Books like My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh reads as detached, darkly humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The pisces
Melissa Broder · 2018
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69% genome match
The Lover's Dictionary
David Levithan · 2010
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69% genome match
Outline
Rachel Cusk · 2014
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69% genome match
The Details
Ia Genberg · 2022
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69% genome match
Sleeveless
Natasha Stagg · 2019
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69% genome match
Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh · 2020
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69% genome match
The collected stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis · 2009
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69% genome match
Nobody Is Ever Missing, A Novel
Catherine Lacey · 2014
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69% genome match
Out of the Dark
Patrick Modiano · 1998
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69% genome match
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892
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69% genome match
Holding still for as long as possible
Zoe Whittall · 2009
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69% genome match
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles · 1948
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69% genome match
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