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A witty, eye-opening romp through the animal kingdom and human history that turns a profound taboo into a fascinating biological puzzle. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Cannibalism.
- curious
- macabre
- fascinating
- unsettling
- 01
Dark Archives
Megan Rosenbloom
A fascinating, respectful descent into the macabre intersection of medical history and rare book collecting.
- 02
Perv
Jesse Bering
An unflinching, inquisitive exploration of the hidden corners of human desire and the shame we attach to them.
- 03
Why Is Sex Fun?
Jared M. Diamond · 1998
A witty, eye-opening biological safari into the weirdest mating habits in the animal kingdom: our own.
- 04
Savage Appetites
Rachel Monroe
An unsettling and deeply analytical exploration of why women are drawn to the darkest corners of human behavior.
- 05
The Sex Lives of Cannibals
J. Maarten Troost
A sweltering, laugh-out-loud dismantling of the tropical paradise myth, fueled by culture shock and relentless absurdity.
- 06
Evil
Julia Shaw
A provocative, science-backed exploration that dismantles our cultural assumptions about what makes a person truly monstrous.
- 07
Eating animals
Jonathan Safran Foer
An urgent, deeply personal reckoning with the stories we tell ourselves about the food on our plates.
- 08
Why we love dogs, eat pigs, and wear cows
Melanie Joy
A paradigm-shifting exploration of the invisible belief systems that shape our most basic daily choices.
- 09
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
Caitlin Doughty
A delightfully macabre and surprisingly cheerful exploration of the messy, fascinating realities of what happens to our bodies after we die.
- 10
Your inner fish
Neil Shubin
A joyful, mind-expanding journey through deep time that reveals the ancient menagerie hiding within our own anatomy.
- 11
Cows, pigs, wars, & witches
Marvin Harris · 1974
A provocative, paradigm-shifting journey that strips away the mystique of human behavior to reveal the cold, fascinating logic beneath.
- 12
Catching fire
Richard Wrangham · 2009
A paradigm-shifting exploration of how the simple act of cooking transformed our ancestors into modern humans.
