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A hypnotic, beautifully written descent into a claustrophobic nightmare of family secrets and shattered boundaries. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Kiss.
- claustrophobic
- unsettling
- hypnotic
- dread-soaked
- 01
Incest
Nin, Anais · 1992
An unsparing, uncensored plunge into the raw psychological depths and transgressive desires of a woman seeking salvation through her own words.
- 02
My father's house
Sylvia Fraser · 1987
A harrowing but ultimately restorative journey through the fractured memories of childhood trauma.
- 03
Priestdaddy
Patricia Lockwood
A wildly poetic, laugh-out-loud descent into the absurdities of a deeply eccentric Catholic upbringing.
- 04
Henry and June
Anais Nin · 1986
An uncensored, deeply intimate plunge into a year of bohemian passion, sexual awakening, and tangled desires.
- 05
The chronology of water
Lidia Yuknavitch
A raw, untraditional plunge into grief, fluid sexuality, and the fierce current of survival.
- 06
The Fifth Kiss
Elizabeth Mansfield · 1981
A tempestuous battle of wills that erupts into sudden, overwhelming passion within the strictures of Regency society.
- 07
Manhood for amateurs
Michael Chabon
A warm, wry, and deeply articulate exploration of the fumbling, beautiful mess of modern fatherhood and middle age.
- 08
My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir
Chris Offutt
A son sifts through a literal mountain of his father's secrets to map the contours of a deeply complicated love.
- 09
The Liars' Club
Mary Karr · 1995
A fiercely funny, unsentimental plunge into a chaotic Texas childhood where storytelling is the only survival skill.
- 10
A Violation
Charlotte Lamb
A harrowing but ultimately hopeful exploration of a woman's journey to rebuild her shattered identity after an unthinkable trauma.
- 11
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
A sprawling, tragicomic dissection of a deeply dysfunctional American family colliding over one final, fraught holiday.
- 12
The Bloody Chamber
Angela Carter
A decadent, blood-soaked fever dream that tears the velvet curtains off classic fairy tales to reveal the raw, beating heart of female desire.
