What to Read After Close to the Knives
Readers who loved Close to the Knives by David Wojnarowicz keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Close to the Knives 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 Close to the Knives
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (Sexual Cultures)
The Gentrification of the Mind
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black
Role Models
Before Night Falls
The Motion of Light in Water
Feeling Backward
The Naked Civil Servant
My Dangerous Desires
Deviations
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
Heaven's Coast
Genet
Widow Basquiat
The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky
A l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie
Chronology of Water
Ceremonies
Shock Treatment
Another Country
Journal du voleur
Swimming in a Sea of Death
Ask Dr. Mueller
Blood and Guts in High School