What to Read After Closer
Readers who loved Closer by Dennis Cooper keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Closer 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 Closer
Our lady of the flowers
Blood and guts in high school
Querelle de Brest
Wrong
My Loose Thread (Cooper, Dennis)
High Life
Genet
God Jr
Empire of the Senseless
The Tidewater tales
In Awe
Martin and John
Eden Eden Eden
Blue of noon
Other Voices, Other Rooms
A l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie
Story of the eye
The wild boys
The Sluts
The dream police
Sarah
City of night
A boy's own story
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things