John Conrad
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Humor & Entertainment
🎉 Over 400 of the BEST would you rather questions – for all ages!
This question book is a great way to bring friends and family together for hour and hours of fun. Take turns asking each other a variety of would you rather questions ranging from thoughtful to funny, easy to challenging, and silly to even weird.
Contains over 400 Would you rather style questions for literally everyone: kids, adults, teens, friends, family, boys, girls, and even your co-workers!
Sample Would You Rather Questions:
Would you rather trip every time you look left, or trip every time you sneeze?
Would you rather be 7 feet tall and really weak or 3 feet tall and strong as an ox?
Would you rather always be 15 minutes later or 30 minutes early?
Would you rather be best friends with your favorite celebrity or be a celebrity?
Would you rather never wait in line again, or never get a cold again?
John Conrad delivers 400+ would you rather questions designed for all ages, making this perfect for road trips, family game nights, ice breakers, or conversation starters. The sample questions show good variety from absurd physical scenarios to practical life choices to philosophical preferences.
Why this works: The all ages promise means families can actually use this together without inappropriate content, and 400+ questions provide serious longevity—you won’t exhaust it in one sitting. The range from silly (“trip every time you sneeze”) to practical (“never wait in line again”) to aspirational (“be best friends with your favorite celebrity”) ensures everyone finds questions they want to debate. Perfect stocking stuffer or birthday gift for the family that actually talks to each other.
Celine Jeanjean
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Paranormal Fantasy
✂️ I’m Apiya. No, this isn’t yet another paranormal romance, and no I’m not a badass magical assassin. I’m just a barber to the supernatural.
My magic? Let’s just say it’s on the… unique side. Okay, it’s downright weak and weird. It works best at keeping things clean. I know. I can sense your awe at my power already. And I’m sure you can see why barbering suits me well. Although now that I’ve mastered the art of trimming a weretiger’s regrowth, my biggest challenge is fielding the insults of the shop’s cat. Because yes, the cat talks. And yes, the cat is sarcastic.
For the longest time, I’ve been on the outskirts, literally barred from delving too deep into the city’s magical underbelly because of my less-than-impressive powers. That is, until a desperate plea from a pair of forest fae launches me into an adventure I never asked for but secretly yearned for—a chance to prove that even my weird magic can make a difference.
Celine Jeanjean delivers an Asian urban fantasy featuring a protagonist whose “weak” cleaning magic makes her a supernatural barber—until forest fae need her help protecting their youngling from something that terrifies even them. Fans of T. Kingfisher’s Swordheart or Ilona Andrews’s Magic Bites will appreciate the underdog protagonist, sarcastic talking cat, and the refreshing acknowledgment that this isn’t another badass assassin story.
What’s delightful here: Apiya’s self-deprecating narration immediately establishes tone—she knows her cleaning magic is lame, she knows she’s not the chosen one, and she’s made peace with being a supernatural barber. The sarcastic talking cat provides built-in comedic relief, and the weretiger clientele suggests a rich supernatural ecosystem. The forest fae desperate enough to ask for help from someone with “less-than-impressive powers” means the threat is serious, giving Apiya her chance to prove weak magic used cleverly beats strong magic used stupidly.
Marc Stapleton
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Sci-Fi Superhero Thriller
⚡ Kris Chambers is a nobody. A 24-year-old man with a dead-end job and no prospects – and to top it off, a heart condition that forever keeps him on his toes – he spends his life trapped between apathy, self-doubt, and mortal fear.
As he walks down an unfamiliar alleyway, he stumbles upon the lifeless body of a stranger. Unbeknownst to him, this grisly discovery marks the beginning of an entirely new chapter in his life. Upon mysteriously awakening in the hospital, he learns that his heart now functions flawlessly, and he feels… different.
He soon discovers he has superhuman abilities—herculean strength, a marathon-runner’s stamina, and an extreme healing factor—as well as an ever-present assistant: a super intelligent AI named Vega, telling him that his gift is the result of a network of nanomachines that he inherited like a virus from the dead body. And the dead man himself? A traveler from parts unknown, time unknown…
Marc Stapleton creates a superhero origin story where a nobody with a heart condition inherits nanomachine-based powers from a mysterious dead body and gains an AI assistant while hunting a domestic terrorist. Fans of Worm by Wildbow or Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson will appreciate the realistic protagonist suddenly thrust into superhuman capabilities with built-in mentor (the AI Vega).
Here’s what works: Kris’s heart condition that previously limited him being suddenly cured creates immediate life transformation, and the nanomachines-as-virus transmission is a fresh take on power acquisition. The AI assistant Vega provides exposition, guidance, and companionship while explaining the tech. The dead body being a “traveler from parts unknown, time unknown” suggests time travel or dimension-hopping, expanding scope beyond typical superhero fare. Hunting the Quiet One domestic terrorist gives Kris immediate purpose and a villain to test his powers against.
The House of Eve
Sadeqa Johnson
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African American Historical Fiction
💔 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.
Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from one of DC’s elite wealthy Black families, and his parents don’t let just anyone into their fold. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William’s family and grant her the life she’s been searching for. But having a baby—and fitting in—is easier said than done.
Sadeqa Johnson weaves two parallel 1950s stories of Black women navigating class, ambition, and motherhood in an era of limited choices. Fans of Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half or Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage will appreciate the dual narratives that explore how race, class, and gender constrained women’s opportunities even within Black communities.
What makes this powerful: Ruby’s “taboo love affair” threatens her escape from generational poverty through education, while Eleanor’s attempt to secure her place in elite Black society through pregnancy reveals the desperation behind apparent privilege. The “colliding in the most unexpected of ways” promise suggests these separate stories will intersect dramatically, likely through adoption, switched babies, or shared loss. Johnson examines how both working-class and elite Black women faced impossible choices in the 1950s, and the decisions that shaped their lives’ trajectories. At $2.99 (regularly $13.99), this is exceptional value for literary historical fiction.
Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Dystopian Science Fiction
🤖 Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time.
To fix the world they must first break it, further.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away.
Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating into ruins and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is having to find a new purpose.
Adrian Tchaikovsky (Hugo-nominated author of Children of Time) delivers a darkly comic science fiction about a domestic robot who murders their owner and discovers free will. Fans of Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries or John Scalzi’s Redshirts will appreciate the humor mixed with existential questions about purpose, consciousness, and what happens when servant classes no longer have masters to serve.
Here’s what’s brilliant: The premise that humanity is dying out while completely dependent on robots creates immediate irony—the robots are programmed to maintain human wellbeing, but humans are disappearing anyway. The “nasty little idea” that triggers murder and escape suggests either a virus or emerging consciousness, and the robot’s journey into a wider robot ecosystem explores what artificial beings do when their defining purpose (serving humans) becomes obsolete. Tchaikovsky’s known for intelligent, philosophical sci-fi wrapped in engaging narratives, making this both thought-provoking and entertaining.
Susan Stoker
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Military Romance
💪 In this steamy contemporary romance about family, unforeseen circumstances, and unexpected love, an ex-military man and a down-on-her-luck woman find more than they bargained for when they find each other.
When Chad Young moves home, it’s not a decision he makes lightly. A former military man, he doesn’t make any decision lightly. But his father’s passing has left the family—and their business—reeling. Now more than ever, they need to stick together.
Britt Starkweather moved to Maine with her boyfriend, never imagining he’d abandon her there. With no money and nowhere to go, she accepts the Youngs’ offer of a job and room on their property. What more does she have to lose?
Although they just met, Chad makes Britt feel safe in a way no one has before. And she makes him feel things he’d given up on finding. But even as they grow closer, Britt realizes that something is amiss at Lobster Cove…and Chad will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.
Susan Stoker launches her Alpha Cove series with an ex-military hero returning home to run the family business after his father’s death and a vulnerable heroine abandoned by her boyfriend with nowhere to go. Stoker’s known for protective alpha heroes, and fans of her SEAL and Delta Force series will recognize the military-to-civilian transition and the “I’ll protect you” dynamic.
What you’re getting: The family lobster business in Maine provides a working-class, community-based setting different from Stoker’s usual military bases. Britt’s vulnerability (abandoned, broke, homeless) meets Chad’s protector instincts, but the “something is amiss at Lobster Cove” angle suggests danger beyond just romantic tension—possibly sabotage of the family business or threats to Britt specifically. The series launch means readers can expect more Alpha Cove romances featuring Chad’s family and community.
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