18 Best fiction books like How to Be a French Girl by Rose Cleary

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How to Be a French Girl

By: Rose Cleary

3.65

Format: 220 pages, None

If you no longer want to be you, be careful who you become. She’s from Southend. She wanted to b…

If you liked the fiction plot in How to Be a French Girl by Rose Cleary , here is a list of 18 books like this:

1. Look at Me

By: Anita Brookner

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

A lonely art historian absorbed in her research seizes the opportunity to share in the joys and ple… read more

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2. Penance

By: Eliza Clark

3.90

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Penance book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"

-Eliza Clark, Penance

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3. I'm a Fan

By: Sheena Patel

3.32

Format: 207 pages, None

In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more

Similar categories in Sheena Patel's I'm a Fan book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"It is toxic. I am familiar"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

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4. Ordinary Human Failings

By: Megan Nolan

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more

Similar categories in Megan Nolan's Ordinary Human Failings book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

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5. Piglet

By: Lottie Hazell

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it a… read more

Similar categories in Lottie Hazell's Piglet book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"She opened the capers, green and freckled as amphibians, and with a teaspoon eased them from their brine. The olives were next, and she pushed pits from the aubergine-dark fruits, dropping their fles…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"On the platter before her there was a bowl of beef bourguignon, the sauce dark with merlot; the corner of dauphinoise potatoes, gruyère-crusted top browned, bubbled with heat; there was a small plate…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

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6. Waiting for Ted

By: Marieke Bigg

3.23

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

“After all these years, I was surprised to find that we were still in the process of trying to asse… read more

Similar categories in Marieke Bigg's Waiting for Ted book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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7. Nails and Eyes

By: Kaori Fujino

3.43

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more

Similar categories in Kaori Fujino's Nails and Eyes book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • fiction
"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

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8. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • fiction
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9. Pink Slime

By: Fernanda Trías

3.68

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A taut, harrowing novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them tee… read more

Similar categories in Fernanda Trías's Pink Slime book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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10. 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 Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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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 Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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12. Animals Eat Each Other

By: Elle Nash

3.48

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

In Elle Nash’s stunning and powerful debut, a girl with no name embarks on a fraught three-way rela… read more

Similar categories in Elle Nash's Animals Eat Each Other book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Pain is closer to love than indifference, right?"

-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other

"I didn’t know if I was crying because it hurt so bad or if I was crying because I had failed by letting the pain hurt me so much."

-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other

"I did too many things to my body that made it feel old and tired, as though I were dragging all of the mistakes I’d ever made behind me with each step."

-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other

"Maybe it wasn’t true love after all. That was disappointing. I had hoped it was true love, that something like that could exist. Instead, it was just sex. Like everything else."

-Elle Nash, Animals Eat Each Other

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13. Deliver Me

By: Elle Nash

3.95

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

At a meatpacking facility in the Missouri Ozarks, Dee-Dee and her co-workers kill and butcher 40,00… read more

Similar categories in Elle Nash's Deliver Me book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I loved him like I loved a root canal: something painful but necessary. Like life was more painful without him."

-Elle Nash, Deliver Me

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14. Paul

By: Daisy Lafarge

3.49

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Frances is a graduate student spending a summer volunteering in rural France, in the hope that tend… read more

Similar categories in Daisy Lafarge's Paul book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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15. Hard Copy

By: Fien Veldman

3.34

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This is a story of girl meets printer. A customer service assistant spends her long workdays pri… read more

Similar categories in Fien Veldman's Hard Copy book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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16. Homesick

By: Jennifer Croft

3.78

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The coming of age story of an award-winning translator, Homesick is about learning to love language… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Croft's Homesick book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
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17. Spoilt Creatures

By: Amy Twigg

3.94

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

They thought they knew everything about us. The kind of women we were. It was a place for women.… read more

Similar categories in Amy Twigg's Spoilt Creatures book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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18. Dead Animals

By: Phoebe Stuckes

3.61

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

There is something creeping at the edge of your vision, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All … read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Stuckes's Dead Animals book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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19. How to Be a French Girl

By: Rose Cleary

3.65

Format: 220 pages, None

If you no longer want to be you, be careful who you become. She’s from Southend. She wanted to b… read more

Similar categories in Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us by Anna Bogutskaya

20. Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us

By: Anna Bogutskaya

4.18

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding. Ho… read more

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21. She's Always Hungry: Stories

By: Eliza Clark

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of Granta’s Best… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's She's Always Hungry: Stories book and Rose Cleary's How to Be a French Girl

  • literary fiction
  • fiction

17 Best literary fiction books like How to Be a French Girl by Rose Cleary

Transform Your Habits

Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

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I'm a Fan

Sheena Patel

3.32

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Ordinary Human Failings

Megan Nolan

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Piglet

Lottie Hazell

3.47

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The Dog of the North

Elizabeth Mckenzie

3.61

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Children of Paradise

Camilla Grudova

3.49

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Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

4.09

Transform Your Habits

I'm a Fan

Sheena Patel

3.32

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