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Belly Up

by Rita Bullwinkel

Appears on two lists

#3 Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed Fiction

100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle Fiction and Poetry

Trending Lists

2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski

Trending Works

Blow Yourself Up Ankur Thakkar
Circe Madeline Miller
A Real Animal Emeline Atwood
On Sundays She Picked Flowers Yah Yah Scholfield
The Fantasies of Future Things Doug Jones
The History of Living Forever Jake Wolff
The Next Time You See Me Holly Goddard Jones
What Am I, A Deer? Polly Barton
The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Saint Monkey Jacinda Townsend
KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
Fall Back Down When I Die Joe Wilkins
The Great Glass Sea Josh Weil

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