Just Watch Me: A Novel

Lior Torenberg
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Just Watch Me: A Novel

Lior Torenberg
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288 PAGESENGLISH

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  • Published date: Jan 20, 2026
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 288
  • Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
  • ISBN: 9781668091180
  • Dimensions: 5.5" W x 1.5" L x 8.375" H
Lior Torenberg’s work has been published by One Story, MAYDAY, the Poetry Society of New York, and others. She received her MFA in creative writing from New York University and graduated from the Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Book Project. Just Watch Me is her first novel. Learn more at LiorTorenberg.com.
“A one-of-a-kind debut. . . The ultimate it-girl book of the year.” —Cosmopolitan

“Unfolding over a week, the book is both a reflection on the nature of vulnerability and a pointed commentary on internet culture." The New Yorker 

“Fans of Melissa Broder, Rufi Thorpe, and Ottessa Moshfegh will laugh, cringe, empathize, and be mesmerized by the spectacle of one woman’s attempt to solve all her financial and emotional problems in the most adventurous, public, and high-stakes way possible. Just Watch Me is addictive and propulsive.” —Emily Gould, author of Perfect Tunes

"The pages fly by. . . Just Watch Me is an amalgamation of the early-’20s searching of Fiona Warnick’s The Skunks, the anxiety-riddled dodging and communities of care in Emily Austin’s Interesting Facts About Space, and the hiding even from yourself in boygenius’s “Letter to An Old Poet” and more literarily Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. . . . When not emotionally evasive, Torenberg’s blunt prose mirrors the narrative voice of Selin in Elif Batuman’s The Idiot—less guided by the philosophical framework of university study, but captivating as the reader is drawn into Dell’s world, where only mademoiselle_dell can choose if we leave it." —The Chicago Review of Books

"Funny, chatty, weird, and at times unexpectedly poignant. You can devour Just Watch Me in one gulp, but, like a habanero, it’ll be sitting with you for hours." —Electric Literature

Just Watch Me is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. A fascinating inquiry into digital performance and the complicated bonds of sisterhood. A riveting debut.” —Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City

“Lior Torenberg's debut novel is a delicious treat, and the flavor is Carolina Reaper. I was entranced by the fire-hot, take-no-prisoners Dell as she led me through a hypnotizing world full of bad behavior and self-destruction. Torenberg tells this story as no one else can, with searing prose and impeccable comic timing. Just Watch Me lives up to its title—I dare you to look away,” —Erika Krouse, author of Save Me, Stranger
 
"Lior Torenberg has her finger on the pulse of how dangerous and desperate it can be to live one's life online. Dell, her twenty-something protagonist, has a special flair for getting into lots of trouble. She'll make you laugh out loud and break your heart." —Helen Schulman, author of Lucky Dogs and Fools for Love

"Hilarious, heart-wrenching and unapologetically messy, Just Watch Me is a darkly comic ride through grief, fame and the chaos of trying to fix life while the whole world is watching." —Cosmo Australia

"A bewitching tragicomedy. . . . Dell might have a tenuous hold on reality, but she’s a captivating and endearing narrator. Readers will enjoy this wild ride."  Booklist, starred review

"Torenberg raises interesting questions about loneliness in an age of mass exposure and how self-exploitation is the new American Dream. . . . A unique subculture brought to life with taut prose and pacing." —Kirkus Reviews

“An intense, quirky novel that delivers in a big way. A bold and spicy debut.” —KMUW

"A bewitching tragicomedy. . . Dell might have a tenuous hold on reality, but she’s a captivating and endearing narrator. Readers will enjoy this wild ride." —Publisher's Weekly

"Laugh-out-loud funny." —Debutiful 

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