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Books like Less Than Zero

Money
by Martin Amis • 1984
A film director's appetites and a slick producer pull him into a con in New York's 1980s.
3.70
26k+
💰 Consumerist Satire🪞 Metafiction🤥 Unreliable Narrator
Money Summary
Money 92%
A film director's appetites and a slick producer pull him into a con in New York's 1980s.
by Martin Amis 1984
3.70
26k+ ratings
💰 Consumerist Satire🪞 Metafiction🤥 Unreliable Narrator
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis • 1991
A Wall Street banker's flawless exterior conceals a violent double life everyone refuses to see.
3.80
368k+
🖤 Transgressive Fiction🩸 Satirical Horror🎭 Unreliable Narrator
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho 90%
A Wall Street banker's flawless exterior conceals a violent double life everyone refuses to see.
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991
3.80
368k+ ratings
🖤 Transgressive Fiction🩸 Satirical Horror🎭 Unreliable Narrator
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2018
She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.
3.60
580k+
👤 Female Misanthrope🗣️ Toxic Friendship🎭 Unreliable Narrator
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 90%
She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018
3.60
580k+ ratings
👤 Female Misanthrope🗣️ Toxic Friendship🎭 Unreliable Narrator
God Hates Us All
by Hank Moody • 2009
A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.
3.46
5k+
🗽 Bohemian New York💔 Toxic Love😈 Dark Comedy
God Hates Us All Summary
God Hates Us All 90%
A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.
by Hank Moody 2009
3.46
5k+ ratings
🗽 Bohemian New York💔 Toxic Love😈 Dark Comedy
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz • 2017
In Hollywood parties and New York salons, a surfer chases the person the glamour keeps hiding.
3.55
20k+
🌴 Bohemian Los Angeles🎬 Hollywood Facade🖋️ Female Artist Journey
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage 90%
In Hollywood parties and New York salons, a surfer chases the person the glamour keeps hiding.
by Eve Babitz 2017
3.55
20k+ ratings
🌴 Bohemian Los Angeles🎬 Hollywood Facade🖋️ Female Artist Journey
Speedboat
by Renata Adler • 1976
A reporter drifts through parties, lovers, and city chaos, searching for whatever might hold weight.
3.75
8k+
🌀 Postmodern Fiction🧩 Fragmented Narrative🏙️ Urban Dislocation
Speedboat Summary
Speedboat 90%
A reporter drifts through parties, lovers, and city chaos, searching for whatever might hold weight.
by Renata Adler 1976
3.75
8k+ ratings
🌀 Postmodern Fiction🧩 Fragmented Narrative🏙️ Urban Dislocation
The Last Romantics
by Tara Conklin • 2019
After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.
3.70
49k+
💔 Parental Neglect⭐ Golden Boy Downfall✍️ Writer Narrator
The Last Romantics Summary
The Last Romantics 89%
After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.
by Tara Conklin 2019
3.70
49k+ ratings
💔 Parental Neglect⭐ Golden Boy Downfall✍️ Writer Narrator
The Shards
by Bret Easton Ellis • 2023
A closeted senior in 1981 LA is certain the beautiful new boy is a serial killer.
4.00
45k+
🖤 Literary Horror🎭 Unreliable Narrator🔪 Serial Killer Thriller
The Shards Summary
The Shards 89%
A closeted senior in 1981 LA is certain the beautiful new boy is a serial killer.
by Bret Easton Ellis 2023
4.00
45k+ ratings
🖤 Literary Horror🎭 Unreliable Narrator🔪 Serial Killer Thriller
Boy Swallows Universe
by Trent Dalton • 2018
In 1980s Brisbane, a boy finds a red telephone that spills his family's deadly secrets.
4.34
100k+
🖤 Dark Coming-Of-Age🕶️ Literary Noir👬 Brotherly Bond
Boy Swallows Universe Summary
Boy Swallows Universe 89%
In 1980s Brisbane, a boy finds a red telephone that spills his family's deadly secrets.
by Trent Dalton 2018
4.34
100k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Coming-Of-Age🕶️ Literary Noir👬 Brotherly Bond
The Kings of Cool
by Don Winslow • 2012
A surf-town marijuana empire faces a shakedown from the violent men who run the drug trade.
4.00
9k+
🏄 Surf Noir💊 Drug War Saga🖤 Found Family
The Kings of Cool Summary
The Kings of Cool 89%
A surf-town marijuana empire faces a shakedown from the violent men who run the drug trade.
by Don Winslow 2012
4.00
9k+ ratings
🏄 Surf Noir💊 Drug War Saga🖤 Found Family
The Nix
by Nathan Hill • 2016
A failed novelist's vanished mother reappears by attacking a presidential candidate on camera.
4.08
87k+
🏡 Family Saga💔 Generational Trauma🚪 Parental Estrangement
The Nix Summary
The Nix 89%
A failed novelist's vanished mother reappears by attacking a presidential candidate on camera.
by Nathan Hill 2016
4.08
87k+ ratings
🏡 Family Saga💔 Generational Trauma🚪 Parental Estrangement
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion • 1970
A Hollywood actress drives the freeways to escape the silence left by a daughter locked away.
3.90
93k+
🎬 Hollywood Novel🏚️ Woman On The Verge💔 Disintegrating Marriage
Play It As It Lays Summary
Play It As It Lays 89%
A Hollywood actress drives the freeways to escape the silence left by a daughter locked away.
by Joan Didion 1970
3.90
93k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Novel🏚️ Woman On The Verge💔 Disintegrating Marriage
The Knockout Queen
by Rufi Thorpe • 2020
Two suburban misfits bond over drag shows. One of them will kill for the other.
3.74
16k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age🤝 Unlikely Friendship🫂 Found Family
The Knockout Queen Summary
The Knockout Queen 89%
Two suburban misfits bond over drag shows. One of them will kill for the other.
by Rufi Thorpe 2020
3.74
16k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age🤝 Unlikely Friendship🫂 Found Family
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk • 1996
An insomniac and a soap salesman start an underground fight club that spirals into anarchy.
4.18
649k+
🖤 Transgressive Fiction🌀 Unreliable Narrator🪞 Dissociative Identity
Fight Club Summary
Fight Club 89%
An insomniac and a soap salesman start an underground fight club that spirals into anarchy.
by Chuck Palahniuk 1996
4.18
649k+ ratings
🖤 Transgressive Fiction🌀 Unreliable Narrator🪞 Dissociative Identity
Big Sur
by Jack Kerouac • 1962
A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.
3.83
38k+
🥁 Beat Generation📖 Autofiction🎨 Tortured Artist
Big Sur Summary
Big Sur 89%
A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.
by Jack Kerouac 1962
3.83
38k+ ratings
🥁 Beat Generation📖 Autofiction🎨 Tortured Artist
White Noise
by Don DeLillo • 1985
A chemical cloud, a wife's hidden pills, and a professor whose subject is death itself.
3.86
128k+
🎭 Postmodern Satire🏫 Campus Novel🛒 Consumer Culture
White Noise Summary
White Noise 89%
A chemical cloud, a wife's hidden pills, and a professor whose subject is death itself.
by Don DeLillo 1985
3.86
128k+ ratings
🎭 Postmodern Satire🏫 Campus Novel🛒 Consumer Culture
Almost Transparent Blue
by Ryū Murakami • 2003
Sex, heroin, and the roar of American jets: a young man chases transcendence in 1970s Tokyo.
3.29
14k+
🔪 Transgressive Fiction🌃 1970s Tokyo🌀 Hallucinatory Prose
Almost Transparent Blue Summary
Almost Transparent Blue 89%
Sex, heroin, and the roar of American jets: a young man chases transcendence in 1970s Tokyo.
by Ryū Murakami 2003
3.29
14k+ ratings
🔪 Transgressive Fiction🌃 1970s Tokyo🌀 Hallucinatory Prose
Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski • 1982
His father rages, his skin erupts in boils; 1930s LA offers no escape except the library.
4.14
120k+
🏚️ Dirty Realism📖 Autobiographical Fiction🏠 Dysfunctional Family
Ham on Rye Summary
Ham on Rye 89%
His father rages, his skin erupts in boils; 1930s LA offers no escape except the library.
by Charles Bukowski 1982
4.14
120k+ ratings
🏚️ Dirty Realism📖 Autobiographical Fiction🏠 Dysfunctional Family
Survivor
by Chuck Palahniuk • 1999
A cult survivor turned media star hijacks a plane to confess his life before it crashes.
3.93
125k+
🖤 Transgressive Fiction🔥 Cult Survival📺 Media Satire
Survivor Summary
Survivor 89%
A cult survivor turned media star hijacks a plane to confess his life before it crashes.
by Chuck Palahniuk 1999
3.93
125k+ ratings
🖤 Transgressive Fiction🔥 Cult Survival📺 Media Satire
Ultraluminous
by Katherine Faw • 2017
She returns from Dubai, measures her weeks in heroin and men, and gives herself one year.
3.58
931
🎭 Literary Thriller🖤 Anti-Heroine💋 Sex Worker Protagonist
Ultraluminous Summary
Ultraluminous 89%
She returns from Dubai, measures her weeks in heroin and men, and gives herself one year.
by Katherine Faw 2017
3.58
931 ratings
🎭 Literary Thriller🖤 Anti-Heroine💋 Sex Worker Protagonist
Go Ask Alice
by Beatrice Sparks • 1971
A lonely teen's diary begins with hope, but a spiked drink sends her into drug addiction.
3.73
293k+
📓 Diary Format⚠️ Cautionary Tale🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen
Go Ask Alice Summary
Go Ask Alice 89%
A lonely teen's diary begins with hope, but a spiked drink sends her into drug addiction.
by Beatrice Sparks 1971
3.73
293k+ ratings
📓 Diary Format⚠️ Cautionary Tale🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen
That Was Then, This Is Now
by S.E. Hinton • 1998
Bryon and Mark were like brothers, until Mark's drug dealing forced an impossible choice.
3.94
42k+
🏚️ Gritty Realism💔 Doomed Friendship🏠 Found Family
That Was Then, This Is Now Summary
That Was Then, This Is Now 89%
Bryon and Mark were like brothers, until Mark's drug dealing forced an impossible choice.
by S.E. Hinton 1998
3.94
42k+ ratings
🏚️ Gritty Realism💔 Doomed Friendship🏠 Found Family
Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs • 1959
A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.
3.46
99k+
🚫 Transgressive Fiction🥁 Beat Generation✂️ Experimental Novel
Naked Lunch Summary
Naked Lunch 89%
A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.
by William S. Burroughs 1959
3.46
99k+ ratings
🚫 Transgressive Fiction🥁 Beat Generation✂️ Experimental Novel
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante • 1938
Starving in a Colorado shack, an Italian bricklayer abandons his family for a widow's bed.
4.10
15k+
🧳 Immigrant Hardship🙏 Catholic Guilt💔 Troubled Marriage
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary
Wait Until Spring, Bandini 89%
Starving in a Colorado shack, an Italian bricklayer abandons his family for a widow's bed.
by John Fante 1938
4.10
15k+ ratings
🧳 Immigrant Hardship🙏 Catholic Guilt💔 Troubled Marriage
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe • 1987
A bond trader's wrong turn into the Bronx hands a city its next public enemy.
3.93
88k+
🎭 Social Satire📜 Literary Tragedy📉 Fall From Grace
The Bonfire of the Vanities Summary
The Bonfire of the Vanities 89%
A bond trader's wrong turn into the Bronx hands a city its next public enemy.
by Tom Wolfe 1987
3.93
88k+ ratings
🎭 Social Satire📜 Literary Tragedy📉 Fall From Grace
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
by Walker Percy • 1961
A New Orleans stockbroker drifts through pleasure and routine, searching for a life that feels true.
3.64
31k+
🎭 Southern Gothic🤔 Existential Novel🎬 Disaffected Narrator
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy Summary
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy 89%
A New Orleans stockbroker drifts through pleasure and routine, searching for a life that feels true.
by Walker Percy 1961
3.64
31k+ ratings
🎭 Southern Gothic🤔 Existential Novel🎬 Disaffected Narrator
A Single Man
by Christopher Isherwood • 1964
Bereaved, a gay professor teaches, drinks, and searches for connection across one day in 1960s LA.
4.05
38k+
🌊 Stream Of Consciousness🎓 Campus Novel💔 Age Gap Desire
A Single Man Summary
A Single Man 89%
Bereaved, a gay professor teaches, drinks, and searches for connection across one day in 1960s LA.
by Christopher Isherwood 1964
4.05
38k+ ratings
🌊 Stream Of Consciousness🎓 Campus Novel💔 Age Gap Desire
These Violent Delights
by Micah Nemerever • 2020
Two young men, one philosophy class, and an obsession that demands they commit a murder together.
3.92
28k+
📚 Dark Academia💔 Obsessive Love🔪 Murder Pact
These Violent Delights Summary
These Violent Delights 89%
Two young men, one philosophy class, and an obsession that demands they commit a murder together.
by Micah Nemerever 2020
3.92
28k+ ratings
📚 Dark Academia💔 Obsessive Love🔪 Murder Pact
The Mask of Sanity
by Jacob M. Appel • 2017
A respected doctor discovers his wife's affair, and his own talent for getting away with murder.
3.80
613
🧠 Psychological Thriller🎭 Sociopath Protagonist🔪 Serial Killer Pov
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity 88%
A respected doctor discovers his wife's affair, and his own talent for getting away with murder.
by Jacob M. Appel 2017
3.80
613 ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller🎭 Sociopath Protagonist🔪 Serial Killer Pov
J R
by William Gaddis • 1975
From a payphone, a sixth-grader builds a paper empire that consumes a struggling composer.
4.32
4k+
📡 Postmodern Satire🎨 Art Vs Commerce🤝 Reluctant Accomplice
J R Summary
J R 88%
From a payphone, a sixth-grader builds a paper empire that consumes a struggling composer.
by William Gaddis 1975
4.32
4k+ ratings
📡 Postmodern Satire🎨 Art Vs Commerce🤝 Reluctant Accomplice
L.A. Women
by Ella Berman • 2025
A novelist mines her best friend's life for fiction in Laurel Canyon. Then the friend vanishes.
3.47
3k+
🖤 Complicated Female Friendship🎨 Muse And Artist✍️ Writers Writing About Writers
L.A. Women Summary
L.A. Women 88%
A novelist mines her best friend's life for fiction in Laurel Canyon. Then the friend vanishes.
by Ella Berman 2025
3.47
3k+ ratings
🖤 Complicated Female Friendship🎨 Muse And Artist✍️ Writers Writing About Writers
Belinda
by Anne Rampling • 1986
A celebrated children's author meets a teenage runaway. She becomes his model, lover, and ruin.
3.62
14k+
🖤 Age Gap Romance📖 Literary Erotica🎨 Muse And Artist
Belinda Summary
Belinda 88%
A celebrated children's author meets a teenage runaway. She becomes his model, lover, and ruin.
by Anne Rampling 1986
3.62
14k+ ratings
🖤 Age Gap Romance📖 Literary Erotica🎨 Muse And Artist
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2016
Four siblings, one trust fund, and the crash that forces them to finally grow up.
3.41
183k+
🏠 Family Saga⏳ Midlife Reckoning✍️ Creative Block
The Nest Summary
The Nest 88%
Four siblings, one trust fund, and the crash that forces them to finally grow up.
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016
3.41
183k+ ratings
🏠 Family Saga⏳ Midlife Reckoning✍️ Creative Block
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi • 2019
An elite theatre school, the 1980s: a teenage affair and a teacher who exploits every vulnerability.
3.12
40k+
🎭 Dark Academia🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Memory And Trauma
Trust Exercise Summary
Trust Exercise 88%
An elite theatre school, the 1980s: a teenage affair and a teacher who exploits every vulnerability.
by Susan Choi 2019
3.12
40k+ ratings
🎭 Dark Academia🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Memory And Trauma
Women
by Charles Bukowski • 1978
An alcoholic poet, celibate four years, collides with a woman whose chaos equals his own.
3.80
87k+
🚬 Transgressive Fiction🍺 Alcoholic Protagonist💔 Volatile Romance
Women Summary
Women 88%
An alcoholic poet, celibate four years, collides with a woman whose chaos equals his own.
by Charles Bukowski 1978
3.80
87k+ ratings
🚬 Transgressive Fiction🍺 Alcoholic Protagonist💔 Volatile Romance
The Power of the Dog
by Don Winslow • 2005
A DEA agent helps a Mexican cop who becomes the drug lord he'll hunt for decades.
4.37
50k+
🖤 Drug War Saga👮 Obsessed Lawman👑 Family Crime Dynasty
The Power of the Dog Summary
The Power of the Dog 88%
A DEA agent helps a Mexican cop who becomes the drug lord he'll hunt for decades.
by Don Winslow 2005
4.37
50k+ ratings
🖤 Drug War Saga👮 Obsessed Lawman👑 Family Crime Dynasty
The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart • 1971
A bored psychiatrist surrenders his will to a die. His cure for emptiness becomes his addiction.
3.54
22k+
💥 Transgressive Fiction🎲 Surrender To Chance🎭 Identity Dissolution
The Dice Man Summary
The Dice Man 88%
A bored psychiatrist surrenders his will to a die. His cure for emptiness becomes his addiction.
by Luke Rhinehart 1971
3.54
22k+ ratings
💥 Transgressive Fiction🎲 Surrender To Chance🎭 Identity Dissolution
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller • 1934
A broke American drifts through Paris, turning hunger, sex, and failure into an ecstatic howl.
3.65
79k+
🧪 Experimental Fiction🗼 1930s Paris🎨 Starving Artist
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer 88%
A broke American drifts through Paris, turning hunger, sex, and failure into an ecstatic howl.
by Henry Miller 1934
3.65
79k+ ratings
🧪 Experimental Fiction🗼 1930s Paris🎨 Starving Artist
Rich Man, Poor Man
by Irwin Shaw • 1970
Immigrant baker's three children chase success from a gritty Hudson town, but violence haunts them.
4.19
39k+
📖 Family Saga🧬 Generational Trauma🗽 American Dream
Rich Man, Poor Man Summary
Rich Man, Poor Man 88%
Immigrant baker's three children chase success from a gritty Hudson town, but violence haunts them.
by Irwin Shaw 1970
4.19
39k+ ratings
📖 Family Saga🧬 Generational Trauma🗽 American Dream
Martyr!
by Kaveh Akbar • 2024
Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.
4.14
200k+
📚 Immigrant Fiction🤝 Found Family🤫 Family Secrets
Martyr! Summary
Martyr! 88%
Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.
by Kaveh Akbar 2024
4.14
200k+ ratings
📚 Immigrant Fiction🤝 Found Family🤫 Family Secrets
(The Unconsoled) [By
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 1995
A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.
3.59
19k+
🔮 Dream Logic🎹 Artist In Crisis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
(The Unconsoled) [By Summary
(The Unconsoled) [By 88%
A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1995
3.59
19k+ ratings
🔮 Dream Logic🎹 Artist In Crisis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Malibu Rising
by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2021
Four Malibu siblings, one legendary party, and a house that will burn to the ground by morning.
4.02
1.3M+
🏡 Family Saga🌊 Sibling Bonds💔 Absent Father
Malibu Rising Summary
Malibu Rising 88%
Four Malibu siblings, one legendary party, and a house that will burn to the ground by morning.
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2021
4.02
1.3M+ ratings
🏡 Family Saga🌊 Sibling Bonds💔 Absent Father
Appointment in Samarra
by John O'Hara • 1934
One drunken insult at the country club: a Cadillac dealer learns his small town never forgets.
3.81
16k+
🏘️ American Small Town📋 Social Realism📉 Downward Spiral
Appointment in Samarra Summary
Appointment in Samarra 88%
One drunken insult at the country club: a Cadillac dealer learns his small town never forgets.
by John O'Hara 1934
3.81
16k+ ratings
🏘️ American Small Town📋 Social Realism📉 Downward Spiral
The Winter of Our Discontent
by John Steinbeck • 1961
A grocery clerk of fallen New England stock discovers the cost of trading integrity for success.
4.01
55k+
🖤 Moral Decline🏘️ Small Town Corruption😔 Quiet Desperation
The Winter of Our Discontent Summary
The Winter of Our Discontent 88%
A grocery clerk of fallen New England stock discovers the cost of trading integrity for success.
by John Steinbeck 1961
4.01
55k+ ratings
🖤 Moral Decline🏘️ Small Town Corruption😔 Quiet Desperation
You
by Caroline Kepnes • 2014
A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.
3.96
295k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller💀 Fatal Obsession🗣️ Unreliable Narrator
You Summary
You 88%
A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.
by Caroline Kepnes 2014
3.96
295k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller💀 Fatal Obsession🗣️ Unreliable Narrator
Choke
by Chuck Palahniuk • 2001
A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.
3.71
222k+
🚬 Transgressive Fiction😈 Dark Satire🃏 Con Artist Protagonist
Choke Summary
Choke 88%
A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.
by Chuck Palahniuk 2001
3.71
222k+ ratings
🚬 Transgressive Fiction😈 Dark Satire🃏 Con Artist Protagonist
Sabbath's Theater
by Philip Roth • 1995
After a lifetime of scandal and appetite, an aging puppeteer faces what he cannot outrun: grief.
3.89
12k+
🌑 Transgressive Fiction👴 Aging Libertine🖤 Dark Comedy
Sabbath's Theater Summary
Sabbath's Theater 88%
After a lifetime of scandal and appetite, an aging puppeteer faces what he cannot outrun: grief.
by Philip Roth 1995
3.89
12k+ ratings
🌑 Transgressive Fiction👴 Aging Libertine🖤 Dark Comedy
Run With the Hunted
by Charles Bukowski • 1994
Childhood beatings, dead-end jobs, cheap wine: an outsider's life in his own poems and stories.
4.26
5k+
🚬 Dirty Realism✍️ Autobiographical Fiction🍺 Hard Drinking Writer
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted 88%
Childhood beatings, dead-end jobs, cheap wine: an outsider's life in his own poems and stories.
by Charles Bukowski 1994
4.26
5k+ ratings
🚬 Dirty Realism✍️ Autobiographical Fiction🍺 Hard Drinking Writer
Men in Love
by Irvine Welsh • 2025
A crew of aging schemers, addicts, and avengers chase love and vengeance across Europe.
3.94
2k+
🚬 Transgressive Fiction💪 Toxic Masculinity💉 Addiction And Recovery
Men in Love Summary
Men in Love 88%
A crew of aging schemers, addicts, and avengers chase love and vengeance across Europe.
by Irvine Welsh 2025
3.94
2k+ ratings
🚬 Transgressive Fiction💪 Toxic Masculinity💉 Addiction And Recovery
So Damn Sketchy
by Bonnie Kent • 2020
A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.
3.93
218
🔥 Dark Coming Of Age💔 Parental Abandonment⚠️ Blurred Boundaries
So Damn Sketchy Summary
So Damn Sketchy 88%
A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.
by Bonnie Kent 2020
3.93
218 ratings
🔥 Dark Coming Of Age💔 Parental Abandonment⚠️ Blurred Boundaries
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