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

I Remember Nothing

— Nora Ephron • 2010

Memory shot. Stories intact. Nora Ephron on what stays when everything else goes.

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37 000+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗽 New York Writers 🧠 Memory And Forgetting 😄 Aging Humor ✍️ Creative Careers

I Remember Nothing

Memory shot. Stories intact. Nora Ephron on what stays when everything else goes.

— Nora Ephron 2010 137 стр.

3.80

37 000+ оценок

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗽 New York Writers 🧠 Memory And Forgetting 😄 Aging Humor ✍️ Creative Careers

I Can't Make This Up

— Kevin Hart • 2017

Belts from mom, drugs from dad, shortest in class. He turned every punchline into a paycheck.

4.10

37 000+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎭 Comedian Memoirs 🔨 Self-Made Success 💡 Creative Entrepreneurship 👀 Observational Comedy

I Can't Make This Up

Belts from mom, drugs from dad, shortest in class. He turned every punchline into a paycheck.

— Kevin Hart 2017 378 стр.

4.10

37 000+ оценок

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎭 Comedian Memoirs 🔨 Self-Made Success 💡 Creative Entrepreneurship 👀 Observational Comedy

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet

— Pamela Paul • 2021

A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.

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🌐 Internet Culture 🧠 Attention Economy 📱 Digital Distraction 📞 Pre-Internet Life 👥 Social Media Critique

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet

A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.

— Pamela Paul 2021 234 стр.

3.39

2 000+ оценок

🌐 Internet Culture 🧠 Attention Economy 📱 Digital Distraction 📞 Pre-Internet Life 👥 Social Media Critique

Professional Troublemaker

— Luvvie Ajayi Jones • 2021

A manual for the chronically 'too much': speak your mind, set your terms, and stop apologizing.

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6 000+

🦁 Overcoming Fear 💪 Self-Confidence 🧱 Boundary Setting 📈 Failure As Growth 🗣️ Assertiveness

Professional Troublemaker

A manual for the chronically 'too much': speak your mind, set your terms, and stop apologizing.

— Luvvie Ajayi Jones 2021 304 стр.

4.08

6 000+ оценок

🦁 Overcoming Fear 💪 Self-Confidence 🧱 Boundary Setting 📈 Failure As Growth 🗣️ Assertiveness

What About Men?

— Caitlin Moran • 2023

Boys get no instruction manual for feelings. What a feminist found when she finally asked about men.

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3 000+

🧔 Modern Masculinity 💬 Emotional Literacy ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Male Friendship 🫥 Body Image

What About Men?

Boys get no instruction manual for feelings. What a feminist found when she finally asked about men.

— Caitlin Moran 2023 319 стр.

3.66

3 000+ оценок

🧔 Modern Masculinity 💬 Emotional Literacy ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Male Friendship 🫥 Body Image

Как мой сосед украл Рождество

— Меган Куинн • 2024

Her grumpy neighbor enters the holiday contest to beat her. Their fake romance turns real.

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200 000+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏘️ Small-Town Christmas ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💕 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Как мой сосед украл Рождество

Her grumpy neighbor enters the holiday contest to beat her. Their fake romance turns real.

— Меган Куинн 2024 480 стр.

3.69

200 000+ оценок

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏘️ Small-Town Christmas ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💕 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Trade

— Meghan Quinn • 2020

Traded to Chicago, a veteran player falls for his teammate's sister. She is married.

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🧢 Baseball Romance 🗣️ Male Pov ⚡ Teammate's Sister 🚫 Forbidden Attraction 💞 Second Chance

The Trade

Traded to Chicago, a veteran player falls for his teammate's sister. She is married.

— Meghan Quinn 2020 437 стр.

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19 000+ оценок

🧢 Baseball Romance 🗣️ Male Pov ⚡ Teammate's Sister 🚫 Forbidden Attraction 💞 Second Chance

United Breaks Guitars

— Dave Carroll • 2012

United broke his Taylor guitar. He didn't sue. He wrote a song that eleven million people watched.

3.58

140

📞 Customer Service 🦠 Viral Marketing 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🏢 Corporate Accountability

United Breaks Guitars

United broke his Taylor guitar. He didn't sue. He wrote a song that eleven million people watched.

— Dave Carroll 2012 193 стр.

3.58

140 оценок

📞 Customer Service 🦠 Viral Marketing 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🏢 Corporate Accountability

Прекрасный ублюдок

— Кристина Лорен • 2013

An ambitious intern and her impossible boss wage war by day and surrender by night.

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200 000+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏢 Office Romance 👔 Boss Employee 🖤 Possessive Hero ⚡ Workplace Rivalry

Прекрасный ублюдок

An ambitious intern and her impossible boss wage war by day and surrender by night.

— Кристина Лорен 2013 271 стр.

3.88

200 000+ оценок

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏢 Office Romance 👔 Boss Employee 🖤 Possessive Hero ⚡ Workplace Rivalry

I Can't Date Jesus

— Michael Arceneaux • 2018

A Beyoncé concert opened a door his church kept locked. Walking through it took years.

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4 000+

🌈 Black Gay Experience 📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories ⛪ Religious Trauma ✝️ Catholic Upbringing

I Can't Date Jesus

A Beyoncé concert opened a door his church kept locked. Walking through it took years.

— Michael Arceneaux 2018 256 стр.

3.77

4 000+ оценок

🌈 Black Gay Experience 📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories ⛪ Religious Trauma ✝️ Catholic Upbringing

Творцы заклинаний

— Терри Пратчетт • 1987

A wizard's staff chooses a baby girl. The magic school isn't ready for her.

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200 000+

🖤 Satirical Fantasy 🎓 Magical University 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🫂 Found Family 😏 Wry Humor

Творцы заклинаний

A wizard's staff chooses a baby girl. The magic school isn't ready for her.

— Терри Пратчетт 1987 228 стр.

4.07

200 000+ оценок

🖤 Satirical Fantasy 🎓 Magical University 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🫂 Found Family 😏 Wry Humor

Bobos in Paradise

— David Brooks • 2000

Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.

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4 000+

🏛️ American Elites 📊 Class Analysis 🎭 Cultural Capital 📡 Status Signaling 🏢 Information Economy

Bobos in Paradise

Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.

— David Brooks 2000 284 стр.

3.62

4 000+ оценок

🏛️ American Elites 📊 Class Analysis 🎭 Cultural Capital 📡 Status Signaling 🏢 Information Economy

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

Практика делает совершенным

— Сара Адамс • 2023

Shy florist enlists her sister's bodyguard to teach her dating, and practice blurs with real desire.

200 000+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 📋 Dating Coach 🎭 Opposites Attract 🫣 Anxious Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Практика делает совершенным

Shy florist enlists her sister's bodyguard to teach her dating, and practice blurs with real desire.

— Сара Адамс 2023 335 стр.

200 000+ оценок

🏘️ Small Town Romance 📋 Dating Coach 🎭 Opposites Attract 🫣 Anxious Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Алиса в Зазеркалье

— Льюис Кэрролл • 1871

A girl steps through the parlor mirror to find she is a pawn inside a chessboard.

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📚 Literary Nonsense 🪞 Portal Fantasy 💭 Dreamlike Logic 🐰 Talking Animals 📝 Wordplay And Puns

Алиса в Зазеркалье

A girl steps through the parlor mirror to find she is a pawn inside a chessboard.

— Льюис Кэрролл 1871 92 стр.

4.01

100 000+ оценок

📚 Literary Nonsense 🪞 Portal Fantasy 💭 Dreamlike Logic 🐰 Talking Animals 📝 Wordplay And Puns

Love's a Witch

— Tricia O'Malley • 2025

Back in her magical hometown, a cursed witch collides with the leader who wants her gone.

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8 000+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Magic 👯 Sister Witches 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Love's a Witch

Back in her magical hometown, a cursed witch collides with the leader who wants her gone.

— Tricia O'Malley 2025 320 стр.

3.84

8 000+ оценок

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Magic 👯 Sister Witches 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Love & Other Killers

— Brynne Weaver • 2025

A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.

3.97

57 000+

🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy 🫂 Criminal Found Family ⚔️ Competitive Couple ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killers In Love

Love & Other Killers

A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.

— Brynne Weaver 2025 61 стр.

3.97

57 000+ оценок

🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy 🫂 Criminal Found Family ⚔️ Competitive Couple ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killers In Love

Becoming Nigerian

— Elnathan John • 2019

To become Nigerian, credit God for every Mercedes and never accept fault.

3.96

500+

🗺️ Nigerian Society 🏛️ African Politics 🎭 Cultural Satire 📝 African Satire 📖 Postcolonial Critique

Becoming Nigerian

To become Nigerian, credit God for every Mercedes and never accept fault.

— Elnathan John 2019 151 стр.

3.96

500+ оценок

🗺️ Nigerian Society 🏛️ African Politics 🎭 Cultural Satire 📝 African Satire 📖 Postcolonial Critique

Paladin's Grace

— T. Kingfisher • 2020

A paladin who lost his god fakes love with a perfumer accused of murder.

4.05

56 000+

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

Paladin's Grace

A paladin who lost his god fakes love with a perfumer accused of murder.

— T. Kingfisher 2020 366 стр.

4.05

56 000+ оценок

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

What a Way to Go

— Bella Mackie • 2024

Impaled on a lake spike at his own party: a financier's death exposes his family's secrets.

3.36

32 000+

🖤 Dark Comedy 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎭 Social Satire 📱 True Crime Obsession

What a Way to Go

Impaled on a lake spike at his own party: a financier's death exposes his family's secrets.

— Bella Mackie 2024 376 стр.

3.36

32 000+ оценок

🖤 Dark Comedy 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎭 Social Satire 📱 True Crime Obsession

Data, A Love Story

— Amy Webb • 2013

Study top profiles. Score every suitor. Game the algorithm. A data journalist's path to a husband.

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📱 Online Dating 💔 Modern Dating ♟️ Dating Strategy 📊 Data Hacking 🧪 Self-Experimentation

Data, A Love Story

Study top profiles. Score every suitor. Game the algorithm. A data journalist's path to a husband.

— Amy Webb 2013 296 стр.

3.57

1 000+ оценок

📱 Online Dating 💔 Modern Dating ♟️ Dating Strategy 📊 Data Hacking 🧪 Self-Experimentation

From the Earth to the Moon

— Jules Verne • 2006

A restless artillery club fires a shell at the moon; a French daredevil climbs inside.

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40 000+

🧪 Scientific Adventure 🚀 Early Science Fiction ⚔️ Scientific Rivalry 🧭 Eccentric Explorer 😏 Satirical Sci-Fi

From the Earth to the Moon

A restless artillery club fires a shell at the moon; a French daredevil climbs inside.

— Jules Verne 2006 136 стр.

3.75

40 000+ оценок

🧪 Scientific Adventure 🚀 Early Science Fiction ⚔️ Scientific Rivalry 🧭 Eccentric Explorer 😏 Satirical Sci-Fi

Forrest Gump

— Winston Groom • 1986

An Alabama innocent with a low IQ runs from bullies into football, war, and an unrequited love.

4.00

72 000+

🎭 Picaresque Satire 👶 Innocent Protagonist 💔 Unrequited Love 🪖 Vietnam War Fiction 🫂 War Buddy Friendship

Forrest Gump

An Alabama innocent with a low IQ runs from bullies into football, war, and an unrequited love.

— Winston Groom 1986 248 стр.

4.00

72 000+ оценок

🎭 Picaresque Satire 👶 Innocent Protagonist 💔 Unrequited Love 🪖 Vietnam War Fiction 🫂 War Buddy Friendship

You Will Get Through This Night

— Daniel Howell • 2021

A comedian's frank toolkit for navigating your worst nights, no self-help platitudes required.

4.25

8 000+

🧠 Cognitive Therapy 💭 Emotional Regulation 💖 Self-Compassion 🌿 Mental Wellness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Mental Health

You Will Get Through This Night

A comedian's frank toolkit for navigating your worst nights, no self-help platitudes required.

— Daniel Howell 2021 320 стр.

4.25

8 000+ оценок

🧠 Cognitive Therapy 💭 Emotional Regulation 💖 Self-Compassion 🌿 Mental Wellness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Mental Health

Sorry, Bro

— Taleen Voskuni • 2023

Her mother lines up Armenian bachelors. She falls for the witchy woman running the cooking class.

3.64

6 000+

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 🇦🇲 Armenian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Coming Out Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family

Sorry, Bro

Her mother lines up Armenian bachelors. She falls for the witchy woman running the cooking class.

— Taleen Voskuni 2023 354 стр.

3.64

6 000+ оценок

🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Awakening 🇦🇲 Armenian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌈 Coming Out Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family

Brigands & Breadknives

— Travis Baldree • 2025

A bookseller bolts from her hollow success, waking between a weary elf and a goblin bounty.

4.03

36 000+

🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Adventurer 🍃 Low Stakes Fantasy 🛞 Fantasy Road Trip 📚 Bookish Fantasy

Brigands & Breadknives

A bookseller bolts from her hollow success, waking between a weary elf and a goblin bounty.

— Travis Baldree 2025 336 стр.

4.03

36 000+ оценок

🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Adventurer 🍃 Low Stakes Fantasy 🛞 Fantasy Road Trip 📚 Bookish Fantasy

Dumplin'

— Julie Murphy • 2015

A fat teen enters her mother's beauty pageant and dares a Texas town to look.

3.88

92 000+

🐘 Fat Protagonist 👑 Beauty Pageant 🤠 Small-Town Texas 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💋 Secret Romance

Dumplin'

A fat teen enters her mother's beauty pageant and dares a Texas town to look.

— Julie Murphy 2015 375 стр.

3.88

92 000+ оценок

🐘 Fat Protagonist 👑 Beauty Pageant 🤠 Small-Town Texas 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💋 Secret Romance

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

— Bill Bryson • 2006

His superpower was vaporizing teachers. The decade was 1950s America at its richest, weirdest peak.

3.94

68 000+

🏛️ Mid-Century America 🧒 Childhood Memoir 😂 Humorous Memoir 💰 Postwar Prosperity 🏘️ Small-Town Life

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

His superpower was vaporizing teachers. The decade was 1950s America at its richest, weirdest peak.

— Bill Bryson 2006 288 стр.

3.94

68 000+ оценок

🏛️ Mid-Century America 🧒 Childhood Memoir 😂 Humorous Memoir 💰 Postwar Prosperity 🏘️ Small-Town Life

Жизнь и любовные истории дьявола во плоти

— Грэм Нортон • 2014

Diva worship, doomed romance, and drinking off-duty: the passions that built a talk show icon.

3.88

7 000+

🎤 Showbiz Memoir ☘️ Irish Identity 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience 🍷 Social Drinking 👑 Pop Culture Icons

Жизнь и любовные истории дьявола во плоти

Diva worship, doomed romance, and drinking off-duty: the passions that built a talk show icon.

— Грэм Нортон 2014 400 стр.

3.88

7 000+ оценок

🎤 Showbiz Memoir ☘️ Irish Identity 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience 🍷 Social Drinking 👑 Pop Culture Icons

It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It

— Robert Fulghum • 1989

Life is a burning bed, a child's paper sack, and a mirror fragment reflecting light.

4.10

6 000+

✍️ Personal Essays 😂 Observational Humor 🌟 Everyday Wonder 💖 Embracing Imperfection 🧠 Practical Philosophy

It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It

Life is a burning bed, a child's paper sack, and a mirror fragment reflecting light.

— Robert Fulghum 1989 218 стр.

4.10

6 000+ оценок

✍️ Personal Essays 😂 Observational Humor 🌟 Everyday Wonder 💖 Embracing Imperfection 🧠 Practical Philosophy

The Bad Weather Friend

— Dean Koontz • 2024

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

3.88

40 000+

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Bad Weather Friend

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

— Dean Koontz 2024 374 стр.

3.88

40 000+ оценок

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

Mark Twain

— Ron Chernow • 2025

America's greatest humorist was a grief-haunted gambler who saved his darkest truths for the grave.

4.18

7 000+

📖 Literary Biography 🏛️ Gilded Age America 💔 Grief And Loss 🎭 Public Persona 💸 Business Failure

Mark Twain

America's greatest humorist was a grief-haunted gambler who saved his darkest truths for the grave.

— Ron Chernow 2025 1200 стр.

4.18

7 000+ оценок

📖 Literary Biography 🏛️ Gilded Age America 💔 Grief And Loss 🎭 Public Persona 💸 Business Failure

Вложения

— Рейнбоу Роуэлл • 2011

He reads her emails for a living. Falling in love was never part of the job.

3.86

200 000+

🏢 Workplace Romance ✉️ Epistolary Romance 👀 Unseen Connection 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Вложения

He reads her emails for a living. Falling in love was never part of the job.

— Рейнбоу Роуэлл 2011 323 стр.

3.86

200 000+ оценок

🏢 Workplace Romance ✉️ Epistolary Romance 👀 Unseen Connection 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Life Hacks

— Dan Marshall • 2014

A staple remover opens a key ring. Frozen grapes chill your drink. Three hundred everyday hacks.

3.37

195

🛠️ Lifehacks 🏠 Household Tips 🍽️ Food Hacks ✈️ Travel Hacks 🌿 Natural Remedies

Life Hacks

A staple remover opens a key ring. Frozen grapes chill your drink. Three hundred everyday hacks.

— Dan Marshall 2014 176 стр.

3.37

195 оценок

🛠️ Lifehacks 🏠 Household Tips 🍽️ Food Hacks ✈️ Travel Hacks 🌿 Natural Remedies

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

— Pierre Bayard • 2020

Not reading is a creative strategy, not a failure. A French critic makes the case.

3.44

5 000+

🖊️ Literary Criticism 📚 Reading Culture 🇫🇷 French Philosophy 💰 Cultural Capital 💥 Provocative Essays

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Not reading is a creative strategy, not a failure. A French critic makes the case.

— Pierre Bayard 2020 185 стр.

3.44

5 000+ оценок

🖊️ Literary Criticism 📚 Reading Culture 🇫🇷 French Philosophy 💰 Cultural Capital 💥 Provocative Essays

Julie and Julia

— Julie Powell • 2005

A secretary bets a year on 524 French recipes, a tiny kitchen, and a tell-all blog.

3.71

100 000+

🍳 Culinary Memoir 🎪 Stunt Memoir 💻 Blogger Memoir 🧭 Quarterlife Crisis 👯 Female Friendship

Julie and Julia

A secretary bets a year on 524 French recipes, a tiny kitchen, and a tell-all blog.

— Julie Powell 2005 310 стр.

3.71

100 000+ оценок

🍳 Culinary Memoir 🎪 Stunt Memoir 💻 Blogger Memoir 🧭 Quarterlife Crisis 👯 Female Friendship

Playing for Keeps

— R.L. Mathewson • 2011

A shy teacher's war with her neighbor over destroyed tulips masks an attraction neither will admit.

4.02

100 000+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 🧲 Opposites Attract

Playing for Keeps

A shy teacher's war with her neighbor over destroyed tulips masks an attraction neither will admit.

— R.L. Mathewson 2011 330 стр.

4.02

100 000+ оценок

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 🧲 Opposites Attract

Золотой стандарт

— Ари Голд • 2015

Hollywood's most cutthroat agent delivers the rules of power: no apologies, no soft edges.

4.02

500+

🎭 Satirical Self-Help 📈 Career Strategy 🏷️ Personal Branding ⚡ Power Dynamics 🕸️ Strategic Networking

Золотой стандарт

Hollywood's most cutthroat agent delivers the rules of power: no apologies, no soft edges.

— Ари Голд 2015 224 стр.

4.02

500+ оценок

🎭 Satirical Self-Help 📈 Career Strategy 🏷️ Personal Branding ⚡ Power Dynamics 🕸️ Strategic Networking

This American Woman

— Zarna Garg • 2025

From homeless teenager in Mumbai to stand-up comedian in America: a life built on saying no.

4.32

16 000+

🕌 Indian Diaspora 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💍 Arranged Marriage 📦 Immigrant Memoirs 🔥 Cultural Rebellion

This American Woman

From homeless teenager in Mumbai to stand-up comedian in America: a life built on saying no.

— Zarna Garg 2025 320 стр.

4.32

16 000+ оценок

🕌 Indian Diaspora 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💍 Arranged Marriage 📦 Immigrant Memoirs 🔥 Cultural Rebellion

God Hates Us All

— Hank Moody • 2009

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

3.46

4 000+

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy 🌱 Coming Of Age 💊 Drug Dealing

God Hates Us All

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

— Hank Moody 2009 200 стр.

3.46

4 000+ оценок

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy 🌱 Coming Of Age 💊 Drug Dealing

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

— Scaachi Koul • 2017

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

3.72

13 000+

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 📱 Online Harassment

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

— Scaachi Koul 2017 241 стр.

3.72

13 000+ оценок

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 📱 Online Harassment

Americanized

— Sara Saedi • 2018

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

3.91

3 000+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity 🏛️ Immigration System 📋 Undocumented Youth

Americanized

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

— Sara Saedi 2018 288 стр.

3.91

3 000+ оценок

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity 🏛️ Immigration System 📋 Undocumented Youth

Murder by Cheesecake

— Rachel Ekstrom Courage • 2025

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

3.54

15 000+

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Murder by Cheesecake

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

— Rachel Ekstrom Courage 2025 332 стр.

3.54

15 000+ оценок

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Удушье

— Чак Паланик • 2001

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

3.71

200 000+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🤝 Codependent Friendship 💔 Mother-Son Dysfunction

Удушье

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

— Чак Паланик 2001 293 стр.

3.71

200 000+ оценок

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🤝 Codependent Friendship 💔 Mother-Son Dysfunction

Sick in the Head

— Judd Apatow • 2015

A teenager's taped interviews with comedy heroes mapped the life he would build in film.

3.67

13 000+

🎭 Comedian Memoir ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Interview Collection 🎙️ Stand-Up Comedy 🎬 Show Business Memoir

Sick in the Head

A teenager's taped interviews with comedy heroes mapped the life he would build in film.

— Judd Apatow 2015 489 стр.

3.67

13 000+ оценок

🎭 Comedian Memoir ✍️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Interview Collection 🎙️ Stand-Up Comedy 🎬 Show Business Memoir

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

— Bill Bryson • 1998

After twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson came home to an America he no longer understood.

3.90

69 000+

🌀 Reverse Culture Shock 👀 Observational Humor 🛒 Consumer Culture 🇺🇸 Everyday Americana ✈️ Armchair Travel

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

After twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson came home to an America he no longer understood.

— Bill Bryson 1998 304 стр.

3.90

69 000+ оценок

🌀 Reverse Culture Shock 👀 Observational Humor 🛒 Consumer Culture 🇺🇸 Everyday Americana ✈️ Armchair Travel

The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

— Courtney Walsh • 2023

A lonely researcher tests a magazine's happiness tips on herself, expecting every one to fail.

4.16

24 000+

🎓 Academic Setting ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Healing From Betrayal

The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

A lonely researcher tests a magazine's happiness tips on herself, expecting every one to fail.

— Courtney Walsh 2023 358 стр.

4.16

24 000+ оценок

🎓 Academic Setting ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Healing From Betrayal

So Sad Today

— Melissa Broder • 2016

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

3.80

17 000+

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

So Sad Today

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

— Melissa Broder 2016 206 стр.

3.80

17 000+ оценок

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

Bruce Lee

— Bruce Lee • 2001

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

4.21

1 000+

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir ☢️ Cold War Culture 🚬 Teenage Rebellion

Bruce Lee

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

— Bruce Lee 2001 288 стр.

4.21

1 000+ оценок

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir ☢️ Cold War Culture 🚬 Teenage Rebellion

Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

— Rachel Renée Russell • 2012

To rescue her crush's shelter, an awkward girl must skate in a show she'll wreck.

4.29

35 000+

📔 Illustrated Diary 🎒 Middle School Drama 😈 Mean Girl Rivalry 💕 First Crush 👭 Best Friend Trio

Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

To rescue her crush's shelter, an awkward girl must skate in a show she'll wreck.

— Rachel Renée Russell 2012 288 стр.

4.29

35 000+ оценок

📔 Illustrated Diary 🎒 Middle School Drama 😈 Mean Girl Rivalry 💕 First Crush 👭 Best Friend Trio

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