What to Read After Literature and Evil
Readers who loved Literature and Evil by Georges Bataille keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Literature and Evil 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 Literature and Evil
Philosophy in the Bedroom
Anthology
Black Sun
Space of Literature
Erotism
Metaphysical Horror
Writing degree zero, and Elements of semiology.
In Bluebeard's castle
Thirst for Annihilation
Proust (Calderbooks)
Seduction
Critical Theory Today
The tears of Eros
Visions of Excess
My Mother, Madame Edwarda and the Dead Man
Story of the eye
Roland Barthes
A Short History of Decay
Blue of Noon
Theory of Religion
Inner Experience
Giving an Account of Oneself
The Impossible
Ethics