7 Satirical Thrillers like Fruit Fly

Yes, a lot of people have compared Fruit Fly to Yellowface, for a good reason.

Athena Liu has everything Juniper Hayward wants: a dazzling literary career. Despite hating her guts, Juniper can’t help but follow everything Athena does and pretend to be friends.

But all bets are off when Athena dies accidentally. Juniper ends up with Athena’s unfinished novel about Chinese laborers in the early 20th century.

And it’s got potential.

So she decides to edit Athena’s novel and submit it as her own. Sure, she’s not Chinese, but with a little name change or two, she becomes the literary darling.

But someone knows she lied, and Juniper will do anything to keep her success.

While Fruit Fly and Yellowface satirize the literary world, Cole’s book lampoons gentrification in Brooklyn.

Sydney Green loves her neighborhood, but she’s not happy how fast it seems to be changing. Beloved neighbors and businesses seem to disappear overnight.

So she decides the only thing she can do is run a walking tour to remind people of the deep roots of the area. She ends up befriending, reluctantly, a new neighbor, Theo, who wants to help, but she is very suspicious of this random white dude.

But Sydney soon realizes that something is definitely not okay in her neighborhood, and people aren’t just moving, they are going missing. Will she figure it out before it’s too late?

Theodosia Benton has taken the big leap—she’s left her legal carer behind and has decided to write that book she always wanted.

She moves in with her brother, Gus, who is less than thrilled with the idea. She spends time in a local coffee shop trying to write her masterpiece, trying to keep her own (and her family’s) negativity from taking over.

Then she meets a famous author who decides to take her under his wing. But when he is found murdered, Theo’s brother is the prime suspect.

Then Theo disappears herself, leaving only crumbs for Gus to find. It's quite the indictment of the literary world and what it takes to succeed.

Ronnie Khan is ready to start over. She spent her life in Queens, and, thanks to a new friend, wellness influencer Marley Dewhurst, she’s moved across the country to Sedona, Arizona.

The town is flush with health and wellness gurus; she finds work selling crystals. But underneath all the yoga and mindfulness, there’s something rotten in Sedona.

Someone is brutally murdering influencers. Will Ronnie and her new-found friends be next?

Jessamyn St. Germain is a star. She’s not had the best career so far, but she knows that she is going to make it big time.

Sure, she’s literally the babysitter for child actors, but she knows that she will take over the role of Maria in the Sound of Music. The question is how far she will go to take what she thinks is hers.

It’s a deep look at the world of struggling actors and the theatrical infrastructure.

This Brazilian bestseller finally got published in the states in August.

How far will you go to support yourself? Four childhood friends are studying in Rio de Janeiro and are trying to keep themselves afloat with part-time jobs.

When they need a real influx of cash, they decide on a radical way to make ends meet: host secret dinner parties for Rio’s elite.

But people have some unusual appetites, and the four friends have to try to keep up as they get deeper and deeper into the world of the wealthy and powerful.

In this forthcoming novel, Mackenzie “Mack” Lane is desperate to set his writing career back on track.

He was a journalist who decided to become a full-time novelist after writing a bestselling thriller. But his subsequent books haven’t been received as well, and he needs a boost to his career—now.

He decides that a dangerous publicity stunt will put his career back on track. But once you start taking those kinds of risks, it’s hard to stop.

How far will he go to save his career?