Grisha are being cruelly exploited for their powers by the ruthless Shu queen, and the horrifically evil Darkling Rule of Wolves was more evenly split between different characters--and especially as related to The Darkling

unsympathetic, aggressive, and misled character, her brother Nick is unfailingly loyal, vulnerable, smart, funny

The banter between Bri and Jacob is funny and adorable, their attraction is sometimes steamy, the supporting

With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a

time-jump premise McQuiston's characters explore loyalty, love, connection, and heartbreak in poignant, funny

Science Buff 06 Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach Mary Roach is smart, curious, funny

offers a nice dose of feminism, realistically fraught mother-daughter interactions, and laugh-out-loud funny offers a nice dose of feminism, realistically fraught mother-daughter interactions, and laugh-out-loud funny

imagined current encounters with her mom, refusing to allow her many vivid memories of her formidable, funny

The characters in Autoboyography are thoughtful and young and funny and defiant but good, and they make Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. I ate it up in a single day.

Win and Harriet's interactions, when they do begin communicating, are lovely and sweet and funny and

The Best of Me, a funny David Sedaris collection with plenty of heart; Beautiful World, Where Are You full review, check out Mary Jane. 06 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl Grohl is funny His funny, self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, music-obsessed tone makes for captivating listening,

I was fascinated by her life, and I found her writing voice endearing and real and funny.

07 No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowles Touching, honest, raw, funny No Cure for Being Human is beautiful, funny, heartwarming, practical, and Kate Bowler is so wise and This was fascinating, sometimes funny, thoughtful, and lovely. The Humans is funny, strange, deep, and lovely. I loved it.

The Body: A Guide for Occupants is made up of fascinating, funny, odd, and often unexpected information

Martha Wells's Murderbot series (this is the first full-length book in the set) starts off strong: it's funny Later in the book, the gems that make this series so unexpectedly poignant and funny and delightful shine everyone to throw the mess into the recycler) before important guests arrive on the ship, which was so funny

With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a The Body: A Guide for Occupants is made up of fascinating, funny, odd, and often unexpected information

The standout highlights of Big Time for me were two clever, funny stories I really liked, "The Secret

This first book in the Lady Janies trilogy is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character This is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic banter.

I would have liked more introspection, but I loved spending time in Kendrick's funny, honest, often wonderfully I loved spending time in her funny, honest, often wonderfully wacky point of view.

Nobody by Anna Kendrick I would have liked more introspection, but I loved spending time in Kendrick's funny I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas. I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas as he recounts how he's navigated situations

This was fascinating, sometimes funny, thoughtful, and lovely. The Humans is funny, strange, deep, and lovely. I loved it.

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is often funny, but North layers darkness into her book, as

Her memoir is candid, poignant, funny, and always entertaining. I laughed out loud repeatedly while I was reading this charming memoir by this strong, funny woman.

It's also often wryly funny.

anything, but I found it irresistible to hear Stanley Tucci calmly list ingredients, make a few corny-but-funny

Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time

Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny. Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny.

This is charming, funny, and adorable.

Green tells his funny, poignant, tech-focused story through characters' alternating viewpoints, and April

Funny or sad. Guys like it funny, with lots of gore and a grin on your face when you get to the end.

This is funny, strange, and lovely.

struggles; she is practical with her approaches to coping with various challenges; and she's often funny

full review, check out Open Book. 05 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl Grohl is funny His funny, self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, music-obsessed tone makes for captivating listening,

The characters in White Houses  are funny, heartbreaking, and feel alive.

I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas as he recounts how he's navigated situations Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. 06 No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler Touching, honest, raw, funny No Cure for Being Human is beautiful, funny, heartwarming, practical, and Kate Bowler is so wise and

The Murderbot series is funny and poignant and odd and wonderful.

Cult Classic is a funny, suspenseful story of love, memory, and mind control from the author of I Was

Joan is a funny, heartbreaking, meddlesome, irresistible main protagonist.

His funny, self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, music-obsessed tone makes for captivating listening,

fun magical story featuring an oddball cast of characters, satisfying justice, love, chosen family, funny

“...sometimes people kick you to the ground at recess because they think the shape of your eyes is funny

Funny, sometimes grotesque, and full of surprises, Herrick's End is the first in Blanchet's Neath Trilogy

The characters in Autoboyography are thoughtful and young and funny and defiant but good, and they make Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. I ate it up in a single day.

But after that, Beach Read met all of my criteria above and more; it's sweet and funny, it's about writing

series. 02 You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn I'm in for memoirs, and lately I've been drawn to memoirs by funny

Fisher is candid, funny, charmingly offbeat, and she's mastered the art of honest self-examination.

This is twisted, base, and funny, but sometimes also sentimental and poignant, with peeks into deceased

Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. This memoir is fantastic.

doesn't examine in any depth the reasons for their fractured relationship (ahem, Doug wanted a "cuddle bunny