memoir 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏥 Mental Institutions 🧠 Trauma And Memory

The Housekeeper's Secret

Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.

— Sandra Schnakenburg 2024 290 стр.

4.21

500+ оценок

🕵️‍♀️ Investigative Memoir 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏥 Mental Institutions 🧠 Trauma And Memory

All the Forgivenesses

— Elizabeth Hardinger • 2019

After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.

4.25

20 000+

🌾 Rural Historical 🇺🇸 Early 1900s America 👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden 😔 Childhood Guilt 🏚️ Hardscrabble Life

All the Forgivenesses

After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.

— Elizabeth Hardinger 2019 371 стр.

4.25

20 000+ оценок

🌾 Rural Historical 🇺🇸 Early 1900s America 👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden 😔 Childhood Guilt 🏚️ Hardscrabble Life

Sweet Tooth

— Ian McEwan • 2012

In 1970s London, an MI5 recruit falls for the writer she was sent to secretly fund.

3.44

52 000+

🕵️ Literary Espionage 📖 Metafiction 💔 Spy Falls In Love 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📝 Novel Within A Novel

Sweet Tooth

In 1970s London, an MI5 recruit falls for the writer she was sent to secretly fund.

— Ian McEwan 2012 320 стр.

3.44

52 000+ оценок

🕵️ Literary Espionage 📖 Metafiction 💔 Spy Falls In Love 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📝 Novel Within A Novel

How Not to Die Alone

— Richard Roper • 2019

He arranges funerals for the forgotten dead. He invented a family. Now there's Peggy.

3.68

22 000+

🌤️ Uplit 🎭 Fabricated Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🚶 Loner Protagonist

How Not to Die Alone

He arranges funerals for the forgotten dead. He invented a family. Now there's Peggy.

— Richard Roper 2019 321 стр.

3.68

22 000+ оценок

🌤️ Uplit 🎭 Fabricated Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🚶 Loner Protagonist

True Grit

— Charles Portis • 1968

A fourteen-year-old hires a one-eyed marshal to hunt her father's killer into the Indian Territory.

4.17

74 000+

⚖️ Frontier Justice 🔍 Manhunt 👥 Unlikely Duo 😐 Deadpan Narrator 🏜️ Frontier Odyssey

True Grit

A fourteen-year-old hires a one-eyed marshal to hunt her father's killer into the Indian Territory.

— Charles Portis 1968 224 стр.

4.17

74 000+ оценок

⚖️ Frontier Justice 🔍 Manhunt 👥 Unlikely Duo 😐 Deadpan Narrator 🏜️ Frontier Odyssey

Хороша в постели

— Дженнифер Уайнер • 2002

Her ex publishes a magazine essay about her body, and a journalist's private shame becomes public.

3.76

300 000+

🧡 Plus Size Heroine 🌱 Self-Acceptance Journey 😳 Public Humiliation 👶 Single Motherhood 💕 Found Family

Хороша в постели

Her ex publishes a magazine essay about her body, and a journalist's private shame becomes public.

— Дженнифер Уайнер 2002 376 стр.

3.76

300 000+ оценок

🧡 Plus Size Heroine 🌱 Self-Acceptance Journey 😳 Public Humiliation 👶 Single Motherhood 💕 Found Family

Counterfeit

— Kirstin Chen • 2022

A stalled lawyer, a glamorous roommate, and a counterfeit handbag scheme too lucrative to refuse.

3.48

100 000+

🎭 Con Artist Fiction 💎 Luxury Crime ✨ Glamorous Deception 💔 Betrayed Friendship ⚖️ Moral Compromise

Counterfeit

A stalled lawyer, a glamorous roommate, and a counterfeit handbag scheme too lucrative to refuse.

— Kirstin Chen 2022 288 стр.

3.48

100 000+ оценок

🎭 Con Artist Fiction 💎 Luxury Crime ✨ Glamorous Deception 💔 Betrayed Friendship ⚖️ Moral Compromise

My Mother's Secret

— J.L. Witterick • 2013

Poland, 1942: a mother and daughter hide Jewish families underground while Nazi officers dine above.

4.2

20 000+

🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 🏚️ Hidden Refuge 🌟 Everyday Courage ✨ Hope In Darkness 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

My Mother's Secret

Poland, 1942: a mother and daughter hide Jewish families underground while Nazi officers dine above.

— J.L. Witterick 2013 208 стр.

4.2

20 000+ оценок

🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 🏚️ Hidden Refuge 🌟 Everyday Courage ✨ Hope In Darkness 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

The Lost Letters of Aisling

— Cynthia Ellingsen • 2024

Her Irish grandmother's letters reveal a wartime love and a child the family never named.

4.31

24 000+

🍀 Irish Historical Fiction 🔄 Dual Timeline Narrative 💌 Hidden Love Letters 🔍 Lost Child Search 🤝 Ride Or Die Friendship

The Lost Letters of Aisling

Her Irish grandmother's letters reveal a wartime love and a child the family never named.

— Cynthia Ellingsen 2024 302 стр.

4.31

24 000+ оценок

🍀 Irish Historical Fiction 🔄 Dual Timeline Narrative 💌 Hidden Love Letters 🔍 Lost Child Search 🤝 Ride Or Die Friendship

Судьбы и фурии

— Лорен Грофф • 2015

Lotto thinks their marriage is destiny. Mathilde knows what she paid to keep it that way.

3.59

100 000+

🖼️ Marriage Portrait 👥 Dual Perspective 🔐 Secret Past 🎭 Muse And Artist 💔 Tragic Romance

Судьбы и фурии

Lotto thinks their marriage is destiny. Mathilde knows what she paid to keep it that way.

— Лорен Грофф 2015 390 стр.

3.59

100 000+ оценок

🖼️ Marriage Portrait 👥 Dual Perspective 🔐 Secret Past 🎭 Muse And Artist 💔 Tragic Romance

Когда мы верили в русалок

— Барбара О'Нил • 2019

An ER doctor spots her dead sister on TV and chases the truth to New Zealand.

4.17

200 000+

👯 Estranged Sisters 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Family Secrets

Когда мы верили в русалок

An ER doctor spots her dead sister on TV and chases the truth to New Zealand.

— Барбара О'Нил 2019 348 стр.

4.17

200 000+ оценок

👯 Estranged Sisters 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Family Secrets

Maame

— Джессика Джордж • 2023

A London caretaker daughter leaves home; then her father dies and she must discover herself.

4.05

100 000+

🌍 Diaspora Fiction 🏠 Caregiver Daughter 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Rift 🫂 Chosen Family 🌸 Late Bloomer

Maame

A London caretaker daughter leaves home; then her father dies and she must discover herself.

— Джессика Джордж 2023 320 стр.

4.05

100 000+ оценок

🌍 Diaspora Fiction 🏠 Caregiver Daughter 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Rift 🫂 Chosen Family 🌸 Late Bloomer

Снег на кедрах

— Дэвид Гатерсон • 1994

Amid snow and prejudice, a Japanese American's murder trial hinges on his wife's first love.

3.86

100 000+

⚖️ Courtroom Drama ⛩️ Japanese Internment 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Wrongfully Accused 🌲 Pacific Northwest

Снег на кедрах

Amid snow and prejudice, a Japanese American's murder trial hinges on his wife's first love.

— Дэвид Гатерсон 1994 460 стр.

3.86

100 000+ оценок

⚖️ Courtroom Drama ⛩️ Japanese Internment 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Wrongfully Accused 🌲 Pacific Northwest

Bye, Baby

— Carola Lovering • 2024

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

3.74

53 000+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

Bye, Baby

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

— Carola Lovering 2024 352 стр.

3.74

53 000+ оценок

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

The Secret Life of Sunflowers

— Marta Molnar • 2022

A struggling auctioneer inherits a diary from the woman who saved Van Gogh from obscurity.

4.08

50 000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Fiction 🎨 Art World Fiction 📜 Lost Women's Stories 🔍 Hidden Family Secrets 🖼️ Artistic Legacy

The Secret Life of Sunflowers

A struggling auctioneer inherits a diary from the woman who saved Van Gogh from obscurity.

— Marta Molnar 2022 356 стр.

4.08

50 000+ оценок

🕰️ Dual Timeline Fiction 🎨 Art World Fiction 📜 Lost Women's Stories 🔍 Hidden Family Secrets 🖼️ Artistic Legacy

I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening)

— Sarah Stewart Holland • 2019

A path to disagreeing about politics without destroying relationships.

4.07

4 000+

🤝 Political Depolarization 🗣️ Civil Discourse 💬 Difficult Conversations ⛪ Faith And Politics 🔄 Echo Chambers

I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening)

A path to disagreeing about politics without destroying relationships.

— Sarah Stewart Holland 2019 205 стр.

4.07

4 000+ оценок

🤝 Political Depolarization 🗣️ Civil Discourse 💬 Difficult Conversations ⛪ Faith And Politics 🔄 Echo Chambers

Круглый дом

— Луиза Эрдрич • 2012

His mother assaulted and the law powerless, a thirteen-year-old Ojibwe boy pursues his own justice.

3.98

100 000+

🏘️ Reservation Life ⚖️ Tribal Justice 🔍 Boy Sleuths ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🫂 Family After Violence

Круглый дом

His mother assaulted and the law powerless, a thirteen-year-old Ojibwe boy pursues his own justice.

— Луиза Эрдрич 2012 323 стр.

3.98

100 000+ оценок

🏘️ Reservation Life ⚖️ Tribal Justice 🔍 Boy Sleuths ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🫂 Family After Violence

Дерево растёт в Бруклине

— Бетти Смит • 1943

A bookish tenement girl clings to reading while her charming father drinks and her mother scrubs.

4.30

500 000+

🗽 Immigrant Family Saga 🍺 Alcoholic Father 📚 Bookish Heroine 💪 Resilient Mother 💔 First Heartbreak

Дерево растёт в Бруклине

A bookish tenement girl clings to reading while her charming father drinks and her mother scrubs.

— Бетти Смит 1943 496 стр.

4.30

500 000+ оценок

🗽 Immigrant Family Saga 🍺 Alcoholic Father 📚 Bookish Heroine 💪 Resilient Mother 💔 First Heartbreak

Finding Grace

— Loretta Rothschild • 2025

A widower falls for a woman who doesn't know she is his son's egg donor.

3.83

44 000+

🖤 Grief Romance 📚 Book Club Fiction 💔 Love After Loss 🔍 Secret Parentage 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family

Finding Grace

A widower falls for a woman who doesn't know she is his son's egg donor.

— Loretta Rothschild 2025 336 стр.

3.83

44 000+ оценок

🖤 Grief Romance 📚 Book Club Fiction 💔 Love After Loss 🔍 Secret Parentage 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family

The Woman in the Library

— Sulari Gentill • 2022

A scream in the Boston Public Library turns four strangers into friends, then suspects.

3.50

88 000+

🖋️ Metafictional Mystery 🔪 Killer Among Friends ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🤝 Strangers Bonded By Crime 📚 Literary Suspense

The Woman in the Library

A scream in the Boston Public Library turns four strangers into friends, then suspects.

— Sulari Gentill 2022 292 стр.

3.50

88 000+ оценок

🖋️ Metafictional Mystery 🔪 Killer Among Friends ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🤝 Strangers Bonded By Crime 📚 Literary Suspense

How Starbucks Saved My Life

— Michael Gates Gill • 2007

He lost everything at 63. A Starbucks job taught him what privilege never could.

3.48

11 000+

📉 Downward Mobility 🧹 Service Work ✨ Dignity Of Work 👔 Privilege Examined 🔄 Midlife Career Change

How Starbucks Saved My Life

He lost everything at 63. A Starbucks job taught him what privilege never could.

— Michael Gates Gill 2007 284 стр.

3.48

11 000+ оценок

📉 Downward Mobility 🧹 Service Work ✨ Dignity Of Work 👔 Privilege Examined 🔄 Midlife Career Change

Chemistry

— Weike Wang • 2017

A Chinese-American PhD student freezes when her boyfriend proposes. Her silence corrodes everything.

3.73

26 000+

🏛️ Campus Novel 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🔬 Women In Science 💔 Mental Health Crisis 👪 Parental Pressure

Chemistry

A Chinese-American PhD student freezes when her boyfriend proposes. Her silence corrodes everything.

— Weike Wang 2017 224 стр.

3.73

26 000+ оценок

🏛️ Campus Novel 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🔬 Women In Science 💔 Mental Health Crisis 👪 Parental Pressure

The Kitchen Front

— Jennifer Ryan • 2021

A WWII cooking contest brings four women together, each hiding a private hunger behind her recipes.

3.98

35 000+

🏠 WWII Home Front 🍳 Cooking Competition 💕 Found Family 👭 Sister Rivalry 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Kitchen Front

A WWII cooking contest brings four women together, each hiding a private hunger behind her recipes.

— Jennifer Ryan 2021 408 стр.

3.98

35 000+ оценок

🏠 WWII Home Front 🍳 Cooking Competition 💕 Found Family 👭 Sister Rivalry 💔 Forbidden Romance

Словарь потерянных слов

— Пип Уильямс • 2020

Raised in the shadow of the great dictionary, a girl collects the words it leaves out.

4.01

100 000+

📖 Dictionary Making 🗳️ Women's Suffrage 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Legacy 🏛️ Academic Setting

Словарь потерянных слов

Raised in the shadow of the great dictionary, a girl collects the words it leaves out.

— Пип Уильямс 2020 384 стр.

4.01

100 000+ оценок

📖 Dictionary Making 🗳️ Women's Suffrage 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Legacy 🏛️ Academic Setting

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

— David Mitchell • 2010

A Dutch clerk in 1799 Japan loves a scarred midwife, but a mountain cult has claimed her.

4.03

68 000+

🏯 Edo Period Japan ⚓ Colonial Trading Post 💕 Cross-Cultural Romance ⛩️ Secret Religious Order 👩‍⚕️ Midwife Protagonist

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

A Dutch clerk in 1799 Japan loves a scarred midwife, but a mountain cult has claimed her.

— David Mitchell 2010 479 стр.

4.03

68 000+ оценок

🏯 Edo Period Japan ⚓ Colonial Trading Post 💕 Cross-Cultural Romance ⛩️ Secret Religious Order 👩‍⚕️ Midwife Protagonist

Finding Dorothy

— Elizabeth Letts • 2019

In 1938, Frank Baum's widow enters MGM's dream factory to protect Dorothy and finds Judy Garland.

4.17

35 000+

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timeline Novel 💍 Artist's Wife 🎥 Book To Film Adaptation 🌈 Wizard Of Oz Legacy

Finding Dorothy

In 1938, Frank Baum's widow enters MGM's dream factory to protect Dorothy and finds Judy Garland.

— Elizabeth Letts 2019 351 стр.

4.17

35 000+ оценок

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timeline Novel 💍 Artist's Wife 🎥 Book To Film Adaptation 🌈 Wizard Of Oz Legacy

The Guest

— Emma Cline • 2023

A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.

3.27

100 000+

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The Guest

A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.

— Emma Cline 2023 304 стр.

3.27

100 000+ оценок

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🃏 Grifter Protagonist 💋 Femme Fatale ⚖️ Class Divide 💰 Transactional Relationships

The Love of My Life

— Rosie Walsh • 2022

He drafts his wife's obituary during her cancer remission and finds a stranger in the details.

3.87

97 000+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🤱 Postpartum Psychosis 🔍 Husband Investigates

The Love of My Life

He drafts his wife's obituary during her cancer remission and finds a stranger in the details.

— Rosie Walsh 2022 372 стр.

3.87

97 000+ оценок

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🤱 Postpartum Psychosis 🔍 Husband Investigates

Sky Daddy

— Kate Folk • 2025

A content moderator's secret fantasy of a fatal plane crash collides with a vision board brunch.

3.80

24 000+

🖤 Unconventional Desires 🫂 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Satire 😈 Darkly Comic 🧘 Wellness Culture

Sky Daddy

A content moderator's secret fantasy of a fatal plane crash collides with a vision board brunch.

— Kate Folk 2025 368 стр.

3.80

24 000+ оценок

🖤 Unconventional Desires 🫂 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Satire 😈 Darkly Comic 🧘 Wellness Culture

Strangers Drowning

— Larissa MacFarquhar • 2015

They give kidneys and fortunes to strangers. Why their goodness is more unsettling than inspiring.

3.91

2 000+

🤲 Extreme Altruism ⚖️ Moral Demandingness 💡 Effective Altruism 🧠 Moral Psychology 🐾 Animal Rights

Strangers Drowning

They give kidneys and fortunes to strangers. Why their goodness is more unsettling than inspiring.

— Larissa MacFarquhar 2015 336 стр.

3.91

2 000+ оценок

🤲 Extreme Altruism ⚖️ Moral Demandingness 💡 Effective Altruism 🧠 Moral Psychology 🐾 Animal Rights

My Beloved World

— Sonia Sotomayor • 2013

Age seven: insulin injections in the Bronx. Age fifty-five: first Latina Supreme Court justice.

4.09

34 000+

🏛️ Legal Memoirs 📈 Poverty To Power 💉 Chronic Illness 🌎 Cultural Identity 🎓 First-Generation

My Beloved World

Age seven: insulin injections in the Bronx. Age fifty-five: first Latina Supreme Court justice.

— Sonia Sotomayor 2013 336 стр.

4.09

34 000+ оценок

🏛️ Legal Memoirs 📈 Poverty To Power 💉 Chronic Illness 🌎 Cultural Identity 🎓 First-Generation

The Parrot's Perch

— Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Parrot's Perch

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

— Karen Keilt 2019 290 стр.

4.23

334 оценок

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

Midnight at the Blackbird Café

— Heather Webber • 2019

Anna Kate must run her dead grandmother's café, where the pies deliver messages from the grave.

4.04

64 000+

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🥧 Culinary Magic 🕊️ Generational Healing ⚔️ Family Feud 💛 Found Family

Midnight at the Blackbird Café

Anna Kate must run her dead grandmother's café, where the pies deliver messages from the grave.

— Heather Webber 2019 336 стр.

4.04

64 000+ оценок

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🥧 Culinary Magic 🕊️ Generational Healing ⚔️ Family Feud 💛 Found Family

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