Can anyone recommend another book with a similar theme? I sort of like the quirky sort of not so nice girl coming of age theme. I enjoyed Problems by Jade Sharma too.

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Allen Miranda July would be a good choice. She writes quirky narrators and situations like no one else. I thought of her a lot while reading The Idiot.

I'd also recommend Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann. It features a deeply introspective narrator, beautiful writing, and keen observations.

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld isn't as quirky, but is another you might enjoy.

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Chelsea Either of Ottessa Moshfegh's novels (Eileen and My Year of Rest and Relaxation). I find her style very similar to Batuman's, albeit more grotesque.

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Anne Another coming of age book with an intelligent, not very likeable young woman as a main character is Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney. I really liked that one.

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