Ruth Madievsky’s Recommended Reading List

Ruth Madievsky is the author of national bestselling novel, All-Night Pharmacy, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction, the National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction, and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction. She shares her recommended reading list with us below!

To learn more about Ruth and her inspiring career, visit here.

Ruth was also one of the authors on our panel for our 1st LA-Based Women Writers Event in September, 2024. View the gallery!


 
 

“A gripping memoir about mental illness (the author’s mother has schizophrenia), art-making, and the joys and frictions of friendship with other writers.”

Good Girl by Aria Aber

 
 

“Intensely underlinable, sexy, slick, and wild. The diasporic debut of my dreams.”

Nuclear Family by Joseph Han

 
 

“Love a multigenerational immigrant story, a ghost story, a borders-as-both-a-spiritual-and-literal-location story.”

Sloppy by Rax King

 
 

“She has to be one of our funniest essayists. I ate this one up.”

At the End of the World There Is a Pond by Steven Duong

 
 

“It’s so hard to summarize a poetry collection, so I’ll just tell you there’s a poem that describes a betta fish like it’s the family dog that had me in tears.”

Second Life by Amanda Hess

 
 

“If you’re a current/future parent or are as fascinated with internet culture and digital surveillance as me, you will love this chilling, funny, and deeply relatable book.”


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