19 best-selling fiction books like Cicada Summer by Erica McKeen

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Cicada Summer

By: Erica McKeen

3.41

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A woman, her grandfather, and her lover quarantine in the remote lakeside wilderness—where their wo…

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1. Calling a Wolf a Wolf

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

"The struggle from late youth on, with and without God, agony, narcotics and love is a torment rare… read more

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2. 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 Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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3. 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

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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4. 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

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees

By: Patrick Horvath

4.21

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Live, laugh, shed blood. Dexter meets Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town in this twisted debut graphi… read more

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  • fiction
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6. youthjuice

By: E.K. Sathue

3.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada: outrageous body horror for the goop generation A 29… read more

Similar categories in E.K. Sathue's youthjuice book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Indian Burial Ground

By: Nick Medina

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right an… read more

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  • fiction
"What happened in the cemetery causes us pain, not her. You understand that, don’t you?"

-Nick Medina, Indian Burial Ground

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8. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

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  • fiction
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9. The Unmothers

By: Leslie J. Anderson

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this emotionally raw and propulsive folk horror-mystery, a journalist goes to a small town and u… read more

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  • fiction
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10. The Dissonance

By: Shaun Hamill

3.99

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of A Cosmology of Monsters comes an epic contemporary fantasy: a story of… read more

Similar categories in Shaun Hamill's The Dissonance book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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11. The Drowning House

By: Cherie Priest

3.55

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart … read more

Similar categories in Cherie Priest's The Drowning House book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • fiction
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12. Please Stop Trying to Leave Me

By: Alana Saab

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A debut novel about love, family, queerness, and losing your mind in the modern world marks the arr… read more

Similar categories in Alana Saab's Please Stop Trying to Leave Me book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Today, if someone asked me what, if not a bird, if not fire, is love to me, I would most likely say, surrender."

-Alana Saab, Please Stop Trying to Leave Me

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13. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

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14. Through the Midnight Door

By: Katrina Monroe

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

As emotional as it is haunting, Through the Midnight Door explores the sometimes-fragile bonds of s… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Monroe's Through the Midnight Door book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

15. Coup de Grâce

By: Sofia Ajram

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal su… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Ajram's Coup de Grâce book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • canada
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. Rest Stop

By: Nat Cassidy

4.69

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A young musician finds himself locked inside a gas station bathroom in the middle of the night by a… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Cicada Summer

By: Erica McKeen

3.41

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A woman, her grandfather, and her lover quarantine in the remote lakeside wilderness—where their wo… read more

Similar categories in Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • nature
  • queer
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18. Old Soul

By: Susan Barker

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The woman never goes by the same name. She never stays in the same place too long. She never ages… read more

Similar categories in Susan Barker's Old Soul book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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19. The Bog Wife

By: Kay Chronister

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-b… read more

Similar categories in Kay Chronister's The Bog Wife book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • fiction
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20. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Model Home book and Erica McKeen's Cicada Summer

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran

21. Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight

By: Sara Gran

3.94

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

“In these mysteries, the stakes are existential: knowing one’s self, knowing how to save the people… read more

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10 must-read contemporary books like Cicada Summer by Erica McKeen

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Brainwyrms

Alison Rumfitt

3.66

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Fruit of the Dead

Rachel Lyon

3.54

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youthjuice

E.K. Sathue

3.21

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Please Stop Trying to Leave Me

Alana Saab

4.06

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The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

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Heads Will Roll

Josh Winning

3.69

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Devils Kill Devils

Johnny Compton

3.46

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Monika Kim

3.89

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