17 must-read audiobook books like The Mother of All Things by Alexis Landau

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The Mother of All Things

By: Alexis Landau

3.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the WWII novel Those Who Are Saved (“sweeping and lyrical”– People), comes an el…

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1. Perfume & Pain

By: Anna Dorn

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more

Similar categories in Anna Dorn's Perfume & Pain book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."

-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain

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2. Exhibit

By: R.O. Kwon

3.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more

Similar categories in R.O. Kwon's Exhibit book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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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 Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth O'Connor's Whale Fall book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • 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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6. Fruit of the Dead

By: Rachel Lyon

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of o… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lyon's Fruit of the Dead book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Kittentits

By: Holly Wilson

3.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A feral, heart-busting, absurdist debut about Molly, a rambunctious and bawdy ten-year-old searchin… read more

Similar categories in Holly Wilson's Kittentits book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Bear

By: Julia Phillips

3.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unex… read more

Similar categories in Julia Phillips's Bear book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves."

-Julia Phillips, Bear

"What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from th…"

-Julia Phillips, Bear

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9. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • adult
  • fiction
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10. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

Similar categories in Jill Ciment's Consent: A Memoir book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • feminism
  • womens
  • audiobook
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12. Oye

By: Melissa Mogollon

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you wo… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Mogollon's Oye book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Housemates

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more

Similar categories in Emma Copley Eisenberg's Housemates book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."

-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates

Cover of The Mother of All Things by Alexis Landau

14. The Mother of All Things

By: Alexis Landau

3.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the WWII novel Those Who Are Saved (“sweeping and lyrical”– People), comes an el… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • feminism
  • bulgaria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • womens
  • professors
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • feminism
  • 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 Tehrangeles by Porochista Khakpour

16. Tehrangeles

By: Porochista Khakpour

3.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Meet the Milanis: fast-food heiresses, L.A. royalty, and your newest reality TV obsession. Irani… read more

Similar categories in Porochista Khakpour's Tehrangeles book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

17. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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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 Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • womens
  • adult
"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

Cover of Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler

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 Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Most by Jessica  Anthony

21. The Most

By: Jessica Anthony

3.37

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From “one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page” (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightl… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Anthony's The Most book and Alexis Landau's The Mother of All Things

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

20 best-selling fiction books like The Mother of All Things by Alexis Landau

Transform Your Habits

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Anna Dorn

4.06

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Alexandra Tanner

3.36

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Elizabeth O'Connor

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Anna Dorn

4.06

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All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Rufi Thorpe

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