Cover of Bad Monkeys

Bad Monkeys

by Matt Ruff · 2007

+ Want to read

Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder.

She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—"Bad Monkeys" for short.

Read more

This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail's psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy—or playing a different game altogether. What follows is one of the most clever and gripping novels you'll ever read.

Genre
science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
Themes
conspiracyconspiracyMore like thisLess of thispsychologicalpsychologicalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Mood
surrealsurrealMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked Bad Monkeys? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Bad Monkeys. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Soul Intent Dennis Batchelder · 2009 Shares science fiction, fiction, mystery
  2. Soul Identity Dennis Batchelder · 2007 Shares science fiction, fiction, mystery
  3. Three Girls and Their Brother Theresa Rebeck · 2008 Shares fiction, alex award, alex awards
  4. In The Darkness, That's Where I'll Know You: The Complete Black Room Story Luke Smitherd · 2015 Shares science fiction, fiction, thriller
See more recommendations →

“People who read Bad Monkeys tend to reach for these next.”

  1. The Execution Channel Ken MacLeod · 2007
  2. Crooked Little Vein Warren Ellis · 2007
  3. Grey Jon Armstrong · 2007
  4. The Night Birds Thomas Maltman · 2007

“If you want more of the same (science fiction about conspiracy), start with these.”

  1. Echoes Therin Knite · 2014
  2. Traveler Dennis W. Green · 2013
  3. Cosega Storm Brandt Legg · 2014
  4. The Man of Legends Kenneth C. Johnson · 2017

“If it was the mystery that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Lexicon Max Barry · 2013
  2. Killing Time Caleb Carr · 2000
  3. Rebirth Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle · 2013
  4. Touch Claire North · 2015

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Dying Echo Judy Clemens · 2012
  2. Waxwork Peter Lovesey · 1978
  3. Incarnate Josh Stolberg · 2017
  4. The Twin Game V.J. Chambers

Report a problem