#41 in Literary fiction
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
- 289
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Moshfegh’s novel is dark and uncomfortable: an unnamed woman in New York medicates herself ever more heavily in the hope of sleeping through a year. Anyone expecting an aspirational story about self-care has the wrong book. It suits readers who can stay with a bleak premise and a protagonist who is not there to be liked; some finish it feeling little.
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About the book
My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a 2018 novel by American author Ottessa Moshfegh. Moshfegh's second novel, it is set in New York City in 2000 and 2001 and follows an unnamed protagonist as she gradually escalates her use of prescription medications in an attempt to sleep for an entire year.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 863 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 85% of the weight and the score stays at 7.3 — the Literary fiction average of 8.1 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 37 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 826 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is My Year of Rest and Relaxation?
It has 289 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Literary fiction.
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