Sky Daddy

Reviews

“This is the craziest, funniest book I’ve read in a while. And I read a lot of crazy, funny books. Get your boarding pass out and get ready for some turbulence. Sky Daddy is insane.”—Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends

“Breathtakingly audacious, Sky Daddy lifts off and swiftly accelerates, breaking the barrier of your preconceptions and disbelief, taking you to utterly new places and insights.”—Ling Ma

“Folk has written something truly original here: the kind of novel that startles you into remembering fiction’s potential to be simultaneously deeply weird, deeply funny and deeply felt. . . . In a fiction landscape that often bends toward the familiar and marketable, Sky Daddy reminds us that the novel’s real job is to stretch the imagination to its most exhilarating limits. The best fiction doesn’t just mirror desire—it deranges it, making us see the world, and ourselves, afresh. We watch Linda the same way she watches airplanes: fascinated, rapt.”—The Telegraph

“Kate Folk’s premise should not work, and yet it’s utterly delightful and even profound: A woman with a Boeing 737 kink is driven to form an everlasting bond by way of a plane crash.”—Vanity Fair

“Kate Folk has an unusual eye and style, but if you buckle up, it’s one hell of a ride.”—Literary Hub, “Most Anticipated Books of 2025”

“Anything can be ‘daddy,’ even planes, as Kate Folk proves in her debut novel. . . . If you can’t get enough of shows like My Strange Addiction or Objective Love, this one is for you.”—Bustle

“Far and away one of the most audacious and surprisingly feel-good books that 2025 has to offer.”—Polygon, “Most Exciting Books for 2025”

“A warm and bonkers look at female obsession, shame, and desire from one of our best writers.”—Our Culture

“Sky Daddy is a voyeuristic masterpiece—you’ll never look at a contrail (or an airplane blanket) the same way again.”—Kimberly King Parsons, author of We Were the Universe

“This book is a dog whistle for the true freaks—never have I felt so seen! I loved it.”—Rita Bullwinkel, author of Headshot

“With wit and humor, Kate Folk gives us an unsettling but fascinating look at the complicated ways humans relate to technology.”—Weike Wang, author of Rental House

“Powerful and wise, Sky Daddy also manages to be the funniest book about sexual obsession that I have ever read.”—Colin Winnette, author of Users and The Job of the Wasp

“I found myself breathless, shocked, and wonderstruck. Kate Folk is a singular talent, soaring in a brilliant universe all her own.”—Emily Habeck, author of Shark Heart

“Innovative, daring, and (very) fun, Kate Folk’s eccentrically smart novel of outward, and inward, love effortlessly blends humor and heart. It's impossible to forget.”—Iain Reid, author of We Spread

“Get on board already! Sky Daddy is absurd and poignant, hilarious and gruesome, razor-sharp and tenderhearted.”—Lily Brooks-Dalton, author of The Light Pirate

“Delightfully weird and totally electric.”—Gina Chung, author of Sea Change and Green Frog

“Kate Folk’s sharp sentences and sidesplitting characters sparkle with glorious cringe. Do not miss this flight.”—Henry Hoke, author of Open Throat

“With this brilliant deep dive into the irrational abyss of obsession, Kate Folk proves herself to be a truly original new voice in fiction.”—Mat Johnson, author of Pym

“Sky Daddy is outrageously funny and smartly unsettling . . . also probably the worst (or . . . best?) book to read on a plane.”—Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams

“Sky Daddy is an exhilarating, addictive, and entirely convincing novel, not to mention strangely tender, deeply compassionate, and with pin-sharp prose.”—Lara Williams, author of Supper Club

“Wry, tender, and sweetly odd . . . It’s an unforgettable ode to the pursuit of desire.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“An utterly confident and endearing portrait of a woman unlike anyone readers have met before.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Expand reviews