Literary fiction

I Who Have Never Known Men

by Jacqueline Harpman

★★★★★ 4/5

Finished February 7, 2026 · ebook

Somehow simple, sad, and radical.

I didn’t expect to like this book because it’s borderline allegorical and I usually hate that. But the narrator is so human. This very short book was somehow simple, sad, and radical, and I’m still thinking about it.

Vibes

• borderline allegorical
• a narrator who is so human
• simple, sad, and radical