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Books like Screwed
A relentlessly paced, darkly comedic plunge into a seedy underworld full of bizarre twists and underdog grit. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Screwed.
- chaotic
- seedy
- high-energy
- absurd
- 01
Half Moon Investigations
Eoin Colfer
A pint-sized private eye brings hardboiled noir attitude to the cutthroat world of middle school.
- 02
Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex
Eoin Colfer
A chaotic, high-tech magical adventure where the greatest threat to a teenage mastermind is his own fracturing mind.
- 03
Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
by Eoin Colfer
A clever, time-bending heist where the ultimate antagonist is the protagonist's own ruthless past.
- 04
Staked: The Iron Druid Chronicles
Kevin Hearne
A globe-trotting, myth-colliding urban fantasy where ancient grudges meet modern snark.
- 05
Stiletto
Daniel O'Malley
A delightfully macabre and sharply witty urban fantasy where supernatural diplomacy is just as deadly as the monsters.
- 06
Hexed
Kevin Hearne
A snarky, high-octane urban fantasy where ancient mythology collides violently with modern-day Arizona.
- 07
The Secret Place
Tana French
A claustrophobic, fiercely psychological dive into the intoxicating and dangerous world of teenage female friendship.
- 08
Bad monkey
Carl Hiaasen
A sun-baked, laugh-out-loud romp through the weirdest corners of Florida, where the crimes are as bizarre as the locals.
- 09
The Quickie
Patterson, James William · 2007
A breathless, twist-laden descent into the disastrous consequences of a single bad decision.
- 10
Rule 34
Charles Stross
A darkly comedic, second-person plunge into the bizarre and paranoid underbelly of near-future internet policing.
- 11
Timmy Failure
Stephan Pastis
A delightfully absurd, deadpan romp through the mind of a spectacularly oblivious kid detective and his polar bear partner.
- 12
I Hear the Sirens in the Street
Adrian McKinty
A gritty, high-stakes police procedural steeped in the dangerous political atmosphere of 1980s Northern Ireland.
