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

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

— Sarah Knight • 2015

Most of what you stress about is optional. Here's how to stop, without becoming a jerk.

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🙅 Stop People Pleasing 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 📋 Priority Management 🧹 Mental Decluttering

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

Most of what you stress about is optional. Here's how to stop, without becoming a jerk.

— Sarah Knight 2015 208 стр.

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40 000+ оценок

🙅 Stop People Pleasing 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 📋 Priority Management 🧹 Mental Decluttering

Cat Kid Comic Club

— Dav Pilkey • 2020

Cat Kid starts a comic club for frogs who have big imaginations and zero comic-making skills.

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🎨 Making Comics 📖 Stories Within A Story 🤝 Creative Collaboration 🌀 Playful Chaos 😜 Irreverent Humor

Cat Kid Comic Club

Cat Kid starts a comic club for frogs who have big imaginations and zero comic-making skills.

— Dav Pilkey 2020 176 стр.

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58 000+ оценок

🎨 Making Comics 📖 Stories Within A Story 🤝 Creative Collaboration 🌀 Playful Chaos 😜 Irreverent Humor

How to Rule the World

— André de Guillaume • 2002

Forget ethics: a satirical guide to seizing absolute power, from career choice to crushing dissent.

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500+

🏛️ Dictatorship 🤣 Satirical Self-Help ⚖️ Power Dynamics 📜 Machiavellianism 🎭 Political Satire

How to Rule the World

Forget ethics: a satirical guide to seizing absolute power, from career choice to crushing dissent.

— André de Guillaume 2002 144 стр.

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500+ оценок

🏛️ Dictatorship 🤣 Satirical Self-Help ⚖️ Power Dynamics 📜 Machiavellianism 🎭 Political Satire

Furiously Happy

— Jenny Lawson • 2015

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

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100 000+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Furiously Happy

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

— Jenny Lawson 2015 329 стр.

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100 000+ оценок

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

I Funny

— James Patterson • 2012

An orphaned middle schooler in a wheelchair bets everything on a comedy contest.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 😂 Humor As Coping 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief And Loss

I Funny

An orphaned middle schooler in a wheelchair bets everything on a comedy contest.

— James Patterson 2012 320 стр.

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13 000+ оценок

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 😂 Humor As Coping 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief And Loss

We Are All Made of Molecules

— Susin Nielsen • 2015

His mother died. Her father came out. Now they're stepsiblings, and neither one will bend.

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🏠 Blended Family 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Gay Parent 👫 Unlikely Siblings 🛡️ Bullying And Allyship

We Are All Made of Molecules

His mother died. Her father came out. Now they're stepsiblings, and neither one will bend.

— Susin Nielsen 2015 256 стр.

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🏠 Blended Family 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Gay Parent 👫 Unlikely Siblings 🛡️ Bullying And Allyship

A Man Without a Country

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2005

America as failed empire, Earth as casualty, laughter as survival: Vonnegut's final dispatch.

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📝 Literary Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🎭 Political Satire 🌍 Secular Humanism 🕊️ Anti-War Writing

A Man Without a Country

America as failed empire, Earth as casualty, laughter as survival: Vonnegut's final dispatch.

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2005 145 стр.

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50 000+ оценок

📝 Literary Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🎭 Political Satire 🌍 Secular Humanism 🕊️ Anti-War Writing

What If This Were Enough?

— Heather Havrilesky • 2018

Enforced cheer imprisons you. The bars are Instagram and Whole Foods; the key is giving up.

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🎭 Cultural Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 😊 Toxic Positivity 📱 Social Media Critique

What If This Were Enough?

Enforced cheer imprisons you. The bars are Instagram and Whole Foods; the key is giving up.

— Heather Havrilesky 2018 240 стр.

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3 000+ оценок

🎭 Cultural Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 😊 Toxic Positivity 📱 Social Media Critique

Bridesmaid Undercover

— Meghan Quinn • 2024

A wedding planner sleeps with her friend, then is hired to reunite him with his ex.

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💍 Wedding Planner Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Forced Proximity 🥺 Pining

Bridesmaid Undercover

A wedding planner sleeps with her friend, then is hired to reunite him with his ex.

— Meghan Quinn 2024 496 стр.

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51 000+ оценок

💍 Wedding Planner Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Forced Proximity 🥺 Pining

My Roommate Is a Vampire

— Jenna Levine • 2023

A broke art teacher's $200 apartment comes with a catch: her roommate is a century-old vampire.

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🧛 Vampire Romcom 🏠 Cohabitation Trope 🦸‍♀️ Reverse Rescue 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💍 Arranged Marriage Threat

My Roommate Is a Vampire

A broke art teacher's $200 apartment comes with a catch: her roommate is a century-old vampire.

— Jenna Levine 2023 341 стр.

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100 000+ оценок

🧛 Vampire Romcom 🏠 Cohabitation Trope 🦸‍♀️ Reverse Rescue 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💍 Arranged Marriage Threat

Scatter Brain

— Shaparak Khorsandi • 2023

From lost shoes to a working system: a comedian's chaotic road to a late ADHD diagnosis.

4.10

475

🧠 Adult Adhd 👩 Women And Adhd 🔍 Late Diagnosis 📚 Neurodiversity Memoirs 🍷 Adhd And Addiction

Scatter Brain

From lost shoes to a working system: a comedian's chaotic road to a late ADHD diagnosis.

— Shaparak Khorsandi 2023 256 стр.

4.10

475 оценок

🧠 Adult Adhd 👩 Women And Adhd 🔍 Late Diagnosis 📚 Neurodiversity Memoirs 🍷 Adhd And Addiction

Based on a True Story

— Norm Macdonald • 2016

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Based on a True Story

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

— Norm Macdonald 2016 256 стр.

4.03

19 000+ оценок

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Самый богатый человек в Вавилоне и Волшебная история

— Джордж С. Клейсон • 2002

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

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500+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Самый богатый человек в Вавилоне и Волшебная история

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

— Джордж С. Клейсон 2002

4.19

500+ оценок

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

The Year of Living Biblically

— A.J. Jacobs • 2007

A secular journalist spent a year following every Bible rule literally. Most people just quit.

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🧪 Experimental Memoir 🗞️ Immersive Journalism 📖 Biblical Literalism 🎪 Stunt Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice

The Year of Living Biblically

A secular journalist spent a year following every Bible rule literally. Most people just quit.

— A.J. Jacobs 2007 400 стр.

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69 000+ оценок

🧪 Experimental Memoir 🗞️ Immersive Journalism 📖 Biblical Literalism 🎪 Stunt Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice

The Vendor of Sweets

— R.K. Narayan • 1993

His son returns from America with a book-making machine, shattering a sweet vendor's Gandhian peace.

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🫖 Quiet Domesticity 👴 Generational Divide ⚔️ Tradition Vs Modernity 🌍 Cultural Displacement 🏘️ Small-Town India

The Vendor of Sweets

His son returns from America with a book-making machine, shattering a sweet vendor's Gandhian peace.

— R.K. Narayan 1993 144 стр.

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2 000+ оценок

🫖 Quiet Domesticity 👴 Generational Divide ⚔️ Tradition Vs Modernity 🌍 Cultural Displacement 🏘️ Small-Town India

Мир глазами Гарпа

— Джон Ирвинг • 1978

His nurse mother seized motherhood alone. Garp grew into a writer the world fatally misread.

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🖤 Dark Comedy ✍️ Writer Protagonist 👨‍👩‍👧 Unconventional Family 🤱 Mother-Son Bond ⚧️ Gender And Identity

Мир глазами Гарпа

His nurse mother seized motherhood alone. Garp grew into a writer the world fatally misread.

— Джон Ирвинг 1978 610 стр.

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200 000+ оценок

🖤 Dark Comedy ✍️ Writer Protagonist 👨‍👩‍👧 Unconventional Family 🤱 Mother-Son Bond ⚧️ Gender And Identity

Creativity

— John Cleese • 2020

Ideas die young from early judgment. How to let them grow long enough to get good.

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9 000+

🎨 Creative Process 🧠 Thinking Modes 💤 Unconscious Mind 💡 Idea Generation 🧸 Play And Creativity

Creativity

Ideas die young from early judgment. How to let them grow long enough to get good.

— John Cleese 2020 96 стр.

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9 000+ оценок

🎨 Creative Process 🧠 Thinking Modes 💤 Unconscious Mind 💡 Idea Generation 🧸 Play And Creativity

Off to the Races

— Элси Сильвер • 2021

A disgraced rancher and his sharp-tongued horse trainer can't stop fighting, or falling.

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⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Found Family 🏇 Horse Racing World

Off to the Races

A disgraced rancher and his sharp-tongued horse trainer can't stop fighting, or falling.

— Элси Сильвер 2021 480 стр.

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100 000+ оценок

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Found Family 🏇 Horse Racing World

Irresponsible Puckboy

— Eden Finley • 2022

Two hockey teammates fake-marry on a dare. The paperwork is real; so is one's hidden love.

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🏒 Hockey Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💍 Fake Relationship 💔 Secret Pining 🌈 Sexuality Awakening

Irresponsible Puckboy

Two hockey teammates fake-marry on a dare. The paperwork is real; so is one's hidden love.

— Eden Finley 2022 280 стр.

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24 000+ оценок

🏒 Hockey Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💍 Fake Relationship 💔 Secret Pining 🌈 Sexuality Awakening

Раз — Loss, два — Loss

— Джанет Иванович • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

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🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

Раз — Loss, два — Loss

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

— Джанет Иванович 1994 320 стр.

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500 000+ оценок

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

Savor It

— Tarah DeWitt • 2024

A cynical chef and his sunny neighbor fake-date for a summer festival with his departure looming.

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🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🍽️ Foodie Romance

Savor It

A cynical chef and his sunny neighbor fake-date for a summer festival with his departure looming.

— Tarah DeWitt 2024 336 стр.

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45 000+ оценок

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🍽️ Foodie Romance

X Saves the World

— Jeff Gordinier • 2008

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

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👤 Gen X 🎸 Alternative Culture 🌱 Micro-Movements 💻 Dot-Com Era 📺 Media Democratization

X Saves the World

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

— Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 стр.

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500+ оценок

👤 Gen X 🎸 Alternative Culture 🌱 Micro-Movements 💻 Dot-Com Era 📺 Media Democratization

Адольф Гитлер

— Спайк Миллиган • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

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🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Адольф Гитлер

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

— Спайк Миллиган 1971 142 стр.

4.04

8 000+ оценок

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Длинная история коротко

— Марго Лейтман • 2015

Your life is a goldmine of stories. The practical guide to mining it and captivating any audience.

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📖 Storytelling Techniques 🎤 Public Speaking ✍️ Personal Narrative 💼 Business Storytelling 😄 Humor Writing

Длинная история коротко

Your life is a goldmine of stories. The practical guide to mining it and captivating any audience.

— Марго Лейтман 2015 320 стр.

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1 000+ оценок

📖 Storytelling Techniques 🎤 Public Speaking ✍️ Personal Narrative 💼 Business Storytelling 😄 Humor Writing

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

— Geronimo Stilton • 2000

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

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🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friends 🎃 Cozy Spooky

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

— Geronimo Stilton 2000 113 стр.

4.19

9 000+ оценок

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friends 🎃 Cozy Spooky

Dear Dolly

— Dolly Alderton • 2022

Love, shame, heartbreak, and the friends who outgrow you: an agony aunt's most honest answers.

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🖋️ Advice Columns 💔 Modern Dating 👯 Female Friendship 🩹 Heartbreak Recovery 👩 Millennial Womanhood

Dear Dolly

Love, shame, heartbreak, and the friends who outgrow you: an agony aunt's most honest answers.

— Dolly Alderton 2022 224 стр.

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44 000+ оценок

🖋️ Advice Columns 💔 Modern Dating 👯 Female Friendship 🩹 Heartbreak Recovery 👩 Millennial Womanhood

Ферма Лавлайт

— Б.К. Борисон • 2021

A struggling Christmas tree farmer and her best friend fake a relationship for a contest prize.

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100 000+

👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎄 Cozy Holiday

Ферма Лавлайт

A struggling Christmas tree farmer and her best friend fake a relationship for a contest prize.

— Б.К. Борисон 2021 332 стр.

3.80

100 000+ оценок

👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎄 Cozy Holiday

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

— Brandon Sanderson • 2023

He wakes in medieval England with amnesia, a pen, and a discount interdimensional travel guide.

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🚪 Portal Fantasy 🤔 Amnesiac Protagonist 🌌 Dimensional Travel 🎭 Comic Fantasy 🪓 Vikings

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

He wakes in medieval England with amnesia, a pen, and a discount interdimensional travel guide.

— Brandon Sanderson 2023 399 стр.

3.76

75 000+ оценок

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🤔 Amnesiac Protagonist 🌌 Dimensional Travel 🎭 Comic Fantasy 🪓 Vikings

Один плюс один

— Джоджо Мойес • 2014

A single mother's last-ditch road trip gets a lift from a millionaire hiding a scandal.

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🫂 Found Family 💞 Opposites Attract 👩‍👧 Single Mother ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐕 Loyal Dog

Один плюс один

A single mother's last-ditch road trip gets a lift from a millionaire hiding a scandal.

— Джоджо Мойес 2014 368 стр.

3.97

100 000+ оценок

🫂 Found Family 💞 Opposites Attract 👩‍👧 Single Mother ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐕 Loyal Dog

Love Triangle

— Matt Parker • 2024

Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.

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Love Triangle

Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.

— Matt Parker 2024 352 стр.

3.93

1 000+ оценок

The Disappearing Spoon

— Sam Kean • 2010

A metal that melts in your hand reveals a hidden history of war, money, and cosmic origins.

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The Disappearing Spoon

A metal that melts in your hand reveals a hidden history of war, money, and cosmic origins.

— Sam Kean 2010 394 стр.

3.92

56 000+ оценок

This is Going to Hurt

— Adam Kay • 2017

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

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🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training 📖 Patient Stories 🇬🇧 British Humor

This is Going to Hurt

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

— Adam Kay 2017 285 стр.

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300 000+ оценок

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training 📖 Patient Stories 🇬🇧 British Humor

The Importance of Living

— Lin Yutang • 1937

In 1937, a Chinese philosopher made the radical argument that loafing beats striving.

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1 000+

🏮 Chinese Philosophy 🏯 Eastern Wisdom 🐢 Slow Living ☕ Leisure Philosophy 🌸 Simple Pleasures

The Importance of Living

In 1937, a Chinese philosopher made the radical argument that loafing beats striving.

— Lin Yutang 1937 462 стр.

4.06

1 000+ оценок

🏮 Chinese Philosophy 🏯 Eastern Wisdom 🐢 Slow Living ☕ Leisure Philosophy 🌸 Simple Pleasures

Monkey Business

— John Rolfe • 2000

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

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🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

Monkey Business

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

— John Rolfe 2000 288 стр.

3.97

6 000+ оценок

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

The Princess Diarist

— Carrie Fisher • 2016

She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.

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🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Memoir 🌟 Fame And Identity 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📝 Diary Memoir

The Princess Diarist

She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.

— Carrie Fisher 2016 257 стр.

3.70

91 000+ оценок

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Comic Memoir 🌟 Fame And Identity 🎭 Behind The Scenes 📝 Diary Memoir

Geography of Bliss

— Eric Weiner • 2008

A tour of the world's happiest and unhappiest places reveals happiness is cultural, not personal.

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38 000+

😊 Happiness Studies 🌍 Cultural Psychology 🤝 Social Trust 🏛️ Well-Being Policy 🧠 Positive Psychology

Geography of Bliss

A tour of the world's happiest and unhappiest places reveals happiness is cultural, not personal.

— Eric Weiner 2008 333 стр.

3.84

38 000+ оценок

😊 Happiness Studies 🌍 Cultural Psychology 🤝 Social Trust 🏛️ Well-Being Policy 🧠 Positive Psychology

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

— Tomihiko Morimi • 2006

One surreal Kyoto night: a student floats through bars, a classmate trails her, hoping to speak.

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1 000+

🏮 Japanese Magical Realism 🌙 One Wild Night 💌 Secret Admirer 📚 Bonding Over Books 🎲 Chance Encounters

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

One surreal Kyoto night: a student floats through bars, a classmate trails her, hoping to speak.

— Tomihiko Morimi 2006 265 стр.

3.97

1 000+ оценок

🏮 Japanese Magical Realism 🌙 One Wild Night 💌 Secret Admirer 📚 Bonding Over Books 🎲 Chance Encounters

What If? 2

— Randall Munroe • 2022

What if you filled the solar system with soup? A cartoonist did the math.

4.37

17 000+

🎭 Pop Science Humor 💭 Thought Experiments 🌌 Cosmic Scale 🔬 Everyday Science 🫀 Body Science

What If? 2

What if you filled the solar system with soup? A cartoonist did the math.

— Randall Munroe 2022 354 стр.

4.37

17 000+ оценок

🎭 Pop Science Humor 💭 Thought Experiments 🌌 Cosmic Scale 🔬 Everyday Science 🫀 Body Science

Laugh Tactics

— Patrick King • 2016

Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.

3.45

139

💬 Conversational Humor 🗣️ Repartee 🎤 Comic Delivery 💥 Witty Comebacks 🎭 Improv Comedy

Laugh Tactics

Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.

— Patrick King 2016 131 стр.

3.45

139 оценок

💬 Conversational Humor 🗣️ Repartee 🎤 Comic Delivery 💥 Witty Comebacks 🎭 Improv Comedy

Большая швейцарка

— Джен Бигин • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

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100 000+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Большая швейцарка

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

— Джен Бигин 2023 336 стр.

3.68

100 000+ оценок

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Риск падения

— Эбби Хименес • 2025

A vanished staircase traps a woman in hiding with a gentle arborist; her stalker may find them both.

4.06

200 000+

🚪 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Neighbors To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Stalker Suspense

Риск падения

A vanished staircase traps a woman in hiding with a gentle arborist; her stalker may find them both.

— Эбби Хименес 2025 81 стр.

4.06

200 000+ оценок

🚪 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Neighbors To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Stalker Suspense

Саморазвитие по Толстому

— Вив Гроскоп • 2019

The life advice hidden in Russian novels, decoded by a comedian who grew up with them.

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1 000+

🐻 Russian Literature 📚 Bibliotherapy ✍️ Bookish Memoir 🧭 Classic Literature Guides 💡 Literary Self-Help

Саморазвитие по Толстому

The life advice hidden in Russian novels, decoded by a comedian who grew up with them.

— Вив Гроскоп 2019 224 стр.

3.96

1 000+ оценок

🐻 Russian Literature 📚 Bibliotherapy ✍️ Bookish Memoir 🧭 Classic Literature Guides 💡 Literary Self-Help

Palm Sunday

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1981

Dresden, a mother's suicide, a son's madness: the pieces Vonnegut assembled into a self-portrait.

3.78

6 000+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Essay Collections ✍️ Writers On Writing 🎭 Dark Humor Memoirs ☮️ Anti War Perspectives

Palm Sunday

Dresden, a mother's suicide, a son's madness: the pieces Vonnegut assembled into a self-portrait.

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1981 300 стр.

3.78

6 000+ оценок

🖋️ Literary Memoir 📚 Essay Collections ✍️ Writers On Writing 🎭 Dark Humor Memoirs ☮️ Anti War Perspectives

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

— Lizzie Damilola Blackburn • 2022

A British-Nigerian woman's quest for a plus-one collides with the life she never knew she wanted.

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19 000+

💍 Pressure To Marry 🇳🇬 Nigerian Diaspora 💖 Self-Love Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 💔 Dating Mishaps

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

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— Thomas Cathcart • 2007

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— Thomas Cathcart 2007 200 стр.

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— Richard Pryor • 1995

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— Rick Riordan 2016 459 стр.

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— Anne Lamott • 2024

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Somehow

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