21 Best fiction books like Early Sobrieties by Michael Deagler

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Early Sobrieties

By: Michael Deagler

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Don’t worry about what Dennis Monk did when he was drinking. He’s sober now, ready to rejoin the wo…

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1. Henry Henry

By: Allen Bratton

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Henry is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's Henriad, transposing the legend of Henry V's wa… read more

Similar categories in Allen Bratton's Henry Henry book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Make life, make life, make life. What sort of life? We can prune and water and weed ourselves, but we can't stop the rot once it gets in."

-Allen Bratton, Henry Henry

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2. All Fours

By: Miranda July

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more

Similar categories in Miranda July's All Fours book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

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3. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Tanner's Worry book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Dead in Long Beach, California

By: Venita Blackburn

3.16

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." ―Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "Y… read more

Similar categories in Venita Blackburn's Dead in Long Beach, California book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Sleepwalkers

By: Scarlett Thomas

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From “one of the UK’s most interesting authors” (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meets White Lo… read more

Similar categories in Scarlett Thomas's The Sleepwalkers book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Heart in Winter

By: Kevin Barry

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."

-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter

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7. We Were the Universe

By: Kimberly King Parsons

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desir… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly King Parsons's We Were the Universe book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It’s an unusual question, though not as unusual as you might think amongst women who have had children. Once you’ve been slit open by a surgeon or taken a shit in a birthing tub, a whole glittering w…"

-Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe

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8. American Spirits

By: Russell Banks

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of America’s most celebrated storytellers come three dark, interlocking tales about the re… read more

Similar categories in Russell Banks's American Spirits book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Blue Ruin

By: Hari Kunzru

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, po… read more

Similar categories in Hari Kunzru's Blue Ruin book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Early Sobrieties

By: Michael Deagler

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Don’t worry about what Dennis Monk did when he was drinking. He’s sober now, ready to rejoin the wo… read more

Similar categories in Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Reboot

By: Justin Taylor

3.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A raucous and wickedly smart satire of Hollywood, toxic fandom, and our chronically online culture,… read more

Similar categories in Justin Taylor's Reboot book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Mood Swings

By: Frankie Barnet

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, a young Instagram poet starts an affair with a Calif… read more

Similar categories in Frankie Barnet's Mood Swings book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. In Tongues

By: Thomas Grattan

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A young gay man upends the lives of a powerful art-world couple in this steamy novel of self-discov… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Grattan's In Tongues book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. 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 Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • 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

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15. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

Similar categories in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more

Similar categories in Aysegül Savas's The Anthropologists book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Godwin

By: Joseph O'Neill

3.60

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might cha… read more

Similar categories in Joseph O'Neill's Godwin book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. State of Paradise

By: Laura van den Berg

3.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A heart-racing fun house of uncanniness hidden in Florida’s underbelly, from a reality-warping stor… read more

Similar categories in Laura van den Berg's State of Paradise book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Coin

By: Yasmin Zaher

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling, far from home, as she gets… read more

Similar categories in Yasmin Zaher's The Coin book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And the poet, he asked, who was it again? Aisha didn't know him, neither did Matthew. But, of course, Gregory did. He asked if he was the 9/11 denier. No, definitely not a denier, but very vocal when…"

-Yasmin Zaher, The Coin

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20. Banal Nightmare

By: Halle Butler

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more

Similar categories in Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Rich People Have Gone Away

By: Regina Porter

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wai… read more

Similar categories in Regina Porter's The Rich People Have Gone Away book and Michael Deagler's Early Sobrieties

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook

18 Best contemporary books like Early Sobrieties by Michael Deagler

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Worry

Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Transform Your Habits

Dead in Long Beach, California

Venita Blackburn

3.16

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Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Worry

Alexandra Tanner

3.36

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Rita Bullwinkel

3.63

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