What to Read After Black Venus
Readers who loved Black Venus by Angela Carter keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Black Venus 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 Black Venus
The book of the unknown
Pricksongs & descants
Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
Later the Same Day
The world and other places
Saffron and brimstone
The Juniper Tree
Amateurs
Whites
American ghosts & Old World wonders
Shadow dance
The Sadeian woman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Passion of New Eve
Nights at the circus
Heroes and villains
The magic toyshop
Wise Children
The Bloody Chamber
The passion
Burning Your Boats
Sexing the Cherry
The bloody chamber and other stories
The Lost Lunar Baedeker