6 must-read fiction books like Phone Calls from the Dead by Wendy Brenner

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Phone Calls from the Dead

By: Wendy Brenner

3.78

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

A bodybuilder is charged with superhuman energy and an ability to make lightbulbs explode. A grievi…

If you liked the fiction plot in Phone Calls from the Dead by Wendy Brenner , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Humans

By: Matt Haig

4.08

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are l… read more

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  • fiction
"As civilisation advances, so does indifference."

-Matt Haig, The Humans

"So love is about finding the right person to hurt you?"

-Matt Haig, The Humans

"Because the possibility of pain is where love stems from."

-Matt Haig, The Humans

"There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book."

-Matt Haig, The Humans

2. Bright Dead Things

By: Ada Limon

3.57

Format: None pages,

Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you k… read more

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3. 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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  • fiction
"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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4. A Doll's House

By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more

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  • fiction
"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

5. Foster

By: Claire Keegan

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when s… read more

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6. Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening

By:

3.97

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam… read more

Similar categories in 's Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening book and Wendy Brenner's Phone Calls from the Dead

  • fiction
"Master Ren: "To quote the poets.. we're fucked"."

-, Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening

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7. Hell of a Book

By: Jason Mott

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

In Hell of a Book, an African-American author sets out on a cross-country book tour to promote his … read more

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  • fiction
"Because God needs the little people more than he needs anyone"

-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

"The modern author is only as important as their search results."

-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

"From his perspective, Daddy Henry was a nice enough collection of wrinkles."

-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

"I know all the smells: humidity, pine trees, thinly veiled racism. It’s what home feels like for me."

-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

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8. Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

By: Lulu Miller

4.16

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

A wondrous debut from an extraordinary new voice in nonfiction, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a dark and … read more

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"There is grandeur in this view,"

-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

"In every organism at which you gaze, there is complexity you will never comprehend."

-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

"We are specks, flickering in and out of existence, with no significance to the cosmos."

-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

"When people have this feeling of personal inefficiency, compulsive collecting helps them in feeling better."

-Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

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9. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

By: Jia Tolentino

4.04

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges … read more

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"To communicate an identity requires some degree of self-delusion."

-Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

"Even if you avoid the internet completely—my partner does: he thought #tbt meant “truth be told"

-Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

"People have been carping in this way for many centuries. Socrates feared that the act of writing would “create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls."

-Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

"A woman is unruly if anyone has incorrectly decided that she’s too much of something, and if she, in turn, has chosen to believe that she’s just fine."

-Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

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10. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

By: Mary Oliver

4.58

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more

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"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."

-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"

-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"

-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"

-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Cover of Phone Calls from the Dead by Wendy Brenner

11. Phone Calls from the Dead

By: Wendy Brenner

3.78

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

A bodybuilder is charged with superhuman energy and an ability to make lightbulbs explode. A grievi… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

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Ocean Vuong

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