Perfunctory Affection
- Published
- 1 January 2019
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN-13
- 9781596068964
About this book
Perfunctory Affection, published in 2019 at 304 pages, is Kim Harrison's one true departure from genre fiction -- no witches, demons, or reapers, just a psychological character study following painter Meg as she rebuilds her life after her mother's death and forms an intense, destabilizing friendship with a magnetic guest instructor named Haley. Written between Hollows installments, it trades Harrison's usual worldbuilding for a tighter, single-narrator suspense register with no connection to any of her series.
Key facts about Perfunctory Affection
Kim Harrison wrote Perfunctory Affection, a book on our list. It has been out since 2019. The book has 304 pages.
We list 2 editions of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781596068964 to find the main one.
Kim Harrison has 32 books on our list. 31 of them belong to a series, while 1 stands alone. All 32 are out now. Other books by Kim Harrison on file include Demon's Bluff (2024), Emergence: Eclipsed Evolution: Phase 3 (2024), Totality: Eclipsed Evolution: Phase 2 (2024) and First Contact: Eclipsed Evolution: Phase 1 (2024).
Earlier, The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death came out in 2017. After it came American Demon in 2020. Since then, our list has added 10 more books by Kim Harrison.
Kim Harrison has 5 series on file, such as The Hollows, Madison Avery and The Peri Reed Chronicles. Those series sit on our urban fantasy, young adult fantasy and science fiction thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Secondhand Luck is the latest published Kim Harrison book on file, from 10 February 2026.
About Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is the pen name of Dawn Cook, an American author widely credited as one of the writers who helped define modern urban fantasy in the mid-2000s. See every Kim Harrison book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781596068964
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781977369208