Recs if you like What Hunger...

books where women eat or think about eating other people

these books use (literal) hunger as a political tool to speak to women’s oppression, repression and desire, whether through overt cannibal metaphor, speculative dispatches, or more subtle nuances of appetite in literary fiction. these women are hungry for something more, whether they’re allowed to act on it or not.

recommendations welcome!

in the first edition of ‘the monstrous-feminine’, barbara creed challenges the dominant representation of women in horror films as victims, arguing that patriarchal ideology constructs women as monstrous because of their sexuality (or lack thereof).

later, creed reinterprets the monstrous-feminine as a being who embraces her body and reclaims her otherness. in line with this contemporary vision, these are books which use horror to redefine notions of ‘womanhood’.

recommendations welcome!

Horror stories (in all of its forms/subgenres) from Asian authors!

Recs welcome!

supporting women's rights and very very wrongs

We all love gothic classics, but what is new when it comes to the gothic genre (from the last 20 years or so)?! For fans of Dracula, Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, etc. Please comment with suggestions to add!

Horror books to read just for the aesthetic

Feminine rage, female empowerment, emotional validation. Women supporting women. Men being men. Feminism. Feminist reads.

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

these books include themes of class relations and cannibalism. sometimes the rich eat you, sometimes you eat the rich.

spotlighting some incredible books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors

horror novels written by women about girls and women with deadly appetites. despite the title there is sapphic lit here i just liked the pun. these books focus on human cannibals, i.e. not supernatural monsters like vampires, werewolves, etc. is the cannibalism a metaphor for love? rage? sex? all of the above!

Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!

“Before we begin, you must all be warned — nothing here is vegetarian.”

The intensity of the appetites and content in these books vary, check trigger warnings if needed.

for the people who seek out a little bit of cannibalism in their literature 💕 comment recs for me to add to this list/my tbr!!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS LIST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS IF CANNIBALISM IS THE PLOT TWIST!!

books where chefs, caterers, restauranteurs, critics, and connoisseurs do cannibalism, or where a prominent theme of the book is food/cooking

Call me Ishmael for this is my white whale

I was surprised I couldn't find a list already. This is for my fellow cannibalism readers. Let me know if I missed any!