Books like Histoire de l'oeil
Histoire de l'oeil by Georges Bataille reads as disturbing, provocative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
My mother ; Madame Edwarda ; and, The dead man
Georges Bataille · 1989
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72% genome match
Querelle de Brest
Jean Genet · 1953
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69% genome match
La philosophie dans le boudoir, ou, Les instituteurs libertins
Marquis de Sade · 1795
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69% genome match
Kinjiki
三島由紀夫 · 1964
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Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert · 1856
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69% genome match
Venus in Furs
Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch · 1997
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The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton · 1905
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69% genome match
Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897
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Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice · 1976
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Sadopaideia
Anonymous · 1984
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69% genome match
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams · 1947
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69% genome match
Kushiel's Dart
Jacqueline Carey · 2001
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69% genome match
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