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

Magical Thinking

— Augusten Burroughs • 2004

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

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📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Magical Thinking

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

— Augusten Burroughs 2004 304 стр.

3.96

57 000+ оценок

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Allow Me to Retort

— Elie Mystal • 2022

The Constitution isn't sacred. It was built for white power and still works as designed.

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4 000+

🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Originalism Critique ⛓️ Structural Racism 👮 Policing And Race 🗳️ Voting Rights

Allow Me to Retort

The Constitution isn't sacred. It was built for white power and still works as designed.

— Elie Mystal 2022 270 стр.

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4 000+ оценок

🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Originalism Critique ⛓️ Structural Racism 👮 Policing And Race 🗳️ Voting Rights

The Bromance Book Club

— Lyssa Kay Adams • 2019

A baseball star joins a secret club where men read romance novels to save his marriage.

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🏚️ Marriage In Crisis ⚾ Sports Romance 📚 Bookish Romance 🙏 Groveling Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Bromance Book Club

A baseball star joins a secret club where men read romance novels to save his marriage.

— Lyssa Kay Adams 2019 352 стр.

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100 000+ оценок

🏚️ Marriage In Crisis ⚾ Sports Romance 📚 Bookish Romance 🙏 Groveling Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

The New One

— Mike Birbiglia • 2020

A comedian who swore off kids. A wife who changed her mind. The year that rewired him.

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🍼 Reluctant Fatherhood 🎤 Comedy Memoirs 😂 Parenting Humor 💑 Marriage After Kids 👶 New Parents

The New One

A comedian who swore off kids. A wife who changed her mind. The year that rewired him.

— Mike Birbiglia 2020 256 стр.

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7 000+ оценок

🍼 Reluctant Fatherhood 🎤 Comedy Memoirs 😂 Parenting Humor 💑 Marriage After Kids 👶 New Parents

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

— Kliph Nesteroff • 2021

From Wild West exploitation to viral sketches: how Native comedians turned erasure into an art form.

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3 000+

🪶 Native American History 🎭 Comedy History ✊ Cultural Reclamation 🎬 Media Stereotypes 💪 Humor As Resistance

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

From Wild West exploitation to viral sketches: how Native comedians turned erasure into an art form.

— Kliph Nesteroff 2021 319 стр.

4.06

3 000+ оценок

🪶 Native American History 🎭 Comedy History ✊ Cultural Reclamation 🎬 Media Stereotypes 💪 Humor As Resistance

Hotel Babylon

— Anonymous • 2004

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

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2 000+

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work 🎯 Gonzo Memoir ✨ Luxury Service

Hotel Babylon

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

— Anonymous 2004 271 стр.

3.62

2 000+ оценок

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work 🎯 Gonzo Memoir ✨ Luxury Service

Укрощение строптивой

— Уильям Шекспир • 1593

A fortune-hunter marries a fiery heiress, then wages a battle of wits to reshape her.

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🎭 Shakespearean Comedy 👤 Mistaken Identity ⚔️ Battle Of Wits 👩 Headstrong Heroine 👯 Sister Dynamics

Укрощение строптивой

A fortune-hunter marries a fiery heiress, then wages a battle of wits to reshape her.

— Уильям Шекспир 1593 105 стр.

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100 000+ оценок

🎭 Shakespearean Comedy 👤 Mistaken Identity ⚔️ Battle Of Wits 👩 Headstrong Heroine 👯 Sister Dynamics

Finnegans Wake

— James Joyce • 1939

Dublin, one night's dream: a publican's guilt becomes all history in words that reinvent language.

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📖 Dream Logic 🧪 Experimental Modernism 🔄 Cyclical Narrative 💬 Linguistic Invention 🏙️ Dublin Ireland

Finnegans Wake

Dublin, one night's dream: a publican's guilt becomes all history in words that reinvent language.

— James Joyce 1939 628 стр.

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13 000+ оценок

📖 Dream Logic 🧪 Experimental Modernism 🔄 Cyclical Narrative 💬 Linguistic Invention 🏙️ Dublin Ireland

How to Be a Person in the World

— Heather Havrilesky • 2016

Your weirdness, intensity, and desire for passionate love aren't problems. They're the point.

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✉️ Advice Columns 🌀 Quarter-Life Crisis 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🥊 Tough Love Advice 🎭 Perfectionism Recovery

How to Be a Person in the World

Your weirdness, intensity, and desire for passionate love aren't problems. They're the point.

— Heather Havrilesky 2016 254 стр.

3.84

4 000+ оценок

✉️ Advice Columns 🌀 Quarter-Life Crisis 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🥊 Tough Love Advice 🎭 Perfectionism Recovery

An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating

— Cecilia Edward • 2025

Flung from 1690 to today, a lonely witch navigates dating apps and the quiet veterinarian next door.

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🧹 Cozy Witch Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐱 Animal Familiar 💔 Dating App Disasters ⚡ Opposites Attract

An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating

Flung from 1690 to today, a lonely witch navigates dating apps and the quiet veterinarian next door.

— Cecilia Edward 2025 320 стр.

3.65

5 000+ оценок

🧹 Cozy Witch Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐱 Animal Familiar 💔 Dating App Disasters ⚡ Opposites Attract

Dance First, Think Later

— Kathryn Petras • 2011

Borrow the playbook of history's wisest: 618 rules for a life spent doing, not overthinking.

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📜 Aphorism Collections 🏛️ Practical Philosophy 💬 Inspirational Quotes 🗂️ Curated Wisdom 🚀 Bold Action

Dance First, Think Later

Borrow the playbook of history's wisest: 618 rules for a life spent doing, not overthinking.

— Kathryn Petras 2011 425 стр.

3.79

500+ оценок

📜 Aphorism Collections 🏛️ Practical Philosophy 💬 Inspirational Quotes 🗂️ Curated Wisdom 🚀 Bold Action

Однsatisfiедним летом

— Тесса Бейли • 2021

An LA socialite's banishment to a fishing town pits her against a gruff widowed sea captain.

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700 000+

🎣 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Widowed Hero

Однsatisfiедним летом

An LA socialite's banishment to a fishing town pits her against a gruff widowed sea captain.

— Тесса Бейли 2021 397 стр.

3.90

700 000+ оценок

🎣 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Widowed Hero

Playboy

— Brittanee Nicole • 2025

One night with the team's guarded PR exec. One positive test. One playboy playing for keeps.

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12 000+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤰 Accidental Pregnancy 💘 He Falls First 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 💗 Vulnerable Hero

Playboy

One night with the team's guarded PR exec. One positive test. One playboy playing for keeps.

— Brittanee Nicole 2025 382 стр.

4.18

12 000+ оценок

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤰 Accidental Pregnancy 💘 He Falls First 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 💗 Vulnerable Hero

Two Weeks Notice

— Whitney G. • 2018

A broke New Yorker steals hotel breakfasts. The billionaire hires her, then makes escape impossible.

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⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Office Romance 💰 Billionaire Boss ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔒 Forced Proximity

Two Weeks Notice

A broke New Yorker steals hotel breakfasts. The billionaire hires her, then makes escape impossible.

— Whitney G. 2018 255 стр.

3.95

36 000+ оценок

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Office Romance 💰 Billionaire Boss ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔒 Forced Proximity

Kiss My Tiara

— Susan Jane Gilman • 2001

Earn more, eat more, apologize less. A loud, funny field guide for women done playing nice.

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1 000+

💅 Feminist Humor 😈 Irreverent Self-Help ✨ Body Positivity 🍕 Rejecting Diet Culture 💰 Financial Independence

Kiss My Tiara

Earn more, eat more, apologize less. A loud, funny field guide for women done playing nice.

— Susan Jane Gilman 2001 219 стр.

3.61

1 000+ оценок

💅 Feminist Humor 😈 Irreverent Self-Help ✨ Body Positivity 🍕 Rejecting Diet Culture 💰 Financial Independence

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

— David Nobbs • 1995

An office drone fakes his death to flee the nine-to-five, but his wife has moved on.

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1 000+

🏢 Corporate Satire 🔄 Midlife Crisis 🪦 Fake Death 🏘️ Suburban Ennui 🎪 Absurdist Humor

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

An office drone fakes his death to flee the nine-to-five, but his wife has moved on.

— David Nobbs 1995 285 стр.

3.91

1 000+ оценок

🏢 Corporate Satire 🔄 Midlife Crisis 🪦 Fake Death 🏘️ Suburban Ennui 🎪 Absurdist Humor

Hector and the Secrets of Love

— François Lelord • 2005

To save his relationship, a psychiatrist chases a vanished professor whose drug can engineer love.

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📖 Philosophical Fable 💔 Love Triangle 🔬 Love And Science ⏳ Midlife Crisis 🌏 Cross-Cultural Romance

Hector and the Secrets of Love

To save his relationship, a psychiatrist chases a vanished professor whose drug can engineer love.

— François Lelord 2005 290 стр.

3.46

2 000+ оценок

📖 Philosophical Fable 💔 Love Triangle 🔬 Love And Science ⏳ Midlife Crisis 🌏 Cross-Cultural Romance

Repossessed

— A.M. Jenkins • 2007

A demon escapes Hell to live as a teenager, chasing earthly pleasures while angelic enforcers close.

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2 000+

😈 Demon Narrator 🏢 Hell Bureaucracy 😇 Demon Redemption 🤣 Paranormal Comedy 🛋️ Cozy Paranormal

Repossessed

A demon escapes Hell to live as a teenager, chasing earthly pleasures while angelic enforcers close.

— A.M. Jenkins 2007 224 стр.

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2 000+ оценок

😈 Demon Narrator 🏢 Hell Bureaucracy 😇 Demon Redemption 🤣 Paranormal Comedy 🛋️ Cozy Paranormal

Royally Rearranged

— Emma St. Clair • 2021

To reclaim her prince, a princess fake-dates his roguish cousin. Her heart has other plans.

4.02

16 000+

👑 Royal Romcom 🎭 Fake Dating 👸 Princess Heroine ⚖️ Duty Versus Love 🔄 Reformed Playboy

Royally Rearranged

To reclaim her prince, a princess fake-dates his roguish cousin. Her heart has other plans.

— Emma St. Clair 2021 405 стр.

4.02

16 000+ оценок

👑 Royal Romcom 🎭 Fake Dating 👸 Princess Heroine ⚖️ Duty Versus Love 🔄 Reformed Playboy

A Pack for Autumn

— Emilia Emerson • 2024

A shy omega lighthouse keeper. Three broken alphas. A town that won't let her hide.

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13 000+

🐺 Omegaverse 💘 Why Choose 🏘️ Found Family 🕯️ Slow Burn 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

A Pack for Autumn

A shy omega lighthouse keeper. Three broken alphas. A town that won't let her hide.

— Emilia Emerson 2024 362 стр.

3.82

13 000+ оценок

🐺 Omegaverse 💘 Why Choose 🏘️ Found Family 🕯️ Slow Burn 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Hate Mail

— Donna Marchetti • 2024

A meteorologist must find her childhood pen pal when a new hate letter reignites their rivalry.

3.89

55 000+

🖋️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕯️ Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

Hate Mail

A meteorologist must find her childhood pen pal when a new hate letter reignites their rivalry.

— Donna Marchetti 2024 382 стр.

3.89

55 000+ оценок

🖋️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕯️ Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

Cover Story

— Mhairi McFarlane • 2025

An investigative journalist and her guarded intern pose as a couple to trap a predator.

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13 000+

🎭 Fake Dating 💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🕵️ Undercover Operation 📰 Investigative Journalism

Cover Story

An investigative journalist and her guarded intern pose as a couple to trap a predator.

— Mhairi McFarlane 2025 384 стр.

3.79

13 000+ оценок

🎭 Fake Dating 💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🕵️ Undercover Operation 📰 Investigative Journalism

Murder Your Employer

— Rupert Holmes • 2023

At a hidden academy, murder is a craft. Three students must kill their bosses to graduate.

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59 000+

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Academic Satire 🎯 Revenge Thriller 🏛️ Secret Society 😏 Dark Comedy

Murder Your Employer

At a hidden academy, murder is a craft. Three students must kill their bosses to graduate.

— Rupert Holmes 2023 400 стр.

3.8

59 000+ оценок

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Academic Satire 🎯 Revenge Thriller 🏛️ Secret Society 😏 Dark Comedy

Флирт

— Адриана Локк • 2022

Brooke hires co-worker Moss as her fake boyfriend for a family party. Their chemistry is real.

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13 000+

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 💘 He Falls First 😏 Playful Banter

Флирт

Brooke hires co-worker Moss as her fake boyfriend for a family party. Their chemistry is real.

— Адриана Локк 2022 366 стр.

4.25

13 000+ оценок

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 💘 He Falls First 😏 Playful Banter

Hot for Slayer

— Ali Hazelwood • 2025

A vampire's ancient enemy saves her life, then forgets everything. Including why he should kill her.

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100 000+

🗡️ Vampire Hunter Romance 😂 Paranormal Romcom 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Touch Starved Heroine

Hot for Slayer

A vampire's ancient enemy saves her life, then forgets everything. Including why he should kill her.

— Ali Hazelwood 2025 94 стр.

3.84

100 000+ оценок

🗡️ Vampire Hunter Romance 😂 Paranormal Romcom 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Touch Starved Heroine

That's Not English

— Erin Moore • 2015

British reserve and American enthusiasm hide in words that both countries assume they share.

3.67

500+

🗣️ Language And Culture 🌍 Cultural Comparison 🎩 Social Class 📚 Popular Linguistics 🔬 Linguistic Anthropology

That's Not English

British reserve and American enthusiasm hide in words that both countries assume they share.

— Erin Moore 2015 223 стр.

3.67

500+ оценок

🗣️ Language And Culture 🌍 Cultural Comparison 🎩 Social Class 📚 Popular Linguistics 🔬 Linguistic Anthropology

The Greatest Nobodies of History

— Adrian Bliss • 2024

A lovesick plague, a vain ferret, and a royal oak: history's walk-on parts demand the spotlight.

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The Greatest Nobodies of History

A lovesick plague, a vain ferret, and a royal oak: history's walk-on parts demand the spotlight.

— Adrian Bliss 2024 304 стр.

3.52

2 000+ оценок

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

— Marina Lewycka • 2005

Warring sisters unite when their 84-year-old father decides to marry a Ukrainian gold digger.

3.45

37 000+

🎭 Dark Family Comedy ⚔️ Warring Sisters 👴 Aging Parent Crisis 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Diaspora 🇬🇧 Immigrant England

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Warring sisters unite when their 84-year-old father decides to marry a Ukrainian gold digger.

— Marina Lewycka 2005 326 стр.

3.45

37 000+ оценок

🎭 Dark Family Comedy ⚔️ Warring Sisters 👴 Aging Parent Crisis 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Diaspora 🇬🇧 Immigrant England

You're Never Weird on the Internet

— Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

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50 000+

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

— Felicia Day 2015 272 стр.

4.07

50 000+ оценок

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

Princess in Waiting

— Meg Cabot • 2003

A teen princess's grandmother schemes to pair her with a prince, threatening her first real romance.

3.69

50 000+

📓 Diary Format 👑 Ordinary Girl Royalty 👵 Meddling Grandmother 😩 Teenage Angst 💙 Supportive Boyfriend

Princess in Waiting

A teen princess's grandmother schemes to pair her with a prince, threatening her first real romance.

— Meg Cabot 2003 259 стр.

3.69

50 000+ оценок

📓 Diary Format 👑 Ordinary Girl Royalty 👵 Meddling Grandmother 😩 Teenage Angst 💙 Supportive Boyfriend

Wildest Dreams

— L.J. Shen • 2025

A single mom fakes an engagement with her brother's best friend, but the kisses feel too real.

4.17

32 000+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🤫 Brother's Best Friend 🚪 Forced Proximity

Wildest Dreams

A single mom fakes an engagement with her brother's best friend, but the kisses feel too real.

— L.J. Shen 2025 434 стр.

4.17

32 000+ оценок

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🤫 Brother's Best Friend 🚪 Forced Proximity

Windswept & Interesting

— Billy Connolly • 2021

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

4.40

11 000+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Windswept & Interesting

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

— Billy Connolly 2021 392 стр.

4.40

11 000+ оценок

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

I'd Like to Play Alone, Please

— Tom Segura • 2022

A comedian's memoir where the most normal person is the one who names his bowel movements.

4.00

18 000+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedian Memoirs ✍️ Essay Collections 👪 Eccentric Families 🤪 Absurdist Humor

I'd Like to Play Alone, Please

A comedian's memoir where the most normal person is the one who names his bowel movements.

— Tom Segura 2022 229 стр.

4.00

18 000+ оценок

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedian Memoirs ✍️ Essay Collections 👪 Eccentric Families 🤪 Absurdist Humor

Thanksgiving

— Janet Evanovich • 1988

A rabbit and a baby turn instant dislike into a makeshift family as Thanksgiving dinner looms.

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16 000+

🕰️ 1980s Romance 🍂 Holiday Romance 🍼 Surprise Baby 🏡 Makeshift Family 🐰 Animal Matchmaker

Thanksgiving

A rabbit and a baby turn instant dislike into a makeshift family as Thanksgiving dinner looms.

— Janet Evanovich 1988 228 стр.

3.63

16 000+ оценок

🕰️ 1980s Romance 🍂 Holiday Romance 🍼 Surprise Baby 🏡 Makeshift Family 🐰 Animal Matchmaker

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek

— Dave Marinaccio • 1994

The leadership and ethics curriculum hidden inside Star Trek, finally pulled into plain sight.

3.46

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📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🖖 Star Trek Fandom 👔 Leadership Lessons ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas 🤝 Diverse Teams

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek

The leadership and ethics curriculum hidden inside Star Trek, finally pulled into plain sight.

— Dave Marinaccio 1994 130 стр.

3.46

407 оценок

📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🖖 Star Trek Fandom 👔 Leadership Lessons ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas 🤝 Diverse Teams

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

— Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2024

Chinese New Year, Jakarta: a missing deed, a hostage husband, and four aunties staging the rescue.

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12 000+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Caper 📞 Meddling Relatives 💕 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Amateur Heist ⚡ Generation Clash

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

Chinese New Year, Jakarta: a missing deed, a hostage husband, and four aunties staging the rescue.

— Jesse Q. Sutanto 2024 278 стр.

3.52

12 000+ оценок

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Caper 📞 Meddling Relatives 💕 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Amateur Heist ⚡ Generation Clash

This Is How

— Augusten Burroughs • 2012

Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.

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13 000+

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Radical Honesty 🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🔍 Dealing With Shame

This Is How

Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.

— Augusten Burroughs 2012 230 стр.

3.68

13 000+ оценок

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Radical Honesty 🌊 Emotional Acceptance 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🔍 Dealing With Shame

A Spell for Chameleon

— Piers Anthony • 1977

Bink has no magic in enchanted Xanth. At twenty-five, exile comes unless he proves his gift exists.

3.92

48 000+

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🪄 Hidden Magic 🎭 Shifting Identity 🌫️ Illusion Magic ✨ Whimsical Fantasy

A Spell for Chameleon

Bink has no magic in enchanted Xanth. At twenty-five, exile comes unless he proves his gift exists.

— Piers Anthony 1977 344 стр.

3.92

48 000+ оценок

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🪄 Hidden Magic 🎭 Shifting Identity 🌫️ Illusion Magic ✨ Whimsical Fantasy

Ellison Wonderland

— Harlan Ellison • 1962

A murder kit, a centaur wish, and a robot's return: stories that warp reality.

3.99

1 000+

🌀 Surreal Sci-Fi 🌟 Science Fantasy ↩️ Twist Endings 🤡 Absurdist Dilemmas 🪞 Identity Shift

Ellison Wonderland

A murder kit, a centaur wish, and a robot's return: stories that warp reality.

— Harlan Ellison 1962 195 стр.

3.99

1 000+ оценок

🌀 Surreal Sci-Fi 🌟 Science Fantasy ↩️ Twist Endings 🤡 Absurdist Dilemmas 🪞 Identity Shift

Battle of the Bookstores

— Ali Brady • 2025

Two bookstore rivals compete for one job, unaware they're anonymous online soulmates.

3.83

34 000+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Rivalry 📖 Bookish Romance 🎭 Secret Identity ☕ Cozy Bookshop Vibes

Battle of the Bookstores

Two bookstore rivals compete for one job, unaware they're anonymous online soulmates.

— Ali Brady 2025 414 стр.

3.83

34 000+ оценок

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Rivalry 📖 Bookish Romance 🎭 Secret Identity ☕ Cozy Bookshop Vibes

Get Rich or Get Lucky

— Max Nowaz • 2019

A broke renovator finds a spell book. One mispronounced incantation later, his rival is a crayfish.

4.25

20 000+

🎭 Dark Comedy Fantasy 📖 Spell Book 🧙 Amateur Sorcerer ✨ Magical Mishaps 💀 Cursed Object

Get Rich or Get Lucky

A broke renovator finds a spell book. One mispronounced incantation later, his rival is a crayfish.

— Max Nowaz 2019 276 стр.

4.25

20 000+ оценок

🎭 Dark Comedy Fantasy 📖 Spell Book 🧙 Amateur Sorcerer ✨ Magical Mishaps 💀 Cursed Object

My Rules

— T.L. Swan • 2024

His best friend's ex-wife asked for dating advice. He became the lesson she never forgot.

4.09

30 000+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 📚 Dating Lessons 🦋 Divorced Heroine

My Rules

His best friend's ex-wife asked for dating advice. He became the lesson she never forgot.

— T.L. Swan 2024 503 стр.

4.09

30 000+ оценок

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 📚 Dating Lessons 🦋 Divorced Heroine

The Road to Little Dribbling

— Bill Bryson • 2015

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

3.73

38 000+

🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor 🔬 Cultural Anthropology 🇬🇧 Modern Britain

The Road to Little Dribbling

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

— Bill Bryson 2015 380 стр.

3.73

38 000+ оценок

🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor 🔬 Cultural Anthropology 🇬🇧 Modern Britain

Rosie and the Dreamboat

— Sally Thorne • 2024

A spa tank traps Rosie on Valentine's, and the firefighter rescuing her sounds like the one.

3.42

91 000+

💘 Meet-Cute Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 👯 Sister Relationship

Rosie and the Dreamboat

A spa tank traps Rosie on Valentine's, and the firefighter rescuing her sounds like the one.

— Sally Thorne 2024 44 стр.

3.42

91 000+ оценок

💘 Meet-Cute Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 👯 Sister Relationship

Mind Full

— Dermot Whelan • 2021

A comedian's guide to stress: meditation, breathwork, and the lost art of switching your brain off.

4.18

500+

😰 Stress Management 🧘 Meditation For Beginners 🌬️ Breathwork Techniques ❤️ Self-Compassion 🍷 Mindful Drinking

Mind Full

A comedian's guide to stress: meditation, breathwork, and the lost art of switching your brain off.

— Dermot Whelan 2021 212 стр.

4.18

500+ оценок

😰 Stress Management 🧘 Meditation For Beginners 🌬️ Breathwork Techniques ❤️ Self-Compassion 🍷 Mindful Drinking

Truth in Advertising

— John Kenney • 2013

A copywriter who fakes sincerity for a living must finally show up for his dying father.

3.74

3 000+

🎬 Advertising Satire 📖 Literary Satire 👴 Parental Estrangement 🕳️ Midlife Crisis 💔 Fear Of Intimacy

Truth in Advertising

A copywriter who fakes sincerity for a living must finally show up for his dying father.

— John Kenney 2013 320 стр.

3.74

3 000+ оценок

🎬 Advertising Satire 📖 Literary Satire 👴 Parental Estrangement 🕳️ Midlife Crisis 💔 Fear Of Intimacy

What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

— Bill Maher • 2024

From cancel culture to pandemic theater, a comedian dismantles the pieties nobody else will touch.

4.18

5 000+

🎭 Political Satire 🚫 Cancel Culture 🗣️ Free Speech ⚔️ Culture Wars 📺 Media Criticism

What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

From cancel culture to pandemic theater, a comedian dismantles the pieties nobody else will touch.

— Bill Maher 2024 395 стр.

4.18

5 000+ оценок

🎭 Political Satire 🚫 Cancel Culture 🗣️ Free Speech ⚔️ Culture Wars 📺 Media Criticism

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

— David Foster Wallace • 2005

Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.

4.18

54 000+

🎬 Adult Film Industry 📺 Media Criticism 🛒 Consumer Ethics 🗳️ Political Rhetoric 🖊️ New Journalism

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.

— David Foster Wallace 2005 505 стр.

4.18

54 000+ оценок

🎬 Adult Film Industry 📺 Media Criticism 🛒 Consumer Ethics 🗳️ Political Rhetoric 🖊️ New Journalism

Sex Criminals, Vol. 1

— Matt Fraction • 2014

Suzie's orgasms stop time. So do Jon's. Their plan: rob a bank, save a library.

3.90

41 000+

🍆 Raunchy Humor 🎭 Meta Fiction 💰 Partners In Crime 💕 Misfits In Love ⏸️ Time Stopping

Sex Criminals, Vol. 1

Suzie's orgasms stop time. So do Jon's. Their plan: rob a bank, save a library.

— Matt Fraction 2014 128 стр.

3.90

41 000+ оценок

🍆 Raunchy Humor 🎭 Meta Fiction 💰 Partners In Crime 💕 Misfits In Love ⏸️ Time Stopping

Families And How To Survive Them

— John Cleese • 1983

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

3.94

1 000+

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

Families And How To Survive Them

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

— John Cleese 1983 304 стр.

3.94

1 000+ оценок

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

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