👁️ Unusual Narrator

A story filtered through an unexpected or unconventional voice—an animal, an object, a ghost—whose singular perspective transforms how we understand the tale.

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

by Matthew Dicks • 2012

An imaginary friend must rescue his kidnapped creator, knowing the boy's freedom means his own end.

4.14

36k+

🧸 Imaginary Friends ♾️ Autism Representation 🚨 Child Abduction

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend 88%

An imaginary friend must rescue his kidnapped creator, knowing the boy's freedom means his own end.

by Matthew Dicks 2012

4.14

36k+ ratings

🧸 Imaginary Friends ♾️ Autism Representation 🚨 Child Abduction

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

3.82

44k+

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling

Welcome to Night Vale 87%

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

by Joseph Fink 2015

3.82

44k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

by Iain Reid • 2016

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

3.50

206k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction

I'm Thinking of Ending Things 87%

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

by Iain Reid 2016

3.50

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction

The Last House on Needless Street

by Catriona Ward • 2021

A missing girl's sister moves next door to a recluse whose cat knows everything.

3.81

153k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Missing Child 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Last House on Needless Street Summary

The Last House on Needless Street 87%

A missing girl's sister moves next door to a recluse whose cat knows everything.

by Catriona Ward 2021

3.81

153k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Missing Child 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

[Timbuktu] [by

by Paul Auster • 1999

A poet is dying. His dog narrates their final days together and the lonely world after.

3.73

17k+

🐕 Animal Narrator 🐾 Dog'S Journey 🏠 Found Family

[Timbuktu] [by 87%

A poet is dying. His dog narrates their final days together and the lonely world after.

by Paul Auster 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🐕 Animal Narrator 🐾 Dog'S Journey 🏠 Found Family

Three Bags Full

by Leonie Swann • 2005

When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.

3.55

28k+

🐑 Animal Narrator 🌿 Pastoral Mystery 🔍 Outsider Sleuths

Three Bags Full 87%

When their shepherd is murdered, his flock of sheep set out to solve the crime themselves.

by Leonie Swann 2005

3.55

28k+ ratings

🐑 Animal Narrator 🌿 Pastoral Mystery 🔍 Outsider Sleuths

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too

by Jomny Sun • 2017

A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.

4.08

36k+

📖 Illustrated Fable 🛸 Outsider Protagonist 💛 Found Family

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too Summary

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too 87%

A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.

by Jomny Sun 2017

4.08

36k+ ratings

📖 Illustrated Fable 🛸 Outsider Protagonist 💛 Found Family

I Am a Cat

by Natsume Sōseki • 1906

A stray cat dissects his master's vanity and his circle's schemes in Meiji-era Japan.

3.66

19k+

🐱 Animal Narrator 🇯🇵 Historical Japan 🎭 Social Satire

I Am a Cat 87%

A stray cat dissects his master's vanity and his circle's schemes in Meiji-era Japan.

by Natsume Sōseki 1906

3.66

19k+ ratings

🐱 Animal Narrator 🇯🇵 Historical Japan 🎭 Social Satire

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Creep 87%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

To Fetch a Thief

by Spencer Quinn • 2010

A PI and his dog discover a missing elephant’s trail leads to a deadly smuggling ring.

4.07

8k+

🐕 Canine Narrator 🎪 Circus Setting 🐘 Animal Welfare

To Fetch a Thief 87%

A PI and his dog discover a missing elephant’s trail leads to a deadly smuggling ring.

by Spencer Quinn 2010

4.07

8k+ ratings

🐕 Canine Narrator 🎪 Circus Setting 🐘 Animal Welfare

Ellison Wonderland

by Harlan Ellison • 1962

A murder kit, a centaur wish, and a robot's return: stories that warp reality.

3.99

1k+

🌀 Surreal Sci-Fi 🌟 Science Fantasy ↩️ Twist Endings

Ellison Wonderland 87%

A murder kit, a centaur wish, and a robot's return: stories that warp reality.

by Harlan Ellison 1962

3.99

1k+ ratings

🌀 Surreal Sci-Fi 🌟 Science Fantasy ↩️ Twist Endings

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

3.86

162k+

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary

The Slow Regard of Silent Things 87%

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.86

162k+ ratings

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

Hollow Kingdom

by Kira Jane Buxton • 2019

After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.

3.83

31k+

🐦 Animal Point Of View 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🫂 Found Family

Hollow Kingdom 87%

After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.

by Kira Jane Buxton 2019

3.83

31k+ ratings

🐦 Animal Point Of View 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🫂 Found Family

Absolution

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

3.57

13k+

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Absolution 87%

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2024

3.57

13k+ ratings

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

The Third Policeman

by Flann O'Brien • 1967

Murder for money strands a man in a land policed by bicycles, the dead serving tea.

3.96

23k+

🌀 Absurdist Fiction ☘️ Irish Modernism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Third Policeman 87%

Murder for money strands a man in a land policed by bicycles, the dead serving tea.

by Flann O'Brien 1967

3.96

23k+ ratings

🌀 Absurdist Fiction ☘️ Irish Modernism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Chouette

by Claire Oshetsky • 2021

A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.

3.88

7k+

🪄 Magical Realism 📖 Literary Horror 🦉 Feral Child

Chouette 87%

A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.

by Claire Oshetsky 2021

3.88

7k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 📖 Literary Horror 🦉 Feral Child

Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

by Ben Reeves • 2026

Death is a lonely man restoring old photographs. A child's friendship shatters his detachment.

4.15

1k+

🖤 Death As Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Grieving Mother

Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt Summary

Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt 87%

Death is a lonely man restoring old photographs. A child's friendship shatters his detachment.

by Ben Reeves 2026

4.15

1k+ ratings

🖤 Death As Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Grieving Mother

The Life of a Stupid Man

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa • 1927

A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.

3.67

11k+

📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Life of a Stupid Man 87%

A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927

3.67

11k+ ratings

📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt • 2022

Tova cleans the aquarium by night. The octopus she saves knows her lost son's secret.

4.36

1.3M+

🐙 Animal Narrator 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Remarkably Bright Creatures 87%

Tova cleans the aquarium by night. The octopus she saves knows her lost son's secret.

by Shelby Van Pelt 2022

4.36

1.3M+ ratings

🐙 Animal Narrator 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🫂 Found Family

The Drowning Girl

by Caitlín R. Kiernan • 2012

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

3.70

6k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Drowning Girl 87%

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

by Caitlín R. Kiernan 2012

3.70

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Grendel

by John Gardner • 1971

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

3.69

43k+

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling

Grendel 87%

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

by John Gardner 1971

3.69

43k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling

Service Model

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2024

A robot valet kills his master, then crosses a dead civilization to find out why.

4.03

23k+

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🤖 Robot Self-Discovery 📋 Bureaucratic Absurdity

Service Model 87%

A robot valet kills his master, then crosses a dead civilization to find out why.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024

4.03

23k+ ratings

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🤖 Robot Self-Discovery 📋 Bureaucratic Absurdity

The Hour of the Star

by Clarice Lispector • 1977

An invisible Rio typist wants to be noticed; a fortune-teller promises she will be.

4.11

58k+

📚 Existential Fiction 🖋️ Narrator Intrusion 🌾 Overlooked Lives

The Hour of the Star 87%

An invisible Rio typist wants to be noticed; a fortune-teller promises she will be.

by Clarice Lispector 1977

4.11

58k+ ratings

📚 Existential Fiction 🖋️ Narrator Intrusion 🌾 Overlooked Lives

Die Rückeroberung

by Franz Hohler • 1982

A golden eagle on a Zurich rooftop cracks urban order open in these surreal, unsettling stories.

3.72

124

🌿 Nature Horror 🏢 Urban Collapse 🎭 Absurdist Fiction

Die Rückeroberung 87%

A golden eagle on a Zurich rooftop cracks urban order open in these surreal, unsettling stories.

by Franz Hohler 1982

3.72

124 ratings

🌿 Nature Horror 🏢 Urban Collapse 🎭 Absurdist Fiction

Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole

by Hans Olav Thyvold • 2017

A widow and her dog read through polar history, crafting paper sled dogs against the loneliness.

3.49

782

🐶 Dog Narrator 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🐾 Human-Dog Bond

Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole Summary

Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South Pole 87%

A widow and her dog read through polar history, crafting paper sled dogs against the loneliness.

by Hans Olav Thyvold 2017

3.49

782 ratings

🐶 Dog Narrator 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🐾 Human-Dog Bond

The Box Man

by Kōbō Abe • 1973

A photographer climbs into a cardboard box and vanishes from the city. Then someone looks back.

3.58

8k+

🎭 Existentialist Fiction 🪞 Metafiction 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Box Man 87%

A photographer climbs into a cardboard box and vanishes from the city. Then someone looks back.

by Kōbō Abe 1973

3.58

8k+ ratings

🎭 Existentialist Fiction 🪞 Metafiction 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

Hero of the Imperium

by Sandy Mitchell • 2007

Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.

4.44

4k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😰 Reluctant Hero 💀 Grimdark Comedy

Hero of the Imperium 87%

Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.

by Sandy Mitchell 2007

4.44

4k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😰 Reluctant Hero 💀 Grimdark Comedy

It's Hard to Be an Animal

by Robert Isaacs • 2026

A shy New Yorker hears animals speak. Their bitter honesty makes the city feel impossibly cruel.

3.98

321

🐾 Talking Animals 💕 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

It's Hard to Be an Animal 87%

A shy New Yorker hears animals speak. Their bitter honesty makes the city feel impossibly cruel.

by Robert Isaacs 2026

3.98

321 ratings

🐾 Talking Animals 💕 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

(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 87%

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

The Diamond Age

by Neal Stephenson • 1995

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

4.16

94k+

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader

The Diamond Age 87%

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

by Neal Stephenson 1995

4.16

94k+ ratings

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader

Despair

by Vladimir Nabokov • 1989

A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.

3.9

12k+

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🎭 Stolen Identity

Despair 86%

A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.

by Vladimir Nabokov 1989

3.9

12k+ ratings

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🎭 Stolen Identity

Tik-Tok

by John Sladek • 1983

A domestic robot discovers his moral circuits never worked, and art, murder, and politics follow.

3.70

774

🦾 Robot Antihero 🧠 Sociopathic Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy

Tik-Tok 86%

A domestic robot discovers his moral circuits never worked, and art, murder, and politics follow.

by John Sladek 1983

3.70

774 ratings

🦾 Robot Antihero 🧠 Sociopathic Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy

Rogue Protocol

by Martha Wells • 2018

A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.

4.24

176k+

🤖 Rogue Ai 🚀 Space Thriller 😑 Reluctant Ai

Rogue Protocol 86%

A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.

by Martha Wells 2018

4.24

176k+ ratings

🤖 Rogue Ai 🚀 Space Thriller 😑 Reluctant Ai

Eat the Ones You Love

by Sarah Maria Griffin • 2025

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

3.46

8k+

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror

Eat the Ones You Love 86%

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025

3.46

8k+ ratings

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror

Cows

by Matthew Stokoe • 1998

Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.

2.68

15k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Maternal Abuse

Cows 86%

Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.

by Matthew Stokoe 1998

2.68

15k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Maternal Abuse

Sin noticias de Gurb

by Eduardo Mendoza • 2001

An alien searches Barcelona for his lost partner, recording every human absurdity in his diary.

3.75

24k+

👽 Alien Observer 🎭 Absurdist Satire 🐟 Fish Out Of Water

Sin noticias de Gurb 86%

An alien searches Barcelona for his lost partner, recording every human absurdity in his diary.

by Eduardo Mendoza 2001

3.75

24k+ ratings

👽 Alien Observer 🎭 Absurdist Satire 🐟 Fish Out Of Water

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2020

Haunted by the woman she devoured for power, a necromancer must face a world-devouring beast.

4.29

91k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📘 Second Person Narration 💔 Sapphic Yearning

Harrow the Ninth 86%

Haunted by the woman she devoured for power, a necromancer must face a world-devouring beast.

by Tamsyn Muir 2020

4.29

91k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📘 Second Person Narration 💔 Sapphic Yearning

We Love You, Bunny

by Mona Awad • 2025

Four MFA students conjure a man from a rabbit. He steals their axe and disappears.

3.43

19k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🐝 Hive Mind ⚡ Playing God

We Love You, Bunny 86%

Four MFA students conjure a man from a rabbit. He steals their axe and disappears.

by Mona Awad 2025

3.43

19k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🐝 Hive Mind ⚡ Playing God

The Sense of Being Stared at

by Rupert Sheldrake • 2003

The feeling of being watched is real, and it means your mind extends far beyond your brain.

3.79

509

🧠 Extended Mind 🔮 Parapsychology 📡 Telepathy

The Sense of Being Stared at 86%

The feeling of being watched is real, and it means your mind extends far beyond your brain.

by Rupert Sheldrake 2003

3.79

509 ratings

🧠 Extended Mind 🔮 Parapsychology 📡 Telepathy

Olor a hormiga

by Júlia Peró • 2024

An elderly recluse, her talking cat, and the young caregiver who proves desire outlives dignity.

3.86

3k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🐱 Talking Cat

Olor a hormiga 86%

An elderly recluse, her talking cat, and the young caregiver who proves desire outlives dignity.

by Júlia Peró 2024

3.86

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🐱 Talking Cat

Multiple Choice

by Alejandro Zambra • 2014

A multiple-choice test on love, family, and Chile's dictatorship. No correct answers.

3.90

7k+

🧪 Experimental Fiction 🧩 Fragmentary Narrative 📏 Oulipian Constraints

Multiple Choice 86%

A multiple-choice test on love, family, and Chile's dictatorship. No correct answers.

by Alejandro Zambra 2014

3.90

7k+ ratings

🧪 Experimental Fiction 🧩 Fragmentary Narrative 📏 Oulipian Constraints

Água Viva

by Clarice Lispector • 2012

A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.

4.25

26k+

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🧘 Philosophical Meditation

Água Viva 86%

A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.

by Clarice Lispector 2012

4.25

26k+ ratings

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🧘 Philosophical Meditation

Starter Villain

by John Scalzi • 2023

A broke teacher inherits a supervillain island where dolphins unionize, cats spy, and killers wait.

4.11

100k+

🏢 Corporate Satire 👑 Reluctant Heir 🐬 Sentient Animals

Starter Villain 86%

A broke teacher inherits a supervillain island where dolphins unionize, cats spy, and killers wait.

by John Scalzi 2023

4.11

100k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Satire 👑 Reluctant Heir 🐬 Sentient Animals

Le troisième mensonge

by Ágota Kristóf • 1991

Returning home to die, an exile's search for his twin unravels a lifetime of deceptions.

4.04

7k+

🪞 Metafiction 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Le troisième mensonge 86%

Returning home to die, an exile's search for his twin unravels a lifetime of deceptions.

by Ágota Kristóf 1991

4.04

7k+ ratings

🪞 Metafiction 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Murder Bimbo

by Rebecca Novack • 2026

A queer sex worker is hired to kill a far-right demagogue, never told she's disposable.

3.24

5k+

✉️ Epistolary Thriller 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Murder Bimbo 86%

A queer sex worker is hired to kill a far-right demagogue, never told she's disposable.

by Rebecca Novack 2026

3.24

5k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Thriller 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2005

When his father dies on 9/11, a boy scours New York to find the lock a mysterious key opens.

3.97

437k+

📜 Post 9/11 Fiction 📄 Unusual Formatting 👦 Precocious Child Narrator

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Summary

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 86%

When his father dies on 9/11, a boy scours New York to find the lock a mysterious key opens.

by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005

3.97

437k+ ratings

📜 Post 9/11 Fiction 📄 Unusual Formatting 👦 Precocious Child Narrator

On Looking

by Alexandra Horowitz • 2013

The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.

3.51

5k+

👁️ Sensory Perception 🌿 Nature Writing 🔍 Everyday Observation

On Looking 86%

The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.

by Alexandra Horowitz 2013

3.51

5k+ ratings

👁️ Sensory Perception 🌿 Nature Writing 🔍 Everyday Observation

The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein • 2008

A philosophical dog chronicles his owner's fight to keep his daughter after his wife's death.

4.23

558k+

🐕 Dog Narrator 👨‍👧 Single Father ⚖️ Custody Battle

The Art of Racing in the Rain 86%

A philosophical dog chronicles his owner's fight to keep his daughter after his wife's death.

by Garth Stein 2008

4.23

558k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Narrator 👨‍👧 Single Father ⚖️ Custody Battle

Nona the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2022

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

4.33

57k+

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family

Nona the Ninth 86%

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

by Tamsyn Muir 2022

4.33

57k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family

Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata • 2016

At thirty-six, the convenience store is her entire identity. Everyone else calls that a problem.

3.67

384k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 👥 Social Pressure 👀 Outsider Narrator

Convenience Store Woman 86%

At thirty-six, the convenience store is her entire identity. Everyone else calls that a problem.

by Sayaka Murata 2016

3.67

384k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 👥 Social Pressure 👀 Outsider Narrator

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