What to Read After Art of Cruelty
Readers who loved Art of Cruelty by Maggie Nelson keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Art of Cruelty 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 Art of Cruelty
Regarding the Pain of Others
Madness, Rack, and Honey
Illness as metaphor
The Importance of Being Iceland
Bluets
Red Parts
Ugly feelings
Still life with oysters and lemon
Cruel optimism
Selected Essays of John Berger
The body in pain
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh
Reel to real
Against Interpretation
The Argonauts
Jane
The Empathy Exams Essays
I Love Dick
Don't let me be lonely
Green girl
The lonely city
Changing my mind
Too much and not the mood
Glass, Irony, and God