Make Sure You Die Screaming: A Novel
Deliciously offbeat and timely, Zee Carlstrom’s Make Sure You Die Screaming is an expertly balanced combination of hilariously addictive voice and deep, meaningful themes. It’s a road trip through the psyche of modern America with characters you can’t help but see yourself in.
One of NPR's best books of 2025
Named one of the hottest debut novels of 2025 by Goodreads
"It’s Fear and Loathing for the generation devastated by the generation that brought us Fear and Loathing." —Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby
An electrifying debut about a nonbinary corporate burnout embarking on a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas to find their conspiracy-theorist father, who has gone missing
The newly nameless narrator of Make Sure You Die Screaming has rejected the gender b...


