Humor genre books (129)


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True Beauty Volume Three by Yaongyi EN

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Country: Asia / South Korea flag South Korea
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From the smash hit WEBTOON comic comes a story about self-esteem, love, and learning to accept yourself for who you are. Once bullied for being perceived as ugly, young Jugyeong Lim uses online video tutorials to transform into a beautiful popular girl. Caught in a love triangle between a mystery man and a bad boy, Jugyeong navigates both high school and her personal life, while her self-esteem, romantic life and career are constantly in flux.In this third book of the series, we focus on Seojun, Suho and Seyeon. . . Three guys whose painful pasts are about to be revealed. The three S's! Best F... continue

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Two Old Men and a Baby : Or, How Hendrik and Evert Get Themselves Into a Jam by Hendrik Groen EN

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Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
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Nine years before the events of the #1 international bestseller The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1⁄4 Years Old, Hendrik and his best friend Evert embark on a madcap adventure--with an unexpected guest. Hendrik Groen and Evert Duiker, faithful friends in good and bad times, are well over seventy and their lives have quieted down. They see each other once a week to play chess, have a drink, and grab a bite to eat while reflecting on life. But one day, their peace is rudely disturbed when Evert shows up on Hendrik's doorstep with a surprise in the form of an unexpected little guest. He had s... continue

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Under the Glacier by Halldor Laxness EN

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Country: Europe / Iceland flag Iceland
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Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness’s Under the Glacier is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at Snæfells Glacier, who, among other things, appears to have given up burying the dead. But once he arrives, the emissary finds that this dereliction counts only as a mild eccentricity in a community that regards itself as the center of the world and where Creation itself is a work in progress. What is the emissary to make, for example, of ... continue

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Veado assassino by Santiago Nazarian PT

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Um presidente de extrema-direita é morto por um adolescente não binário. Por meio de uma longa entrevista, conhecemos a história do jovem e as decisões que o levaram a cometer o ato. Seria ele uma vítima, um terrorista ou um violento incel — um celibatário involuntário? Numa narrativa estruturada apenas em diálogos, Santiago Nazarian apresenta o retrato de uma geração tão engajada quanto individualista, que sabe o que precisa combater, mas não o que defender. Questões raciais, sexuais e de gênero são colocadas numa balança sempre desequilibrada, e a visão parcial de um personagem pode revelar ... continue

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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Asia / Indonesia flag Indonesia
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A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties. Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in ... continue

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong? by Jodi Taylor EN

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The sixth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. What if the course of history was on your shoulders? 'To do what I do - go where I go - see what I see - it's a wonderful, unique, never-to-be-taken-for-granted privilege.' With great privilege comes great responsibility, something Max knows only too well, and as newly appointed Chief Training Officer at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, ... continue

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Winning the Game and Other Stories by Rubem Fonseca EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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With an unflinching, unsentimental eye and a soupçon of black humor, Fonseca chronicles the foibles, manias, and obsessions of the people of Brazil's metropolises

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Y/N by Esther Yi EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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"My definition of an unputdownable book . . . witty, astute, and self-aware." —Melissa Broder, author of Milk Fed “Wondrous and weird.” —New York Times "Gorgeous." —New Yorker "High Brow x Brilliant." —NY Mag (Approval Matrix) "Piercing, feverish, and frequently astonishing." —Entertainment Weekly "Utterly brilliant." —Cosmopolitan "A true novel of the era." —Elle "Freakish and hallucinatory." —Vulture "Absurdly funny." —Ms. Magazine "Haunting." —Esquire "Riveting and innovative." —TIME "Sophisticated." —Chicago Review of Books "Strange, haunting, and undeniably beautiful." —Publishers Weekly ... continue

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Yo serví al rey de Inglaterra by Bohumil Hrabal ES

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En la década de 1930, en Praga, un joven aprendiz de camarero, Jan, logra su primer trabajo dispuesto a convertirse en dueño de un hotel e ingresar en el selecto club de los millonarios. Listo y ambicioso, todo lo supeditará a alcanzar el éxito y el reconocimiento social. Pero el punto de vista de Jan es a menudo equivocado: se casa con una alemana que adora a Hitler justo cuando las tropas nazis entran en Praga, y se convierte en millonario justo cuando en su país se implanta el comunismo. Con un brillante sentido del humor y escenas hilarantes, Hrabal nos cuenta las picarescas peripecias del... continue