Books like Hogg
Hogg by Samuel R. Delany reads as disturbing, transgressive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The lime twig
John Hawkes · 1961
Shares the bleak + vornate thread
69% genome match
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany · 1975
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Cities of the Red Night
William S. Burroughs · 1981
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
The gutter in the sky
Jean Genet · 1948
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
La philosophie dans le boudoir, ou, Les instituteurs libertins
Marquis de Sade · 1795
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
Machado de Assis · 1881
Shares the bleak + vornate thread
69% genome match
Providence
Alan Moore · 2017
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Inner experience
Georges Bataille · 1943
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Quicksilver
Neal Stephenson · 2003
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis · 1991
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Cows
Matthew Stokoe · 1998
Shares the bleak thread
69% genome match
Noctuary
Thomas Ligotti · 1994
Shares the bleak + vornate thread
69% genome match
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