“Dark humor and levity wrapped in brilliant stream-of-consciousness writing… Zoé Mahfouz makes chaos feel beautifully coherent.” — Jordan Durfee, Reader Views

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ADHD IN D MINOR is a high-speed, television-flavored mixtape of sketches, manifestos, character monologues, rage letters, and love notes that orbit the unhinged core of a mind too fast for traditional structure. As it turns out, Zoé Mahfouz did not come to literature to heal. She came to dominate. Raised by a Montessori mom, groomed by reruns of Frasier, Will & Grace, and Family Guy, and diagnosed with a God Complex, the self-declared long-lost third Coen Brother (or Sister) believes in scenes, not chapters, and punchlines, not conclusions. This is not autofiction. This is Zoé Mahfouz’s multiverse. A dramatic reenactment written with the rhythm of a cold open and the philosophy of a sugar-high Woody Allen character. Every chapter is a freeze frame. Every voice sounds like it might burst into a song from Cats or yell “Cut!” mid-sentence.

This is not a book you read so much as attend. Take your seat. Silence your phone. The curtain rises on the inner life of someone who can’t stop noticing, narrating, overthinking, oversharing, or auditioning for roles she made up herself.

And yes, it’s in D Minor, the funniest of all the melancholy keys.

Read an excerpt:

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Reviews:

“Blending satire, observational comedy, social absurdity, and unapologetic irreverence, ADHD in D Minor presents a collection of comedic short stories written from the neurodivergent point of view of someone operating, according to Zoé Mahfouz herself, somewhere around ‘Young Sheldon's IQ,’ while being deeply unimpressed with modern society.” -The City’s Journal

“With that inner voice that says aloud what everyone thinks inside, a collagen shot, and lots of stuffed animals as a first audience, ADHD in D Minor offers an experience better than being trapped in a WhatsApp group you were forced to join, topped with a sitcom laugh track, a conspiratorial caterpillar, and a sophisticated plan to keep your sunbed free during summer holidays, unmistakably Zoé Mahfouz.” -Yahoo Finance

“When asked whether she worries about offending people, Zoé Mahfouz answered: ‘Honey, I'm French. Offending people is what I live for.’” -Benzinga

“Meet Zoé Mahfouz,” Interview with Canvas Rebel, April 20, 2026.

“My bed is great. It is from this fancy French furniture shop called Roche Bobois and is called the ‘Backstage Bed’ because it was designed like a theater stage, with red curtains that feel like a soft furry cat, which is way better to pet than any actual cat, who would either talk to me, stare at me with a dumb smile, leap into my green tea, or sit in the seat across from me; see, my mind does not mix with that of someone who throws up fur balls on the floor.” -“Where Writers Write: Zoé Mahfouz,” TNBBC’s The Next Best Book Blog, June 1, 2026.