Bones & All

Camille DeAngelis

Sixteen-year-old Maren has a terrifying compulsion: she devours anyone who shows her real affection. After her mother abandons her, Maren sets out on a cross-country journey to find the father she never knew, encountering other "eaters" along the way, including a fellow cannibal named Lee who becomes her closest companion. The novel is a dark, literary coming-of-age horror story exploring identity, monstrosity, and the dangerous edges of intimacy. It later inspired the 2022 film adaptation starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell, though the book's ending diverges from the movie's.