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Nightbitch

You'll enjoy these titles because: These bizarre stories of women on the brink of physical and metaphysical transformation are as wickedly funny as they are deeply unsettling.

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  • When an affair with an owl leaves Tiny pregnant with an owl-baby, she finds her life forever changed as she fiercely devotes herself to raising her strange and violent daughter. Both "Nightbitch" and "Chouette" are dark and visceral fever…
    BookNew York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — F OSHET
  • Still reeling from the death of her younger sister, becoming a mother, and losing the freedom to experiment with sex and psychedelics, Kit finds the boundaries between fantasy and reality are blurring. Fans of "Nightbitch" will appreciate…
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — F PARSO
  • Visited by her dead grandmother--in the body of a parakeet--and instructed to reconnect with her estranged brother in the week leading up to her wedding, The Bride begins a strange and increasingly unhinged journey. "Nightbitch" fans will…
    BookNew York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. — F BERTI
  • Part body horror, part coming-of-age story, "Chlorine" follows competitive swimmer Ren, who not only longs to be a mermaid but is willing to push her mind and body beyond all limits in order to succeed. Fans of "Nightbitch" will love this…
    BookNew York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — F SONG
  • With her father in the ICU and her husband's health failing, the unnamed narrator of "Death Valley" heads to the desert for a series of surreal hikes, exploring her grief and a mystical cactus in this dark comedy. "Nightbitch" fans will…
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2023. — F BRODE
  • After being the subject of her husband's novels and having her identity subsumed, Rui swallows a bowl of seeds and grows into an ever-expanding forest in this surrealist, feminist fable. Ayase's novel and "Nightbitch" blend fantasy and…
    BookBerkeley : Counterpoint, 2023. — F AYASE
  • Kakimoto's collection of stories--full of talking geckos, Elvis impersonators, pork curses, and Faustian bikini waxes--weave Hawaiian mythology with magical realism to explore gender and colonialism. Fans of "Nightbitch" will love the…
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury, 2023. — F KAKIM
  • Piglet's perfectly elegant wedding to her perfect fiance is fast approaching; however, when her fiance makes a startling confession, Piglet's life becomes entirely consumed by her ravenous appetite. Both "Piglet" and "Nightbitch" follow…
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — F HAZEL