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

Обречённые на победу

— Джон Скальци • 2005

A seventy-five-year-old widower joins the army for a new body and gets an interstellar war.

4.23

200 000+

🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🧬 Consciousness Transfer 👽 Alien Warfare 😏 Wry Humor 💪 Boot Camp Training

Обречённые на победу

A seventy-five-year-old widower joins the army for a new body and gets an interstellar war.

— Джон Скальци 2005 318 стр.

4.23

200 000+ оценок

🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🧬 Consciousness Transfer 👽 Alien Warfare 😏 Wry Humor 💪 Boot Camp Training

Humble Pi

— Matt Parker • 2019

Math errors have sunk ships and crashed economies. A mathematician-comedian explains why.

4.10

22 000+

Humble Pi

Math errors have sunk ships and crashed economies. A mathematician-comedian explains why.

— Matt Parker 2019 314 стр.

4.10

22 000+ оценок

Кандид

— Вольтер • 1759

Banished for a kiss, a naive optimist endures war, quake, and slavery, hunting his lost love.

3.76

300 000+

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque Journey 🌇 Utopian Discovery 🖤 Dark Humor 💡 Enlightenment Era

Кандид

Banished for a kiss, a naive optimist endures war, quake, and slavery, hunting his lost love.

— Вольтер 1759 129 стр.

3.76

300 000+ оценок

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque Journey 🌇 Utopian Discovery 🖤 Dark Humor 💡 Enlightenment Era

The Simpsons and Philosophy

— William Irwin • 2001

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

3.45

3 000+

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The Simpsons and Philosophy

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

— William Irwin 2001 322 стр.

3.45

3 000+ оценок

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

Notes from the Midnight Driver

— Jordan Sonnenblick • 2006

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

4.05

9 000+

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 💕 Friends To Lovers

Notes from the Midnight Driver

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

— Jordan Sonnenblick 2006 265 стр.

4.05

9 000+ оценок

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 💕 Friends To Lovers

What If?

— Randall Munroe • 2014

Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.

4.14

100 000+

⚛️ Pop Physics 💭 Thought Experiments 😂 Physics Humor 🧪 Quirky Science 📝 Fermi Problems

What If?

Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.

— Randall Munroe 2014 303 стр.

4.14

100 000+ оценок

⚛️ Pop Physics 💭 Thought Experiments 😂 Physics Humor 🧪 Quirky Science 📝 Fermi Problems

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

— Janelle Shane • 2019

AI isn't outsmarting us; it's misnaming a kitten. A tour of machine learning's weirdest failures.

4.11

4 000+

🤖 Ai Explainers ⚠️ Ai Limitations ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🎨 Ai Creativity 😂 Technology Humor

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

AI isn't outsmarting us; it's misnaming a kitten. A tour of machine learning's weirdest failures.

— Janelle Shane 2019 272 стр.

4.11

4 000+ оценок

🤖 Ai Explainers ⚠️ Ai Limitations ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🎨 Ai Creativity 😂 Technology Humor

Белые зубы

— Зэди Смит • 2000

Two wartime pals and their kids battle God, science, and identity in a chaotic London.

3.79

100 000+

🇬🇧 Multicultural London 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Children Of Immigrants ⚔️ Religious Radicalism 🧬 Genetic Engineering Ethics

Белые зубы

Two wartime pals and their kids battle God, science, and identity in a chaotic London.

— Зэди Смит 2000 448 стр.

3.79

100 000+ оценок

🇬🇧 Multicultural London 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Children Of Immigrants ⚔️ Religious Radicalism 🧬 Genetic Engineering Ethics

Безумно богатая подружка

— Кевин Кван • 2015

Rachel Chu's engagement comes with a hidden father and a world of luxury that can kill.

3.84

200 000+

💎 Satire Of The Ultra-Rich 🧧 Chinese Family Saga 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌏 Cross-Cultural Identity 📈 Social Climbing

Безумно богатая подружка

Rachel Chu's engagement comes with a hidden father and a world of luxury that can kill.

— Кевин Кван 2015 378 стр.

3.84

200 000+ оценок

💎 Satire Of The Ultra-Rich 🧧 Chinese Family Saga 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌏 Cross-Cultural Identity 📈 Social Climbing

Modern Romance

— Aziz Ansari • 2015

Dating apps promised soul mates on demand. The data says they delivered the opposite.

3.80

100 000+

💻 Online Dating 💕 Modern Courtship 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📱 Digital Communication 📊 Sociology Of Love

Modern Romance

Dating apps promised soul mates on demand. The data says they delivered the opposite.

— Aziz Ansari 2015 279 стр.

3.80

100 000+ оценок

💻 Online Dating 💕 Modern Courtship 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📱 Digital Communication 📊 Sociology Of Love

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

— Dav Pilkey • 1997

Two fourth graders hypnotize their principal into a superhero; a giant toilet is destroying school.

4.04

59 000+

🚽 Potty Humor Adventures 👬 Boyhood Mischief Duo 🩲 Accidental Superhero 🏫 Elementary School Chaos 👦🏾 For Reluctant Readers

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Two fourth graders hypnotize their principal into a superhero; a giant toilet is destroying school.

— Dav Pilkey 1997 125 стр.

4.04

59 000+ оценок

🚽 Potty Humor Adventures 👬 Boyhood Mischief Duo 🩲 Accidental Superhero 🏫 Elementary School Chaos 👦🏾 For Reluctant Readers

Как разговаривать с кем угодно, когда угодно и где угодно

— Билл Гилберт • 2004

The listening-first method for talking to anyone, from the broadcaster who interviewed everyone.

3.57

5 000+

🎤 Public Speaking 🗣️ Conversation Skills 👂 Active Listening 🧊 Icebreakers 📺 Media Training

Как разговаривать с кем угодно, когда угодно и где угодно

The listening-first method for talking to anyone, from the broadcaster who interviewed everyone.

— Билл Гилберт 2004 224 стр.

3.57

5 000+ оценок

🎤 Public Speaking 🗣️ Conversation Skills 👂 Active Listening 🧊 Icebreakers 📺 Media Training

Making It So

— Patrick Stewart • 2023

Star Trek was a six-week gig, he thought. Then Shakespeare met the starship.

4.29

20 000+

🎭 Classical Theater 🎬 Acting Craft 🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🏭 Working-Class Origins 🖖 Star Trek Memoirs

Making It So

Star Trek was a six-week gig, he thought. Then Shakespeare met the starship.

— Patrick Stewart 2023 469 стр.

4.29

20 000+ оценок

🎭 Classical Theater 🎬 Acting Craft 🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🏭 Working-Class Origins 🖖 Star Trek Memoirs

Под одной крышей

— Али Хейзелвуд • 2022

An environmental scientist inherits half a house and a fossil fuel lawyer determined to oust her.

3.64

200 000+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Roommate Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🗣️ Witty Banter 🔬 Stem Heroine

Под одной крышей

An environmental scientist inherits half a house and a fossil fuel lawyer determined to oust her.

— Али Хейзелвуд 2022 112 стр.

3.64

200 000+ оценок

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Roommate Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🗣️ Witty Banter 🔬 Stem Heroine

Three Men in a Boat

— Jerome K. Jerome • 1889

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

3.83

80 000+

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit 🛶 Misadventure Holiday 🎩 Victorian Humor

Three Men in a Boat

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

— Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 стр.

3.83

80 000+ оценок

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit 🛶 Misadventure Holiday 🎩 Victorian Humor

Скверное начало

— Лемони Сникет • 1999

Three gifted orphans face a wicked guardian who stages a play to steal their inheritance.

4.03

500 000+

🖤 Orphaned Siblings 🧠 Resourceful Orphans 👹 Wicked Guardian 💀 Macabre Humor 📖 Narrator Intrusion

Скверное начало

Three gifted orphans face a wicked guardian who stages a play to steal their inheritance.

— Лемони Сникет 1999 162 стр.

4.03

500 000+ оценок

🖤 Orphaned Siblings 🧠 Resourceful Orphans 👹 Wicked Guardian 💀 Macabre Humor 📖 Narrator Intrusion

One Indian Girl

— Chetan Bhagat • 2016

A banker's Goa wedding stalls: three men want her, none of them wants all of her.

3.30

38 000+

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔺 Love Triangle 💼 Ambitious Heroine ⚖️ Career Vs Love 🫣 Self-Deprecating Voice

One Indian Girl

A banker's Goa wedding stalls: three men want her, none of them wants all of her.

— Chetan Bhagat 2016 272 стр.

3.30

38 000+ оценок

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔺 Love Triangle 💼 Ambitious Heroine ⚖️ Career Vs Love 🫣 Self-Deprecating Voice

Девять совсем незнакомых людей

— Лиана Мориарти • 2018

Locked inside a remote spa, nine strangers learn the guru's cure is worse than their problems.

3.56

400 000+

🧘 Wellness Retreat 👥 Ensemble Cast 💔 Processing Grief 🏠 Forced Proximity 😏 Darkly Comic

Девять совсем незнакомых людей

Locked inside a remote spa, nine strangers learn the guru's cure is worse than their problems.

— Лиана Мориарти 2018 453 стр.

3.56

400 000+ оценок

🧘 Wellness Retreat 👥 Ensemble Cast 💔 Processing Grief 🏠 Forced Proximity 😏 Darkly Comic

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

— Robert Shea • 1983

Missing editor's notes pull cops into the secret war between Discordians and the Illuminati.

4.01

16 000+

🃏 Chaos Magic 🌊 Atlantis Myth 🌀 Unreliable Narrative 🕵️ Paranoid Conspiracy 👁️ Gnostic Conspiracy

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

Missing editor's notes pull cops into the secret war between Discordians and the Illuminati.

— Robert Shea 1983 805 стр.

4.01

16 000+ оценок

🃏 Chaos Magic 🌊 Atlantis Myth 🌀 Unreliable Narrative 🕵️ Paranoid Conspiracy 👁️ Gnostic Conspiracy

The Tao of Pooh

— Benjamin Hoff • 1982

Pooh has no brain and no plan, yet accidentally masters life. The clever animals fail by trying.

4.01

100 000+

☯️ Western Taoism 🧘 Effortless Living 🐢 Slowing Down 🧩 Nature Of Self 🧠 Overthinkers

The Tao of Pooh

Pooh has no brain and no plan, yet accidentally masters life. The clever animals fail by trying.

— Benjamin Hoff 1982 176 стр.

4.01

100 000+ оценок

☯️ Western Taoism 🧘 Effortless Living 🐢 Slowing Down 🧩 Nature Of Self 🧠 Overthinkers

The Rom-Commers

— Кэтрин Сентер • 2024

A rom-com writer lands a dream job with a cynical legend who doesn't believe in love.

4.04

200 000+

🎬 Hollywood ✍️ Writing A Romance ☀️🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance

The Rom-Commers

A rom-com writer lands a dream job with a cynical legend who doesn't believe in love.

— Кэтрин Сентер 2024 336 стр.

4.04

200 000+ оценок

🎬 Hollywood ✍️ Writing A Romance ☀️🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance

Dog Man Unleashed

— Dav Pilkey • 2016

A dog-headed cop faces a scheming cat whose robot fish plunges the city into chaos.

4.42

24 000+

🦸 Superhero Comedy 🐕 Unlikely Hero 🐈 Dog Vs Cat Feud 📚 Early Graphic Novel 👦 Reluctant Reader Appeal

Dog Man Unleashed

A dog-headed cop faces a scheming cat whose robot fish plunges the city into chaos.

— Dav Pilkey 2016 224 стр.

4.42

24 000+ оценок

🦸 Superhero Comedy 🐕 Unlikely Hero 🐈 Dog Vs Cat Feud 📚 Early Graphic Novel 👦 Reluctant Reader Appeal

Последняя капля

— Джефф Кинни • 2009

Greg Heffley faces military school unless he can prove he's tough enough to stay.

4.14

100 000+

📔 Diary Novel ✏️ Illustrated Middle Grade 😬 Cringe Comedy 🏡 Suburban America 📚 Reluctant Readers

Последняя капля

Greg Heffley faces military school unless he can prove he's tough enough to stay.

— Джефф Кинни 2009 218 стр.

4.14

100 000+ оценок

📔 Diary Novel ✏️ Illustrated Middle Grade 😬 Cringe Comedy 🏡 Suburban America 📚 Reluctant Readers

At Home

— Bill Bryson • 2010

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

3.99

99 000+

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History 🔍 Microhistory 👥 Social History

At Home

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

— Bill Bryson 2010 512 стр.

3.99

99 000+ оценок

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History 🔍 Microhistory 👥 Social History

Hey Whipple, Squeeze This

— Luke Sullivan • 1998

Why a simple visual beats a clever headline every time, and how to sell it.

4.21

5 000+

✍️ Copywriting 💡 Advertising Creativity 👁️ Visual Thinking 🌱 Concept Development 📁 Ad Portfolio Building

Hey Whipple, Squeeze This

Why a simple visual beats a clever headline every time, and how to sell it.

— Luke Sullivan 1998 304 стр.

4.21

5 000+ оценок

✍️ Copywriting 💡 Advertising Creativity 👁️ Visual Thinking 🌱 Concept Development 📁 Ad Portfolio Building

The Ice Monster

— David Walliams • 2018

To return a resurrected mammoth home, a Victorian orphan steals a warship and outruns a hunter.

4.20

8 000+

🧒 Plucky Orphan Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🐘 Animal Rescue Quest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian London 🎈 Madcap Schemes

The Ice Monster

To return a resurrected mammoth home, a Victorian orphan steals a warship and outruns a hunter.

— David Walliams 2018 496 стр.

4.20

8 000+ оценок

🧒 Plucky Orphan Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🐘 Animal Rescue Quest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian London 🎈 Madcap Schemes

The Suicide Shop

— Jean Teulé • 2008

A suicide shop's gloom business is upended when the owner's youngest son is born smiling.

3.46

25 000+

🖤 Dark Humor 💀 Whimsical Death 🌞 Relentless Optimist 📖 Satirical Fable 🌍 In Translation

The Suicide Shop

A suicide shop's gloom business is upended when the owner's youngest son is born smiling.

— Jean Teulé 2008 169 стр.

3.46

25 000+ оценок

🖤 Dark Humor 💀 Whimsical Death 🌞 Relentless Optimist 📖 Satirical Fable 🌍 In Translation

Непрошеные советы Веры Вонг для убийц

— Джесси К. Сутанто • 2023

A lonely widow finds a dead man and turns the suspects into family.

4.02

200 000+

🖤 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Meddling Protagonist 🌱 Grief And Healing 🤝 Unlikely Friendships

Непрошеные советы Веры Вонг для убийц

A lonely widow finds a dead man and turns the suspects into family.

— Джесси К. Сутанто 2023 339 стр.

4.02

200 000+ оценок

🖤 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Meddling Protagonist 🌱 Grief And Healing 🤝 Unlikely Friendships

Изумительный мистер Лис

— Роальд Даль • 1970

A fox’s secret raids anger three farmers, who dig a trap that buries his family underground.

4.08

100 000+

🦊 Clever Animal Hero 🧠 Outsmarting Bullies 🕳️ Underground Hideout 🐓 Rural Farm Life 😈 Whimsical Dark Humor

Изумительный мистер Лис

A fox’s secret raids anger three farmers, who dig a trap that buries his family underground.

— Роальд Даль 1970 96 стр.

4.08

100 000+ оценок

🦊 Clever Animal Hero 🧠 Outsmarting Bullies 🕳️ Underground Hideout 🐓 Rural Farm Life 😈 Whimsical Dark Humor

The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves

— Jack Douglas • 1972

The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.

3.27

205

🎤 Comic Memoir 🐺 Exotic Pets 💍 Marital Comedy 🏡 Suburban Satire 🌿 Nature Ethics

The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves

The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.

— Jack Douglas 1972 256 стр.

3.27

205 оценок

🎤 Comic Memoir 🐺 Exotic Pets 💍 Marital Comedy 🏡 Suburban Satire 🌿 Nature Ethics

HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS

— Munaf Kapadia • 2021

Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.

4.26

235

🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Food 📣 Brand Storytelling 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business

HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS

Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.

— Munaf Kapadia 2021 215 стр.

4.26

235 оценок

🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Food 📣 Brand Storytelling 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business

A Bad Case of Stripes

— David Shannon • 1998

A girl who fears standing out wakes up striped. The cure? Admit she loves lima beans.

4.26

88 000+

🪄 Magical Transformation 👥 Peer Pressure 🎨 Whimsical 📖 Modern Fable 🏫 School Setting

A Bad Case of Stripes

A girl who fears standing out wakes up striped. The cure? Admit she loves lima beans.

— David Shannon 1998 32 стр.

4.26

88 000+ оценок

🪄 Magical Transformation 👥 Peer Pressure 🎨 Whimsical 📖 Modern Fable 🏫 School Setting

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

— Rick Riordan • 2017

Dead at sixteen, Magnus wakes in Valhalla: son of a god, with a wolf to bind.

4.52

4 000+

🏙️ Modern Myth Quest 🌳 Norse Pantheon 🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Hero 🧬 Godly Parentage

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Dead at sixteen, Magnus wakes in Valhalla: son of a god, with a wolf to bind.

— Rick Riordan 2017 1584 стр.

4.52

4 000+ оценок

🏙️ Modern Myth Quest 🌳 Norse Pantheon 🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Hero 🧬 Godly Parentage

Pygmalion

— George Bernard Shaw • 1913

A linguist wagers he can make a duchess of a flower girl; she makes herself free.

3.88

100 000+

🎭 Class Satire 🗣️ Language And Identity 🕰️ Edwardian London 📚 Unlikely Mentorship 💔 Subverted Romance

Pygmalion

A linguist wagers he can make a duchess of a flower girl; she makes herself free.

— George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 стр.

3.88

100 000+ оценок

🎭 Class Satire 🗣️ Language And Identity 🕰️ Edwardian London 📚 Unlikely Mentorship 💔 Subverted Romance

Здесь была Бритт-Мари

— Фредрик Бакман • 2014

An order-obsessed woman trades her cheating husband for a dying town and a youth soccer team.

4.09

200 000+

🌱 Starting Over At Sixty 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚽ Reluctant Mentorship 🏚️ Dying Small Town 📋 Obsessive Routines

Здесь была Бритт-Мари

An order-obsessed woman trades her cheating husband for a dying town and a youth soccer team.

— Фредрик Бакман 2014 324 стр.

4.09

200 000+ оценок

🌱 Starting Over At Sixty 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚽ Reluctant Mentorship 🏚️ Dying Small Town 📋 Obsessive Routines

A Primate's Memoir

— Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

4.39

8 000+

🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

A Primate's Memoir

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

— Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 стр.

4.39

8 000+ оценок

🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

Принцесса-невеста

— Уильям Голдман • 1973

A farm boy believed dead returns as a pirate to steal his beloved from a murderous prince.

4.27

900 000+

🧚 Meta Fairy Tale ⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure 🃏 Satirical Fantasy 💕 Reunited Lovers 🗡️ Revenge Quest

Принцесса-невеста

A farm boy believed dead returns as a pirate to steal his beloved from a murderous prince.

— Уильям Голдман 1973 429 стр.

4.27

900 000+ оценок

🧚 Meta Fairy Tale ⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure 🃏 Satirical Fantasy 💕 Reunited Lovers 🗡️ Revenge Quest

Белый шум

— Дон Делилло • 1985

A chemical cloud, a wife's hidden pills, and a professor whose subject is death itself.

3.86

100 000+

🎭 Postmodern Satire 🏫 Campus Novel 🛒 Consumer Culture 📺 Media Satire 💀 Death Anxiety

Белый шум

A chemical cloud, a wife's hidden pills, and a professor whose subject is death itself.

— Дон Делилло 1985 320 стр.

3.86

100 000+ оценок

🎭 Postmodern Satire 🏫 Campus Novel 🛒 Consumer Culture 📺 Media Satire 💀 Death Anxiety

Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out

— Mick Napier • 2004

Improv rules make you timid. The key to great scenes is bold action before your brain objects.

4.28

1 000+

🎭 Improv Comedy 🎤 Comedy Technique 🔨 Creative Rule-Breaking 🎬 Long-Form Improv 🏙️ Chicago Improv

Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out

Improv rules make you timid. The key to great scenes is bold action before your brain objects.

— Mick Napier 2004 272 стр.

4.28

1 000+ оценок

🎭 Improv Comedy 🎤 Comedy Technique 🔨 Creative Rule-Breaking 🎬 Long-Form Improv 🏙️ Chicago Improv

Win Bigly

— Scott Adams • 2017

We think we reason. We really just rationalize. The people who know this win.

3.73

5 000+

🧠 Persuasion Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🖼️ Narrative Framing 📊 Behavioral Economics 🏕️ Tribalism

Win Bigly

We think we reason. We really just rationalize. The people who know this win.

— Scott Adams 2017 304 стр.

3.73

5 000+ оценок

🧠 Persuasion Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🖼️ Narrative Framing 📊 Behavioral Economics 🏕️ Tribalism

A Fraction of the Whole

— Steve Toltz • 2008

Jasper Dean's father was a philosopher in prison, his uncle a vigilante the country wanted dead.

4.14

24 000+

🖤 Dark Family Saga 👥 Father And Son 💀 Dark Humor 🎪 Eccentric Family 🧬 Generational Trauma

A Fraction of the Whole

Jasper Dean's father was a philosopher in prison, his uncle a vigilante the country wanted dead.

— Steve Toltz 2008 530 стр.

4.14

24 000+ оценок

🖤 Dark Family Saga 👥 Father And Son 💀 Dark Humor 🎪 Eccentric Family 🧬 Generational Trauma

Humor, Seriously

— Jennifer Aaker • 2020

Humor is a learnable workplace advantage, not a personality trait. The research and the playbook.

3.83

3 000+

🏢 Workplace Culture 😂 Psychology Of Humor 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Positive Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science

Humor, Seriously

Humor is a learnable workplace advantage, not a personality trait. The research and the playbook.

— Jennifer Aaker 2020 272 стр.

3.83

3 000+ оценок

🏢 Workplace Culture 😂 Psychology Of Humor 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🌟 Positive Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science

Сговор остолопов

— Джон Кеннеди Тул • 1980

In 1960s New Orleans, a corpulent medievalist is forced into the job market by his mother.

3.89

300 000+

🃏 Picaresque 🌿 Southern Gothic 🖤 Dark Comedy 🤪 Eccentric Protagonist 🎷 New Orleans

Сговор остолопов

In 1960s New Orleans, a corpulent medievalist is forced into the job market by his mother.

— Джон Кеннеди Тул 1980 394 стр.

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Letters

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2012

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

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Letters

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 стр.

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Haroun and the Sea of Stories

— Salman Rushdie • 1990

His father's stories vanish. A genie takes him to a moon where tales are water.

3.98

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🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🚪 Portal Fantasy 📢 Free Speech Allegory 📚 Books About Stories 🎪 Whimsical Adventure

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

His father's stories vanish. A genie takes him to a moon where tales are water.

— Salman Rushdie 1990 224 стр.

3.98

38 000+ оценок

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Ферма рождественских ёлок

— Лори Гилмор • 2024

She hates Christmas, bought a tree farm, and can't shake the fixer next door.

3.65

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🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

Ферма рождественских ёлок

She hates Christmas, bought a tree farm, and can't shake the fixer next door.

— Лори Гилмор 2024 369 стр.

3.65

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Neverisms

— Mardy Grothe • 2011

The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.

3.83

102

📚 Quotation Collections 💬 Aphorisms 🗣️ Proverbs And Sayings 📖 Word Lovers 🎤 Public Speakers

Neverisms

The collected wisdom of a single word: what 'never' taught politics, business, love, and sports.

— Mardy Grothe 2011 384 стр.

3.83

102 оценок

📚 Quotation Collections 💬 Aphorisms 🗣️ Proverbs And Sayings 📖 Word Lovers 🎤 Public Speakers

Безумно богатые азиаты

— Кевин Кван • 2013

An American discovers her Singaporean boyfriend is a secret heir, and his mother plots her downfall.

3.91

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🤑 Secret Billionaire 🌏 Old Money Asia 👵 Disapproving Mother-In-Law 🎭 Social Comedy 🍸 Opulent World

Безумно богатые азиаты

An American discovers her Singaporean boyfriend is a secret heir, and his mother plots her downfall.

— Кевин Кван 2013 403 стр.

3.91

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БДВ, или Большой и Добрый Великан

— Роальд Даль • 1982

A girl snatched by a giant learns he's a dream-giver, but his man-eating neighbors aren't.

4.23

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🏠 Orphan Protagonist 🦸 Gentle Giant 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌑 Dark Whimsy

БДВ, или Большой и Добрый Великан

A girl snatched by a giant learns he's a dream-giver, but his man-eating neighbors aren't.

— Роальд Даль 1982 199 стр.

4.23

500 000+ оценок

🏠 Orphan Protagonist 🦸 Gentle Giant 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌑 Dark Whimsy

The Cyberiad

— Stanisław Lem • 1965

Two brilliant robots wander the galaxy building machines that turn logic puzzles into cosmic chaos.

4.13

14 000+

🧙‍♂️ Science Fiction Fables 🪐 Satirical Sci-Fi 🤡 Absurdist Humor 🧠 Intellectual Hubris 🏚️ Failed Utopias

The Cyberiad

Two brilliant robots wander the galaxy building machines that turn logic puzzles into cosmic chaos.

— Stanisław Lem 1965 295 стр.

4.13

14 000+ оценок

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