Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Possessions | 2017 | Sara Flannery Murphy | Buy |
| 2 | Girl One | 2021 | Sara Flannery Murphy | Buy |
| 3 | The Wonder State | 2023 | Sara Flannery Murphy | Buy |
Sara Flannery Murphy’s three novels are all standalone literary thrillers with supernatural or speculative twists. The Possessions (2017) is set in a world where people can channel the dead through a drug called lotus. Girl One (2021) reimagines parthenogenesis as a 1970s scientific experiment with long-buried secrets. The Wonder State (2023) sends a group of friends back to an Arkansas town full of magical houses.
Each book creates its own self-contained world. What connects them is Murphy’s interest in women navigating strange, rule-bound systems and the psychological tension that comes from secrets kept too long.