What to Read After Erotism
Readers who loved Erotism by Georges Bataille keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Erotism is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Erotism
Black Sun
Literature and evil
Story of the eye
My Mother, Madame Edwarda and the Dead Man
Blue of noon
Fragments d'un discours amoureux
Visions of excess
The tears of Eros
Accursed Share, Vol. 1
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings
Powers of horror
Space of Literature
Eros and Civilization
Thirst for Annihilation
Aesthetic theory
De l'inconvénient d'être né
The Uncanny (Penguin Classics)
Our lady of the flowers
Maldoror
Différence et répétition
Of grammatology
Ethics
The Ticklish Subject
Empire