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ⓘ About Jen Beagin
Jen Beagin is an American author of fiction and contemporary novels. She is best known for her two standalones, Vacuum in the Dark and Pretend I’m Dead. Beagin holds masters in fine arts in creative writing from the University of California. In 2017 she won Whiting Award in Fiction. She is a resident of Hudson, New York. Pretend I’m Dead In Jen Beagin’s debut novel, we meet Mona, a volunteer in a needle exchange program in her twenties. Her father Mickey is a deadbeat, and so she is the only stability she has in her own life. She has brains but no particular drive; she is a hard worker but has no direction. When she informs her friends that she’s a house cleaner, they all assume that she has some side hustle she is working towards because white girls don’t clean houses.
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Who is Jen Beagin?
Jen Beagin is an American author of fiction and contemporary novels. She is best known for her two standalones, Vacuum in the Dark and Pretend I’m Dead. Beagin holds masters in fine arts in creative writing from the University of California.
Which Jen Beagin series should I start with?
Jen Beagin's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Pretend I'm Dead (2015).
How many books has Jen Beagin written?
Jen Beagin has 3 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2023. They all sit in a single category — Standalone Novels — rather than in numbered series.
In what order should Jen Beagin's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 3 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Jen Beagin's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jen Beagin's 3 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (3 books).