Books To Read if You Liked Fruit Fly

Fruit Fly is a sharp, darkly funny story about a washed-up author who will stop at nothing to return to relevancy, even if it means stealing someone else’s story. Unsurprisingly, there are plenty of books about books, writers and the writing process – and not everyone gets their own happy ending. If you liked reading Josh Silver’s Fruit Fly, check out these other books that will give you the same feeling…or inspire you to write the next great novel.

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How far would you go to write the perfect story? An author with writer’s block appropriates someone else’s life story in this humorous satirical thriller.

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This slow build turns itself upside down for an unexpected ride that only intensifies as the plot progresses. After a writer steals an idea for a book, fact and fiction begin to blur, and you'll start to question everything.

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After the death of mystery author Arthur Fletch, six unknown writers are recruited to finish the author’s final novel. But the group quickly becomes entangled in a twisted game in this clever locked-room mystery.

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10 years after a summer job turns into a fatal disaster, Hope Jenkins is shocked to open the newest novel by her former boss and bestselling author Rosie Glencourt to find an exact retelling of that fateful event she tried to forget. Revenge and obsession are written all over this twisty psychological thriller.

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June and Athena were meant to be twin rising stars in the publishing industry, but when Athena’s fame skyrocketed, June questioned the true nature of her fame — leading her to do the unthinkable. The bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War trilogy now turns to a razor-sharp inquisition of the publishing industry.

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A famous author at the mercy of his biggest fan, who really doesn't like what he's been writing lately. Stephen King weaves his typical mastery of thrills and terrors in this captivating story that will grip you until the very end.

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A marriage unravels and reality begins to blur when an author accepts a strange job offer. This is the edge-of-your-seat domestic drama you’ll want to talk about with everyone you know.

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An imposing influencer winds up dead — and her twin jumps on the opportunity to get the life she’s always wanted. Sharp, taut and intoxicating, you’ll want to read this one in a single sitting.

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Appreciate the absurdity of language with this dual-narrative story of a Victorian-era dictionary editor and the young intern tasked with combing through his work 100 years later. The awkward complexities of life transcend time in this charming and oddly funny work.

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Struggling writer James finally gets his big break, and it’s no big deal that his editor happens to be the beloved and ultra-famous Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. James is pushed to improve himself as a writer and a friend with the help of his unlikely collaborator in this funny and heartfelt story.

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This twisty, mind-bending book-within-a-book narrative follows Marcus Goldman, an author whose problems range from writer’s block to cold case murder. This whodunit is filled with oddball characters and layers upon layers of literary puzzles.