Books like Cows
Cows by Matthew Stokoe reads as disturbing, grotesque. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
In the Miso Soup
Ryū Murakami · 1997
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Wrong
Dennis Cooper · 1992
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Hogg
Samuel R. Delany · 1994
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Stinging Filth and Bloody Hands
Tasmin Jahan · 2009
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis · 1991
Shares the bleak thread
83% genome match
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk · 1996
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
Steven Erikson · 2009
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Les particules élémentaires
Michel Houellebecq · 1998
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Altmann's tongue
Brian Evenson · 1994
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
La Virgen de los Sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins
Fernando Vallejo · 1994
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Exquisite Corpse
Poppy Z. Brite · 1996
Both explore depravity & nihilism
65% genome match
Books of Blood Volume One
Clive Barker · 1985
Both explore body horror & urban decay
68% genome match
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