Юмор

Абсурдность жизни и человеческие слабости выходят на первый план в этих остроумных и дерзких произведениях проницательных наблюдателей нашего мира. Будь то исследование научных курьёзов, препарирование социальных условностей или рассказы о личных злоключениях — эти книги раскрывают юмор как в повседневном опыте, так и в глубоких истинах.

Юмор Саммари книг

Help!

— Oliver Burkeman • 2010

Small, imperfect changes beat grand transformations. A skeptic's guide to being modestly happier.

3.94

1 000+

🧐 Anti-Self-Help 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Habit Formation ⚙️ Productivity Systems

Help!

Small, imperfect changes beat grand transformations. A skeptic's guide to being modestly happier.

— Oliver Burkeman 2010 273 стр.

3.94

1 000+ оценок

🧐 Anti-Self-Help 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Habit Formation ⚙️ Productivity Systems

Cringeworthy

— Melissa Dahl • 2018

Secondhand embarrassment is your brain's empathy workout; learn to flex it.

3.67

1 000+

😰 Social Anxiety 🧪 Social Psychology 💖 Self-Compassion 🛡️ Embracing Vulnerability 💪 Social Confidence

Cringeworthy

Secondhand embarrassment is your brain's empathy workout; learn to flex it.

— Melissa Dahl 2018 300 стр.

3.67

1 000+ оценок

😰 Social Anxiety 🧪 Social Psychology 💖 Self-Compassion 🛡️ Embracing Vulnerability 💪 Social Confidence

Farmer Giles of Ham

— J.R.R. Tolkien • 1999

A lazy farmer and a magic sword must outwit a dragon before it plunders the village.

3.9

12 000+

🃏 Humorous Fantasy 🤷 Reluctant Hero ⚔️ Magical Sword 🐉 Talking Dragon ✨ Whimsical Fantasy

Farmer Giles of Ham

A lazy farmer and a magic sword must outwit a dragon before it plunders the village.

— J.R.R. Tolkien 1999 127 стр.

3.9

12 000+ оценок

🃏 Humorous Fantasy 🤷 Reluctant Hero ⚔️ Magical Sword 🐉 Talking Dragon ✨ Whimsical Fantasy

Hounded

— Kevin Hearne • 2011

A Druid hid in Arizona for centuries with a god's stolen sword. The hiding just ended.

4.10

93 000+

🍀 Celtic Mythology 🕰️ Hidden Immortal 🐺 Talking Animal Sidekick ⚔️ Magical Sword ⚡ Godly Vendetta

Hounded

A Druid hid in Arizona for centuries with a god's stolen sword. The hiding just ended.

— Kevin Hearne 2011 304 стр.

4.10

93 000+ оценок

🍀 Celtic Mythology 🕰️ Hidden Immortal 🐺 Talking Animal Sidekick ⚔️ Magical Sword ⚡ Godly Vendetta

Mastering Stand-Up

— Stephen Rosenfield • 2017

Nerves are not the enemy. The complete craft of stand-up: writing, persona, and getting the laugh.

4.41

500+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎭 Stage Craft 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 📖 Personal Storytelling

Mastering Stand-Up

Nerves are not the enemy. The complete craft of stand-up: writing, persona, and getting the laugh.

— Stephen Rosenfield 2017 272 стр.

4.41

500+ оценок

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎭 Stage Craft 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 📖 Personal Storytelling

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

— Mark Twain • 2007

Waking in Camelot, a factory boss fakes magic with science and schemes to industrialize the kingdom.

3.78

100 000+

🏰 Arthurian Britain ⏰ Man Out Of Time 🔧 Technology As Magic 🎭 Dark Comedy 💔 Doomed Revolution

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Waking in Camelot, a factory boss fakes magic with science and schemes to industrialize the kingdom.

— Mark Twain 2007 480 стр.

3.78

100 000+ оценок

🏰 Arthurian Britain ⏰ Man Out Of Time 🔧 Technology As Magic 🎭 Dark Comedy 💔 Doomed Revolution

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

— David Foster Wallace • 1997

Why TV breeds irony, cruises feel empty, and what writers can do about it.

4.13

55 000+

📺 Television Criticism 🌐 Postmodern Culture 💰 American Consumerism 😊 Manufactured Happiness 😏 Irony And Cynicism

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Why TV breeds irony, cruises feel empty, and what writers can do about it.

— David Foster Wallace 1997 353 стр.

4.13

55 000+ оценок

📺 Television Criticism 🌐 Postmodern Culture 💰 American Consumerism 😊 Manufactured Happiness 😏 Irony And Cynicism

Paperbacks from Hell

— Grady Hendrix • 2017

How three bestsellers made horror paperbacks a satanic, killer kid gold rush, then it imploded.

4.26

12 000+

💀 Horror Fiction 📚 Publishing History 🎨 Cover Art 👹 Satanic Panic 🕯️ Gothic Romance

Paperbacks from Hell

How three bestsellers made horror paperbacks a satanic, killer kid gold rush, then it imploded.

— Grady Hendrix 2017 254 стр.

4.26

12 000+ оценок

💀 Horror Fiction 📚 Publishing History 🎨 Cover Art 👹 Satanic Panic 🕯️ Gothic Romance

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

Evil Plans

— Hugh MacLeod • 2011

Turn your passion into a global career: think like an artist, build like a small brand.

3.92

1 000+

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🌐 Internet Business 👤 Personal Branding 🧑‍💻 Solo Entrepreneurship 📅 Daily Practice

Evil Plans

Turn your passion into a global career: think like an artist, build like a small brand.

— Hugh MacLeod 2011 192 стр.

3.92

1 000+ оценок

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🌐 Internet Business 👤 Personal Branding 🧑‍💻 Solo Entrepreneurship 📅 Daily Practice

Laughing Without an Accent

— Firoozeh Dumas • 2008

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

3.81

4 000+

🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor 🍲 Persian Foodways 🪪 Dual Identities

Laughing Without an Accent

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

— Firoozeh Dumas 2008 226 стр.

3.81

4 000+ оценок

🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor 🍲 Persian Foodways 🪪 Dual Identities

Приключения Тома Сойера

— Марк Твен • 1876

A summer of buried treasure takes a dark turn when a boy witnesses a graveyard murder.

3.92

1 000 000+

🏃 Boyhood Adventure 🏘️ Small Town Life 💰 Hidden Treasure ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🌾 Nostalgic Americana

Приключения Тома Сойера

A summer of buried treasure takes a dark turn when a boy witnesses a graveyard murder.

— Марк Твен 1876

3.92

1 000 000+ оценок

🏃 Boyhood Adventure 🏘️ Small Town Life 💰 Hidden Treasure ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🌾 Nostalgic Americana

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

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

— Elle Cosimano • 2022

A single-mom novelist finds a hit on her ex. She and her nanny hunt the anonymous buyer.

3.96

100 000+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime 🎪 Madcap Caper 💔 Ex-Husband Chaos

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

A single-mom novelist finds a hit on her ex. She and her nanny hunt the anonymous buyer.

— Elle Cosimano 2022 357 стр.

3.96

100 000+ оценок

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime 🎪 Madcap Caper 💔 Ex-Husband Chaos

Mean Moms

— Emma Rosenblum • 2025

When sabotage consumes an elite Manhattan mom clique, the glamorous newcomer takes the fall.

3.50

25 000+

🎭 Dark Social Satire 🏫 Private School Drama 👩‍👧 Competitive Mothers 💔 Toxic Friendships 🔪 Social Sabotage

Mean Moms

When sabotage consumes an elite Manhattan mom clique, the glamorous newcomer takes the fall.

— Emma Rosenblum 2025 304 стр.

3.50

25 000+ оценок

🎭 Dark Social Satire 🏫 Private School Drama 👩‍👧 Competitive Mothers 💔 Toxic Friendships 🔪 Social Sabotage

The Fowl Twins

— Eoin Colfer • 2019

One Fowl twin has the brains, the other speaks to animals. A hunted troll needs both.

4.04

5 000+

🫥 Hidden Magical World 👥 Opposite Twins 🐾 Creature Bonding 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🫂 Found Family

The Fowl Twins

One Fowl twin has the brains, the other speaks to animals. A hunted troll needs both.

— Eoin Colfer 2019 425 стр.

4.04

5 000+ оценок

🫥 Hidden Magical World 👥 Opposite Twins 🐾 Creature Bonding 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🫂 Found Family

Traveling Mercies

— Anne Lamott • 1999

Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.

4.14

48 000+

✝️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Messy Spirituality 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 😂 Comic Memoir 🌧️ Grief And Loss

Traveling Mercies

Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.

— Anne Lamott 1999 275 стр.

4.14

48 000+ оценок

✝️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Messy Spirituality 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 😂 Comic Memoir 🌧️ Grief And Loss

Earth to Moon

— Moon Unit Zappa • 2024

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

4.20

2 000+

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 💔 Family Dysfunction ✍️ Narrative Reclamation

Earth to Moon

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

— Moon Unit Zappa 2024 351 стр.

4.20

2 000+ оценок

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 💔 Family Dysfunction ✍️ Narrative Reclamation

Mathematics and Humor

— John Allen Paulos • 1980

The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.

3.40

159

🧮 Mathematical Humor 📖 Philosophy Of Humor 🧠 Humor Psychology 🗣️ Linguistic Play 🎭 Incongruity Theory

Mathematics and Humor

The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.

— John Allen Paulos 1980 124 стр.

3.40

159 оценок

🧮 Mathematical Humor 📖 Philosophy Of Humor 🧠 Humor Psychology 🗣️ Linguistic Play 🎭 Incongruity Theory

How to Win Friends and Influence People

— olivieblake • 2017

To dismantle a secret cabal, Hermione and Draco fake an engagement. The danger becomes real.

3.95

500+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Heist Caper

How to Win Friends and Influence People

To dismantle a secret cabal, Hermione and Draco fake an engagement. The danger becomes real.

— olivieblake 2017 1546 стр.

3.95

500+ оценок

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Heist Caper

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

— Hilary Mantel • 1985

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

3.59

2 000+

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy 🇬🇧 1980s England 🏚️ Social Realism

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

— Hilary Mantel 1985 212 стр.

3.59

2 000+ оценок

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy 🇬🇧 1980s England 🏚️ Social Realism

Business Casual

— B.K. Borison • 2024

A guarded tattoo artist and her brother's best friend plan a harvest festival, and sparks fly.

4.06

47 000+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract ✈️ Long Distance Romance 🛡️ Emotionally Guarded Heroine

Business Casual

A guarded tattoo artist and her brother's best friend plan a harvest festival, and sparks fly.

— B.K. Borison 2024 384 стр.

4.06

47 000+ оценок

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract ✈️ Long Distance Romance 🛡️ Emotionally Guarded Heroine

Words on the Move

— John McWhorter • 2016

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

4.14

1 000+

🇬🇧 English Language History 🔄 Language Change 📜 Word Origins 🧐 Language Myths 🗣️ Popular Linguistics

Words on the Move

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

— John McWhorter 2016 257 стр.

4.14

1 000+ оценок

🇬🇧 English Language History 🔄 Language Change 📜 Word Origins 🧐 Language Myths 🗣️ Popular Linguistics

Sex and the City

— Candace Bushnell • 1996

A Manhattan columnist chronicles her friends' pursuit of love among charming, evasive bachelors.

3.38

58 000+

🏙️ Urban Dating Chronicles 💔 Commitment-Phobes 👯 Found Family 💍 Marriage Pressure 🔪 Acerbic Social Satire

Sex and the City

A Manhattan columnist chronicles her friends' pursuit of love among charming, evasive bachelors.

— Candace Bushnell 1996 304 стр.

3.38

58 000+ оценок

🏙️ Urban Dating Chronicles 💔 Commitment-Phobes 👯 Found Family 💍 Marriage Pressure 🔪 Acerbic Social Satire

Gateway

— Craig Alanson • 2025

His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.

4.41

3 000+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Leader 😏 Witty Banter

Gateway

His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.

— Craig Alanson 2025 444 стр.

4.41

3 000+ оценок

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Leader 😏 Witty Banter

Something Wilder

— Кристина Лорен • 2022

Her ex joins her fake treasure tour, and the canyon's clues suddenly point to real gold.

3.65

100 000+

💔 Second Chance Romance 🗺️ Adventure Romance 🏜️ Forced Proximity 🧭 Wilderness Survival 🖤 Healing Old Wounds

Something Wilder

Her ex joins her fake treasure tour, and the canyon's clues suddenly point to real gold.

— Кристина Лорен 2022 384 стр.

3.65

100 000+ оценок

💔 Second Chance Romance 🗺️ Adventure Romance 🏜️ Forced Proximity 🧭 Wilderness Survival 🖤 Healing Old Wounds

Thanks a Thousand

— A.J. Jacobs • 2018

He traveled the world to thank the thousand strangers behind his single cup of morning coffee.

3.73

3 000+

🧘 Gratitude Practice 🎪 Stunt Journalism 📦 Supply Chain Stories ☕ Coffee Culture 🔬 Positive Psychology

Thanks a Thousand

He traveled the world to thank the thousand strangers behind his single cup of morning coffee.

— A.J. Jacobs 2018 160 стр.

3.73

3 000+ оценок

🧘 Gratitude Practice 🎪 Stunt Journalism 📦 Supply Chain Stories ☕ Coffee Culture 🔬 Positive Psychology

Bits and Pieces

— Whoopi Goldberg • 2024

Her mother lost her memory. Then she taught Whoopi Goldberg everything that mattered.

4.28

17 000+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 💕 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏙️ Working Class Roots 💡 Everyday Wisdom 🏠 Unconventional Families

Bits and Pieces

Her mother lost her memory. Then she taught Whoopi Goldberg everything that mattered.

— Whoopi Goldberg 2024 256 стр.

4.28

17 000+ оценок

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 💕 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏙️ Working Class Roots 💡 Everyday Wisdom 🏠 Unconventional Families

Безумная звезда

— Терри Пратчетт • 1986

The spell that can save the Discworld chose the worst possible wizard to hide inside.

4.01

100 000+

🎭 Comic Fantasy 🪞 Satirical Fantasy 😰 Reluctant Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

Безумная звезда

The spell that can save the Discworld chose the worst possible wizard to hide inside.

— Терри Пратчетт 1986 277 стр.

4.01

100 000+ оценок

🎭 Comic Fantasy 🪞 Satirical Fantasy 😰 Reluctant Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

War with the Newts

— Karel Čapek • 1990

Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.

4.17

18 000+

🏭 Satirical Dystopia 🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌍 Colonial Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

War with the Newts

Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.

— Karel Čapek 1990 241 стр.

4.17

18 000+ оценок

🏭 Satirical Dystopia 🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌍 Colonial Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Там, где кончается тротуар

— Шел Силверстайн • 1974

Over a hundred poems and drawings for the part of you that never outgrew nonsense.

4.35

1 000 000+

🎭 Nonsense Verse 🤪 Absurdist Humor ✨ Whimsical Tone 🗣️ Read-Aloud Favorite 🌍 All-Ages Appeal

Там, где кончается тротуар

Over a hundred poems and drawings for the part of you that never outgrew nonsense.

— Шел Силверстайн 1974 176 стр.

4.35

1 000 000+ оценок

🎭 Nonsense Verse 🤪 Absurdist Humor ✨ Whimsical Tone 🗣️ Read-Aloud Favorite 🌍 All-Ages Appeal

Droga przez mękę

— Jeff Kinney • 2014

Greg's mom plans a family road trip; wrong turns, a rival family, and a piglet have other plans.

4.31

86 000+

🚗 Family Road Trip 📓 Diary Format ✏️ Illustrated Novel 👪 Chaotic Family ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Droga przez mękę

Greg's mom plans a family road trip; wrong turns, a rival family, and a piglet have other plans.

— Jeff Kinney 2014 224 стр.

4.31

86 000+ оценок

🚗 Family Road Trip 📓 Diary Format ✏️ Illustrated Novel 👪 Chaotic Family ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Cut and Thirst

— Margaret Atwood • 2024

Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.

3.12

31 000+

🎭 Dark Comedy ✒️ Literary Satire 👴 Aging Protagonists 🥀 Thwarted Revenge 👯 Female Friendship

Cut and Thirst

Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.

— Margaret Atwood 2024 34 стр.

3.12

31 000+ оценок

🎭 Dark Comedy ✒️ Literary Satire 👴 Aging Protagonists 🥀 Thwarted Revenge 👯 Female Friendship

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

— Caitlin Doughty • 2014

A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.

4.22

100 000+

💀 Death Acceptance ⚱️ Funeral Industry 🌿 Natural Burial 🕯️ Death Rituals 🚫 Death Taboos

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.

— Caitlin Doughty 2014 254 стр.

4.22

100 000+ оценок

💀 Death Acceptance ⚱️ Funeral Industry 🌿 Natural Burial 🕯️ Death Rituals 🚫 Death Taboos

Amintiri din copilărie

— Ion Creangă • 1971

A Romanian boy's childhood: mischief, family, and the story of a man who tricked Death.

3.78

7 000+

🌾 Rural Childhood 🃏 Trickster Tales ⚰️ Outwitting Death 🕰️ Nostalgic Childhood 🏘️ Village Life

Amintiri din copilărie

A Romanian boy's childhood: mischief, family, and the story of a man who tricked Death.

— Ion Creangă 1971 130 стр.

3.78

7 000+ оценок

🌾 Rural Childhood 🃏 Trickster Tales ⚰️ Outwitting Death 🕰️ Nostalgic Childhood 🏘️ Village Life

The Shift

— Tinx • 2023

Stop auditioning. The dating expert who'll teach you to make your life the thing you're building.

3.93

10 000+

🗓️ Dating Advice 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧘 Emotional Self-Reliance 🚶 Solo Adventures 👯 Female Friendships

The Shift

Stop auditioning. The dating expert who'll teach you to make your life the thing you're building.

— Tinx 2023 279 стр.

3.93

10 000+ оценок

🗓️ Dating Advice 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧘 Emotional Self-Reliance 🚶 Solo Adventures 👯 Female Friendships

The Burnout

— Sophie Kinsella • 2023

A marketing director's seaside burnout cure came with one complication: the man in the next lodge.

3.70

92 000+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Satire 🏖️ Seaside Escape 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Burnout

A marketing director's seaside burnout cure came with one complication: the man in the next lodge.

— Sophie Kinsella 2023 416 стр.

3.70

92 000+ оценок

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Satire 🏖️ Seaside Escape 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

Castle in the Air

— Diana Wynne Jones • 1990

A carpet merchant's magic rug delivers a princess, then a djinn spirits her away.

3.85

68 000+

🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Fantasy 👸 Rescuing The Princess 🧞‍♂️ Genie Mischief 🦸 Unlikely Hero

Castle in the Air

A carpet merchant's magic rug delivers a princess, then a djinn spirits her away.

— Diana Wynne Jones 1990 298 стр.

3.85

68 000+ оценок

🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Fantasy 👸 Rescuing The Princess 🧞‍♂️ Genie Mischief 🦸 Unlikely Hero

Murder at Holly House

— Denzil Meyrick • 2023

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

3.20

10 000+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Murder at Holly House

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

— Denzil Meyrick 2023 410 стр.

3.20

10 000+ оценок

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

How to Be Black

— Baratunde R. Thurston • 2012

A satirical guide to being black: unwritten rules of workplace, friendship, and the media spotlight.

3.90

8 000+

🖤 Blackness In America 😂 Racial Satire 🎭 Black Authenticity 🔨 Stereotype Busting 💼 Black Professionals

How to Be Black

A satirical guide to being black: unwritten rules of workplace, friendship, and the media spotlight.

— Baratunde R. Thurston 2012 254 стр.

3.90

8 000+ оценок

🖤 Blackness In America 😂 Racial Satire 🎭 Black Authenticity 🔨 Stereotype Busting 💼 Black Professionals

Guts

— Kristen Johnston • 2012

A burst intestine, two weeks in a coma, and the Hollywood career that hid the drinking.

3.90

5 000+

🍷 Addiction Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Functional Addiction 🪨 Rock Bottom Stories 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Guts

A burst intestine, two weeks in a coma, and the Hollywood career that hid the drinking.

— Kristen Johnston 2012 288 стр.

3.90

5 000+ оценок

🍷 Addiction Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Functional Addiction 🪨 Rock Bottom Stories 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

— Bob Odenkirk • 2022

From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.

3.60

13 000+

🎭 Sketch Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📝 Tv Writing 😬 Impostor Syndrome 🌱 Late Bloomers

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.

— Bob Odenkirk 2022 284 стр.

3.60

13 000+ оценок

🎭 Sketch Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📝 Tv Writing 😬 Impostor Syndrome 🌱 Late Bloomers

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

— Wendy Mass • 2006

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

4.02

20 000+

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey 👴 Eccentric Mentor 👫 Best Friends Duo

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

— Wendy Mass 2006 304 стр.

4.02

20 000+ оценок

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey 👴 Eccentric Mentor 👫 Best Friends Duo

Happy People Are Annoying

— Josh Peck • 2022

Fat, fatherless, and funny: a child star's armor became his cage, and sobriety the key.

4.05

18 000+

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Last Chance to See

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