Cheer-up books - what to read. Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov

It would seem, why read motivating books? Isn't it better to take action right away than wasting time studying someone else's experience? But a person often lacks the determination to change his life. That is why we have collected 15 of the best motivational books for you to dare to conquer the peaks.

1. Nick Vuychich "Life Without Borders".

Nick Vuychich was born without arms and legs, but he is completely independent and lives a full and rich life: he received two higher educations, independently types on a computer at a speed of 43 words per minute, surfs, is fond of fishing, swims and even dives from a springboard into the water. His book is an inspiring, emotional story about how to overcome difficulties, despair, believe in yourself and become happy. Nick frankly talks about his physical problems and experiences, about how difficult it was for him to come to terms with his condition - there was a moment when he wanted to commit suicide. It took him many years to learn to see in his problems not an obstacle, but an opportunity for growth, set big goals for himself and always achieve what he wants. Without arms and legs, he learned to rise in every sense of the word. In his book, Nick formulated the rules of life that helped him, and now he shares them with readers.

2. Barbara Sher "Dreaming is not harmful."

A legendary book about how to realize yourself in life. Cindy Fox was a waitress. She is now a pilot. Peter Johnson was a truck driver. Now he is a farmer. Tina Forbes was a failed artist. She is now a successful artist. Alan Rizzo was the editor. He is now a bookstore owner. All of them used the effective techniques of Barbara Sher in order to bring about real changes in their lives. This human, deeply practical book will allow everyone to turn their vague desires and dreams into concrete results.

3. Dan Waldschmidt "Be the best version of yourself."

The book will tell you about the true ingredients of success. You’ll understand that it’s not zeal at all, but who you are. “Everything you know about success is wrong. Set goals. Work hard. Be persistent. You can repeat this recipe for success even if you wake you up at night and ask. And it doesn't work - not for you, not for anyone else. " You work all day, get very tired in the evening and do not come one step closer to success. The point is that success is not determined by what you do, but by who you are. This is the conclusion made by Dan Waldsmith, who has researched more than 1000 stories of ordinary people from business, science, politics and sports who have achieved outstanding success. Among these people is a restaurant chef who has overcome a terminal illness and has earned 3 Michelin stars over time; runners covering incredible distances and overcoming themselves; a retired ambulance physician who started a successful company; figure skater Joanie Rochette, who competed at the Olympics three days after her mother's heart attack and was able to win a medal; Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman-cosmonaut in history at the age of 26; and many others. All of these people had several things in common, which the author and his team identified. The stories from this book will not leave you indifferent and will inspire you to new achievements at work, in sports and any other spheres of life.

4. Howard Schultz "Full speed ahead!"

In 2008, Howard Schultz, 8 years after his retirement, decided to return to the chair of the CEO of Starbucks, the leader in the coffee market. The reason for this decision, in addition to the deteriorating financial performance of the company, which he bought in 1987, was the rapid loss by the company during his absence of those traditions and service standards that were originally laid down. Describing the unique history of the successful reorganization of the company in the midst of a severe economic crisis, Howard Schultz - the main initiator and active participant in all events - openly shares with readers the secrets of effective management, convincingly demonstrating that building a socially responsible business is not only a duty to society of any entrepreneur and top -manager, but also a necessary condition for profitable work.

5. Robert T. Kiyosaki "Rich Dad Poor Dad."

Rich Dad Poor Dad is the first and most popular book by Robert Kiyosaki on how to live and work not for money, but making money work for you. And how can a parent teach his children what school does not teach his children? How will you teach your child to count so that he is not bored? How do you teach a child to invest when you are a parent and don't know how to do it yourself? Instead of teaching my children to play safe, I decided it would be more useful to teach them to play smart.

6. Josh Weitzkin "The Art of Learning."

This is the autobiography of Joshua Weitzkin, who won his first national chess championship at the age of 9 and became the world champion in the Tai Chi martial art at the age of 28. How did he manage to achieve such a result in completely different sports disciplines? Joshua himself does not believe that he is the best in chess or the best in Tai Chi. He says: "I am the best at learning." In this book, he shares his story and learning principles that helped him climb to the top twice. This is not only the story of an outstanding person, but also proof that any victories and achievements - up to the champion level - are achieved thanks to the right lifestyle, the right habits and mental attitudes, and not innate talents.

7. Ben Horowitz "It won't be easy."

Ben Horowitz, one of the most experienced and respected entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, shares his best practices for building and growing startups. The author's advice covers the toughest issues that are usually not discussed in business schools. Many people like to talk about how great it is to have your own business. Very few people say that it is very difficult. Ben Horowitz belongs to the latter. He objectively analyzes the challenges leaders face on a daily basis and proposes solutions based on his experience in developing, managing, selling, consulting and investing in startups. The book is full of the author's trademark humor and his outspoken statements about business. It will be useful for both experienced entrepreneurs and those who are just starting their first business.

8. Richard O "Connor" Depression is canceled.

Depression depends on many interrelated factors: genetic, biochemical, external (environmental factors). This book addresses one very important factor that we often overlook: our own habits. We can hide depression, fight it (and even successfully), but this struggle requires a lot of strength from us, taking away from us the opportunity to fully enjoy life and experience positive emotions. This book will help you replace patterns of behavior that are conducive to depression with more effective ones. The systems approach described in the book is based on the best research on the topic of depression - with its help anyone suffering from this ailment will be able to start a new life.

9. Richard Branson “To hell with it! Take it and do it! "

Richard Branson is a legendary British entrepreneur, one of the richest people on the planet, who founded the Virgin Corporation, which today unites almost 400 companies under its brand in a variety of fields - from publishing and air travel to space and underwater tourism. Branson is a bright, non-standard personality. His credo is to take everything from life. It means not being afraid to do what you want. It doesn't matter at all whether you have enough knowledge, experience or education. If you have a head on your shoulders and enough enthusiasm in your soul, any goal will be within your reach. Life is short to spend on things that are not enjoyable. If you like something - do it. If you don't like it, drop it without hesitation In an expanded version of his bestselling book, Branson offers "rules for life" that should help everyone on the path to creativity, spiritual growth and self-expression. The book carries a huge charge of optimism, wisdom and faith in human capabilities.

10. Stephen R. Covey "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People."

This book is the world's super-bestseller, the # 1 work on the topic of personal growth. She has had a major impact on the lives of millions of people around the world, including Bill Clinton, Larry King and Stephen Forbes. Half of the world's largest Fortune 500 corporations are committed to educating their employees about the philosophy of performance outlined in seven skills.

11. Robin S. Sharma "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari".

What is real success, and how can you achieve it? Is it possible to find happiness that does not depend on either career growth or global crises? How to get rid of endless worries about tomorrow and start enjoying every day you live? Are there simple recipes for receiving spiritual gifts without giving up your usual comfort? How to develop superpowers and subjugate fate? And, perhaps most importantly, how to find your calling and become yourself? The answer is in this book, which has become a bestseller in many countries around the world. Together with former millionaire Julian Mantle, Robin Sharma invites the reader to take an amazing journey to Sivana - a country where dreams come true!

12. Donald Trump "Never give up!"

This book is about how failures, problems, crisis, collapse, disaster can be turned into a springboard for victory, about how, after falling into a deadly whirlpool, push off the bottom and soar up again, to success. The main thing is to perceive all problems not as obstacles or bad luck, but as new opportunities and additional chances given to you by fate. And then you are invincible. Nothing can bring down the face of a person who stubbornly refuses to admit that he is defeated. No obstacles are terrible for those who never give up. And these lessons are especially convincing from the lips of a man whose name entered the Guinness Book of Records as an example of overcoming the deepest financial ruin that a businessman has ever suffered. The name of this man is known to the whole world - Donald Trump. And now we know his recipe for overcoming difficulties.
And this recipe: never give up!

13. Mag Jay "Important Years".

Someone calls the years from the twentieth to the thirtieth second youth, someone - the beginning of adulthood. Dr. Mag Jay, a clinical psychologist, claims that this is the most important decade in a person's life in terms of the development of important areas of life: work, love, physical and intellectual development. The book is based on a decade of work with hundreds of students and clients, combining topical scientific research and true stories of those in their mid-teens. The book contains all the necessary tools for the most effective use of the most important ten years. The author shares what psychologists, sociologists, neurologists, economists and top managers involved in personnel policy know about the critical importance of this period. What you do and don’t do in your twenties and thirties can have a huge impact on your career, personal growth, brain development, your relationships, and your business and personal connections. This is a smart and constructive book about years not to be wasted.

14. Will Bowen "A World Without Complaints."

This book will transform your life. Millions of people around the world are convinced by their own experience: Will Bowen's program "A World without Complaints" - works! It is based on a very simple idea: positive changes are ready to happen in our life at any moment, and in order to let them in, you just need to give up the usual manifestations of discontent. "If you find yourself complaining, just put the bracelet on your other hand!" Today, more than six million people have accepted this challenge. The task is extremely simple, but difficult to accomplish (try it - and see for yourself!): To live twenty-one days in a row without complaining, criticizing or gossiping. Help change this world and yourself!

15. Brian Tracy "Build Your Future."

This book is for ambitious people who want to accelerate their progress. Brian Tracy identifies twelve life-proven success factors that must be considered by anyone who wants to fulfill their full potential in our world of almost unlimited possibilities. The book "Build Your Future" will help you develop a positive, optimistic, creative mood, which is a guarantee of great achievements in any field of activity. You will learn how to attract helpful people, valuable ideas, and opportunities to help you reach your goals quickly. With the help of this book, you will become the sovereign master of your own destiny, a real expert in your field of activity, achieve complete financial independence, and develop the habits typical of the most successful people.

On gloomy winter evenings, when there is a terrible frost outside and it gets dark early, there is nothing better than getting warm under a blanket, with a cup of hot cocoa and a good book in hand. And there is no more wonderful cure for blues and boredom than a funny, insanely positive, sometimes funny to tears, book. For everyone, humor is defined differently, and there are countless ratings of funny books. I present mine of 8 books that will make you smile and ultimately definitely cheer you up.

Helen Fielding "Diary of Bridget Jones"

This is a novel that has probably become a textbook in the life of all women in the world who are over 30. Who has not watched a wonderful British film, I advise you to read the book first.

The main character is Bridget Jones. She is 32 years old, overweight, has a terrible smoking habit, has no permanent man, but she has friends with all the typical female problems, and an oppressive mother to boot. And, oh, horror, she falls in love with a notorious bastard and womanizer, pathologically losing sight of the most wonderful man on the planet. The novel is written in the form of a diary of the main character, in which she, with humor, sometimes with sadness, tells about real life. The book not only personifies the life of most women on the planet, it is the best cure for depression, a kind of way to look at yourself from the outside and laugh heartily.

Douglas Adams "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

This is a whole series of funny science fiction novels. Better even to tell satirical stories.
They tell about a guy Adam, whose house they want to demolish for the construction of the motorway. But at one point everything turns upside down. It turns out that Adam's best friend is an alien, and they are going to demolish not only the main character's house, but the entire planet Earth in order to pave the intergalactic path. Adam and his friend miraculously escape and begin a fun and fantastic adventure across the vastness of the universe.

Jerome K. Jerome "Three Men in a Boat, Not Counting a Dog"

"Three Men in a Boat, Excluding a Dog" is a humorous story, quite small in volume, embodying the classics of humorous prose. It tells the story of a fox terrier dog and three men who decide to travel along the Thames. All heroes have a tolerable temperament and lack of experience in boating. So their journey is filled with funny events and various humorous situations.

Undoubtedly, this is one of the few books that can be re-read countless times and laugh over and over again.

Lauren McCrossan "Angel on the Air"

On the one hand, this is a typical female romance, but on the other hand, it is a very funny and hilarious female romance. Like most books in this genre, its main character is an unmarried girl in her thirties. She works for a popular radio station. Her beloved man proposed to her. She had a chance to interview the world-famous handsome singer. Everything is going perfectly. Nearly…

Her boyfriend, after a marriage proposal, leaves for America to shoot a TV show about super models. Mom reads the new groom. At work, no one except neurotics and alcoholics calls on the air, and ratings are plummeting. And yet that very popular singer begins to actively look after her. And all this is spiced with funny jokes and comical situations.

Tibor Fischer "Philosophers from the Highway"

Although the annotation may sound like a black comedy, Philosophers of the Long Road is actually an insanely kind and funny book. Its main characters are a fat philosopher, a loser in life, and his friend is disabled. And they are engaged in nothing else but bank robberies, and they always do it by accident. It is written very easily and accessible to any reader.

Pelam Grenville Woodhouse "Jeeves and Wooster"

Jeeves and Worcester is a collection of stories about two English gentlemen.

Worcester is a rich young man, a representative of the British aristocracy, who all the time gets into all kinds of troubles, not devoid of humor. His smart and resourceful valet Jeeves rescues his unfortunate master all the time. Most of the stories about this funny couple are built on this.

Perhaps the cycle "Jeeves and Worcester" can be safely called a classic of British humor.

Winston Groom "Forest Gump"

The main thing is to forget about the film now and perceive the book as a separate work, just with the same title. The film adaptation is undoubtedly great, but very different from the original novel. In the film, they embellished a lot, added tragedy and drama. The book is actually very light, funny and kind. It tells about the unusual life of a boy, and then a man, Forest, who is mentally a little behind in development. He perceives the world differently from others, which makes his story very unusual and funny.

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky "Monday starts on Saturday"

The legendary science fiction writers, the Strugatsky brothers, wrote a very funny and hilarious book. Like all their novels, this story, sometimes absurd, sometimes funny, is not devoid of its fantastic basis.

The main character is a Russian programmer who, going on vacation, meets two men, with whom all the madness of the book begins. Hut on chicken legs, Lukomorye, Institute of Magic and Marilyn. An unprecedented and fantastic world, unknown before, opens up to the ordinary programmer.

For the most part, it is the absurdity of the book that makes it funny, but it is easy to read and captures from the first page.

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It's cold and gray outside the window. Are you in a bad mood or not at all? For the treatment of seasonal depression, we suggest reading the mental health books. There are no side effects. Solid positive and energy boost!

The book is autobiographical. Since childhood, Amelie dreamed of going to Japan. And so, such an opportunity presented itself. The girl signed a contract for a year with a Japanese company to work in an office. She tells what misunderstanding she faced from colleagues and bosses.

Amelie was fluent in Japanese, constant incidents occurred due to differences in traditions and behavior patterns of the Japanese ... If you are complaining about your work, then read Fear and Awe, it will get easier right away!

The main character Elner is the favorite of the whole town. One day a nice old woman decided to make fig tree jam, but she slipped and died. She could not even imagine how her death would affect her family and all her acquaintances. Despite the sad beginning the book is sincere and very touching, will teach you to enjoy the little things.

Greg Mortenson "Three Cups of Tea"

Greg Mortenson is known today as one of the founders of a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the literacy of children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the book, he tells how he "came" to such a life ... Greg, in memory of his deceased sister, decided to conquer one of the mountains in Pakistan, but almost died.

By chance he finds himself in a poor village, in which he has to live for some time. What Greg saw shocked him. All around there is poverty, unsanitary conditions, and the kids are striving to gain knowledge. Mortenson vowed to come back here and build a school ... What he had to face, read the book.

In this work, the main character is the dog Boy. He suffers from delusions of grandeur, organically combined with delusions of persecution, besides, Boy is a real paranoid ... The dog will tell you the story of his life, promising not to lie, except for those moments when you cannot lie. In general, you will learn a lot about the life of dogs and "their" people.

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The collection consists of 101 short stories. Canfield's Most Popular Writer Guinness Book of World Records, co-authored with motivational speaker Hansen will cheer up even the most demanding reader!

Some stories will cause tears of affection and a desire to do good to the people around us, because each story about love in its different manifestations, about mercy and forgiveness.

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Mood - couldn't you imagine worse? And wildly you want to run away somewhere, hide, bury yourself in a warm blanket? The best way to fight depression is with books. Of course, you will not run away from your problems, but you will raise your spirits. And maybe you will even find a solution to your problem.

To your attention - the most positive works in the opinion of readers!

Released in 1928.

"Impossible": one of the most positive and light works with sparkling humor, ridicule of our vices, deep meaning, amazing satire. The book, long scattered into quotations, is for a reader of any "status" and age!

You still don't know "how much is opium for the people"? Kisa and Ostap Bender are waiting for you!

Released in 1999.

An amazingly positive and comfortable book, based on which an equally beautiful and memorable film was shot in 2000.

The tranquility of the prim French town is suddenly disturbed by the arrival of a beautiful young Vianne. Together with their daughter, they appear at the same time as a snowstorm and open a chocolate shop.

Treats from Vianne radically change the lives of townspeople - they wake up a taste for life. But a girl never lingers in one place for a long time ...

Released in 1970. Bestseller of 1972.

The book is a parable about ... an ordinary seagull, which just wanted to be different from all its bird environment.

A work imbued with a specific morality - never give up, develop, improve yourself and strive for the sky (and the sky is different for everyone).

If you are close to the fact that your hands are about to drop, and the blues turn into a real black depression - it's time to read something life-affirming.

Released in 1996.

He is young, he is going through his emotional drama, he is losing confidence in himself. But there is a way out of any crisis in life!

A light and touching, ironic book by a Norwegian writer about finding oneself and about people who need to be able to see behind cars, houses, trees, everyday life ...

Release year: 1998 (filmed in 2001).

Bridget is a lonely London girl who writes in her diary everything that she lives with and what torments her. And she is tormented by the understanding that the age is far from girlish, there is no thin fragility, and the man of her dreams never called her in marriage.

In principle, he was not going to call her. This always happens: while we are waiting for our happiness on the road, it sneaks up on us from the rear. And Bridget is no exception.

Do you lack faith in yourself? Open the book and rustle the pages for your pleasure! A good mood is guaranteed!

Released in 2010.

It would seem, what interesting can some blogger from LJ write? Probably nothing.

But not in this case!

The ironic notes of the former marketer, and now - the plumber and writer Slava Se, published in full-fledged books, have long been passed around and are being successfully sold. How many people he made happy with the replacement of pipes - history is silent, but the readers are definitely delighted with him!

Relax with Slava and get out of depression with short and funny stories!

Released in 1964.

For several decades, this book has remained one of the brightest and most positive works in the genre of "fantastic story". Fascinating, impetuous, psychological fantasy with sparkling humor for everyone.

By the will of fate, a young programmer ends up in NIICHAVO in a remote corner of Russia. From now on, his life will not be the same!

Released in 2004.

David is a realtor. And not the most successful, besides. And he also has a black streak in his life. But one day he has a talking dog ...

Do not rush to skip the annotation and snort contemptuously, because the time behind this book will fly by unnoticed!

A very serious, despite the ease of reading, a book with English humor about a dog named Buch and its soft-bodied owner. A true masterpiece with a stunning finale.

Released in 1966.

Everything is mixed in sunny El Salvador - traditions, races, relationships. And in the light of this amazing and active South American life, the story of Dona Flor and her two husbands is being written.

And the first husband was not completely perfect, and with the second not everything is going smoothly ... If only a little from each - and make the perfect "mix".

A real drive from Jorge Amado: Latin American passions will bring anyone out of depression!

Released in 1972.

After all, the meeting with the aliens took place. But the aliens "sailed home", where they came from, and the mysteries did not diminish. And the clues are there, in the anomalous zones, a visit to which can bring anything.

Red is one of the curious. He is drawn to the zone again and again, and even his beautiful wife cannot keep him at home. Will the zone release him without consequences again?

Strong fiction, based on which the film "Stalker" was created, and even a computer game.

Released in 2006.

Samantha is far from the last lawyer in London. She successfully works in a successful company, knows her business and is ready to become a young partner of the company. This is her dream. And the future reward for fatigue, sleepless nights, lack of full personal life and neurasthenia. Just a couple of steps ...

But life suddenly goes downhill, and from a successful lawyer you have to retrain into an ordinary rural economy.

An excellent variant of "reading matter" for a "kick of vivacity" to a tired and sad body. Believe it or not, there really is life outside the office!

Released in 2004.

Oswald was not too stoic about the news of his diagnosis. To live, according to the doctor, there is very little left - and he escapes from cold Chicago to celebrate the last Christmas in the boondocks called Lost Creek.

He is tired, and does not intend to fight the disease ... The doctor said "to the morgue" - that means to the morgue.

Need a reason to get out of your office hibernation? Or sadness-longing finally drove you into bed? Read about the Christmas miracle! Not about some kind of fabulous invented miracle, but about the very real one, created with your own hands.

It's so easy to do miracles!

Released in 1987.

In this warm and whimsical novel, several destinies are intertwined at once - in a tiny American town in the 20s and 80s of the last century.

Extraordinary characters with difficult fates, but kind, in spite of everything, hearts, sincerity of presentation of material, good language - what else do you need for an evening with a cup of hot tea?

Released in 1957.

It is still a popular book, adored by readers, every second of whom will call it "the most positive book in the world." A soulful, partly autobiographical work, filmed and successfully sold, almost 6 decades after its first publication.

Open the book and breathe in the sweet smell of summer, in which your troubles will dissolve! A book from the real wizard, Ray Bradbury (with a recipe for stress!).

Released in 2011.

This book will be interesting both to those who watched its film adaptation, and to those who encountered the author's work for the first time.

The post-apocalyptic world: zombies on the one hand, people on the other, eating brains, gunshots and screeching.

And, it seems, everything is clear, and the topic is hackneyed, but it turns out that not all zombies are such zombies. Some are still very good. Like this one, for example - with the name "R".

And they also know how to love ...

Lively and light narration, great style, humor and a positive ending!

Enjoy your reading and optimistic outlook on life!

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You can fight the blues in different ways: eat a chocolate bar, drink an alcoholic drink, or go for a walk. Still, the most effective, useful and proven way is a good and fun book. We have collected for you 10 humorous, ironic and simply kind and funny books that will dispel a bad mood.

1. "Naive. Super" Erlend Lou

The novel "Naive. Super" by the Norwegian writer Erlend Lu is his most famous book. It is written on behalf of a 30-year-old hero who is going through a "midlife crisis." The book has been translated into almost 20 languages, and was greeted with enthusiasm in Russia. This ironically restrained and charming novel is akin to "naive" painting. At first glance, everything is funny and simple, but it is enough to look closely - the details, with seeming simplicity, are written out masterfully and accurately, and the plot itself is touching and clever.

2. "Plumber, his cat, wife and other details" Slava Se

The main character is a nondescript sturdy man, whose male loneliness smells like a hamster that lives under his bathroom, and is carried away by sad, unapproachable women who easily give out kisses. He is the only plumber in the entire Baltic States who plays in the theater, knows how to grow onions on the window and fry meat, and writes a blog on LiveJournal. The reader will have to find out who this is - Slava Se himself, his hero, and whether he really is Slava Se.

3. "Heaven is Nearby" by Fannie Flagg

Life is still a strange thing. As soon as the tireless Elner found herself on a fig tree, where she climbed for ripe fruits, and literally in a second she already communicates with the inhabitants of Paradise and with the Lord God himself. While Elmer is conducting heavenly conversations, the real end of the world begins on Earth. Her friend and his truck ended up in a ditch, her niece fainted, and her neighbor suddenly began to study the Bible. Looking at what is happening, the Lord comes to the conclusion that while Eamer is early in paradise, let him deal first with earthly affairs.

As a result, it turns out that heaven is among the people we love and who need our help. Fannie Flagg's new novel is further proof that she was sent to Earth to write kind and wonderful books, in which there is not an ounce of falsity.

4. "The Book of Deceptions" by Martha Ketro

The heroes of this book take deception more than seriously. For them, it is a kind of creative act and a means of strengthening such a fragile reality. They consider the path of the Liar to be the only true path and valiant path for the artist. But the time comes and each of them understands that the most common self-deception has become the main business of her whole life. In fact, they all try to extract the soul from the darkness of despair and lull their wounded pride. And it is precisely because of this that they write this damned book in the hope that the time will come when they will be able to escape through the green grass or through the white snow to where there is no pain.

5. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert

This book is about how sometimes you find joy, where you do not expect to find it, and how you should not seek happiness where it cannot be by definition. "A modern book about a modern woman, for whom to eat, to pray, to love means to enjoy life," - this is how critics wrote about this book.

6. "The Year of the Hare" by Arto Paasilin

The plot of the book begins with the Helsinki journalist Vatanen accidentally hitting a hare with a car. He feels sorry for the unfortunate animal, he leaves the car and, together with the hare, sets off on an exciting journey across Finland. From that day on, the journalist decided to end everything that made up his life. So the main character finds complete freedom.

7. "Waffle Heart" by Maria Parr

The book "Waffle Heart" was the debut of the young Norwegian writer Maria Parr. Critics have already named her the new Astrid Lindgren. The book was enthusiastically received in Sweden, France, Poland, Germany, and in the Netherlands the novel received the Silver Slate Award.

The book describes only a year in the life of two small residents of the Shchepka-Matilda Bay - 9-year-old Trille (his face is the story), and his classmate and neighbor Lena. But this year contains an incredible amount of touching, funny and dangerous adventures and events. The idealistic life on a Norwegian farm is disrupted by dramatic circumstances, but not destroyed. But friendship is stronger.

8. "A Dog's Life" by Peter Mail

The book is written on behalf of the dog Boy - pure water of a paranoid, suffering from megalomania, which is organically combined with persecution delusions. True, all this manifests itself only when it is beneficial to him. Fight as a writer is a cross between Eeyore and Proust. He is weight in himself and at the same time prone to slander. In the book, quotes from the works of great sages are interspersed with canine themes, and references from Machiavelli and Voltaire are side by side with advice on how to protect paws and tail from clumsy people under the dining table.

9. "Apricot Blossom" by Bi Xiaosheng

The Chinese romance novel "The Blossom of Apricot" is a controversial book. On the one hand, this is an ironic anecdotal story about the adventures of a young man who got hold of a miraculous drug that stimulates male strength, and immediately got 12 wives. But there is another side to this book. This is a book about intimate life, about passion, which occupies an essential part in human life. This novel may well be considered erotic reading matter.

10. "About Fedot the archer, a dashing fellow" Leonid Filatov

"About Fedot the archer, a dashing fellow" is a real gem of the literary heritage of the great Russian actor Leonid Filatov. The author of witty, graceful and satirical funny comedies has played up classic literary plots in a new way. The play, every word of which many are ready to quote by heart, is interesting and relevant today.

"The Tale of Fedot the Archer, a Daring Young Man" - a tale in verse, the most famous poetic work of Leonid Filatov, written in 1985. Many performances have been staged on it in various theaters in Russia and the CIS, as well as films and cartoons. Filatov's solo performance video will not leave anyone indifferent.

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