12 must-read contemporary books like Saltburn: The Screenplay by Emerald Fennell

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Saltburn: The Screenplay

By: Emerald Fennell

4.29

Format: None pages, None

An Oxford student becomes entwined with a charismatic peer and his peculiar noble family during a s…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Saltburn: The Screenplay by Emerald Fennell , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Mapping the Interior

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.79

Format: 131 pages, ebook

Walking through his own house at night, a fifteen-year-old thinks he sees another person stepping t… read more

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"I'm all right," I told her. This is a lie, when you're twelve. And all the other years, too."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Mapping the Interior

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2. Out of Oz (The Wicked Years, #4)

By: Gregory Maguire , Douglas Smith

3.85

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda … read more

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"You always said I could see the present,"

-Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz (The Wicked Years, #4)

"Of course. You get everything from books."

-Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz (The Wicked Years, #4)

"Don't wish,"said Rain, "don't start. Wishing only..."

-Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz (The Wicked Years, #4)

"The tedious never die; that's what makes them tedious."

-Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz (The Wicked Years, #4)

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3. Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1)

By: C.J. Skuse

3.90

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

The last person who called me Sweetpea ended up dead…I haven’t killed anyone for three years, and I… read more

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  • contemporary

4. La sociedad de la nieve

By: Pablo Vierci

3.76

Format: 168 pages,

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5. Black Chalk

By: Christopher J. Yates

4.13

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

It was only ever meant to be a game played by six best friends in their first year at Oxford Univer… read more

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  • contemporary

6. A Simple Favor

By: Darcey Bell , Juliane Pahnke

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

She's your best friend. She knows all your secrets. That's why she's so dangerous. A single mother'… read more

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7. Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, #5)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

5.00

Format: None pages,

Philipp und Anne konnen es kaum glauben: Dunkel vermummte Gestalten klettern zum magischen Baumhaus… read more

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8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

By: Michel Gondry , Charlie Kaufman , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this illuminating script book, Charlie Kaufman, the Academy Award(r)-nominated screenwriter of B… read more

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9. When Harry Met Sally

By: Nora Ephron

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

A romantic comedy about the difficult, frustrating, awful, funny search for happiness in an America… read more

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10. 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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11. Envelope Poems

By: Emily Dickinson , Jen Bervin , None

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Although a very prolific poet--and arguably America's greatest--Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) publish… read more

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12. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

By: Charles Brandt

4.12

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more

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13. Cat Person

By: Kristen Roupenian

3.67

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

She thought, brightly, This is the worst life decision I have ever made! And she marvelled at herse… read more

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  • contemporary
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14. Cut and Thirst

By: Margaret Atwood

3.15

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, a… read more

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  • contemporary
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15. Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems

By: Megan Fox

3.76

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Megan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over… read more

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16. What I'd Rather Not Think About

By: Jente Posthuma

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without t… read more

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  • contemporary
"Cracks in the ground aren't always visible to the naked eye. Every movement has the potential to take you down."

-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About

"This was shocking to me, because if the oldest person I knew understood even less about the world than I did, then how was it possible that other adults had all the answers? And what was the point of…"

-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About

"To be a natural presence, you shouldn't take up too much space, which I always found easy at the beginning of a friendship. It felt nice to reshape myself into precisely the right format until the mo…"

-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About

Cover of Talia (Talia, #1) by Daniel J. Volpe

17. Talia (Talia, #1)

By: Daniel J. Volpe

3.66

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 1990s the rising popularity of the video cassette gave birth to a seedy, underground w… read more

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  • contemporary
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18. Midsommar

By: Ari Aster

4.31

Format: 118 pages, None

The Screenplay from the new horror film by Ari Aster (Hereditary). Dani and Christian are a youn… read more

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  • contemporary
"You start with the unfathomable and you end with the unfathomable."

-Ari Aster, Midsommar

"But do you feel HELD by him, Dani? Does he feel like a HOME to you?"

-Ari Aster, Midsommar

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19. Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

By: Kristen R. Ghodsee

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done rig… read more

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"If done properly, socialism leads to economic independence, better labor conditions, better work/family balance, and, yes, even better sex."

-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

"The state of being female is complicated by other categories such as class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and so on."

-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

"You are not a commodity. Your depression and anxiety are not just chemical imbalances in your brain but reasonable responses to a system that thrives on your dehumanization."

-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

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20. Mrs. S

By: K. Patrick

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more

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  • contemporary
"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."

-K. Patrick, Mrs. S

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21. The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life

By: Lauren Martin

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Happiness Project meets So Sad Today in this "hilariously witty, unflinchingly honest" book fro… read more

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"The past was too heavy & the future too forceful to truly escape. Instead, I'd have to learn to travel through the recesses of my mind, back and forth between the three plateaus- past, present , futu…"

-Lauren Martin, The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life

"In the same way it takes ten thousand hours to master a skill, it takes ten thousand uncomfortable moments to acquire strength. And if you can look at every delay as a chance to practice patience and…"

-Lauren Martin, The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life

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22. Barbie: The Screenplay

By: Greta Gerwig

4.74

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Barbie's perfect life spirals into existential chaos, prompting a soul-searching journey that chall… read more

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23. Lady Bird [Screenplay]

By: Greta Gerwig

4.54

Format: 115 pages, None

A teenager navigates a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong-willed mother over the cou… read more

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  • contemporary
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24. The Banshees of Inisherin

By: Martin McDonagh

4.59

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

What is he, twelve? Why doesn't he want to be friends with you no more?1923. As shots ring out from… read more

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25. Ponyboy

By: Eliot Duncan

3.64

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An evocative debut novel of trans-masculinity, addiction, and the pain and joy of becoming. In t… read more

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  • contemporary
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26. Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 2

By: Singshong

4.70

Format: 903 pages, ebook

Episode 37 - Episode 53 Only I know the end of this world. One day our MC finds himself stuck… read more

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"Yoo Joonghyuk looked at me like I was mentally ill. "Kim Dokja! Don't say anything else!" Of course, I kept talking."

-Singshong, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 2

"You(Kim Dokja) are like dough made by anyone while a god was carving him(Yoo Joonghyuk) for a thousand days." - Jang Hayoung"

-Singshong, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 2

"[The stigma ‘Regression Lv. 3’ has been activated!] It was cruel. Was this really how it ended? How did I(Kim Dokja) get here? Would Yoo Jonghyuk really die here? Then a single line emerged. [Incarna…"

-Singshong, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 2

"I smiled slightly while covering my eyes with both hands. I didn’t appear so on the surface but I wanted to say that I was smiling. In the small darkness created with both hands, Yoo Joonghyuk’s voic…"

-Singshong, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 2

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27. Succession – Season One: The Complete Scripts

By: Jesse Armstrong

4.86

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete, authorised scripts, including deleted scenes, of the multiple award-winning Successio… read more

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  • contemporary
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28. Little Women: The Screenplay

By: Greta Gerwig

4.74

Format: 125 pages, ebook

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War. Greta Gerwig’s “Little Wo… read more

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"Just because my dreams are different than yours, it doesn't mean they're unimportant."

-Greta Gerwig, Little Women: The Screenplay

"Women. They have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition. And they’ve got talent as well as just beauty. And I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a …"

-Greta Gerwig, Little Women: The Screenplay

Cover of Love's Hunt (Tales From the Toy Box) by Vivian Murdoch

29. Love's Hunt (Tales From the Toy Box)

By: Vivian Murdoch

3.64

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

The crunch of leaves, a crisp wind in the dark, and her alluring scent. Alpha Alex hunts his omega,… read more

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30. Every Exquisite Thing (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #3)

By: Cassandra Clare

4.29

Format: 2 pages, Audiobook

Anna Lightwood, eldest child of Gabriel and Cecily, is mad, bad and dangerously dapper. Every rake … read more

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"My grandfather was a worm."

-Cassandra Clare, Every Exquisite Thing (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #3)

"I do not have to be only one thing."

-Cassandra Clare, Every Exquisite Thing (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #3)

"He loved them all too much to say no."

-Cassandra Clare, Every Exquisite Thing (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #3)

"He would have given anything to be with the one he loved."

-Cassandra Clare, Every Exquisite Thing (Ghosts of the Shadow Market, #3)

Cover of Saltburn: The Screenplay by Emerald Fennell

31. Saltburn: The Screenplay

By: Emerald Fennell

4.29

Format: None pages, None

An Oxford student becomes entwined with a charismatic peer and his peculiar noble family during a s… read more

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  • contemporary

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Ai Qianshui de Wuzei

4.75

Transform Your Habits

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Ai Qianshui de Wuzei

4.53

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Singshong

4.70

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4.71

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