Novellit

Elämän merkityksellisimmät hetket tulevat usein pieninä paketteina, tallennettuina lyhyisiin mutta voimakkaisiin välähdyksiin, jotka pysyvät mukanamme kauan viimeisen sivun jälkeen. Nämä tiivistetyt annokset viisautta, huumoria ja inhimillistä kokemusta — olivatpa ne henkilökohtaisia esseitä, tiiviitä muistelmia tai läheisiä henkilökuvia — tarjoavat lukijoille täydellisen tavan kokea kokonainen tarina yhdellä istumalla.

Novellit Kirjayhteenvedot

Valkeat yöt

kirjoittanut Fjodor Dostojevski

Over four white nights, a lonely dreamer offers his heart to a girl waiting for another.

4.07

300 000+

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🧍 Lonely Narrator

Immersiiviset

Valkeat yöt

Over four white nights, a lonely dreamer offers his heart to a girl waiting for another.

kirjoittanut Fjodor Dostojevski 1848 82 sivua

4.07

300 000+ arvostelua

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🧍 Lonely Narrator

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

kirjoittanut Harlan Ellison • 1967

A sentient supercomputer torments the last five humans for eternity, refusing to let them die.

3.70

16 000+

🤖 Sentient Ai Horror 🧬 Body Horror ☢️ Post-Apocalyptic Torment

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

A sentient supercomputer torments the last five humans for eternity, refusing to let them die.

kirjoittanut Harlan Ellison 1967 20 sivua

3.70

16 000+ arvostelua

🤖 Sentient Ai Horror 🧬 Body Horror ☢️ Post-Apocalyptic Torment

Men Without Women

kirjoittanut Haruki Murakami • 2014

Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.

3.74

100 000+

🖤 Male Loneliness 🗿 Emotional Repression 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Men Without Women

Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.

kirjoittanut Haruki Murakami 2014 228 sivua

3.74

100 000+ arvostelua

🖤 Male Loneliness 🗿 Emotional Repression 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Ilmiantajasydän

kirjoittanut Edgar Allan Poe • 1980

A pale eye drives a lodger to murder. Police sit above. A dead heart pounds below.

4.24

100 000+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Ilmiantajasydän

A pale eye drives a lodger to murder. Police sit above. A dead heart pounds below.

kirjoittanut Edgar Allan Poe 1980 31 sivua

4.24

100 000+ arvostelua

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness

The Blue Umbrella

kirjoittanut Ruskin Bond • 1980

A Himalayan girl's blue umbrella enchants her village until a shopkeeper's longing turns to theft.

4.25

13 000+

🏘️ Rural India 💎 Coveted Object 🏡 Small Village Life

The Blue Umbrella

A Himalayan girl's blue umbrella enchants her village until a shopkeeper's longing turns to theft.

kirjoittanut Ruskin Bond 1980 83 sivua

4.25

13 000+ arvostelua

🏘️ Rural India 💎 Coveted Object 🏡 Small Village Life

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

kirjoittanut Maurice Leblanc • 1907

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

3.85

16 000+

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

kirjoittanut Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 sivua

3.85

16 000+ arvostelua

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise

The Call of Cthulhu

kirjoittanut H.P. Lovecraft • 2011

A scholar inherits a manuscript, an idol, and the truth: a sleeping god rules our nightmares.

4.03

100 000+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Ancient God Awakens 📜 Forbidden Manuscript

The Call of Cthulhu

A scholar inherits a manuscript, an idol, and the truth: a sleeping god rules our nightmares.

kirjoittanut H.P. Lovecraft 2011 43 sivua

4.03

100 000+ arvostelua

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Ancient God Awakens 📜 Forbidden Manuscript

Rosvojoukon vierailu

kirjoittanut Jennifer Egan • 2010

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

3.70

200 000+

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time

Rosvojoukon vierailu

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

kirjoittanut Jennifer Egan 2010 274 sivua

3.70

200 000+ arvostelua

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time

Tarinoita kahvilasta

kirjoittanut Toshikazu Kawaguchi • 2017

In a quiet Tokyo café, visitors travel to their pasts, but the present never changes.

3.96

100 000+

🕰️ Time Travel 🥀 Bittersweet 🔗 Interconnected Stories

Tarinoita kahvilasta

In a quiet Tokyo café, visitors travel to their pasts, but the present never changes.

kirjoittanut Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2017 192 sivua

3.96

100 000+ arvostelua

🕰️ Time Travel 🥀 Bittersweet 🔗 Interconnected Stories

Asiat joita he kantoivat

kirjoittanut Tim O'Brien • 1990

A Vietnam veteran retells his platoon's stories, bending truth to keep the dead alive.

4.15

300 000+

📚 Metafiction 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 💀 Gallows Humor

Asiat joita he kantoivat

A Vietnam veteran retells his platoon's stories, bending truth to keep the dead alive.

kirjoittanut Tim O'Brien 1990 246 sivua

4.15

300 000+ arvostelua

📚 Metafiction 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 💀 Gallows Humor

Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

kirjoittanut Irvin D. Yalom • 1989

A therapist admits: his own boredom, lust, and dread are the real instruments of cure.

4.25

42 000+

🏛️ Existential Therapy 📋 Clinical Case Studies 💀 Death Anxiety

Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

A therapist admits: his own boredom, lust, and dread are the real instruments of cure.

kirjoittanut Irvin D. Yalom 1989 304 sivua

4.25

42 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Existential Therapy 📋 Clinical Case Studies 💀 Death Anxiety

The Black Cat

kirjoittanut Edgar Allan Poe • 2004

After he hangs his cat, a lookalike with a noose-shaped mark follows him home.

4.03

59 000+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness

The Black Cat

After he hangs his cat, a lookalike with a noose-shaped mark follows him home.

kirjoittanut Edgar Allan Poe 2004 24 sivua

4.03

59 000+ arvostelua

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Who Goes There?

kirjoittanut John W. Campbell Jr. • 1938

Antarctic researchers thaw a shape-shifting alien. Anyone could be the monster.

3.77

12 000+

❄️ Arctic Horror 👽 Classic Sci-Fi Horror 🎭 Hidden Impostor

Who Goes There?

Antarctic researchers thaw a shape-shifting alien. Anyone could be the monster.

kirjoittanut John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 161 sivua

3.77

12 000+ arvostelua

❄️ Arctic Horror 👽 Classic Sci-Fi Horror 🎭 Hidden Impostor

Wise and Otherwise

kirjoittanut Sudha Murty • 2006

A coolie's honest son and a tribal chief teach the real India about integrity and dignity.

4.03

13 000+

🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🦉 Anecdotal Wisdom 📜 Moral Fables

Wise and Otherwise

A coolie's honest son and a tribal chief teach the real India about integrity and dignity.

kirjoittanut Sudha Murty 2006 220 sivua

4.03

13 000+ arvostelua

🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🦉 Anecdotal Wisdom 📜 Moral Fables

Games Untold

kirjoittanut Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2024

A wealthy heir disappears in Prague, leaving a trail of clues for his puzzle-loving partner.

4.03

50 000+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 💘 Slow Burn Romance 💎 Wealthy Heirs

Games Untold

A wealthy heir disappears in Prague, leaving a trail of clues for his puzzle-loving partner.

kirjoittanut Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2024 448 sivua

4.03

50 000+ arvostelua

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 💘 Slow Burn Romance 💎 Wealthy Heirs

Muodonmuutos

kirjoittanut Franz Kafka

A salesman wakes as an insect, and his family's care hardens into a quiet death sentence.

3.91

1 000 000+

🎭 Absurdist Fiction 🦗 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror

Immersiiviset

Muodonmuutos

A salesman wakes as an insect, and his family's care hardens into a quiet death sentence.

kirjoittanut Franz Kafka 1915 201 sivua

3.91

1 000 000+ arvostelua

🎭 Absurdist Fiction 🦗 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror

The House of Hunger

kirjoittanut Dambudzo Marechera • 1978

He leaves the house that starved him, but the starvation has moved inside him forever.

3.95

1 000+

🌍 Post-Colonial Fiction 🧠 Psychological Breakdown 🪞 Internalized Oppression

The House of Hunger

He leaves the house that starved him, but the starvation has moved inside him forever.

kirjoittanut Dambudzo Marechera 1978 160 sivua

3.95

1 000+ arvostelua

🌍 Post-Colonial Fiction 🧠 Psychological Breakdown 🪞 Internalized Oppression

A Short Stay in Hell

kirjoittanut Steven L. Peck • 2011

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

4.15

70 000+

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror

A Short Stay in Hell

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

kirjoittanut Steven L. Peck 2011 108 sivua

4.15

70 000+ arvostelua

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror

Auggie & Me

kirjoittanut R.J. Palacio • 2015

How three kids from Auggie's world confront the hardest thing of all: their own mistakes.

4.27

41 000+

📖 Short Story Collection 📘 Companion Novel 🔄 Bully Redemption

Auggie & Me

How three kids from Auggie's world confront the hardest thing of all: their own mistakes.

kirjoittanut R.J. Palacio 2015 303 sivua

4.27

41 000+ arvostelua

📖 Short Story Collection 📘 Companion Novel 🔄 Bully Redemption

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

kirjoittanut Ambrose Bierce • 1996

A planter on a railroad bridge awaits the drop; his mind flees toward a final embrace.

4.01

27 000+

🎖️ Civil War Fiction 🖤 Psychological Horror 🤯 Twist Ending

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

A planter on a railroad bridge awaits the drop; his mind flees toward a final embrace.

kirjoittanut Ambrose Bierce 1996 36 sivua

4.01

27 000+ arvostelua

🎖️ Civil War Fiction 🖤 Psychological Horror 🤯 Twist Ending

Kaikki tarut

kirjoittanut Aisopos

Talking beasts and wicked irony: an ancient slave's complete guide to the human comedy.

4.05

100 000+

🐾 Beast Fables 🗣️ Talking Animals 🦊 Trickster Fox

Kaikki tarut

Talking beasts and wicked irony: an ancient slave's complete guide to the human comedy.

kirjoittanut Aisopos 262 sivua

4.05

100 000+ arvostelua

🐾 Beast Fables 🗣️ Talking Animals 🦊 Trickster Fox

Viimeinen toive

kirjoittanut Andrzej Sapkowski • 1993

A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.

4.14

400 000+

🐺 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 📖 Subverted Fairy Tale 👑 Cursed Nobility

Viimeinen toive

A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.

kirjoittanut Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 400 sivua

4.14

400 000+ arvostelua

🐺 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 📖 Subverted Fairy Tale 👑 Cursed Nobility

Schoolgirl

kirjoittanut Osamu Dazai • 1939

A grieving Japanese schoolgirl spends a day navigating pretense and the hunger to feel real.

3.96

26 000+

🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 😞 Adolescent Angst 🕯️ Parental Loss

Schoolgirl

A grieving Japanese schoolgirl spends a day navigating pretense and the hunger to feel real.

kirjoittanut Osamu Dazai 1939 103 sivua

3.96

26 000+ arvostelua

🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 😞 Adolescent Angst 🕯️ Parental Loss

Etsimäsi löytyy kirjastosta

kirjoittanut Michiko Aoyama • 2020

A Tokyo librarian helps five lost souls find new direction with unexpected gifts and curated books.

4.03

100 000+

🗼 Everyday Tokyo 🏢 Career Crossroads 📚 Library As Sanctuary

Etsimäsi löytyy kirjastosta

A Tokyo librarian helps five lost souls find new direction with unexpected gifts and curated books.

kirjoittanut Michiko Aoyama 2020 304 sivua

4.03

100 000+ arvostelua

🗼 Everyday Tokyo 🏢 Career Crossroads 📚 Library As Sanctuary

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

kirjoittanut Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1877

Suicide, a weeping child, then a dream: a despairing man enters a pristine, sinless world.

4.03

43 000+

🌑 Existential Despair 📜 Philosophical Parable 💭 Dream Vision

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Suicide, a weeping child, then a dream: a despairing man enters a pristine, sinless world.

kirjoittanut Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 32 sivua

4.03

43 000+ arvostelua

🌑 Existential Despair 📜 Philosophical Parable 💭 Dream Vision

The Overcoat

kirjoittanut Nikolai Gogol • 2004

A humble copy clerk's new overcoat gives him an identity the city soon strips away.

4.14

53 000+

🎭 Social Satire 👤 Little Man 📜 Tsarist Bureaucracy

The Overcoat

A humble copy clerk's new overcoat gives him an identity the city soon strips away.

kirjoittanut Nikolai Gogol 2004 57 sivua

4.14

53 000+ arvostelua

🎭 Social Satire 👤 Little Man 📜 Tsarist Bureaucracy

The Shawshank Redemption

kirjoittanut Stephen King

A wrongly convicted banker enters Shawshank, where the warden plans to keep him forever.

4.48

6 000+

🎬 Prison Drama ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔨 Prison Escape

Immersiiviset

The Shawshank Redemption

A wrongly convicted banker enters Shawshank, where the warden plans to keep him forever.

kirjoittanut Stephen King 1994 507 sivua

4.48

6 000+ arvostelua

🎬 Prison Drama ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔨 Prison Escape

Table for Two

kirjoittanut Amor Towles • 2024

A peasant couple is uprooted by revolution; an art dealer schemes for a family's prized painting.

4.19

74 000+

🖇️ Linked Novellas 🇷🇺 Russian Revolution 🤫 Quiet Protagonist

Table for Two

A peasant couple is uprooted by revolution; an art dealer schemes for a family's prized painting.

kirjoittanut Amor Towles 2024 451 sivua

4.19

74 000+ arvostelua

🖇️ Linked Novellas 🇷🇺 Russian Revolution 🤫 Quiet Protagonist

Chicken Soup for the Soul

kirjoittanut Jack Canfield • 2010

Someone's worst year, told in four pages. A gratitude reflex, built in 101 sittings.

4.06

1 000+

🧠 Positive Psychology 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Someone's worst year, told in four pages. A gratitude reflex, built in 101 sittings.

kirjoittanut Jack Canfield 2010 432 sivua

4.06

1 000+ arvostelua

🧠 Positive Psychology 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Life of a Stupid Man

kirjoittanut Ryūnosuke Akutagawa • 1927

A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.

3.67

11 000+

📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Life of a Stupid Man

A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.

kirjoittanut Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927 55 sivua

3.67

11 000+ arvostelua

📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

kirjoittanut Harlan Ellison • 1967

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

3.89

56 000+

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

kirjoittanut Harlan Ellison 1967 134 sivua

3.89

56 000+ arvostelua

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture

Minä, robotti

kirjoittanut Isaac Asimov • 1950

Robots built to protect humanity keep finding fatal logic gaps: a robopsychologist's casebook.

4.21

300 000+

🤖 Robot Ethics 💻 Programming Conflicts 🧠 Machine Consciousness

Minä, robotti

Robots built to protect humanity keep finding fatal logic gaps: a robopsychologist's casebook.

kirjoittanut Isaac Asimov 1950 224 sivua

4.21

300 000+ arvostelua

🤖 Robot Ethics 💻 Programming Conflicts 🧠 Machine Consciousness

The Cyberiad

kirjoittanut 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

The Cyberiad

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

kirjoittanut Stanisław Lem 1965 295 sivua

4.13

14 000+ arvostelua

🧙‍♂️ Science Fiction Fables 🪐 Satirical Sci-Fi 🤡 Absurdist Humor

Ficciones

kirjoittanut Jorge Luis Borges • 1944

Libraries without end, worlds dreamed into being, a man who cannot forget: philosophy as fiction.

4.40

80 000+

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 📖 Metafictional Stories 🌍 Invented Worlds

Ficciones

Libraries without end, worlds dreamed into being, a man who cannot forget: philosophy as fiction.

kirjoittanut Jorge Luis Borges 1944 174 sivua

4.40

80 000+ arvostelua

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 📖 Metafictional Stories 🌍 Invented Worlds

Interpreter of Maladies

kirjoittanut Jhumpa Lahiri • 1999

Nine stories of the Indian diaspora: the small devastations of distance and the search for home.

4.18

200 000+

✈️ Immigrant Fiction 🔗 Linked Short Stories 💔 Marital Estrangement

Interpreter of Maladies

Nine stories of the Indian diaspora: the small devastations of distance and the search for home.

kirjoittanut Jhumpa Lahiri 1999 198 sivua

4.18

200 000+ arvostelua

✈️ Immigrant Fiction 🔗 Linked Short Stories 💔 Marital Estrangement

Talo Mango Streetillä

kirjoittanut Sandra Cisneros • 1984

On Mango Street, a girl named Hope starts writing the home she cannot yet live in.

3.68

200 000+

🌺 Chicana Literature 📖 Vignette Novel ✍️ Writing As Escape

Talo Mango Streetillä

On Mango Street, a girl named Hope starts writing the home she cannot yet live in.

kirjoittanut Sandra Cisneros 1984 110 sivua

3.68

200 000+ arvostelua

🌺 Chicana Literature 📖 Vignette Novel ✍️ Writing As Escape

Marsin aikakirjat

kirjoittanut Ray Bradbury • 1950

Earth's rockets land on an ancient, telepathic Mars. One world will erase the other.

4.16

200 000+

🌑 Quiet Apocalypse 🏛️ Cultural Erasure 👽 Telepathic Aliens

Marsin aikakirjat

Earth's rockets land on an ancient, telepathic Mars. One world will erase the other.

kirjoittanut Ray Bradbury 1950 182 sivua

4.16

200 000+ arvostelua

🌑 Quiet Apocalypse 🏛️ Cultural Erasure 👽 Telepathic Aliens

Barden Beedlen tarinat

kirjoittanut J.K. Rowling • 2008

The wizarding world's fairy tales: five stories of kindness, greed, cleverness, and cheating Death.

4.03

500 000+

🧚 Fairy Tale Collection 📖 Moral Fables 💀 Death As Character

Barden Beedlen tarinat

The wizarding world's fairy tales: five stories of kindness, greed, cleverness, and cheating Death.

kirjoittanut J.K. Rowling 2008 105 sivua

4.03

500 000+ arvostelua

🧚 Fairy Tale Collection 📖 Moral Fables 💀 Death As Character

Short Stories in English for Beginners

kirjoittanut Olly Richards • 2018

A book of stories where finishing feels like winning, and every page quietly upgrades your English.

4.09

162

📚 Graded Readers 🧠 Language Acquisition 🇬🇧 English Learners

Short Stories in English for Beginners

A book of stories where finishing feels like winning, and every page quietly upgrades your English.

kirjoittanut Olly Richards 2018 240 sivua

4.09

162 arvostelua

📚 Graded Readers 🧠 Language Acquisition 🇬🇧 English Learners

Shakkikertomus

kirjoittanut Stefan Zweig • 1942

A Nazi survivor challenges the world chess champion, risking the madness the game once caused.

4.26

100 000+

🎭 Psychological Novella ♟️ Chess As Obsession 🔒 Solitary Confinement

Shakkikertomus

A Nazi survivor challenges the world chess champion, risking the madness the game once caused.

kirjoittanut Stefan Zweig 1942 104 sivua

4.26

100 000+ arvostelua

🎭 Psychological Novella ♟️ Chess As Obsession 🔒 Solitary Confinement

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

kirjoittanut Satyarth Nayak • 2022

100 Puranic tales span creation to dissolution, tracing a cosmos where devotion rewrites destiny.

4.39

1 000+

🕉️ Hindu Mythology 📜 Mythology Retelling ⚖️ Cosmic Balance

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

100 Puranic tales span creation to dissolution, tracing a cosmos where devotion rewrites destiny.

kirjoittanut Satyarth Nayak 2022 436 sivua

4.39

1 000+ arvostelua

🕉️ Hindu Mythology 📜 Mythology Retelling ⚖️ Cosmic Balance

There Is No Antimemetics Division

kirjoittanut qntm

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

4.10

28 000+

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure

There Is No Antimemetics Division Yhteenveto

Immersiiviset

There Is No Antimemetics Division

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

kirjoittanut qntm 2020 220 sivua

4.10

28 000+ arvostelua

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure

Chicken Soup for the Soul

kirjoittanut Jack Canfield • 1993

101 true stories where an ordinary person becomes the turning point in another's life.

3.96

41 000+

📖 Uplifting Anecdotes 💭 Positive Thinking ❤️ Acts Of Kindness

Chicken Soup for the Soul

101 true stories where an ordinary person becomes the turning point in another's life.

kirjoittanut Jack Canfield 1993 428 sivua

3.96

41 000+ arvostelua

📖 Uplifting Anecdotes 💭 Positive Thinking ❤️ Acts Of Kindness

Rejection

kirjoittanut Tony Tulathimutte • 2024

A group of very online failures chase validation through sex, money, and anonymous posts.

3.74

45 000+

🖇️ Linked Stories 😬 Cringe Comedy 💣 Self-Sabotage

Rejection

A group of very online failures chase validation through sex, money, and anonymous posts.

kirjoittanut Tony Tulathimutte 2024 272 sivua

3.74

45 000+ arvostelua

🖇️ Linked Stories 😬 Cringe Comedy 💣 Self-Sabotage

Four

kirjoittanut Veronica Roth • 2014

An abused boy hides his resistant mind among warriors, discovers a plan to destroy his homeland.

3.93

200 000+

🌆 Futuristic Chicago 📖 Short Story Prequel ⚔️ Initiation Training

Four

An abused boy hides his resistant mind among warriors, discovers a plan to destroy his homeland.

kirjoittanut Veronica Roth 2014 285 sivua

3.93

200 000+ arvostelua

🌆 Futuristic Chicago 📖 Short Story Prequel ⚔️ Initiation Training

Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories

kirjoittanut Young-ha Kim • 2019

An Alzheimer's-stricken serial killer must outwit the murderer he sees in his daughter's boyfriend.

3.71

13 000+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Memory Loss

Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories

An Alzheimer's-stricken serial killer must outwit the murderer he sees in his daughter's boyfriend.

kirjoittanut Young-ha Kim 2019 200 sivua

3.71

13 000+ arvostelua

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Memory Loss

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

kirjoittanut Damilare Kuku • 2024

A dozen women survive Lagos dating: charming men, secret lives, and the cost of starting over.

4.00

9 000+

📚 Linked Short Stories 🌆 Contemporary Lagos 🖤 Dark Comedy

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

A dozen women survive Lagos dating: charming men, secret lives, and the cost of starting over.

kirjoittanut Damilare Kuku 2024

4.00

9 000+ arvostelua

📚 Linked Short Stories 🌆 Contemporary Lagos 🖤 Dark Comedy

Exhalation

kirjoittanut Ted Chiang • 2019

A merchant in ancient Baghdad steps through a time portal to undo a sorrow twenty years past.

4.27

100 000+

⏳ Time Travel Fiction 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🔄 Causal Loop

Exhalation

A merchant in ancient Baghdad steps through a time portal to undo a sorrow twenty years past.

kirjoittanut Ted Chiang 2019 368 sivua

4.27

100 000+ arvostelua

⏳ Time Travel Fiction 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🔄 Causal Loop

Sherlock Holmesin seikkailut

kirjoittanut Arthur Conan Doyle • 1892

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

4.30

300 000+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

Sherlock Holmesin seikkailut

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Percy Jackson retells the original Greek hero myths with snark, tragedy, and divine family drama.

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Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes

Percy Jackson retells the original Greek hero myths with snark, tragedy, and divine family drama.

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4.41

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