Дружба

Настоящая дружба расцветает бесчисленным множеством способов — от школьных уз и дворовых приключений до связей на всю жизнь, выдерживающих любые жизненные бури. Эти трогательные истории воспевают радость, доверие и преображающую силу обретения своих людей — будь то случайные встречи или бережно выстроенные отношения, проверенные временем.

Дружба Саммари книг

Пятизвёздочный уикенд

— Элин Хильдербранд

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

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300 000+

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns 🖤 Widow Finds Love 🔥 Secrets Among Friends

Иммерсивные

Пятизвёздочный уикенд

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

— Элин Хильдербранд 2023 384 стр.

4.01

300 000+ оценок

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns 🖤 Widow Finds Love 🔥 Secrets Among Friends

Friendship

— Lydia Denworth • 2020

Loneliness kills like smoking. The biology of friendship, from macaques to MRI, reveals why.

3.64

500+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 💔 Loneliness And Health 👥 Friendship Science 👵 Healthy Aging

Иммерсивные

Friendship

Loneliness kills like smoking. The biology of friendship, from macaques to MRI, reveals why.

— Lydia Denworth 2020 312 стр.

3.64

500+ оценок

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 💔 Loneliness And Health 👥 Friendship Science 👵 Healthy Aging

Чудо

— Р. Дж. Паласио • 2012

His face draws stares, but starting fifth grade, Auggie just wants to be an ordinary kid.

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1 000 000+

🩺 Visible Difference 🔄 Shifting Narrators 💔 School Bullying ⚡ Peer Pressure 💛 Everyday Kindness

Иммерсивные

Чудо

His face draws stares, but starting fifth grade, Auggie just wants to be an ordinary kid.

— Р. Дж. Паласио 2012 315 стр.

4.36

1 000 000+ оценок

🩺 Visible Difference 🔄 Shifting Narrators 💔 School Bullying ⚡ Peer Pressure 💛 Everyday Kindness

Как завоёвывать друзей и оказывать влияние на людей

— Дейл Карнеги • 2022

Criticism backfires. Here's what works instead: the classic people-skills playbook, updated.

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3 000+

🤝 Interpersonal Skills 💬 Persuasion 🌱 Constructive Feedback 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📚 Classic Self-Help

Как завоёвывать друзей и оказывать влияние на людей

Criticism backfires. Here's what works instead: the classic people-skills playbook, updated.

— Дейл Карнеги 2022 317 стр.

4.38

3 000+ оценок

🤝 Interpersonal Skills 💬 Persuasion 🌱 Constructive Feedback 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📚 Classic Self-Help

Auggie & Me

— R.J. Palacio • 2015

How three kids from Auggie's world confront the hardest thing of all: their own mistakes.

4.27

41 000+

📖 Short Story Collection 📘 Companion Novel 🔄 Bully Redemption ❤️ Learning Empathy 👀 Differing Perspectives

Auggie & Me

How three kids from Auggie's world confront the hardest thing of all: their own mistakes.

— R.J. Palacio 2015 303 стр.

4.27

41 000+ оценок

📖 Short Story Collection 📘 Companion Novel 🔄 Bully Redemption ❤️ Learning Empathy 👀 Differing Perspectives

The Other Significant Others

— Rhaina Cohen • 2024

Two friends share a mortgage, a child, a life. Everyone asks if they're a couple.

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5 000+

🤝 Chosen Family 💔 Decentering Romance 🔓 Relationship Anarchy ✨ Single By Choice 💭 Intimacy Without Sex

The Other Significant Others

Two friends share a mortgage, a child, a life. Everyone asks if they're a couple.

— Rhaina Cohen 2024 320 стр.

3.93

5 000+ оценок

🤝 Chosen Family 💔 Decentering Romance 🔓 Relationship Anarchy ✨ Single By Choice 💭 Intimacy Without Sex

Forget Me Not

— Ellie Terry • 2017

A girl with Tourette's hides behind vintage dresses; the class president becomes her secret ally.

3.91

15 000+

📖 Verse Novel 🤝 Bystander To Ally 🚶 Outsider Protagonist 🗣️ School Bullying 🌱 Quiet Courage

Forget Me Not

A girl with Tourette's hides behind vintage dresses; the class president becomes her secret ally.

— Ellie Terry 2017 336 стр.

3.91

15 000+ оценок

📖 Verse Novel 🤝 Bystander To Ally 🚶 Outsider Protagonist 🗣️ School Bullying 🌱 Quiet Courage

Коктейльная вечеринка на 2 часа

— Ник Грей • 2022

Not a natural networker? Two hours on a Tuesday with name tags does the work for you.

4.15

500+

👥 Adult Friendship 🤝 Professional Networking 🎉 Hosting Gatherings 🔗 Weak Ties 🏘️ Community Building

Коктейльная вечеринка на 2 часа

Not a natural networker? Two hours on a Tuesday with name tags does the work for you.

— Ник Грей 2022 267 стр.

4.15

500+ оценок

👥 Adult Friendship 🤝 Professional Networking 🎉 Hosting Gatherings 🔗 Weak Ties 🏘️ Community Building

Радиомолчание

— Элис Осман • 2016

Her perfect grades mask a secret fandom life. The podcast's creator is the boy across the street.

4.17

100 000+

🎧 Internet Fandom 🎭 Secret Online Identity 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🏠 Found Family 📚 Academic Pressure

Радиомолчание

Her perfect grades mask a secret fandom life. The podcast's creator is the boy across the street.

— Элис Осман 2016 496 стр.

4.17

100 000+ оценок

🎧 Internet Fandom 🎭 Secret Online Identity 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🏠 Found Family 📚 Academic Pressure

How to Win Friends and Influence People for Teen Girls

— Donna Dale Carnegie • 2005

Carnegie's classic rules for teen girls: how to make friends, defuse drama, and be heard.

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1 000+

👥 Teen Social Skills 👭 Teen Friendships 🤝 Human Relations 💬 Interpersonal Communication 📚 Classic Self-Help

How to Win Friends and Influence People for Teen Girls

Carnegie's classic rules for teen girls: how to make friends, defuse drama, and be heard.

— Donna Dale Carnegie 2005 208 стр.

3.95

1 000+ оценок

👥 Teen Social Skills 👭 Teen Friendships 🤝 Human Relations 💬 Interpersonal Communication 📚 Classic Self-Help

Loveless

— Alice Oseman • 2020

Georgia has faked crushes for years. At university, she's determined to finally feel a real one.

4.17

100 000+

🖤 Asexual Coming Of Age 👥 Found Family 💔 Romance Pressure 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🔥 F/F Slow Burn

Loveless

Georgia has faked crushes for years. At university, she's determined to finally feel a real one.

— Alice Oseman 2020 433 стр.

4.17

100 000+ оценок

🖤 Asexual Coming Of Age 👥 Found Family 💔 Romance Pressure 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🔥 F/F Slow Burn

Паутина Шарлотты

— Э.Б. Уайт • 1952

An unlikely spider vows to save a pig from slaughter by weaving words into her web.

4.21

2 000 000+

🐷 Talking Farm Animals 🕷️ Spider Protagonist 🕸️ Unlikely Friends 🏆 Underdog Hero 💖 Selfless Friendship

Паутина Шарлотты

An unlikely spider vows to save a pig from slaughter by weaving words into her web.

— Э.Б. Уайт 1952 184 стр.

4.21

2 000 000+ оценок

🐷 Talking Farm Animals 🕷️ Spider Protagonist 🕸️ Unlikely Friends 🏆 Underdog Hero 💖 Selfless Friendship

The Tiger Rising

— Kate DiCamillo • 2001

A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.

3.84

33 000+

✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade 🖤 Childhood Grief 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Trapped Emotions 🌿 Quiet And Tender

The Tiger Rising

A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.

— Kate DiCamillo 2001 128 стр.

3.84

33 000+ оценок

✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade 🖤 Childhood Grief 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Trapped Emotions 🌿 Quiet And Tender

After the Shot Drops

— Randy Ribay

To save his cousin from a gambling debt, Nasir must destroy his best friend's basketball career.

4.13

2 000+

🏀 Basketball Drama 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎓 Recruited Athlete 💰 Class Divide 🔫 Gun Violence

Иммерсивные

After the Shot Drops

To save his cousin from a gambling debt, Nasir must destroy his best friend's basketball career.

— Randy Ribay 2018 336 стр.

4.13

2 000+ оценок

🏀 Basketball Drama 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎓 Recruited Athlete 💰 Class Divide 🔫 Gun Violence

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on

— Barry Jonsberg • 2013

An earnestly literal twelve-year-old sets out to fix her broken family, one awkward plan at a time.

3.91

2 000+

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Family Reconciliation ✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌏 Small Town Australia

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on

An earnestly literal twelve-year-old sets out to fix her broken family, one awkward plan at a time.

— Barry Jonsberg 2013

3.91

2 000+ оценок

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Family Reconciliation ✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌏 Small Town Australia

Friends

— Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2021

Your brain caps your real friends at about 150. The rest is gossip.

3.63

500+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Social Bonding 🗣️ Gossip And Language 🧠 Cognitive Limits 💑 Mate Selection

Friends

Your brain caps your real friends at about 150. The rest is gossip.

— Robin I.M. Dunbar 2021 432 стр.

3.63

500+ оценок

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Social Bonding 🗣️ Gossip And Language 🧠 Cognitive Limits 💑 Mate Selection

Tiddler

— Julia Donaldson • 2008

The smallest fish tells the tallest tales, until a real current sweeps him out to sea.

4.19

3 000+

🎣 Tall Tales 🌊 Ocean Adventure 🐠 Undersea World 🐙 Sea Creature Friends ✨ Whimsical

Tiddler

The smallest fish tells the tallest tales, until a real current sweeps him out to sea.

— Julia Donaldson 2008 30 стр.

4.19

3 000+ оценок

🎣 Tall Tales 🌊 Ocean Adventure 🐠 Undersea World 🐙 Sea Creature Friends ✨ Whimsical

The Art of Showing Up

— Rachel Wilkerson Miller • 2020

The friendships you want require skills nobody taught you, starting with showing up for yourself.

3.77

2 000+

🫂 Adult Friendships 💞 Friendship Skills 🧘 Self-Compassion Practices 👁️ Emotional Noticing 🗣️ Supportive Communication

The Art of Showing Up

The friendships you want require skills nobody taught you, starting with showing up for yourself.

— Rachel Wilkerson Miller 2020 304 стр.

3.77

2 000+ оценок

🫂 Adult Friendships 💞 Friendship Skills 🧘 Self-Compassion Practices 👁️ Emotional Noticing 🗣️ Supportive Communication

No and Me

— Delphine de Vigan • 2007

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

3.72

20 000+

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator 💔 Limits Of Rescue 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

No and Me

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

— Delphine de Vigan 2007 256 стр.

3.72

20 000+ оценок

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator 💔 Limits Of Rescue 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

Money Hungry

— Sharon G. Flake • 2001

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

4.10

4 000+

🪙 Childhood Poverty 🏚️ Housing Insecurity 😰 Financial Anxiety 🍬 Kid Entrepreneur 🏙️ Urban Middle Grade

Money Hungry

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

— Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 стр.

4.10

4 000+ оценок

🪙 Childhood Poverty 🏚️ Housing Insecurity 😰 Financial Anxiety 🍬 Kid Entrepreneur 🏙️ Urban Middle Grade

The Note

— Alafair Burke • 2025

Three friends leave a prank note on a Hamptons car. The man who finds it disappears.

3.43

21 000+

📝 Prank Gone Dark 🏠 Weekend Getaway Suspense 👯 Friend Trio Drama 🌊 Hamptons Setting 🔍 Missing Person Case

The Note

Three friends leave a prank note on a Hamptons car. The man who finds it disappears.

— Alafair Burke 2025 287 стр.

3.43

21 000+ оценок

📝 Prank Gone Dark 🏠 Weekend Getaway Suspense 👯 Friend Trio Drama 🌊 Hamptons Setting 🔍 Missing Person Case

Frientimacy

— Shasta Nelson • 2016

Friendship is not about quantity. The depth you crave requires three simple but difficult practices.

3.80

500+

👭 Adult Friendships 🤝 Social Connection 💬 Vulnerable Friendships 🌻 Positivity Practices 🔧 Friendship Maintenance

Frientimacy

Friendship is not about quantity. The depth you crave requires three simple but difficult practices.

— Shasta Nelson 2016 256 стр.

3.80

500+ оценок

👭 Adult Friendships 🤝 Social Connection 💬 Vulnerable Friendships 🌻 Positivity Practices 🔧 Friendship Maintenance

The Wilderness

— Angela Flournoy

A grandfather's final choice. A sister's lasting silence. Three friends become her only shelter.

3.47

11 000+

🎭 Ensemble Cast 💔 Sister Estrangement 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🥀 Quiet Grief

Иммерсивные

The Wilderness

A grandfather's final choice. A sister's lasting silence. Three friends become her only shelter.

— Angela Flournoy 2025 304 стр.

3.47

11 000+ оценок

🎭 Ensemble Cast 💔 Sister Estrangement 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🥀 Quiet Grief

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

— Joyce Carol Oates • 2002

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

3.32

5 000+

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy 🏫 High School Scandal 🛡️ Defending The Innocent

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

— Joyce Carol Oates 2002 288 стр.

3.32

5 000+ оценок

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy 🏫 High School Scandal 🛡️ Defending The Innocent

I Will Always Write Back

— Caitlin Alifirenka • 2015

A 12-year-old picked Zimbabwe off a list. The letter she sent changed two worlds.

4.38

30 000+

🖋️ Pen Pal Stories 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 📚 Poverty And Education 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

I Will Always Write Back

A 12-year-old picked Zimbabwe off a list. The letter she sent changed two worlds.

— Caitlin Alifirenka 2015 393 стр.

4.38

30 000+ оценок

🖋️ Pen Pal Stories 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 📚 Poverty And Education 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Guts

— Raina Telgemeier • 2019

Anxiety felt like a stomachache that wouldn't quit. The bathroom was her only hiding spot.

4.30

68 000+

🧒 Childhood Anxiety 🩺 Graphic Medicine 🛋️ Therapy In Comics 😰 Panic Attacks 🌱 Growing Up Anxious

Guts

Anxiety felt like a stomachache that wouldn't quit. The bathroom was her only hiding spot.

— Raina Telgemeier 2019 144 стр.

4.30

68 000+ оценок

🧒 Childhood Anxiety 🩺 Graphic Medicine 🛋️ Therapy In Comics 😰 Panic Attacks 🌱 Growing Up Anxious

Way of the Warrior Kid 3

— Jocko Willink • 2019

Marc always won. Then Danny arrived: faster, smarter, and too humble to hate.

4.68

1 000+

🤝 Rivals To Friends 🥋 Youth Martial Arts 🧭 Mentorship 🏫 New Kid In School 💪 Motivational Fiction

Way of the Warrior Kid 3

Marc always won. Then Danny arrived: faster, smarter, and too humble to hate.

— Jocko Willink 2019 234 стр.

4.68

1 000+ оценок

🤝 Rivals To Friends 🥋 Youth Martial Arts 🧭 Mentorship 🏫 New Kid In School 💪 Motivational Fiction

We Should Get Together

— Kat Vellos • 2020

Loneliness hits like a smoking habit. The cure isn't more friends; it's a skill we forgot.

3.85

500+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendship 😔 Loneliness Epidemic 🫀 Social Health 💬 Platonic Intimacy 🌱 Friendship Maintenance

We Should Get Together

Loneliness hits like a smoking habit. The cure isn't more friends; it's a skill we forgot.

— Kat Vellos 2020 310 стр.

3.85

500+ оценок

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendship 😔 Loneliness Epidemic 🫀 Social Health 💬 Platonic Intimacy 🌱 Friendship Maintenance

Falling Short

— Ernesto Cisneros • 2022

Sixth grade. Basketball tryouts. Two best friends whose fathers are failing them in different ways.

4.05

2 000+

🏀 Middle School Sports 🤝 Odd Couple Friends 💔 Absent Father 🍺 Parental Addiction 👥 Dual Pov

Falling Short

Sixth grade. Basketball tryouts. Two best friends whose fathers are failing them in different ways.

— Ernesto Cisneros 2022 304 стр.

4.05

2 000+ оценок

🏀 Middle School Sports 🤝 Odd Couple Friends 💔 Absent Father 🍺 Parental Addiction 👥 Dual Pov

The Friendship Factor

— Alan Loy McGinnis • 1978

Marriages and careers rise and fall on one skill you were never taught: making friends.

4.15

1 000+

🛠️ Friendship Building 💞 Relational Intimacy 👂 Active Listening 🫣 Relational Vulnerability 🤝 Conflict Resolution

The Friendship Factor

Marriages and careers rise and fall on one skill you were never taught: making friends.

— Alan Loy McGinnis 1978 208 стр.

4.15

1 000+ оценок

🛠️ Friendship Building 💞 Relational Intimacy 👂 Active Listening 🫣 Relational Vulnerability 🤝 Conflict Resolution

1000+ Little Habits of Happy, Successful Relationships

— Marc Chernoff • 2021

The tiny habits that hold relationships together: presence, boundaries, and the self-worth to start.

3.76

255

💑 Relationship Advice 🗣️ Interpersonal Skills 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Dynamics 👯 Friendship 💎 Self-Worth

1000+ Little Habits of Happy, Successful Relationships

The tiny habits that hold relationships together: presence, boundaries, and the self-worth to start.

— Marc Chernoff 2021 351 стр.

3.76

255 оценок

💑 Relationship Advice 🗣️ Interpersonal Skills 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Dynamics 👯 Friendship 💎 Self-Worth

A Street Cat Named Bob

— James Bowen • 2012

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

3.99

60 000+

🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery 🐈 Human-Animal Bond 🏠 Homelessness Memoir 🏡 Animal Rescue 🐱 Cat Memoirs

A Street Cat Named Bob

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

— James Bowen 2012 280 стр.

3.99

60 000+ оценок

🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery 🐈 Human-Animal Bond 🏠 Homelessness Memoir 🏡 Animal Rescue 🐱 Cat Memoirs

Сосчитай звёзды

— Лоис Лоури • 1989

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

4.20

600 000+

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🇩🇰 Danish Solidarity

Сосчитай звёзды

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

— Лоис Лоури 1989 137 стр.

4.20

600 000+ оценок

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🇩🇰 Danish Solidarity

So Old, So Young

— Grant Ginder

Mia boarded a plane with seventeen years of photos and one funeral she wasn't ready for.

3.75

27 000+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend Group Saga 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Unrequited Love

Иммерсивные

So Old, So Young

Mia boarded a plane with seventeen years of photos and one funeral she wasn't ready for.

— Grant Ginder 2026 384 стр.

3.75

27 000+ оценок

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend Group Saga 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Unrequited Love

You’re the Password to My Life

— Sudeep Nagarkar • 2014

Virat and Kavya share pranks, secrets, and an unbreakable bond. Love tests it. Tragedy redefines it.

3.68

2 000+

🎓 College Romance 🏠 Found Family 💕 First Love 💫 Platonic Soulmates 💔 Terminal Illness

You’re the Password to My Life

Virat and Kavya share pranks, secrets, and an unbreakable bond. Love tests it. Tragedy redefines it.

— Sudeep Nagarkar 2014 234 стр.

3.68

2 000+ оценок

🎓 College Romance 🏠 Found Family 💕 First Love 💫 Platonic Soulmates 💔 Terminal Illness

Prayers for Sale

— Sandra Dallas • 1997

A Colorado widow sells prayers for a penny. At her gate: a grieving young woman who cannot pay.

3.87

19 000+

🪡 Quilting Fiction 👵 Mentor And Mentee ⛏️ Mining Town 🍂 Bittersweet 🏠 Found Family

Prayers for Sale

A Colorado widow sells prayers for a penny. At her gate: a grieving young woman who cannot pay.

— Sandra Dallas 1997 305 стр.

3.87

19 000+ оценок

🪡 Quilting Fiction 👵 Mentor And Mentee ⛏️ Mining Town 🍂 Bittersweet 🏠 Found Family

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

— John David Anderson • 2016

Three boys skip school to give their dying teacher the perfect goodbye she deserves.

4.27

9 000+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🍎 Beloved Teacher 👥 Best Friend Trio 🪣 Bucket List 😭 Tearjerker

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

Three boys skip school to give their dying teacher the perfect goodbye she deserves.

— John David Anderson 2016 300 стр.

4.27

9 000+ оценок

🩺 Terminal Illness 🍎 Beloved Teacher 👥 Best Friend Trio 🪣 Bucket List 😭 Tearjerker

Belong

— Radha Agrawal • 2018

Loneliness harms like alcoholism. A method to find true community, not just more contacts.

3.60

1 000+

🏘️ Community Building 👥 Adult Friendships 🏠 Belonging ⚡ Social Energy 😊 Positive Psychology

Belong

Loneliness harms like alcoholism. A method to find true community, not just more contacts.

— Radha Agrawal 2018 232 стр.

3.60

1 000+ оценок

🏘️ Community Building 👥 Adult Friendships 🏠 Belonging ⚡ Social Energy 😊 Positive Psychology

The Star Outside My Window

— Onjali Q. Raúf • 2019

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

4.31

2 000+

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion 🌙 Nighttime Adventure 🌟 Symbolic Stars

The Star Outside My Window

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

— Onjali Q. Raúf 2019 306 стр.

4.31

2 000+ оценок

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion 🌙 Nighttime Adventure 🌟 Symbolic Stars

Scars Like Wings

— Erin Stewart • 2019

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

4.05

6 000+

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

Scars Like Wings

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

— Erin Stewart 2019 384 стр.

4.05

6 000+ оценок

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

I See You've Called in Dead

— John Kenney

An obituary writer posts his own death notice by mistake. Suspended, he crashes strangers' funerals.

4.09

51 000+

🖤 Dark Comedy 👥 Male Friendship 💔 Processing Grief 🌱 Late Blooming 😐 Deadpan Humor

Иммерсивные

I See You've Called in Dead

An obituary writer posts his own death notice by mistake. Suspended, he crashes strangers' funerals.

— John Kenney 2025 294 стр.

4.09

51 000+ оценок

🖤 Dark Comedy 👥 Male Friendship 💔 Processing Grief 🌱 Late Blooming 😐 Deadpan Humor

История о пропавшем ребёнке

— Элена Ферранте • 2014

Elena and Lila: a friendship that outlasts marriage, infidelity, and every attempt to escape Naples.

4.46

100 000+

🖤 Female Friendship 🌋 Naples 👩‍👧‍👧 Motherhood And Ambition 💔 Infidelity 🏘️ Neighborhood Life

История о пропавшем ребёнке

Elena and Lila: a friendship that outlasts marriage, infidelity, and every attempt to escape Naples.

— Элена Ферранте 2014 473 стр.

4.46

100 000+ оценок

🖤 Female Friendship 🌋 Naples 👩‍👧‍👧 Motherhood And Ambition 💔 Infidelity 🏘️ Neighborhood Life

Because of Mr. Terupt

— Rob Buyea • 2010

A new teacher's warmth draws seven guarded fifth graders into a classroom that feels like family.

4.35

46 000+

🏫 School Story 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👨‍🏫 Inspirational Teacher 🤝 Classroom Community 💗 Bully Redemption

Because of Mr. Terupt

A new teacher's warmth draws seven guarded fifth graders into a classroom that feels like family.

— Rob Buyea 2010 269 стр.

4.35

46 000+ оценок

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Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

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The Bridge Home

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

— Padma Venkatraman 2019 208 стр.

4.26

11 000+ оценок

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You Will Find Your People

— Lane Moore • 2023

TV promised you ride-or-die friends by 25. The real playbook for finding them in adulthood.

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You Will Find Your People

TV promised you ride-or-die friends by 25. The real playbook for finding them in adulthood.

— Lane Moore 2023 208 стр.

3.25

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendships 🤝 Platonic Relationships 🧠 Attachment Theory 🔧 Friendship Maintenance 🚧 Boundary Setting

Come Fly with Me

— Camille Di Maio • 2025

Fleeing abuse and privilege, two women join Pan Am and find a sisterhood that changes everything.

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Come Fly with Me

Fleeing abuse and privilege, two women join Pan Am and find a sisterhood that changes everything.

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4.27

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Text Me When You Get Home

— Kayleen Schaefer • 2018

How a parting ritual signaled that female friendship had become the true love story.

3.46

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Text Me When You Get Home

How a parting ritual signaled that female friendship had become the true love story.

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3.46

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On the Duties of Brotherhood

— Abu Hamid al-Ghazali • 2016

Al-Ghazali's manual for a brotherhood stronger than blood, where help arrives without being asked.

📜 Islamic Ethics 🤝 Islamic Brotherhood 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Spiritual Friendship 📖 Virtue Ethics 🕌 Classical Islam

On the Duties of Brotherhood

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📜 Islamic Ethics 🤝 Islamic Brotherhood 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Spiritual Friendship 📖 Virtue Ethics 🕌 Classical Islam

Alabama Moon

— Watt Key • 2004

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

4.06

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Alabama Moon

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

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4.06

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🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

Dear Wendy

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

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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.

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3.93

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

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