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Books like Bad behavior
A raw, disenchanted plunge into the longing and angst of an urban fringe generation desperate for connection. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Bad behavior.
- gritty
- melancholic
- yearning
- shadowy
- 01
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July
A tender, delightfully weird exploration of lonely people fumbling toward connection in the most unexpected ways.
- 02
Pastoralia
George Saunders · 2000
A hilarious, heartbreaking funhouse mirror reflecting the soul-crushing absurdities of modern work and life.
- 03
Reasons to live
Amy Hempel · 1985
A masterclass in saying everything by saying almost nothing, wrapping profound grief in sharp, brittle wit.
- 04
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster · 1999
A hypnotic, noir-tinged descent into the labyrinth of the self, disguised as a detective novel.
- 05
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace · 2001
A dizzying, darkly hilarious plunge into the neurotic, self-justifying minds of profoundly alienated people.
- 06
The tsar of love and techno
Anthony Marra
A darkly funny, deeply humane tapestry of interconnected lives surviving the absurdities and tragedies of a fractured empire.
- 07
The Candy House
Jennifer Egan
A dazzling, kaleidoscopic puzzle box of a narrative that explores the aching human desire for connection in an age of hyper-surveillance.
- 08
This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz
A raw, rhythmic autopsy of heartbreak and self-sabotage told by a narrator who can't stop breaking his own heart.
- 09
Get in Trouble
Kelly Link
A darkly playful plunge into a world where suburban anxieties and teenage sleepovers collide with ghosts, superheroes, and the uncanny.
- 10
Sunset Park
Paul Auster
A melancholic, multi-perspective portrait of fractured lives seeking sanctuary in the shadow of economic collapse.
- 11
Difficult Women
Roxane Gay
A raw, unflinching exploration that lays bare the painful and defiant realities of navigating the world in a woman's body.
- 12
Magic for beginners
Kelly Link
A surreal, pop-culture-infused fever dream where the mundane and the magical bleed seamlessly into one another.
