Books like The monstrous-feminine

The monstrous-feminine by Barbara Creed reads as analytical, academic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Feminine sexuality

Jacques Lacan · 1982

Both explore psychoanalysis

58% genome match

Le Deuxième Sexe

Simone de Beauvoir · 1949

Both explore feminism & patriarchy

66% genome match

Gender Trouble

Judith Butler · 1989

Both explore feminism

83% genome match

Masculinities

R. W. Connell · 1995

Both explore gender studies & patriarchy

69% genome match

Between Men

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick · 1985

Both explore gender studies & patriarchy

69% genome match

In Defense of Lost Causes

Slavoj Žižek · 2008

Both explore psychoanalysis

69% genome match

Die Traumdeutung

Sigmund Freud · 1899

Both explore psychoanalysis

62% genome match

Men, women, and chain saws

Carol J. Clover · 1992

Both explore horror cinema & feminism

83% genome match

Black Feminist Thought

Patricia Hill Collins · 1990

Both explore feminism

63% genome match

Sapphic Slashers

Lisa Duggan · 2000

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

Empire

M. Hardt · 2000

Same philosophy feel

65% genome match

The fractal geometry of nature

Benoît B. Mandelbrot · 1982

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match