Books like Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin reads as anxious, darkly humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney · 2017

Same literary feel

57% genome match

Pizza Girl

Jean Kyoung Frazier · 2020

Same literary feel

63% genome match

Chanson douce

Leïla Slimani · 2016

Both explore mental health

61% genome match

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh · 2018

Both explore mental health

83% genome match

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors · 2022

Both explore mental health

57% genome match

Writers & Lovers

Lily King · 2020

Same literary feel

54% genome match

The pisces

Melissa Broder · 2018

Same literary feel

54% genome match

Peanuts Treasury

Charles M. Schulz · 1968

Both explore existentialism & anxiety

68% genome match

American housewife

Helen Ellis · 2016

Same literary feel

56% genome match

Sleeveless

Natasha Stagg · 2019

Same literary feel

57% genome match

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

Same literary feel

54% genome match

The Nine-Chambered Heart

Janice Pariat · 2017

Same literary feel

51% genome match