have you heard? A24 is taking over Hollywood. Possibly the world. The indie company that initially promoted itself as a charming underdog has become a pillar/last bastion of extra-Marvel movies. Not so disgusting anymore, a gang of cinephiles are probably after you latest favorite taking name and make deals.
Behind Production and Distribution Company Marty Supreme And I saw the glow of the TV-Two films that have already received optimized reading lists on this site—Not going anywhere this summer. But You Perhaps. This means you will need a book.
Here’s what to read next based on your favorite A24 movie. On the beach, on the train etc.
If DramaThen Mary River’s My heart went in.
So I consider your secrets unstable and mostly psychological, and your attachments insecure. Hello, to French novelist Marie Ndiaye, who loves to mash together violence and the mundane. This book about a couple caught in a complex crisis creates a sense of political alienation Drama Dances freely.
If If I had legs I would kick youAmy Herzog’s again mary jane.
There is a wonderful, empowering literature of new mothers on the edge. But few novels I’ve seen depict the unique terror and exhaustion of parenting a small person with extraordinary needs.
Herzog’s Pulitzer Prize finalist play is profound and unshakable about this experience. Just like Rose Byrne’s face in this movie.
If materialistThen Mariam Rahmani’s liquid.
Assuming you like your modern love with brass knuckles, this novel is written by a Ph.D. Based on the candidate who goes on a ruthless quest to marry the rich, she must quench that practical thirst.
But true rationalists, beware; As in your favorite A24 movie, here love may prove stronger than the last line.
If Sorry baby, Then Emily LaBarge’s bad days.
Laberge’s memoir is currently revolving around a lot of wonderful water coolers. Novelist Catherine Lacey praised the book in a Substack letter. only today.
A work that closely considers trauma and its cultural and psychological impacts, bad days It is an attempt to contain an intellectual’s desire to write about violence. Very apologize-Coded.
If friendshipThen Wayne Koestenbaum’s my lover rabbi.
Okay, listen to me on this matter. friendship It was a tender, absurdist portrayal of one-sided, quasi-spiritual infatuation. Although Koestenbaum’s novel is certainly curious about the psychological aspect of obsession, the main themes – and a certain gleeful irreverence – are consistent across both texts.
Just in case? Paul Rudd is a rabbi.
If brutalistThen Claire Messud’s This strange eventful history.
I can recommend a dozen doorstops that would pair well with this film, which follows a refugee who makes good and then bad in his unwanted adoptive homeland. But with interest in thorny legacies, the history of Claire Messud comes to mind.
As three generations of the Kaiser family grapple with what it means to come from and transcend colonialism, this novel has really refreshing things to say about the origin stories the family tells itself.
If past life, Then Ayesha Muharraar loved one.
it is muharraar mostly a television writer Behind some of your favorite sitcoms. Her debut novel is a welcome addition to the unresolved-business-with-ex-boyfriends canon.
Like Celine Song’s masterpiece, loved one Reflects an unexplained loss. And it also begs the question, how do we mourn our loved ones? other people?
If Janet Planet, Then Helen Garner’s Children’s Bach.
It’s Helen Garner month in my house. cool-observation-australian queen of bohemia is one of my favorite 2026 discoveries. Like playwright Anne Baker’s warm, juicy debut feature, children’s bach It revolves around a dreamy mother whose life is troubled by the presence of an evil evil spirit.
But to describe is to reduce it. I must insist that you take my word on this.
If invitationThen Erin Somers’ A matter of ten years.
i loved catching up invitation this weekend. Olivia Wilde’s sex farce calls Edward Albee (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) and 70s domestic satires such as bob and carol and alice and ted.
But for their state-of-the-art treatment of both (spoiler ALERT) Kinky sex and the place where desire and domesticity collide have no better friend than Erin Somers’s sly novel about two couples who can’t let go of each other.
If the Witch, Magda Szabo’s again Door.
It’s an if/then based vibe. Szabo’s strange, compact masterpiece is clearly not About this witches it’s absolutely feels Haunted. like though Witch-In the film, this strange, jarring joy deals with the fate of older women in non-hospitality areas.
If On becoming a guinea fowl, Then Oyinkan Braithwaite my sister serial killer.
This is a re-reading recommendation. Rungano Nyoni’s film Considered to be the bright legacy of a violent man. But Braithwaite’s satirical, wonderful novel portrays a world where violent men are dealt with…sometimes by a certain sister.
Both artworks are smart, funny, surprising, and strange takes on the ways women manage impossible situations.
If Minari, Ayad Akhtar’s American dervish.
Beautiful Minari It follows a South Korean family moving to rural Arkansas in the 1980s. This first novel is based on a Pakistani-American family going through the same era in Milwaukee.
Akhtar’s semi-autobiographical novel, like Lee Isaac Chung’s film, takes a close look at a childhood filled with both love and cultural tension.
If lady birdThen Colson Whitehead’s sag harbor.
For its evocation of a smart-alecky, precocious teen with grandiose delusions and schemes, and its warm summertime fondness for the golden years, I think fans of Gerwig’s first solo feature will dig Sag Harbor. Whitehead Contemporary-Realism Hive, Assemble!
But because the woman deserves it, I’ll give you a taste of the best with a bonus recommendation. Lily King’s Writer and lover There may well be Christine in twenty years.
Enjoyed reading/watching!
