Book guide
Yellowface
After stealing a dead rival's manuscript, June gets everything she wanted—until the internet and her own guilt start closing in.
Genre and trope pairingsContemporary FictionBetrayalContemporary FictionHidden identityContemporary FictionIdentity crisisLiteraryUnreliable narratorLiteraryBetrayalLiteraryHidden identityLiteraryIdentity crisisLiterarySocial commentaryThrillerUnreliable narratorThrillerBetrayalThrillerRevenge arcThrillerHidden identityThrillerSecret past
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About Yellowface
A satirical literary thriller about June Hayward, who witnesses rival author Athena Liu's death, steals Athena's manuscript, and publishes it as her own while the deception spirals through the publishing industry and social media.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- racism
- cultural appropriation
- microaggressions
- bullying
- cyberharassment
- doxxing
- sexual assault recounted
- rape recounted
- gaslighting
- suicidal ideation
- alcohol use
- grief
- death
- choking
