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You’ll love Dear Mr. M if you enjoy psychological thrillers that linger in your mind long after the last page. This is a dark, character-driven literary novel about envy, obsession, and the fragile egos of writers, told with razor-sharp insight. Herman Koch masterfully blends suspense with literary fiction, creating a slow-burn mystery that explores truth, memory, and moral ambiguity. If you’re drawn to intelligent European fiction, unreliable narrators, and emotionally unsettling stories, this book will pull you in and refuse to let go.