25 Top contemporary books like My First Book by Honor Levy

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My First Book

By: Honor Levy

3.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From groundbreaking debut author Honor Levy, stories to delight and ensnare Walking the wire betwe…

"I HAV3 CHOS3N T3H WAY OF FA3THFUL3SS"

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"Nerf is a verb now. I'm gonna nerf all you faggots, give me that grenade."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"Zoe laughs like Tinkerbell, the air whistling between the gaps in her teeth. She’s definitely not a dog."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

If you liked the contemporary plot in My First Book by Honor Levy , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan

1. The Sarah Book

By: Scott McClanahan

4.50

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

"McClanahan's prose is miasmic, dizzying, repetitive. A rushing river of words that reflects the ch… read more

Similar categories in Scott McClanahan's The Sarah Book book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • american
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Perfume & Pain

By: Anna Dorn

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more

Similar categories in Anna Dorn's Perfume & Pain book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."

-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain

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3. All Fours

By: Miranda July

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more

Similar categories in Miranda July's All Fours book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

Cover of Exhibit by R.O. Kwon

4. Exhibit

By: R.O. Kwon

3.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more

Similar categories in R.O. Kwon's Exhibit book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Earth Angel

By: Madeline Cash

4.05

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

In her electric debut, Madeline Cash synthesizes the godlessness of a digital age into a glimmering… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of My First Book by Honor Levy

7. My First Book

By: Honor Levy

3.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From groundbreaking debut author Honor Levy, stories to delight and ensnare Walking the wire betwe… read more

Similar categories in Honor Levy's My First Book book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • cultural
  • literary fiction
  • american
  • literature
  • short stories
  • essays
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I HAV3 CHOS3N T3H WAY OF FA3THFUL3SS"

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"Nerf is a verb now. I'm gonna nerf all you faggots, give me that grenade."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"Zoe laughs like Tinkerbell, the air whistling between the gaps in her teeth. She’s definitely not a dog."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

Cover of Parade by Rachel Cusk

8. Parade

By: Rachel Cusk

3.70

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

From the exhilarating mind of Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline trilogy, Parade disturbs and defin… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Cusk's Parade book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"He knew that [his work] embodied change, and he wasn’t interested in change. He was interested in the fragments that change leaves behind in its storming passage toward the future."

-Rachel Cusk, Parade

"Not to be understood is effectively to be silenced, but not understanding can in its turn legitimise that silence, can illuminate one’s own unknowability. Art is the pact of individuals denying socie…"

-Rachel Cusk, Parade

"Sanity and insanity were not opposites but rather were the two faces of inanimate matter, the point at which the existence of consciousness can get no further in breaking down the existence of substa…"

-Rachel Cusk, Parade

"The impulse to have a child is very often a response to the woman’s own childhood, as though her childhood has left her incomplete, or has taken a part of her that she is driven to find again. The st…"

-Rachel Cusk, Parade

Cover of A Good Happy Girl by Marissa Higgins

9. A Good Happy Girl

By: Marissa Higgins

3.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, surprising, and immersive read about a young professional woman pursuing an emotionally… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Higgins's A Good Happy Girl book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Fuccboi

By: Sean Thor Conroe

3.07

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

A fearless and savagely funny examination of masculinity under late capitalism from an electrifying… read more

Similar categories in Sean Thor Conroe's Fuccboi book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Novelist

By: Jordan Castro

3.41

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

Brisk and shockingly witty, exuberantly scatological as well as deeply wise, The Novelist is a deli… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Castro's The Novelist book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • american
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Leave Society by Tao Lin

12. Leave Society

By: Tao Lin

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A bold portrait of a writer working to balance all his lives—as an artist, a son, and a loner. A VI… read more

Similar categories in Tao Lin's Leave Society book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • american
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Patched-together or hard-won coverings of positivity flew away with ridiculous suddenness, like hats, or else gradually and unceremoniously, over days, like paint."

-Tao Lin, Leave Society

Cover of Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti

13. Alphabetical Diaries

By: Sheila Heti

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Heti's Alphabetical Diaries book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • essays
Cover of Molly by Blake Butler

14. Molly

By: Blake Butler

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping, unforgettable memoir from one of the best, most original writers of the 21st century. … read more

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15. Ask Me Again

By: Clare Sestanovich

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize nominee whose short stories received instant acclaim (“Sparing… read more

Similar categories in Clare Sestanovich's Ask Me Again book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. No Judgment: Essays

By: Lauren Oyler

3.30

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

From the national bestselling novelist and essayist, a groundbreaking collection of brand-new piece… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Oyler's No Judgment: Essays book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • cultural
  • short stories
  • essays
"I’m told I should smoke more weed, which I don’t like, or else “do something nice for yourself,"

-Lauren Oyler, No Judgment: Essays

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17. Bitter Water Opera

By: Nicolette Polek

4.03

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

An electrifying debut novel about art, solitude, family, and faith in a world without it In 1967, … read more

Similar categories in Nicolette Polek's Bitter Water Opera book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

18. Intermezzo

By: Sally Rooney

4.34

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.… read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Intermezzo book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Brat

By: Gabriel Smith

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protag… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel Smith's Brat book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I chose this one. This is the one I care about."

-Gabriel Smith, Brat

Cover of Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet

20. Mood Swings

By: Frankie Barnet

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, a young Instagram poet starts an affair with a Calif… read more

Similar categories in Frankie Barnet's Mood Swings book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of In Tongues by Thomas Grattan

21. In Tongues

By: Thomas Grattan

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A young gay man upends the lives of a powerful art-world couple in this steamy novel of self-discov… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Grattan's In Tongues book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays by Elisa Gabbert

22. Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays

By: Elisa Gabbert

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of… read more

Similar categories in Elisa Gabbert's Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literature
  • short stories
  • essays
  • contemporary
Cover of Hard Copy by Fien Veldman

23. 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 Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Liars by Sarah Manguso

24. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Manguso's Liars book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

Cover of Scammer by Caroline Calloway

25. Scammer

By: Caroline Calloway

3.56

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

The first memoir from noted scammer Caroline Calloway. read more

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Cover of Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin

26. Scaffolding

By: Lauren Elkin

3.86

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of two couples who live in the same apartment in north-east Paris almost fifty years apar… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Elkin's Scaffolding book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg

27. State of Paradise

By: Laura van den Berg

3.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A heart-racing fun house of uncanniness hidden in Florida’s underbelly, from a reality-warping stor… read more

Similar categories in Laura van den Berg's State of Paradise book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Coin by Yasmin Zaher

28. The Coin

By: Yasmin Zaher

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling, far from home, as she gets… read more

Similar categories in Yasmin Zaher's The Coin book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And the poet, he asked, who was it again? Aisha didn't know him, neither did Matthew. But, of course, Gregory did. He asked if he was the 9/11 denier. No, definitely not a denier, but very vocal when…"

-Yasmin Zaher, The Coin

Cover of SILLYBOY by Peter Vack

29. SILLYBOY

By: Peter Vack

3.72

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

A classic love story between a meme-lord edgeboy and a tattoo artist e-girl. read more

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Cover of Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler

30. Banal Nightmare

By: Halle Butler

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more

Similar categories in Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Let Me Try Again by Matthew   Davis

31. Let Me Try Again

By: Matthew Davis

4.36

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

A Romantic Tragicomedy of Faith, Family, and Folly Ross, twenty-three, isn’t nearly as clever as… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Davis's Let Me Try Again book and Honor Levy's My First Book

  • fiction
  • contemporary

25 must-read fiction books like My First Book by Honor Levy

Transform Your Habits

The Sarah Book

Scott McClanahan

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Transform Your Habits

Fat City

Leonard Gardner

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Taipei

Tao Lin

3.33

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How Should a Person Be?

Sheila Heti

4.33

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Jesus' Son

Denis Johnson

4.26

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