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A sun-drenched, martini-soaked love letter to the glamorous decay of 1970s Los Angeles. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Slow days, fast company.
- sun-baked
- hazy
- languid
- nostalgic
- 01
Play It as It Lays
Joan Didion
A sun-bleached, razor-sharp descent into the hollow core of 1960s Hollywood and the fractured psyche of a woman with nothing left to lose.
- 02
I was told there'd be cake
Sloane Crosley
A wry and hilarious celebration of well-intentioned haplessness in the modern city.
- 03
Fast women
Jennifer Crusie
A hilarious, fast-paced romp through mid-life reinvention, complete with messy romance and accidental sleuthing.
- 04
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.
- 05
The chronology of water
Lidia Yuknavitch
A raw, untraditional plunge into grief, fluid sexuality, and the fierce current of survival.
- 06
Hollywood Wives
Jackie Collins · 1983
A deliciously decadent, gossip-fueled romp through the sun-drenched, scandal-ridden mansions of 1980s Los Angeles.
- 07
The pisces
Melissa Broder
A sun-drenched, psychologically complex summer haze where heartbreak meets surreal, seductive fantasy.
- 08
Bad behavior
Mary Gaitskill · 1988
A raw, disenchanted plunge into the longing and angst of an urban fringe generation desperate for connection.
- 09
Sex and the City
Candace Bushnell · 2001
A sharp, cocktail-soaked anthropological study of Manhattan's elite and their cynical, glittering mating rituals.
- 10
The cost of living
Deborah Levy
A vibrant, urgent reflection on dismantling the social hierarchies that diminish women, in pursuit of a life lived with meaning, pleasure, and ultimate freedom.
- 11
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace · 2001
A dizzying, darkly hilarious plunge into the neurotic, self-justifying minds of profoundly alienated people.
- 12
Great dream of heaven
Sam Shepard · 2002
A wry, melancholic exploration of the American West, fractured masculinity, and the quiet desperation of modern life.
