I’m looking for a book that has a similar experience to watching the HBO TV show White Lotus. A book that’s funny, clever, sexy, possibly some murder. I like the feeling that the story is hurtling toward an eventual social train wreck of some kind. Bonus points if it’s classified as literature (I like smart books).
by bonsaitreehugger
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i’ve never watched the show but based off what you said the first two books that came to mind are everything i never told you by Celeste Ng (murder, social train wreck) and bunny by Mona Awad (funny, clever, sexy). hope this helps!! 🙂
Wanted to comment so I can follow this thread! Such a great question for a book suggestion.
My contribution to this would have to be the Divines by Ellie Eaton. It’s a novel set in a girl’s boarding school, and a very adult and very sexy MC is reflecting back on her time there and something “bad” that happened to one of the girls. It’s got a TON of fun social dynamics, it’s mysterious, and it’s sooo funny at times. It also may or may not include a murder. Listening to it audibly is imperative, though– the tonal inflections brought the book from a 3 to a 5 star for me. That’s where the humor comes in, too.