Books like My Year of Rest and Relaxation
If you liked My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Nanny Diaries
Because shares tags: satire, new york.
NYU student Nan nannies four-year-old Grayer X on Park Avenue, caught between a demanding Mrs. X, an absent Mr. X, and a lonely child who…
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The Master and Margarita
Because shares tags: satire, literary fiction.
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Because shares tags: literary fiction, new york.
Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.
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Yellowface
Because shares tags: literary fiction, satire.
Struggling writer June steals her dead friend Athena's manuscript and publishes it as Juniper Song.
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A Little Life
Because shares tags: literary fiction, new york.
Four friends in New York orbit Jude, whose hidden past of abuse shapes every page of this 720-page epic.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Because shares tags: mental health, literary fiction.
Chbosky's Perks retold: Charlie's letters, Sam and Patrick, first year of high school in Pittsburgh.
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The Catcher in the Rye
Because shares tags: literary fiction, new york.
J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye explained: Holden's weekend in New York, the phony adults, Phoebe's carousel, and why readers keep…
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White Oleander
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Tom Lake
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Virgin Suicides
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
