Hi friends! Hoping to find more books in the category that's speculative fiction + satire + dark humor. I love when the characters are unhinged, bonus points if they are queer. Books that fit into this specific genre are Big Swiss by Jen Beagin, Perfume & Pain by Anna Dorn, Exalted by Anna Dorn, Discontent by Beatriz Serrano, Sky Daddy by Kate Folk.
I think Lost Lambs was supposed to fit into this genre but I didn't care for that one, I felt like it was trying to hard/was too on the nose. Storygraph hasn't been much help, Goodreads has been minimally helpful and I don't use AI (please don't use AI to help me with this, I would love recs from your human brain!) Thanks in advance!
by bookish_tor
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Pretty much any book by Kurt Vonnegut
You might like Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters. Not speculative but the voice and dark humor feel similar to Big Swiss.
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki might also work. Queer speculative with some really strange tonal swings.
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin is another one if you’re open to something darker. Very queer and very unhinged.