Honey - Hardcover

Thompson, Imani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593979761 ISBN 13: 9780593979761

Publisher: Random House, 2026

Synopsis

A wickedly funny, adrenaline-rush of a novel about a graduate student who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism, by a bold new voice in fiction

Yrsa is in a funk. She's bored of her PhD program, bored of her research on Afropessimism, bored of the entitled undergrads she has to cater to. But most of all, she's bored of the men in her life--especially the bad ones.

When her best friend, Nina, confesses to having an affair with her professor, and that he's stolen her research, Yrsa is mad. On the quad, Yrsa bumps into the professor and witnesses his death: an unfortunate incident involving his San Pelligrino and a bee allergy. What she sees that afternoon awakens something in her: a taste for murder.

Emboldened, Yrsa decides to chase that high, and soon, no sexist, misbehaving man within commuting distance is safe.

With each murder, Yrsa feels a greater sense of meaning and purpose--finally, her doctoral research feels useful. But how long can killing in the name of feminist and racial solidarity justify her actions? Will her rampage ever assuage her feelings of rage and revenge? And how long until her actions--and buried family secrets--come back to haunt her?

About this title

About the Author

Imani Thompson is an English writer of Scottish, Irish and Jamaican heritage. After studying Sociology at Cambridge University, she worked as a bookseller at Daunt Books. Honey is her first novel. She lives in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593979761
• ISBN 13: 9780593979761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384