If you enjoy reading books by Eliza Clark then you might also like the following authors:
Ottessa Moshfegh writes dark and unsettling stories filled with characters who are flawed and uncomfortably relatable. She captures personal isolation and self-awareness with sharp, unapologetic humor.
Her novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation follows a young woman who tries to disconnect from reality by sleeping her life away, delivering a darkly funny take on existential dread.
Megan Nolan portrays relationships and desire with brutal honesty, often exploring intense emotional vulnerability. In her novel Acts of Desperation, Nolan depicts an intense, toxic romance with clarity, vividly capturing obsession and self-destructive love in modern life.
Sally Rooney is known for novels about young adults navigating relationships, identity, and class through crisp dialogue and thoughtful insights. Her characters' internal struggles often mirror their societal pressures.
In Normal People, Rooney portrays the complex, shifting connection between two young people, laying bare how intimacy and social differences shape our lives.
Raven Leilani writes sharp, witty explorations of race, class, and messy relationships. In her debut novel Luster, Leilani creates Edie, a young Black woman navigating complicated affections and uncertain ambitions.
Her writing is insightful, funny, and fearless in examining contemporary identity and desire.
Caroline O'Donoghue crafts engaging stories that blend humor, mystery, and incisive examinations of contemporary women's experiences.
Her novel Promising Young Women cleverly tackles workplace power dynamics and friendship, offering a fresh, sharp look at ambition, vulnerability, and exploitation in modern life.
Naoise Dolan writes sharp, witty novels filled with clever observations and biting humor about modern relationships and identity. Her clear prose and insightful dialogue reveal the emotions beneath her characters' outward detachment.
In her novel Exciting Times, Dolan explores contemporary romance, friendships, and the complexities young people face in finding authentic connections in our cultural landscape.
Gillian Flynn crafts dark psychological thrillers known for their complex, morally ambiguous characters and twisty plots. Her writing style is sharp and edgy, without flinching from unnerving or disturbing elements.
Her novel Gone Girl takes an unsettling look at marriage, identity, and manipulation, offering a chilling portrait of relationships gone wrong.
Mona Awad's novels often blend humor, darkness, and slightly surreal storytelling to explore women's struggles with identity, conformity, and body image issues. Her narratives combine wit and a relatable yet unsettling sense of unease.
In Bunny, Awad presents a satirical take on academic life and social cliques, mixing absurdity and horror in an intriguing way.
Sayaka Murata writes distinctly offbeat stories about outsiders attempting to navigate the pressures of everyday life and societal expectations. Her direct, minimalist prose captures how oddly society reacts to those who break from tradition.
The novel Convenience Store Woman portrays a woman who is content living outside Japan's mainstream norms, sparking questions about conformity, loneliness, and identity.
Halle Butler creates sharply observed, darkly humorous stories of young adults stuck in mediocre jobs and unfulfilling lives.
Her blunt, understated writing highlights the gap between her characters' expectations and reality, making her narratives simultaneously funny and brutally honest.
Her novel The New Me vividly portrays the frustrating, tedious experiences of millennial work culture, capturing profound discomfort alongside dark humor.
Emma Cline writes sharp-eyed fiction about complex and often unsettling human relationships. Her novel The Girls is set against the backdrop of a cult in 1960s California. It explores adolescent obsession, loneliness, and the dangerous allure of belonging.
Readers who enjoyed Eliza Clark's sharp social commentary and the exploration of dark human connections will find Emma Cline equally fascinating.
Jean Kyoung Frazier's writing speaks frankly about the confusion and humor within young adulthood. Her novel Pizza Girl introduces us to an aimless young woman navigating love, pregnancy, and identity crises in suburban Los Angeles.
Frazier shares with Eliza Clark a candid, often darkly funny look at millennial disillusionment.
Marlowe Granados captures young adulthood in vibrant, stylish prose that is witty and vivid. Her novel Happy Hour features a charismatic young protagonist casually drifting through New York City parties, friendships, and fleeting romances.
If you're drawn to Eliza Clark's wit and style, Granados offers equally spirited storytelling, full of clever observations and sparkling dialogue.
Catherine Lacey creates stories with characters caught up in unsettling personal crises and unpredictable connections.
Her novel The Answers explores themes of intimacy, identity, and emotional experimentation through the story of a woman taking part in a bizarre relationship experiment.
Lacey's insightful approach to human emotions and modern life strongly echoes Eliza Clark's sharp, unsettling narratives.
Chris Kraus combines deeply personal fiction and sharp cultural criticism, confronting art, identity, and relationships with honesty and boldness. Her book I Love Dick blends fiction, theory, and memoir, boldly tackling desire, ambition, and gender dynamics.
Fans of Eliza Clark's direct and fearless exploration of complex social themes will appreciate Kraus's similarly candid style.