Chloe Lauter’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel The Flayed Man

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Chloe Lauter’s novel The Flayed Man is as moving as it is unsettling, an impressive literary horror debut. Library Journal wrote of the book: “In this debut, Lauter has crafted a genuinely frightening book with emotional depth. Readers of complex fiction with a gritty sensibility such as Andy Davidson’s In the Valley of the Sun or Hailey Piper’s strong, complex women characters will love this book.” In her own words, here is Chloe Lauter’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel The Flayed Man: My novel The Flayed Man is a monster story in a literal sense—the main character will turn into a gruesome, violent creature if she fails to regularly consume blood—but also in the way…