15 Best contemporary books like Fleabag: The Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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Fleabag: The Scriptures

By: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

4.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Fleabag: The Scriptures includes new writing from Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside the filming script…

"I think you know how to love better than any of us. That's why you find it all so painful."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"I think you know how to love better than any of us. That's why you find it all so painful."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"The funeral liturgy says that life is changed and not ended. I've always loved that, if that's of any help."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"The funeral liturgy says that life is changed and not ended. I've always loved that, if that's of any help."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

If you liked the contemporary plot in Fleabag: The Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Virgin Suicides

By: Jeffrey Eugenides

3.79

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

The shocking thing about the girls was how nearly normal they seemed when their mother let them out… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She was the still point in the turning world."

-Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

"During a warm winter rain ... the basins of her collarbones collected water."

-Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

"In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life."

-Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

"Aloft, he looked frail, diseased, and temperamental, as we expected a European to look."

-Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

Cover of Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, None

2. Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

By: Richard Linklater , Kim Krizan , None

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and sta… read more

Similar categories in Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • romance
  • plays
  • fiction
  • contemporary

3. Conversations with Friends

By: Sally Rooney

3.56

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A sharply intelligent novel about two college students and the strange, unexpected connection they … read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

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4. The Bell Jar

By: Sylvia Plath

4.06

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented… read more

Similar categories in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • feminism
  • adult
  • fiction
"I woke to the sound of rain."

-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

"I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come."

-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

"When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn't know."

-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

"If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed."

-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

5. Eileen

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman… read more

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6. I Who Have Never Known Men

By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more

Similar categories in Ros Schwartz's I Who Have Never Known Men book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • feminism
  • adult
  • fiction
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

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7. Bunny

By: Mona Awad

3.50

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. … read more

Similar categories in Mona Awad's Bunny book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The pink pony inside me weeps softly."

-Mona Awad, Bunny

"Oh, Bunny, I love you. I love you, Bunny."

-Mona Awad, Bunny

"We think of it as art meets life, Bunny. We’re putting art into the world."

-Mona Awad, Bunny

"Because life is shorter than we are, she says, so why beat around the bush?"

-Mona Awad, Bunny

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8. A Certain Hunger

By: Chelsea G. Summers

3.77

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Doro… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea G. Summers's A Certain Hunger book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • womens
  • adult
"Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

"I enjoy a man who’s kissed with a yeasty beastliness."

-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

"Junk food was rebellion, rebellion was femininity, femininity was junk."

-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

"I knew from a young age that motherhood was a cage I never wanted to inhabit."

-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

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9. Mr Salary

By: Sally Rooney

3.78

Format: 33 pages, Paperback

My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him cl… read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Mr Salary book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all."

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"He watched me at first but then looked away. "Would it be a major bereavement for you if I died?" I said. "The most major one I can think of, yeah." "Nobody else would grieve."

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river, ignoring the real living bodies all around m…"

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"Nothing inside my body was trying to kill me. Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river…"

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

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10. My Year of Rest and Relaxation

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

3.63

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman’s efforts… read more

Similar categories in Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • womens
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"What next? I couldn't imagine."

-Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

"I wasn't an insomniac, but I was miserable."

-Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

"Life was repetitive, resonated at a low hum."

-Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

"I just wanted to sleep all the time. I had a plan."

-Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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11. The Orange and Other Poems

By: Wendy Cope

4.19

Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition

My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. The Orange and Other Poems provides the … read more

Similar categories in Wendy Cope's The Orange and Other Poems book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • romance
  • adult
  • contemporary
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12. Normal People

By: Sally Rooney

3.81

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star… read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Normal People book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"People are a lot more knowable than they think they are."

-Sally Rooney, Normal People

"I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me."

-Sally Rooney, Normal People

"No. I was frustrated sometimes but not lonely. I never feel lonely when I'm with you."

-Sally Rooney, Normal People

"Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone."

-Sally Rooney, Normal People

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13. Cleopatra and Frankenstein

By: Coco Mellors

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant d… read more

Similar categories in Coco Mellors's Cleopatra and Frankenstein book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And you’re in love?"

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"People are like this too, you know,"

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light."

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"Cleo and Frank could not make each other happy, no matter how hard they’d tried."

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

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14. Boy Parts

By: Eliza Clark

3.77

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for … read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Boy Parts book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Was it my idea to have him hurt me, or did he just let me think it was?"

-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

"My mam always used to tell me that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And Eddie from Tesco is a fly, but he's got a taste for vinegar. It's like vinegar is all he's ever had from peop…"

-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

"You want to think you're not like other women, but you are, you know. You're still... that's still how the rest of the world, how men are going to see you. Like, I know you hate labels, but you like.…"

-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

"Do you like it rough? I think so. I think I must. Men are rough, aren't they? Have I always had a taste for rough stuff, or did I acquire that? In the back of Lesley's car, on the floor of a friend's…"

-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

Cover of Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

15. Everything I Know About Love

By: Dolly Alderton

4.00

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, g… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • romance
  • feminism
  • contemporary
"Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women."

-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

"No matter how uncertain and unpredictable life gets, some people really do walk next to you for ever."

-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

"She knows where to find everything in me and I know where all her stuff is too. She is, in short, my best friend."

-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

"I don't need any words or looks or comments from a man to believe I'm visible; to believe I'm here. don't need to run away from discomfort and into a male eyeliner. That's not where I come alive."

-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

Cover of Fleabag: The Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

16. Fleabag: The Scriptures

By: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

4.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Fleabag: The Scriptures includes new writing from Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside the filming script… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • romance
  • feminism
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • womens
  • adult
  • comedy
  • drama
"I think you know how to love better than any of us. That's why you find it all so painful."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"The funeral liturgy says that life is changed and not ended. I've always loved that, if that's of any help."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"I just think I want someone to tell me how to live my life, Father, because so far, I think I've been getting it wrong."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

"[Love] is all any of us want and it's hell when we get there. So no wonder it's something we don't want to do on our own."

-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures

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17. Barbie: The Screenplay

By: Greta Gerwig

4.74

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Barbie's perfect life spirals into existential chaos, prompting a soul-searching journey that chall… read more

Similar categories in Greta Gerwig's Barbie: The Screenplay book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • plays
  • feminism
  • humor
  • fiction
Cover of Lady Bird [Screenplay] by Greta Gerwig

18. Lady Bird [Screenplay]

By: Greta Gerwig

4.54

Format: 115 pages, None

A teenager navigates a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong-willed mother over the cou… read more

Similar categories in Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird [Screenplay] book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • humor
  • plays
  • contemporary
Cover of Normal People: The Scripts by Sally Rooney

19. Normal People: The Scripts

By: Sally Rooney

4.59

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Delve deeper into the Emmy- and Golden Globe–nominated Hulu series based on Sally Rooney's bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Succession – Season One: The Complete Scripts by Jesse Armstrong

20. Succession – Season One: The Complete Scripts

By: Jesse Armstrong

4.86

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete, authorised scripts, including deleted scenes, of the multiple award-winning Successio… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Armstrong's Succession – Season One: The Complete Scripts book and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag: The Scriptures

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Aftersun: A Screenplay by Matthew Ogdahl

21. Aftersun: A Screenplay

By: Matthew Ogdahl

4.81

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

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