Speedboat is a 1976 modernist novel by Renata Adler that offers a fragmentary account of the experiences of Jen Fain, a young journalist living in New York City.

"[5][6] In 2013, Speedboat was reissued by New York Review Books simultaneously with Adler's second novel, Pitch Dark; both works enjoyed a renewed wave of attention.

[2] The Chicago Tribune referred to Speedboat as a "perfect novel", and Anna Wiener wrote in The New Republic that, "Out of the blue, it seemed like everyone I knew was reading and discussing Adler. ...

New York City booksellers pushed [Speedboat] as a recovered sacred text [and] Adler earned a new coterie of readers.

"[7][8] Writers Ezra Furman,[9] Rachel Khong,[10] Jenny Offill,[11] and Kate Zambreno[12] have subsequently cited Speedboat as an influence.