Tender Is the Flesh
Ranked #50 in 100 Most Popular BookTok and Bookstagram Books
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About Tender Is the Flesh
THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL SENSATION Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.
Reader guide at a glance
Use these edition facts and spoiler-light notes to decide whether this book fits your mood, time, and preferred reading experience.
- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Standalone or self-contained
- Estimated reading time
- 6.0 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Shorter read
- Best for
- Readers seeking survival, adventurous, atmospheric, haunting
Why readers are finding Tender Is the Flesh
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, published in 2020, is a 240-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Survival, Adventurous, Atmospheric, Haunting.
This edition also appears at number 50 in our researched social reading top 100, reflecting current discussion across BookTok alongside longer-running reader interest. The ranking uses one verified English-language print ISBN per work so retailer links, cover metadata, and search results point to a real edition rather than a workbook, translation, or duplicate collector version.
- Print ISBN
- 978-1-982-15130-0
- Published
- 2020
- Pages
- 240
