22 must-read fiction books like I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Original Screenplay) by Charlie Kaufman

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I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Original Screenplay)

By: Charlie Kaufman

4.04

Format: 138 pages, None

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a …

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1. Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

By: Lena Dunham , Joana Avillez

3.29

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

"There is nothing gutsier to me than a person announcing that their story is one that deserves to b… read more

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"Energy attracts energy."

-Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

"Luxury is nice but creativity is nicer."

-Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

"Everyone hates a suit. Event the suits."

-Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

"Being a student was an enviable identity."

-Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

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2. The Shuddering

By: Ania Ahlborn

3.68

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

They only come when it snows, and nobody ever gets away. A group of close friends gathers at a … read more

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3. Baby Teeth

By: Zoje Stage

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Meet Hanna. She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only per… read more

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"She would have killed for anything with Julius the Monkey on it."

-Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

"Being a mom can be a lonely job too, sometimes other people dont see that."

-Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

"The baby wasn't supposed to remind her of an internal mass of pooling waste."

-Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

". . . her energy existed in precious spools that came unwound faster than she liked."

-Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

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4. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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5. Haunted

By: Chuck Palahniuk

3.59

Format: 419 pages, Paperback

Haunted is a novel made up of stories: twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing… read more

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"A book is as private and consensual as sex."

-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

"Some stories, you use up. Others use you up."

-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

"As the French say, who doesn't like getting their butt sucked?"

-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

"As human beings, our first commandment is: Something needs to happen"

-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

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6. The Yellow Wall-Paper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendenc… read more

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"Its time we woke up,"

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"This was not life, this was a nightmare."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

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7. The Grip of It

By: Jac Jemc

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A chilling literary horror novel about a young couple who purchase and live in a haunted house. Jac… read more

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8. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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9. Human Acts

By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer… read more

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10. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more

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"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

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11. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

By: Michel Foucault , Alan Sheridan , None , None , None

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . In this brilliant work, the mos… read more

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12. Spoon River Anthology

By: Edgar Lee Masters

4.05

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

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"Act well your part, there all the honor lies."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"Remember the acorn; It does not devour other acorns."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

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13. A Man Without a Country

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir." -Los Angeles… read more

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14. Choke

By: Chuck Palahniuk

3.25

Format: None pages,

Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay eld… read more

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15. Seed

By: Ania Ahlborn

4.25

Format: 127 pages, ebook

Fans of Stephen King, Jack Kilborn, and Blake Crouch... prepare to meet the Devil. In the vine-twis… read more

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16. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

By: Jeanette Winterson

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

This startling novel describes the adolescence of a ferociously bright and rebellious orphan adopte… read more

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17. Poor Things

By: Alasdair Gray

3.94

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenste… read more

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"Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

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18. The Running Man

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.90

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives... Ben Richard… read more

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"Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"Say your name over two hundred times and discover you are no one."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"...sie würden Christus persönlich überfallen, um ein Pfund Salami zu ergattern."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

19. Diary Of An Oxygen Thief (The Oxygen Thief Diaries #1)

By: Anonymous

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolit… read more

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20. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

By: Robert McKee

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring no… read more

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21. Dubliners

By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more

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22. Tender Is the Flesh

By: Agustina Bazterrica

3.79

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no … read more

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"Carcass."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"She had the human look of a domesticated animal."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"un matadero debería ignorarse, fundirse con el paisaje y nunca llamarse por lo que realmente es."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"No entiendo por qué nos parece atractiva la sonrisa de una persona. Con la sonrisa uno está mostrando el esqueleto"."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

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23. I'm Thinking of Ending Things

By: Iain Reid

3.55

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Now a Netflix original movie, this deeply scary and intensely unnerving novel follows a couple in t… read more

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"Reality only happens once." (P. 48)"

-Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

"It hurts, all of it, but we feel nothing."

-Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

"Every story is made up. Even the real ones."

-Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

"I actually want to be older. I’m happy to age, seriously."

-Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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24. Foe

By: Iain Reid

3.71

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

A taut, psychological mind-bender from the bestselling author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things. … read more

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"Good news for someone often means bad news for someone else"

-Iain Reid, Foe

"I’VE BECOME MORE AWARE OF MYSELF. BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION. NOW THAT I KNOW I’M LEAVING, I SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. I’VE BEEN AWARE OF LITTLE THINGS THAT I WOULD HAVE MISSED BEFORE. “LIKE WHAT?"

-Iain Reid, Foe

"I’ve been told these old barns are physical reminders of an older life, when things were different. They need upkeep. They need to be restored. It would be a tragedy if the one in this field is ablaz…"

-Iain Reid, Foe

"I can remember we were happy, I say. Happy to have our own house. ‘Can you recall anything specific, like a detail, or is it more a feeling you remember?’ Anybody can remember details if you ask them…"

-Iain Reid, Foe

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25. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

By: Olga Ravn

3.67

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more

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"This is not a human, but a coworker."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

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26. Paradise Rot

By: Jenny Hval

3.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imager… read more

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"I took a bite of a Bloody Ploughman. Even the flesh was red. 'Bloody,' Carral said. 'Nice colour,' I answered. 'It looks sinful. I bet that was the apple Eve ate, you know, in the Bible, the forbidde…"

-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot

"I'll tell you the fairy tale of the apple. Eve ate the apple, and then Adam came and did so too. Afterwards the apple was forgotten, and it was assumed that it rolled away in the grass while Adam and…"

-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot

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27. We Spread

By: Iain Reid

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A new work of philosophical suspense. Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for deca… read more

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"The love I'd felt for him faded and detached. There was nothing to hold it in place. No more mystery. Nothing to learn. Wonder was replaced with awareness. By the end, it wasn't just familiarity. I h…"

-Iain Reid, We Spread

"We do not all blend together. We are not ruined, helpless, a burden. We are not the elderly. We are not old people. Now, still, we're unique. Distinct. Regardless of what we've produced or what happe…"

-Iain Reid, We Spread

Cover of The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

28. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more

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"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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29. Imaginary Friend

By: Stephen Chbosky

3.55

Format: 705 pages, Hardcover

Christopher is seven years old. Christopher is the new kid in town. Christopher has an imaginary … read more

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"Good guys win the war."

-Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

"Selbst Monster waren liebenswert, wenn sie klein waren."

-Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

"Unterdrücke deine Angst oder lass dich von ihr verschlingen."

-Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

"You have to live your life before you get to live your Heaven."

-Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

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30. Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay

By: Christopher Nolan

4.78

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

The complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan's  Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer centers on the life of th… read more

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"Albert Einstein: So here we are, hmm? Lost in your quantum world of probabilities, and needing certainty."

-Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay

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31. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Original Screenplay)

By: Charlie Kaufman

4.04

Format: 138 pages, None

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a … read more

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19 must-read fiction books like The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

Transform Your Habits

So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

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T. Kingfisher

None

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The Invocations

Krystal Sutherland

4.11

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