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

Dear Wendy

— Ann Zhao • 2024

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

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🎓 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.

— Ann Zhao 2024 368 стр.

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

The Stupidest Angel

— Christopher Moore • 2004

A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.

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🧠 Zombie Comedy 😈 Dark Comedy 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Quirky Coastal Town

The Stupidest Angel

A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.

— Christopher Moore 2004 306 стр.

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🧠 Zombie Comedy 😈 Dark Comedy 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Quirky Coastal Town

Families And How To Survive Them

— John Cleese • 1983

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

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🏠 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.

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

Holiday Romance

— Catherine Walsh • 2022

Nine years of platonic Christmas flights. One travel nightmare. A kiss that rewrites the rules.

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🤝 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance ✈️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🕯️ Cozy Holiday Vibes

Holiday Romance

Nine years of platonic Christmas flights. One travel nightmare. A kiss that rewrites the rules.

— Catherine Walsh 2022 354 стр.

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🤝 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance ✈️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🕯️ Cozy Holiday Vibes

Gold Digger

— Susie Tate • 2024

A cleaner hides her silent sister in a duke's mansion and can't afford to fall for him.

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🏛️ Class Divide Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Sister Bond 🩹 Trauma Healing

Gold Digger

A cleaner hides her silent sister in a duke's mansion and can't afford to fall for him.

— Susie Tate 2024 344 стр.

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🏛️ Class Divide Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Sister Bond 🩹 Trauma Healing

I Must Say

— Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

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🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

I Must Say

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

— Martin Short 2014 336 стр.

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🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

The World According to Cunk

— Philomena Cunk • 2024

A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.

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🏛️ Parody History 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🎓 Fake Expertise 🇬🇧 British Satire 📺 Bbc Comedy

The World According to Cunk

A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.

— Philomena Cunk 2024 256 стр.

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🏛️ Parody History 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🎓 Fake Expertise 🇬🇧 British Satire 📺 Bbc Comedy

Hi, Anxiety

— Kat Kinsman • 2016

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

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📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Hi, Anxiety

A trembling hand extended: one journalist's messy memoir of anxiety behind the social media smiles.

— Kat Kinsman 2016 229 стр.

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📖 Anxiety Memoir 💬 Mental Health Stigma 😂 Humor As Coping 🛠️ Coping Strategies 🧒 Childhood Influences

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

— Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

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🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

— Maria Bamford 2023 287 стр.

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🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

The Best Advice in Six Words

— Larry Smith • 2015

Hundreds of writers, six words each: blunt advice on love, work, and everything else.

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💬 Aphorisms ✍️ Creative Constraints 👥 Crowdsourced Wisdom 🎁 Gift Books 📝 Writing Prompts

The Best Advice in Six Words

Hundreds of writers, six words each: blunt advice on love, work, and everything else.

— Larry Smith 2015 229 стр.

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💬 Aphorisms ✍️ Creative Constraints 👥 Crowdsourced Wisdom 🎁 Gift Books 📝 Writing Prompts

Yoga Bitch

— Suzanne Morrison • 2011

Two months in Bali to become enlightened. She mostly just learned to hate her nickname.

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🧘 Spiritual Memoir 🕉️ Yoga Culture 🔍 Spiritual Skepticism 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 😔 Guru Disillusionment

Yoga Bitch

Two months in Bali to become enlightened. She mostly just learned to hate her nickname.

— Suzanne Morrison 2011 169 стр.

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🧘 Spiritual Memoir 🕉️ Yoga Culture 🔍 Spiritual Skepticism 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 😔 Guru Disillusionment

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

— Sarah Kurchak • 2020

She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.

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🎭 Autistic Masking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 🎯 Special Interests ⏰ Late Diagnosis 👩‍🦰 Autistic Women

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.

— Sarah Kurchak 2020 240 стр.

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🎭 Autistic Masking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 🎯 Special Interests ⏰ Late Diagnosis 👩‍🦰 Autistic Women

Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

— Steven Petrow • 2021

The anti-bucket list for aging: name what you won't do, and the rest falls into place.

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🧓 Aging With Humor 🫀 Healthy Aging 🎬 Third Act Living 📝 End Of Life Planning 📖 Personal Legacy

Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

The anti-bucket list for aging: name what you won't do, and the rest falls into place.

— Steven Petrow 2021 272 стр.

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🧓 Aging With Humor 🫀 Healthy Aging 🎬 Third Act Living 📝 End Of Life Planning 📖 Personal Legacy

Home to Harmony

— Philip Gulley • 2000

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

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⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor 😊 Gentle Humor ☕ Comfort Read

Home to Harmony

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

— Philip Gulley 2000 256 стр.

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⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor 😊 Gentle Humor ☕ Comfort Read

mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge

— Will Pearson • 2004

A smart aleck's guide to the universe: relativity, radiation, and why Hollywood gets physics wrong.

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🗂️ Trivia Compendiums 🔬 Popular Science 🚫 Science Myths Debunked 😏 Irreverent Knowledge 📜 Science History

mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge

A smart aleck's guide to the universe: relativity, radiation, and why Hollywood gets physics wrong.

— Will Pearson 2004 345 стр.

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🗂️ Trivia Compendiums 🔬 Popular Science 🚫 Science Myths Debunked 😏 Irreverent Knowledge 📜 Science History

Depression the Comedy

— Jessica Holmes • 2018

A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.

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🌧️ Depression Memoir 😂 Mental Health And Humor 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🧸 Parenting With Depression 😰 Social Anxiety

Depression the Comedy

A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.

— Jessica Holmes 2018 202 стр.

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🌧️ Depression Memoir 😂 Mental Health And Humor 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🧸 Parenting With Depression 😰 Social Anxiety

LeaderShift

— Orrin Woodward • 2013

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

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🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds 📱 Modern Dating Critique 🌸 Child-Free Reflections

LeaderShift

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

— Orrin Woodward 2013 191 стр.

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🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds 📱 Modern Dating Critique 🌸 Child-Free Reflections

Vera, or Faith

— Gary Shteyngart • 2025

A ten-year-old spies on her father and uncovers a secret more dangerous than her parents' divorce.

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🎭 Political Satire 🇺🇸 Near Future America 🧠 Precocious Narrator 🔍 Search For Origins 🔒 Family Secrets

Vera, or Faith

A ten-year-old spies on her father and uncovers a secret more dangerous than her parents' divorce.

— Gary Shteyngart 2025 256 стр.

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🎭 Political Satire 🇺🇸 Near Future America 🧠 Precocious Narrator 🔍 Search For Origins 🔒 Family Secrets

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

— John Allen Paulos • 1985

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

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🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Analytic Philosophy 📚 Popular Philosophy

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

— John Allen Paulos 1985 192 стр.

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🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Analytic Philosophy 📚 Popular Philosophy

Diaries 1969-1979

— Michael Palin • 2006

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

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🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

Diaries 1969-1979

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

— Michael Palin 2006 650 стр.

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🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

The Right Chemistry

— Joe Schwarcz • 2012

Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.

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🔬 Everyday Science 🍎 Food Chemistry 📚 Scientific Literacy 🕵️ Pseudoscience Debunking 📜 History Of Science

The Right Chemistry

Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.

— Joe Schwarcz 2012 304 стр.

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🔬 Everyday Science 🍎 Food Chemistry 📚 Scientific Literacy 🕵️ Pseudoscience Debunking 📜 History Of Science

SuperFreakonomics

— Steven D. Levitt • 2009

Prostitutes earn more on holidays, suicide bombers buy life insurance. An economist explains why.

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📉 Pop-Economics 🧠 Incentive Design 🧐 Myth Busting 🎁 Altruism 🔢 Data Analysis

SuperFreakonomics

Prostitutes earn more on holidays, suicide bombers buy life insurance. An economist explains why.

— Steven D. Levitt 2009 6 стр.

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📉 Pop-Economics 🧠 Incentive Design 🧐 Myth Busting 🎁 Altruism 🔢 Data Analysis

The Do-Over

— Sharon M. Peterson • 2022

A public breakup pushes Perci to ban dating. Her neighbor's fake romance offer tests that rule.

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🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Difficult Mothers 💪 Body Positivity 🏡 Small Town Romance

The Do-Over

A public breakup pushes Perci to ban dating. Her neighbor's fake romance offer tests that rule.

— Sharon M. Peterson 2022 335 стр.

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🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Difficult Mothers 💪 Body Positivity 🏡 Small Town Romance

Disaster Preparedness

— Heather Havrilesky • 2010

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

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😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Disaster Preparedness

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

— Heather Havrilesky 2010 256 стр.

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😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy

— Greg Dean • 2000

The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Joke Writing 🎭 Comedy Performance 🌱 Creative Process 😰 Performance Anxiety

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy

The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.

— Greg Dean 2000 191 стр.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Joke Writing 🎭 Comedy Performance 🌱 Creative Process 😰 Performance Anxiety

Operation Ironman

— George Mahood • 2015

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

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🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

Operation Ironman

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

— George Mahood 2015 315 стр.

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🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

— Jason Pargin • 2024

A driver, a stranger, a locked box, and an internet that thinks it's a bomb.

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🖥️ Internet Satire 📱 Viral Paranoia 🚗 Odd Couple Road Trip 🤷 Reluctant Everyman 😂 Absurdist Humor

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

A driver, a stranger, a locked box, and an internet that thinks it's a bomb.

— Jason Pargin 2024 400 стр.

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🖥️ Internet Satire 📱 Viral Paranoia 🚗 Odd Couple Road Trip 🤷 Reluctant Everyman 😂 Absurdist Humor

Thug Notes

— Sparky Sweets • 2015

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

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🤣 Comic Literary Criticism 📝 Study Guides 🔑 Accessible Classics 📖 Reluctant Readers 🎓 Humor In Education

Thug Notes

What if CliffsNotes were written by a hip-hop scholar who treats classics like street parables?

— Sparky Sweets 2015 304 стр.

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🤣 Comic Literary Criticism 📝 Study Guides 🔑 Accessible Classics 📖 Reluctant Readers 🎓 Humor In Education

Merry Little Kissmas

— Lauren Blakely • 2025

Fake dating for Christmas: a grumpy hockey dad and a sunny matchmaker find real sparks.

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🎄 Holiday Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Dad

Merry Little Kissmas

Fake dating for Christmas: a grumpy hockey dad and a sunny matchmaker find real sparks.

— Lauren Blakely 2025 538 стр.

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🎄 Holiday Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Dad

Funny on Purpose

— Joe Randazzo • 2015

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

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🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎙️ Standup Comedy

Funny on Purpose

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

— Joe Randazzo 2015 336 стр.

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🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎙️ Standup Comedy

One in a Millennial

— Кейт Кеннеди • 2024

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

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💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

One in a Millennial

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

— Кейт Кеннеди 2024 336 стр.

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💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

Sourdough

— Robin Sloan • 2017

When a San Francisco coder inherits a singing sourdough starter, her optimized life begins to rise.

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🪄 Magical Realism 🍞 Foodie Fiction ☕ Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 💻 Women In Stem

Sourdough

When a San Francisco coder inherits a singing sourdough starter, her optimized life begins to rise.

— Robin Sloan 2017 259 стр.

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🪄 Magical Realism 🍞 Foodie Fiction ☕ Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 💻 Women In Stem

Have You Eaten Grandma?

— Gyles Brandreth • 2018

Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.

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📝 English Usage ❗ Punctuation ❌ Common Errors 🧱 Vocabulary Building 😂 Humorous Reference

Have You Eaten Grandma?

Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.

— Gyles Brandreth 2018 256 стр.

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📝 English Usage ❗ Punctuation ❌ Common Errors 🧱 Vocabulary Building 😂 Humorous Reference

Nature Girl

— Carl Hiaasen • 2006

A single mom baits the telemarketer who insulted her into a Florida ecotour he cannot escape.

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🐊 Florida Crime Caper 🌿 Eco-Satire 🎯 Revenge Comedy 🎪 Misfit Ensemble 🖤 Dark Comedy

Nature Girl

A single mom baits the telemarketer who insulted her into a Florida ecotour he cannot escape.

— Carl Hiaasen 2006 306 стр.

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🐊 Florida Crime Caper 🌿 Eco-Satire 🎯 Revenge Comedy 🎪 Misfit Ensemble 🖤 Dark Comedy

Love at First Sighting

— Mallory Marlowe • 2025

Her UFO video was a joke to everyone except the agent sent to debunk it.

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📱 Influencer Culture ⚡ Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔥 Slow Burn

Love at First Sighting

Her UFO video was a joke to everyone except the agent sent to debunk it.

— Mallory Marlowe 2025 352 стр.

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📱 Influencer Culture ⚡ Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔥 Slow Burn

Finding My Badass Self

— Sherry Stanfa-Stanley • 2017

52 scary firsts in one year, at age 52. The nude beach was the easy part.

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🔄 Midlife Reinvention 📅 Year-Long Challenges 🤸 Comfort Zone Challenges 😄 Humor As Resilience 🧪 Personal Experiments

Finding My Badass Self

52 scary firsts in one year, at age 52. The nude beach was the easy part.

— Sherry Stanfa-Stanley 2017 225 стр.

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🔄 Midlife Reinvention 📅 Year-Long Challenges 🤸 Comfort Zone Challenges 😄 Humor As Resilience 🧪 Personal Experiments

Humour

— Terry Eagleton • 2019

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

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🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory 🤝 Humor And Society 🗳️ Humor And Politics

Humour

From gloating superiority to utopian carnival, a philosopher surveys every major theory of laughter.

— Terry Eagleton 2019 224 стр.

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🎭 Philosophy Of Humor 📜 History Of Laughter 📖 Literary Theory 🤝 Humor And Society 🗳️ Humor And Politics

Как флиртовать с адским псом

— Шеннон Мэй • 2024

An anxious writer asks his hot neighbor about dismemberment. He's a hellhound. He's into it.

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🖤 Dark Paranormal Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey Hero

Как флиртовать с адским псом

An anxious writer asks his hot neighbor about dismemberment. He's a hellhound. He's into it.

— Шеннон Мэй 2024 226 стр.

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🖤 Dark Paranormal Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey Hero

The Canterbury Tales

— Peter Ackroyd • 2009

A storytelling contest on a spring pilgrimage to Canterbury unmasks the soul of medieval England.

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📖 Frame Narrative 🏰 Medieval England 🍻 Bawdy Humor 🦊 Trickster Tales ⛪ Church Corruption

The Canterbury Tales

A storytelling contest on a spring pilgrimage to Canterbury unmasks the soul of medieval England.

— Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 стр.

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📖 Frame Narrative 🏰 Medieval England 🍻 Bawdy Humor 🦊 Trickster Tales ⛪ Church Corruption

Paladin's Faith

— T. Kingfisher • 2023

A hunted spy and a guilt-ridden paladin seek an invention that could shatter a deadly monopoly.

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🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🕵️ Spy Heroine 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue

Paladin's Faith

A hunted spy and a guilt-ridden paladin seek an invention that could shatter a deadly monopoly.

— T. Kingfisher 2023 446 стр.

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🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🕵️ Spy Heroine 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue

The Seventh Function of Language

— Laurent Binet • 2015

After Barthes is killed, a detective and a scholar hunt a manuscript that weaponizes language.

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📚 Literary Thriller 🔒 Secret Society 👥 Odd Couple Detectives 🧠 Real-Life Figures 🎭 Academic Satire

The Seventh Function of Language

After Barthes is killed, a detective and a scholar hunt a manuscript that weaponizes language.

— Laurent Binet 2015 359 стр.

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📚 Literary Thriller 🔒 Secret Society 👥 Odd Couple Detectives 🧠 Real-Life Figures 🎭 Academic Satire

In a Sunburned Country

— Bill Bryson • 2000

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

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🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife 🐇 Invasive Species ⛓️ Convict Legacy

In a Sunburned Country

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

— Bill Bryson 2000 335 стр.

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🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife 🐇 Invasive Species ⛓️ Convict Legacy

The Body in the Backyard

— Lucy Score • 2024

A psychic and her PI boyfriend protect her ex-husband after a corpse lands in his backyard.

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🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Sleuth 💔 Ex-Husband In Trouble 🏠 Chaotic Found Family 🕶️ Protective PI 😂 Laugh-Out-Loud

The Body in the Backyard

A psychic and her PI boyfriend protect her ex-husband after a corpse lands in his backyard.

— Lucy Score 2024 368 стр.

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🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Sleuth 💔 Ex-Husband In Trouble 🏠 Chaotic Found Family 🕶️ Protective PI 😂 Laugh-Out-Loud

The Wrong Mr. Right

— Stephanie Archer • 2022

A shy bookstore owner blackmails a surfer into boldness lessons, and learns he is hiding too.

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🏄 Beach Town Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌷 Shy Heroine 🤝 Bargain Romance

The Wrong Mr. Right

A shy bookstore owner blackmails a surfer into boldness lessons, and learns he is hiding too.

— Stephanie Archer 2022 376 стр.

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45 000+ оценок

🏄 Beach Town Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌷 Shy Heroine 🤝 Bargain Romance

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