Books like Geek Love
12 books with a reading profile close to Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. Inward-looking and open-ended; a moderate read.
-
1
Paradise Rot
by Jenny Hval
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
Jo, a Norwegian biology student, moves into a cavernous, converted brewery in an industrial English town.
-
2
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
On April Fools' Day, the inmates of Arkham Asylum seize control of the facility and demand that Batman join them inside.
-
3
Revenge
by Yōko Ogawa
horror, literary
This collection of eleven interlocking short stories functions as a macabre jigsaw puzzle set in contemporary Japan.
-
4
Black Hole
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
Set in the suburbs of Seattle during the mid-1970s, this graphic novel depicts a group of teenagers who contract a sexually transmitted plague known as the Bug.
-
5
Fever Dream
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
A woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural Argentine hospital, prompted by a young boy named David to recount the days leading up to her collapse.
-
6
Lapvona
Also open-ended · horror, literary
In the medieval fiefdom of Lapvona, a deformed boy named Marek survives a life of physical brutality and religious delusion.
-
7
Cursed Bunny
by Bora Chung
Also open-ended · horror, literary
Bora Chung's collection of Korean short fiction brings together stories that mix horror, science fiction and fairy-tale cruelty.
-
8
Our Wives Under the Sea
Also inward-looking · horror, literary
Miri’s wife, Leah, returns from a deep-sea research expedition that lasted months longer than scheduled.
-
9
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
by Eric LaRocca
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
Two women, Agnes and Ashley, meet in an online chat room in the early 2000s and begin an intense correspondence.
-
10
Der Sandmann
Also inward-looking · horror, literary
Nathanael, a student, remains haunted by a childhood trauma involving the death of his father and a terrifying figure called the Sandman, whom he associates with the lawyer Coppelius.
-
11
Haunted
horror, literary
Twenty-three people answer an ad for a writers' retreat in an abandoned theater, expecting a quiet place to work.
-
12
Under the Skin
by Michel Faber
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
Isserley drives the lonely roads of the Scottish Highlands searching for muscular male hitchhikers to pick up in her modified vehicle.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
