Books like Tender Is the Flesh
12 books with a reading profile close to Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica. Deep and growth-minded; an easy read.
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Under the Skin
by Michel Faber
Also deep · horror, science fiction
Isserley drives the lonely roads of the Scottish Highlands searching for muscular male hitchhikers to pick up in her modified vehicle.
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Cursed Bunny
by Bora Chung
Also deep · horror, literary
Bora Chung's collection of Korean short fiction brings together stories that mix horror, science fiction and fairy-tale cruelty.
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Revenge
by Yōko Ogawa
horror, literary
This collection of eleven interlocking short stories functions as a macabre jigsaw puzzle set in contemporary Japan.
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Feed
Also deep · science fiction, literary
In a future where brain implants connect citizens directly to a constant stream of consumer data and instant messaging, Titus and his teenage friends live for mindless trends and corporate-sponsored recreation.
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Black Hole
Also deep · 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.
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Haunted
horror, literary
Twenty-three people answer an ad for a writers' retreat in an abandoned theater, expecting a quiet place to work.
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7
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
by Eric LaRocca
horror, literary
Two women, Agnes and Ashley, meet in an online chat room in the early 2000s and begin an intense correspondence.
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Also deep · science fiction, literary
This collection centers on biological interdependence and the physical cost of survival.
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Chain-Gang All-Stars
Also deep · science fiction, literary
In this dystopian novel, the United States prison system operates as a televised death match.
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High-Rise
by J.G. Ballard
Also deep · science fiction, literary
A new forty-story tower block on the edge of London houses a thousand tenants, stacked by income, with professionals on top and families lower down.
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Oryx and Crake
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is the last human survivor in a world populated by the Crakers, a floor-model species of genetically engineered humanoids.
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