Sarai Walker’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Furious Violet

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. Sarai Walker’s novel Furious Violet is a propulsive literary thriller imbued with social commentary. Library Journal wrote of the book: “With this brilliantly bonkers, fast-paced social critique of, well, everything from feminist literary theory to true crime, with jabs at diet culture and academia sprinkled in, Walker once again proves that she’s among a select few authors who have brought Margaret Atwood’s complex edge into the 21st century….her exploration of what motherhood means today and her bold contributions to the discourse on the societal value of peri- and post-menopausal women make this the perfect next read for those who found the wildness of Miranda July’s All Fours…