6 must-read short stories books like F*ckface: and Other Stories by Leah Hampton

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F*ckface: and Other Stories

By: Leah Hampton

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

F*ckface is a brassy, bighearted debut collection of twelve short stories about rurality, corpses, …

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1. Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)

By: bell hooks

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's lea… read more

Similar categories in bell hooks's Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices) book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • adult
"When poetry stirs in my imagination it is almost always from an indirect place, where language is abstract, where the mood and energy is evocative of submerged emotional intelligence and experience."

-bell hooks, Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)

"sometimes falling rain carries memories of betrayal there in the woods where she was not meant to be too young she believes in her right to be free in her body free from harm believing nature a wilde…"

-bell hooks, Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)

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2. Knockemstiff

By: Donald Ray Pollock

4.12

Format: 207 pages,

Knockemstiff - litteralement " etale les raides " - existe vraiment. Ce n'est pas la moindre bizarr… read more

Similar categories in Donald Ray Pollock's Knockemstiff book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

By: Andre Dubus III , James Alan McPherson , Breece D'J Pancake

4.33

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Breece D'J Pancake cut short a remarkably promising career when he took his own life in 1979 at the… read more

Similar categories in Andre Dubus III's The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Town Smokes: Stories by Pinckney Benedict

4. Town Smokes: Stories

By: Pinckney Benedict

4.08

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

A collection of nine short stories set in the American South, depicted as odd and idiosyncratic. Em… read more

Similar categories in Pinckney Benedict's Town Smokes: Stories book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • southern
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. The Incendiaries

By: R.O. Kwon

3.22

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, darkly glittering novel of violence, love, faith, and loss, as a young woman at an elit… read more

Similar categories in R.O. Kwon's The Incendiaries book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. When These Mountains Burn

By: David Joy

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When his addict son gets in deep with his dealer, it takes everything Raymond Mathis has to bail hi… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's When These Mountains Burn book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"It had never been that addicts don’t care whether they lived or died, it was that the feeling you were chasing rested right against the brink and sometimes you just fell over."

-David Joy, When These Mountains Burn

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7. Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider

By: Charles Person

4.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward--written … read more

Similar categories in Charles Person's Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • adult
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8. Molly

By: Blake Butler

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping, unforgettable memoir from one of the best, most original writers of the 21st century. … read more

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  • adult
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9. The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the early evening of June 25, 1980 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outside… read more

Similar categories in Emma Copley Eisenberg's The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge

By: Ted Conover

3.90

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Ted Conover, a … read more

Similar categories in Ted Conover's Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • audiobook
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11. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

Similar categories in Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • queer
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run

By: Martinus Evans

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A practical guide and a celebration of running for runners of all sizes and athletic ability, from … read more

Similar categories in Martinus Evans's Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • audiobook
Cover of F*ckface: and Other Stories by Leah  Hampton

13. F*ckface: and Other Stories

By: Leah Hampton

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

F*ckface is a brassy, bighearted debut collection of twelve short stories about rurality, corpses, … read more

Similar categories in Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • short story collection
  • anthologies
  • southern
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex) by Nadia Bolz-Weber

14. Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)

By: Nadia Bolz-Weber

4.21

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

Annotation: "Nothing gives church folk anxiety quite like the subject of sex. And that's why in Sh… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Bolz-Weber's Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex) book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • audiobook
"If the teachings of the church are harming the bodies and spirits of people, we should rethink those teachings."

-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)

"In my pastoral work I've started to suspect that the more someone was exposed to religious messages about controlling their desires, avoiding sexual thoughts, and not lusting in their hearts, the les…"

-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)

"To God, everyone is different but no one is special. You're not special for being straight. Or gay. Or male. Or cis. Or trans. Or asexual. Or married. Or sexually prodigious. Or a virgin. We all have…"

-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)

"Holiness is the union we experience with one another and with God. Holiness is when more than one become one, when what is fractured is made whole. Singing in harmony. Breastfeeding a baby. Collectiv…"

-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)

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15. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

By: Neema Avashia

4.26

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

When Neema Avashia tells people where she’s from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving “T… read more

Similar categories in Neema Avashia's Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • audiobook
  • queer
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16. Sleepovers: Stories

By: Ashleigh Bryant Phillips

4.15

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

Hailed by Lauren Groff as “fully committed to the truth no matter how dark or difficult or complica… read more

Similar categories in Ashleigh Bryant Phillips's Sleepovers: Stories book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • short story collection
  • anthologies
  • southern
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Book of X

By: Sarah Rose Etter

4.04

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Rose Etter's The Book of X book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet

18. Say Hello to My Little Friend

By: Jennine Capó Crucet

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man’s attempt to … read more

Similar categories in Jennine Capó Crucet's Say Hello to My Little Friend book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Rainbow Rainbow

By: Lydia Conklin

3.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A fearless collection of stories that celebrate the humor, darkness, and depth of emotion of the qu… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Conklin's Rainbow Rainbow book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • audiobook
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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20. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Manguso's Liars book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

Cover of Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss by Casey Sherman

21. Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss

By: Casey Sherman

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Based on exclusive, fresh reporting, the thrilling, definitive inside story of the pursuit, capture… read more

Similar categories in Casey Sherman's Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • audiobook
Cover of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos by Mark Chiusano

22. The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos

By: Mark Chiusano

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the dogged Long Island reporter who has been on his trail since 2019, the bizarre, page-turnin… read more

Similar categories in Mark Chiusano's The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • audiobook
Cover of Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime by Alex Espinoza

23. Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime

By: Alex Espinoza

3.80

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

Acclaimed author Alex Espinoza takes readers on an uncensored journey through the underground, to r… read more

Similar categories in Alex Espinoza's Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • queer
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24. Little Rot

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more

Similar categories in Akwaeke Emezi's Little Rot book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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25. The Sense of Wonder

By: Matthew Salesses

3.64

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A look at the ways Asian Americans navigate the thorny worlds of sports and entertainment when ever… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Salesses's The Sense of Wonder book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. Colored Television

By: Danzy Senna

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more

Similar categories in Danzy Senna's Colored Television book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Our Kind of Game

By: Johanna Copeland

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"A rager of a psychological mystery about toxic men, murderous women and the art of constructing f… read more

Similar categories in Johanna Copeland's Our Kind of Game book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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28. Madwoman

By: Chelsea Bieker

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themse… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Bieker's Madwoman book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein

29. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Bauerlein's The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death by Spencer Henry

30. Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death

By: Spencer Henry

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Based on the popular podcast, The Big Hot Book of Death is a smart, funny look at the American cul… read more

Similar categories in Spencer Henry's Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. the earthquake room

By: Davey Davis

4.03

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

In the near future, Oakland is haunted by natural disaster and political collapse. When k realizes … read more

Similar categories in Davey Davis's the earthquake room book and Leah Hampton's F*ckface: and Other Stories

  • fiction
  • queer

18 best-selling fiction books like F*ckface: and Other Stories by Leah Hampton

Transform Your Habits

Knockemstiff

Donald Ray Pollock

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

Andre Dubus III , James Alan McPherson , Breece D'J Pancake

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Town Smokes: Stories

Pinckney Benedict

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Incendiaries

R.O. Kwon

3.22

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All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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Bear

Julia Phillips

3.38

Transform Your Habits

Same As It Ever Was

Claire Lombardo

4.00

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