BOOKSTHAT / LIST NO. 4212

Books that
Are Voyeuristic

Books about looking, being watched, secrecy, obsession, spectatorship, and the ethics of attention.

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01 / 10

The Sluts

Dennis Cooper

Posts, emails, and conversations on an escort-review website produce conflicting accounts of a young man’s encounters, mixing rumor, deception, and uncertain identities.

Synopsis

02 / 10

The Intuitionist

Colson Whitehead

03 / 10

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

04 / 10

The Price of Salt

Patricia Highsmith

05 / 10

Tipping the Velvet

Sarah Waters

06 / 10

The Memory Police

Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder

07 / 10

The Visible Man

Chuck Klosterman

08 / 10

Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

“Beagin establishes her place among artfully eccentric writers like Nell Zink, Elif Batuman, and Jennifer Egan.”
Kirkus ReviewsReview excerpt

09 / 10

The New People

Andrea Uptmor

10 / 10

Close Relationships with Strangers

Krista Diamond

Books thatAre Voyeuristic

Books that
Are Voyeuristic