50 Books like Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

by Anonymous

A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.

2.71

77k+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🕸️ Love As Control 🥀 Self-Destructive Lead 🥃 Addiction And Recovery 🌅 Redemption Arc

Diary of an Oxygen Thief 94%

A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.

by Anonymous 2006

2.71

77k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🕸️ Love As Control 🥀 Self-Destructive Lead 🥃 Addiction And Recovery 🌅 Redemption Arc

Acts of Desperation

by Megan Nolan • 2021

A young woman meets a distant man and starts trading herself for his sporadic affection.

3.70

41k+

🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Toxic Relationship 🕳️ Self-Destruction 🗣️ Confessional ⛓️ Emotional Abuse

Acts of Desperation 95%

A young woman meets a distant man and starts trading herself for his sporadic affection.

by Megan Nolan 2021

3.70

41k+ ratings

🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Toxic Relationship 🕳️ Self-Destruction 🗣️ Confessional ⛓️ Emotional Abuse

Men in Love

by Irvine Welsh • 2025

A crew of aging schemers, addicts, and avengers chase love and vengeance across Europe.

3.94

2k+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 💪 Toxic Masculinity 💉 Addiction And Recovery 🏭 Working Class Life 💔 Class Divide Romance

Men in Love 93%

A crew of aging schemers, addicts, and avengers chase love and vengeance across Europe.

by Irvine Welsh 2025

3.94

2k+ ratings

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 💪 Toxic Masculinity 💉 Addiction And Recovery 🏭 Working Class Life 💔 Class Divide Romance

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2018

She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.

3.60

580k+

👤 Female Misanthrope 🗣️ Toxic Friendship 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😐 Deadpan Satire 🌫️ Eerie Calm

My Year of Rest and Relaxation 91%

She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018

3.60

580k+ ratings

👤 Female Misanthrope 🗣️ Toxic Friendship 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😐 Deadpan Satire 🌫️ Eerie Calm

All-Night Pharmacy

by Ruth Madievsky • 2023

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

3.50

8k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 🔍 Missing Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

All-Night Pharmacy 91%

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

by Ruth Madievsky 2023

3.50

8k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 🔍 Missing Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

So Damn Sketchy

by Bonnie Kent • 2020

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

3.93

218

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries 💀 Self Destruction 🏚️ Homelessness

So Damn Sketchy 91%

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

by Bonnie Kent 2020

3.93

218 ratings

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries 💀 Self Destruction 🏚️ Homelessness

Filth

by Irvine Welsh • 1998

A corrupt Edinburgh cop ruins everyone around him while his own body rots from within.

3.82

32k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👮 Corrupt Cop 😈 Dark Comedy 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Filth 91%

A corrupt Edinburgh cop ruins everyone around him while his own body rots from within.

by Irvine Welsh 1998

3.82

32k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👮 Corrupt Cop 😈 Dark Comedy 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

by Jessica Guerrieri • 2025

An artist mother drinks to quiet her other self, until her performance of perfect motherhood breaks.

3.88

6k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence 🪆 Generational Trauma 👯‍♀️ Chosen Sisterhood

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Summary

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 91%

An artist mother drinks to quiet her other self, until her performance of perfect motherhood breaks.

by Jessica Guerrieri 2025

3.88

6k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence 🪆 Generational Trauma 👯‍♀️ Chosen Sisterhood

Little Cruelties

by Liz Nugent • 2020

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

3.76

17k+

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

Little Cruelties 91%

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

by Liz Nugent 2020

3.76

17k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Silver Linings Playbook

by Matthew Quick • 2008

Leaving the psych ward, Pat believes his wife will return; a blunt widow shadows his runs.

3.98

163k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🩹 Recovery Journey 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

The Silver Linings Playbook 91%

Leaving the psych ward, Pat believes his wife will return; a blunt widow shadows his runs.

by Matthew Quick 2008

3.98

163k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🩹 Recovery Journey 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman • 2017

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

4.23

1.4M+

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Mother Wound

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Summary

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 91%

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

by Gail Honeyman 2017

4.23

1.4M+ ratings

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Mother Wound

The Happy Couple

by Naoise Dolan • 2023

Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.

3.32

20k+

🔍 Relationship Autopsy 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 😏 Dark Humor 🖤 Melancholy Romance 🕸️ Entangled Exes

The Happy Couple 91%

Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.

by Naoise Dolan 2023

3.32

20k+ ratings

🔍 Relationship Autopsy 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 😏 Dark Humor 🖤 Melancholy Romance 🕸️ Entangled Exes

Queenie

by Candice Carty-Williams • 2019

A Black journalist unravels after a breakup, numbing the pain with casual sex and toxic encounters.

3.85

158k+

🏙️ Contemporary London 🧠 Mental Health Journey 👩🏾 Black Womanhood 💔 Self-Destructive Spiral 👩‍💼 Workplace Racism

Queenie 91%

A Black journalist unravels after a breakup, numbing the pain with casual sex and toxic encounters.

by Candice Carty-Williams 2019

3.85

158k+ ratings

🏙️ Contemporary London 🧠 Mental Health Journey 👩🏾 Black Womanhood 💔 Self-Destructive Spiral 👩‍💼 Workplace Racism

The Women Behind the Door

by Roddy Doyle • 2024

A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.

3.48

2k+

🖤 Generational Trauma 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🍵 Recovering Alcoholic 😷 Covid Pandemic 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

The Women Behind the Door 93%

A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.

by Roddy Doyle 2024

3.48

2k+ ratings

🖤 Generational Trauma 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🍵 Recovering Alcoholic 😷 Covid Pandemic 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

Choke

by Chuck Palahniuk • 2001

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

3.71

222k+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🤝 Codependent Friendship 💔 Mother-Son Dysfunction

Choke 92%

A sex addict fakes choking in restaurants to pay for his dying mother's care.

by Chuck Palahniuk 2001

3.71

222k+ ratings

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 😈 Dark Satire 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🤝 Codependent Friendship 💔 Mother-Son Dysfunction

The Elements

by John Boyne

On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.

4.43

26k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔄 Cycles Of Abuse 💔 Estranged Parent 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🏝️ Island Isolation

The Elements 92%

On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.

by John Boyne 2025

4.43

26k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔄 Cycles Of Abuse 💔 Estranged Parent 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🏝️ Island Isolation

The Coin

by Yasmin Zaher • 2024

A Palestinian woman scrubs New York clean while a childhood coin remains inside her.

3.42

16k+

🧳 Diasporic Alienation 🧼 Obsessive Rituals ✂️ Caustic Voice 🗽 Contemporary NYC 🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora

The Coin 90%

A Palestinian woman scrubs New York clean while a childhood coin remains inside her.

by Yasmin Zaher 2024

3.42

16k+ ratings

🧳 Diasporic Alienation 🧼 Obsessive Rituals ✂️ Caustic Voice 🗽 Contemporary NYC 🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora

Kiss Me Like You Mean It

by J.R. Rogue • 2018

A poet torn between her husband and a younger lover can't stop sabotaging the love she craves.

3.95

641

🌀 Self-Sabotage In Love 🔁 Toxic Love Cycles 🛋️ Healing Through Therapy 💔 Trauma And Intimacy 🔄 Second Chance Love

Kiss Me Like You Mean It 90%

A poet torn between her husband and a younger lover can't stop sabotaging the love she craves.

by J.R. Rogue 2018

3.95

641 ratings

🌀 Self-Sabotage In Love 🔁 Toxic Love Cycles 🛋️ Healing Through Therapy 💔 Trauma And Intimacy 🔄 Second Chance Love

Slags

by Emma Jane Unsworth • 2025

She quit drinking. Her sister settled down. On a motorhome trip through Scotland, both come undone.

3.35

14k+

🚐 Sister Road Trip 🎭 Wild Sister Good Sister 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🍃 Sobriety Journey 🏔️ Scottish Highlands

Slags 90%

She quit drinking. Her sister settled down. On a motorhome trip through Scotland, both come undone.

by Emma Jane Unsworth 2025

3.35

14k+ ratings

🚐 Sister Road Trip 🎭 Wild Sister Good Sister 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🍃 Sobriety Journey 🏔️ Scottish Highlands

Normal People

by Sally Rooney • 2018

A popular boy and a wealthy outcast girl hide their magnetic connection in small-town Ireland.

3.81

1.9M+

📚 Literary Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💷 Class Difference 😶‍🌫️ Emotional Repression 🏘️ Small Town Ireland

Normal People 90%

A popular boy and a wealthy outcast girl hide their magnetic connection in small-town Ireland.

by Sally Rooney 2018

3.81

1.9M+ ratings

📚 Literary Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💷 Class Difference 😶‍🌫️ Emotional Repression 🏘️ Small Town Ireland

Big Brother

by Lionel Shriver • 2013

A woman wagers her marriage to rescue her brilliant brother from the grip of catastrophic obesity.

3.47

15k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🍔 Food Addiction 👫 Sibling Loyalty 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Dark Comedy

Big Brother 90%

A woman wagers her marriage to rescue her brilliant brother from the grip of catastrophic obesity.

by Lionel Shriver 2013

3.47

15k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🍔 Food Addiction 👫 Sibling Loyalty 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Fathers

by John Niven • 2025

Two Glasgow fathers, opposite lives. When one man's world breaks, the other's becomes his to take.

4.20

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Contemporary Glasgow ⚖️ Class Divide 🪦 Grieving Parent 👨‍👦 Fatherhood 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Fathers 90%

Two Glasgow fathers, opposite lives. When one man's world breaks, the other's becomes his to take.

by John Niven 2025

4.20

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Contemporary Glasgow ⚖️ Class Divide 🪦 Grieving Parent 👨‍👦 Fatherhood 🖤 Dark Comedy

Big Sur

by Jack Kerouac • 1962

A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.

3.83

38k+

🥁 Beat Generation 📖 Autofiction 🎨 Tortured Artist 🍺 Alcoholic Spiral 🪤 Fame As Trap

Big Sur 90%

A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.

by Jack Kerouac 1962

3.83

38k+ ratings

🥁 Beat Generation 📖 Autofiction 🎨 Tortured Artist 🍺 Alcoholic Spiral 🪤 Fame As Trap

The Glass Girl

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2024

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

4.29

23k+

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

The Glass Girl 90%

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2024

4.29

23k+ ratings

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

Women

by Charles Bukowski • 1978

An alcoholic poet, celibate four years, collides with a woman whose chaos equals his own.

3.80

87k+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🍺 Alcoholic Protagonist 💔 Volatile Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

Women 90%

An alcoholic poet, celibate four years, collides with a woman whose chaos equals his own.

by Charles Bukowski 1978

3.80

87k+ ratings

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🍺 Alcoholic Protagonist 💔 Volatile Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

Make Me Famous

by Maud Ventura • 2024

A pop star's relentless hunger for fame burns through lovers, friends, and finally herself.

3.68

5k+

🎵 Music Industry 🖤 Ambitious Antiheroine 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Self-Destruction 🌟 Celebrity Isolation

Make Me Famous 90%

A pop star's relentless hunger for fame burns through lovers, friends, and finally herself.

by Maud Ventura 2024

3.68

5k+ ratings

🎵 Music Industry 🖤 Ambitious Antiheroine 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Self-Destruction 🌟 Celebrity Isolation

Creep

by Emma van Straaten

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Creep 90%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

God Hates Us All

by Hank Moody • 2009

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

3.46

5k+

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy 🌱 Coming Of Age 💊 Drug Dealing

God Hates Us All 92%

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

by Hank Moody 2009

3.46

5k+ ratings

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy 🌱 Coming Of Age 💊 Drug Dealing

Hermit

by Chris McQueer • 2025

A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.

4.15

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🚪 Male Isolation 💻 Online Radicalization

Hermit 92%

A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.

by Chris McQueer 2025

4.15

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🚪 Male Isolation 💻 Online Radicalization

Martyr!

by Kaveh Akbar • 2024

Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.

4.14

200k+

📚 Immigrant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets 💭 Existential Crisis 💪 Addiction Recovery

Martyr! 90%

Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.

by Kaveh Akbar 2024

4.14

200k+ ratings

📚 Immigrant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets 💭 Existential Crisis 💪 Addiction Recovery

Skippy Dies

by Paul Murray • 2010

One schoolboy's death in a doughnut shop exposes the rot beneath a revered Dublin boarding school.

3.81

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Drama 🤫 Institutional Cover-Up 👥 Adolescent Friendship 💔 Abuse Survivor 🖤 Black Comedy

Skippy Dies 90%

One schoolboy's death in a doughnut shop exposes the rot beneath a revered Dublin boarding school.

by Paul Murray 2010

3.81

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Drama 🤫 Institutional Cover-Up 👥 Adolescent Friendship 💔 Abuse Survivor 🖤 Black Comedy

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

by Hilary Mantel • 1985

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

3.59

2k+

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy 🇬🇧 1980s England 🏚️ Social Realism

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY 90%

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

by Hilary Mantel 1985

3.59

2k+ ratings

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy 🇬🇧 1980s England 🏚️ Social Realism

Flat Earth

by Anika Jade Levy • 2025

A broke graduate student commodifies her body, her labor, her envy of her filmmaker best friend.

3.10

2k+

📝 Autofiction 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 😞 Self Loathing 💰 Transactional Intimacy 🎭 Literary Satire

Flat Earth 90%

A broke graduate student commodifies her body, her labor, her envy of her filmmaker best friend.

by Anika Jade Levy 2025

3.10

2k+ ratings

📝 Autofiction 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 😞 Self Loathing 💰 Transactional Intimacy 🎭 Literary Satire

La Antártida del amor

by Sara Stridsberg • 2018

Murdered, she lingers, watching her children inherit the addiction and loss she could not outrun.

3.96

4k+

👻 Dead Narrator 💉 Addiction And Family 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🖤 Dark And Lyrical 💔 Destructive Love

La Antártida del amor 90%

Murdered, she lingers, watching her children inherit the addiction and loss she could not outrun.

by Sara Stridsberg 2018

3.96

4k+ ratings

👻 Dead Narrator 💉 Addiction And Family 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🖤 Dark And Lyrical 💔 Destructive Love

Adelaide

by Genevieve Wheeler • 2023

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

3.93

49k+

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable 👭 Chosen Family 🌧️ Melancholy

Adelaide 90%

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

by Genevieve Wheeler 2023

3.93

49k+ ratings

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable 👭 Chosen Family 🌧️ Melancholy

Adrift

by Will Dean • 2026

A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.

3.78

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Gaslighting 🐻 Protective Mother 🤗 Found Family 😰 Claustrophobic

Adrift 90%

A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.

by Will Dean 2026

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Gaslighting 🐻 Protective Mother 🤗 Found Family 😰 Claustrophobic

More or Less Maddy

by Lisa Genova • 2025

Maddy is a comedian. Maddy is bipolar. Her family wants her stable. She wants the mic.

4.18

33k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😅 Darkly Funny 👩‍👧 Overbearing Mother 👭 Sister Bonds

More or Less Maddy 90%

Maddy is a comedian. Maddy is bipolar. Her family wants her stable. She wants the mic.

by Lisa Genova 2025

4.18

33k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😅 Darkly Funny 👩‍👧 Overbearing Mother 👭 Sister Bonds

The Spinning Heart

by Donal Ryan • 2012

A village in post-crash Ireland speaks: one man's ruin, one father's murder, one child gone.

3.95

12k+

🍀 Rural Ireland 📉 Post-Crash Ireland 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🧬 Generational Trauma 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons

The Spinning Heart 90%

A village in post-crash Ireland speaks: one man's ruin, one father's murder, one child gone.

by Donal Ryan 2012

3.95

12k+ ratings

🍀 Rural Ireland 📉 Post-Crash Ireland 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🧬 Generational Trauma 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons

Saoirse

by Charleen Hurtubise • 2026

An American mother in Donegal has a stolen name. Her past is painted into every canvas.

3.96

5k+

📖 Trauma Narrative 🎭 Stolen Identity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Abusive Relationship 🎨 Artist Protagonist

Saoirse 90%

An American mother in Donegal has a stolen name. Her past is painted into every canvas.

by Charleen Hurtubise 2026

3.96

5k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Narrative 🎭 Stolen Identity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Abusive Relationship 🎨 Artist Protagonist

Favourite Daughter

by Morgan Dick • 2025

A teacher's inheritance forces therapy, where her therapist is the half-sister she never knew.

3.58

9k+

👭 Estranged Sisters 🤫 Family Secrets 💰 Inheritance Drama 🍸 Alcoholic Protagonist 🛋️ Therapy Subplot

Favourite Daughter 92%

A teacher's inheritance forces therapy, where her therapist is the half-sister she never knew.

by Morgan Dick 2025

3.58

9k+ ratings

👭 Estranged Sisters 🤫 Family Secrets 💰 Inheritance Drama 🍸 Alcoholic Protagonist 🛋️ Therapy Subplot

Just Watch Me

by Lior Torenberg • 2026

Broke and grieving, she streams her self-destruction for an audience that pays by the pepper.

3.51

7k+

🎥 Influencer Culture 😈 Unlikable Narrator ⚡ Self-Destruction 🥀 Sibling Grief 📱 Parasocial Relationships

Just Watch Me 91%

Broke and grieving, she streams her self-destruction for an audience that pays by the pepper.

by Lior Torenberg 2026

3.51

7k+ ratings

🎥 Influencer Culture 😈 Unlikable Narrator ⚡ Self-Destruction 🥀 Sibling Grief 📱 Parasocial Relationships

Lost Lambs

by Madeline Cash

An open marriage backfires and three unsupervised sisters tumble into their town's darkest secret.

3.84

65k+

🏠 Domestic Satire 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Lost Lambs 89%

An open marriage backfires and three unsupervised sisters tumble into their town's darkest secret.

by Madeline Cash 2026

3.84

65k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Satire 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌊 Coastal Small Town

The Bee Sting

by Paul Murray • 2023

An Irish family fractures under debt, blackmail, and the weight of a dead brother's ghost.

3.88

141k+

☘️ Irish Family Saga 🚪 Closeted Sexuality 👯 Teenage Friendship 🪦 Survivors Guilt 💸 Financial Ruin

The Bee Sting 90%

An Irish family fractures under debt, blackmail, and the weight of a dead brother's ghost.

by Paul Murray 2023

3.88

141k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Family Saga 🚪 Closeted Sexuality 👯 Teenage Friendship 🪦 Survivors Guilt 💸 Financial Ruin

The Nest

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2016

Four siblings, one trust fund, and the crash that forces them to finally grow up.

3.41

183k+

🏠 Family Saga ⏳ Midlife Reckoning ✍️ Creative Block 🖤 Darkly Comic 🗽 New York City

The Nest 90%

Four siblings, one trust fund, and the crash that forces them to finally grow up.

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016

3.41

183k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga ⏳ Midlife Reckoning ✍️ Creative Block 🖤 Darkly Comic 🗽 New York City

Careering

by Daisy Buchanan • 2022

A sex-blogging intern and a passed-over editor chase a media dream, finding the ladders are rigged.

3.31

5k+

🏢 Toxic Workplace 📰 Media Satire ✍️ Confessional Writing 👩‍🏭 Working Class Woman 👯 Female Friendship

Careering 89%

A sex-blogging intern and a passed-over editor chase a media dream, finding the ladders are rigged.

by Daisy Buchanan 2022

3.31

5k+ ratings

🏢 Toxic Workplace 📰 Media Satire ✍️ Confessional Writing 👩‍🏭 Working Class Woman 👯 Female Friendship

Bloody Awful in Different Ways

by Andrev Walden • 2023

A Swedish boy drifts through his mother's dangerous men, each a lesson in what love is not.

4.04

22k+

🖋️ Autofiction 🇸🇪 Scandinavian Childhood 💔 Absent Fathers 🏚️ Domestic Violence 🎨 Bohemian Upbringing

Bloody Awful in Different Ways 89%

A Swedish boy drifts through his mother's dangerous men, each a lesson in what love is not.

by Andrev Walden 2023

4.04

22k+ ratings

🖋️ Autofiction 🇸🇪 Scandinavian Childhood 💔 Absent Fathers 🏚️ Domestic Violence 🎨 Bohemian Upbringing

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins • 2015

An alcoholic watches a couple from her train. The wife vanishes; the watcher remembers nothing.

3.96

3.3M+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🍷 Alcoholic Narrator 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Voyeurism

The Girl on the Train 89%

An alcoholic watches a couple from her train. The wife vanishes; the watcher remembers nothing.

by Paula Hawkins 2015

3.96

3.3M+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🍷 Alcoholic Narrator 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Voyeurism

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Big Swiss 89%

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

La Dernière Allumette

by Marie Vareille • 2024

Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.

4.61

7k+

👻 Posthumous Narrator 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🏚️ Domestic Violence 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Trauma

La Dernière Allumette 89%

Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.

by Marie Vareille 2024

4.61

7k+ ratings

👻 Posthumous Narrator 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🏚️ Domestic Violence 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Trauma

Feuchtgebiete

by Charlotte Roche • 2008

A hospitalized teenager tells the unvarnished story of her body's taboos and her family's wounds.

2.88

12k+

💥 Transgressive Fiction 💔 Dysfunctional Family 😈 Dark Humor ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Medical Setting

Feuchtgebiete 89%

A hospitalized teenager tells the unvarnished story of her body's taboos and her family's wounds.

by Charlotte Roche 2008

2.88

12k+ ratings

💥 Transgressive Fiction 💔 Dysfunctional Family 😈 Dark Humor ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Medical Setting

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