![]() Elif BatumanĮlif Batuman is an author and journalist known for her work as a staff writer at the New Yorker, her essay collection The Possessed, and her two novels, The Idiot and Either/Or. That is until she receives an invite to the group’s “Smut Salon.” What follows is a twisted dark fantasy that leaves the reader questioning everything. Samantha goes to great lengths to separate herself from the rest of her cliquey cohort – a group of rich snobs who call each other Bunny. Her debut novel 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, won the Amazon Best First Novel Award, and her second novel, Bunny, won the Ladies of Horror Fiction Best Novel Award.īunny tells the story of scholarship student Samantha Heather Mackey who does not fit in in her small, highly competitive MFA program at New England’s Warren University. Mona Awad is a Boston-based Canadian novelist and short-story writer. The unlikely duo decides to marry which changes their lives, and those close to them, in ways they never could have predicted. Coco MellorsĬoco Mellors is a novelist from London and New York who is known for her bestselling debut novel, Cleopatra and Frankenstein.Ĭleopatra and Frankenstein tells the story of twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo who moves to New York and meets Frank, a self-made success twenty years her senior, just before her student visa is about to expire. This story is a hilarious and exhilarating tale about modern love’s freedoms and uncertainties. Her second novel, The Happy Couple, can be pre-ordered now.Įxciting Times follows the story of a millennial Irish expat who gets involved in a love triangle with a male banker and female lawyer while teaching English in Hong Kong. Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer who rose to popularity after her debut novel Exciting Times had an excerpt published in The Stinging Fly. The story follows the unnamed protagonist’s journey of self-isolation while under a drug-induced haze in an attempt to sleep for an entire year. My Year of Rest and Relaxation follows a young, hip, recent Columbia graduate living off of her inheritance in the Upper East Side, but that’s where the glamor stops. She is best known for her novels My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Eileen, Lapvona, and Death in Her Hands. Mosfegh’s work has been described as “otherworldly fiction” by the New Yorker, and once you crack open one of her novels, it’s easy to see why. Ottessa Moshfegh is a New York Times bestselling author based in Los Angeles. Here are 20 Rooney-esque authors you will be sure to fall in love with. If you can’t get enough Sally Rooney, this list is for you. Her characters are deeply flawed yet self-aware, and by the end, you can’t help but root for them and their imperfect relationships. Readers of Rooney appreciate her wit and searingly honest portrayal of everyday young people with an intellectual bent. The Conversations with Friends mini-series was released in 2022 and gained favorable reviews from audiences and critics alike. ![]() The Normal People series was adapted in 2020 and met with much fanfare, earning four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Rooney’s work has also made it to the small screen.
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