Emma Cline Books in Order

Lonely teenager Evie Boyd becomes fascinated with an older girl, Suzanne, in late-1960s Northern California. Seeking acceptance, she enters a charismatic leader's cult and grows increasingly detached from ordinary life as the group's violence approaches.

Ten stories examine people whose desire for connection becomes entangled with power, violence, and self-destructive choices. A father retrieves his troubled son, a celebrity nanny hides from scandal, and private lives expose the distance between appearance and reality.

Investor Keri and accommodating neighbor Paula are strangers connected by the successful Devlin brothers, whose behavior leaves both women undervalued. This short story examines male privilege, unequal recognition, and the frustrations behind a celebrated entrepreneurial success.

Dismissed by the older man hosting her on Long Island, Alex refuses to return to the city. With few resources, she moves through wealthy strangers’ lives during the final days of summer, leaving increasingly troubling consequences behind her.

Retired executive David travels toward Zurich as his memory and understanding of the present begin to fail. Encounters with family and an estranged friend mingle with childhood recollections, forcing a reckoning with the life slipping away from him.