You Weren't Meant to Be Human
by Andrew Joseph White
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Pub Date Sep 09 2025 | Archive Date Oct 09 2025
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Description
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation amidst an alien invasion in rural West Virginia.
Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. A fresh start. It's an offer that none refuse.
Crane is grateful. Among his hive's followers, Crane has found a chance to transition, to never speak again, to live a life that won't destroy him. He even met Levi: a handsome ex-Marine and brutal killer who treats him like a real man, mostly. But when Levi gets Crane pregnant—and the hive demands the child's birth, no matter the cost—Crane's desperation to make it stop will drive the community that saved him into a devastating spiral that can only end in blood.
Advance Praise
"A tenderly beating, bloody heart of a novel. Relentlessly bleak and harrowing, White's brutal adult debut also somehow manages to be deeply, devastatingly empathetic." —Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide and Lucy Undying
"White wields prose like a scalpel, cutting deep and spilling guts with gruesome precision." —Kirkus Reviews
"Gruesome and unrelenting, Andrew Joseph White’s adult debut is a masterpiece of horror." —K. M. Enright, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mistress of Lies
"White's latest is a stunning testament to the intertwining realities of politics and queerness." —Publishers Weekly
“You Weren't Meant to be Human is dysphoria bound into words. Andrew Joseph White captures a beautifully disgusting world that’s all too familiar to neurodivergent and trans individuals, with a plot that offers nothing but shocking pleasure with each page turn.” —Linden A. Lewis, author of The First Sister
"Andrew Joseph White continues to deliver sharp, compelling writing...There hasn't been a novel from White that I haven't loved." —The Southern Bookseller Review
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781837841004 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 336 |
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