Recommendations based on Bunnyby Mona Awad

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  1. My Year of Rest and Relaxation

    by Ottessa Moshfegh
    A young woman's year-long experiment with prescription drugs to escape her life and numb her emotions.

    The unnamed narrator, a slender and beautiful blonde from a wealthy WASP family, is a recent graduate of Columbia University , where she majored in art history . During her senior year in college, ... (Wikipedia)

  2. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories

    by Mariana Enríquez
    A collection of haunting and macabre short stories exploring the darkness of human nature and society's ills.

    Following the "propulsive and mesmerizing" (, ,, New York Times Book Review, , ,) , ,, Things We Lost in the Fire , ,, comes a new collection of singularly unsettling stories, by an Argentine author ... (Goodreads)

  3. The Idiot

    by Elif Batuman
    A young woman's journey of self-discovery, learning to navigate the complexities of life.

    Selin Karadağ is a freshman studying linguistics at Harvard University . She meets an older Hungarian mathematics student, Ivan, in a Russian language class and the two begin corresponding over ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Eileen

    by Ottessa Moshfegh
    Eileen, a disturbed young woman, works at a boys' prison and becomes involved in a crime. A dark and unsettling character study.

    The story of an unhappy 24-year-old woman named Eileen who works at a prison, and what happens to her during a bitter Massachusetts winter in 1964. The novel was well received by, The New York Times, ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Tender is the Flesh

    by Agustina Bazterrica
    In a dystopian world, humans are bred and raised for meat consumption. A man working in the industry faces a moral dilemma.

    Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos ... (Goodreads)

  6. Conversations with Friends

    by Sally Rooney
    Two college students explore the complexity of relationships and their place in the world.

    A sharply intelligent novel about two college students and the strange, unexpected connection they forge with a married couple. Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed, and darkly observant. A ... (Goodreads)

  7. Convenience Store Woman

    by Sayaka Murata
    A darkly comic story of a woman's search for acceptance and belonging in a society that doesn't fit her.

    Keiko Furukura is a 36-year old woman who has been working part-time at a convenience store , or konbini , for the last 18 years. She has known since childhood that she is "different" and that ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Social Creature

    by Tara Isabella Burton
    A twisted tale of obsession and manipulation between two young women in New York City's elite social scene.

    For readers of Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt, a dark, propulsive and addictive debut thriller, splashed with all the glitz and glitter of New York City. They go through both bottles of champagne ... (Goodreads)

  9. Lanny

    by Max Porter
    A young boy named Lanny disappears from a small English village, and the community comes together to search for him.

    The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller and Booker Prize Longlisted novel Lanny by the author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. There’s a village sixty miles outside London. It’s no different from ... (Goodreads)

  10. This Is How You Lose the Time War

    by Amal El-Mohtar
    Two time-traveling agents from warring factions fall in love through letters, risking everything to be together.

    Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Wall

    by John Lanchester
    A dystopian novel set in a society where a wall separates the privileged from the excluded. A thought-provoking commentary on social inequality.

    Shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize, , "Thrilling…A topical and deftly satirical novel." —Anna Mundow,, Wall Street Journal, In this taut, dystopian tale, an island nation ravaged by the Change has ... (Barnes & Noble)

  12. Absent in the Spring

    by Mary Westmacott
    A woman is stranded in the desert and forced to confront her true self.

    Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks. This sudden solitude compels ... (Goodreads)

  13. Girls on Fire

    by Robin Wasserman
    A teenage girl's suicide in a small town sets off a chain of events that reveal dark secrets and test the limits of friendship.

    On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he’s found with a bullet in his head and a gun in ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. The October Man

    by Ben Aaronovitch
    A murder investigation in a small German town uncovers dark secrets and hidden motives.

    Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany’s oldest city. So when a man is found dead with his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their ... (Goodreads)

  15. Two Can Keep a Secret

    by Karen M. McManus
    Ellery and her twin brother move to a small town with a dark past, where secrets and murders resurface.

    "When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own. Fresh off her best-selling breakout, One of Us Is Lying, . . . the author has returned with a juicy second novel. It's even ... (Barnes & Noble)

  16. Mr Salary

    by Sally Rooney
    A short story about a young woman's relationship with her older, wealthier lover.

    My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all. Years ago, Sukie moved in with Nathan because her mother was dead and her father was ... (Goodreads)

  17. A Scot in the Dark

    by Sarah MacLean
    A Scottish Duke is forced to marry a scandalous woman to save his reputation, but finds himself falling for her.

    Lonesome Lily Turned Scandalous Siren Miss Lillian Hargrove has lived much of her life alone in a gilded cage, longing for love and companionship. When an artist offers her pretty promises and begs ... (Goodreads)

  18. We Need to Talk About Kevin

    by Lionel Shriver
    A mother's struggle to come to terms with the monstrous acts of her disturbed son.

    In the wake of a school massacre conducted by Kevin Khatchadourian, the 15-year-old son of Franklin Plaskett and Eva Khatchadourian, Eva begins writing letters to Franklin in November 2000. She ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Embraced by Darkness

    by Keri Arthur
    Half-vampire, half-werewolf Riley Jenson hunts down a serial killer while navigating her complicated love life.

    She's hunting a killer—and shattering every boundary she’s ever known… Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it’s her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But ... (Goodreads)

  20. Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

    by NisiOisiN
    A prequel to the popular manga series, following the investigation of a serial killer in Los Angeles.

    The story is narrated by Mello , a character from the manga. It recounts the time the detective L worked with FBI agent Naomi Misora to stop a violent serial killer. The murderer calls himself ... (Wikipedia)

  21. American Psycho

    by Bret Easton Ellis
    A corporate psychopath's descent into homicidal madness, exposing the dark side of 1980s New York.

    Set in Manhattan during the Wall Street boom of the late 1980s, American Psycho follows the life of wealthy young investment banker Patrick Bateman. Bateman, in his mid-20s when the story begins, ... (Wikipedia)

  22. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl

    by Mona Awad
    A novel in thirteen vignettes exploring the life of Lizzie, a woman struggling with body image and self-worth.

    Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks—even though her best friend Mel says she’s the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Day of the Duchess

    by Sarah MacLean
    A Duke's estranged wife returns to demand a divorce, but he wants her back. Can they overcome their past and find love again?

    The one woman he will never forget… Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven, has lived the last three years in self-imposed solitude, paying the price for a mistake he can never reverse and a love he lost ... (Goodreads)

  24. Catwoman: Soulstealer

    by Sarah J. Maas
    Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, returns to Gotham City to seek revenge and redemption, but finds herself caught in a dangerous game of power and politics.

    When the Bat's away, the Cat will play. It's time to see how many lives this cat really has. . . . Two years after escaping Gotham City's slums, Selina Kyle returns as the mysterious and wealthy ... (Goodreads)

  25. The Last Star

    by Rick Yancey
    A quest to save the world from extinction, amidst an alien invasion.

    The enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They’re down here, they’re up there, they’re nowhere. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us. But beneath ... (Goodreads)

  26. Strange Practice

    by Vivian Shaw
    Dr. Greta Helsing, a physician to the supernatural, navigates London's underworld of ghouls, vampires, and mummies to solve a mystery.

    Greta Helsing inherited the family's highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice. In her consulting rooms, Dr. Helsing treats the undead for a host of ills - vocal strain in banshees, ... (Goodreads)

  27. The Cradle Will Fall

    by Mary Higgins Clark
    A doctor's mysterious death leads a young lawyer to uncover a web of deceit and danger.

    A “superbly plotted” (,Los Angeles Times,) page-turning classic from the undisputed Queen of Suspense and #1, New York Times, bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark. A minor road accident landed ... (Barnes & Noble)

  28. Faith

    by Jennifer Haigh
    A family's faith is tested when a priest is accused of sexual abuse. The novel explores the complexities of belief, loyalty, and forgiveness.

    "[Haigh is] an expertnatural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity." — NewYork Times "We have the intriguing possibility that the next great American author is already in ... (Barnes & Noble)

  29. Fever

    by Mary Beth Keane
    A young Irish immigrant in early 20th century New York becomes a typhoid carrier, causing a public health crisis and personal turmoil.

    From the bestselling author of, Ask Again, Yes,, a novel about the woman known as “Typhoid Mary,” who becomes, “in Keane’s assured hands...a sympathetic, complex, and even inspiring character” (,O, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  30. Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart

    by Sarah MacLean
    Juliana, a scandalous woman, sets her sights on a Duke, but their attraction is threatened by secrets from their pasts.

    She lives for passion. Bold, impulsive, and a magnet for trouble, Juliana Fiori is no simpering English miss. She refuses to play by society's rules: she speaks her mind, cares nothing for the ... (Barnes & Noble)