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Read this next if you loved The Substance 💉
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If you loved the chaotic, female rage, beauty satire of The Substance read these books.
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Books on Beauty
 
Books with a little gore
 
Books on Fame
 
Books that are just a little unsettling

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I LOVED THIS MOVIE!

 
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First of all if you haven't seen the movie please do - it's so much fun in the most outrageous, gross way possible!
The Substance
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Books on Beauty

 
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Themes: Social Media, Cosmetic procedures, Fame and Desirability. Lil extra mother daughter relationship issues thrown in.
Aesthetica
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If Goop was a book. Themes: Wellness and Lifestyle maybe being a cult?
The Glow: A Novel
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Themes: Beauty, Wellness, Race and Class. Also a satirical horror so well matched.
Natural Beauty
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Themes: Social Media and the Beauty Industry.
Self Care: A Novel
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Themes: Beauty, Horror, Cults?
Rouge
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Books with a little gore

 
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Themes: Feminist Horror, Dark Academia. What did I just read?
Bunny
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Good for her I guess? Themes: Thriller, Dark Comedy, Satire.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
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Themes: Grief, Family, Body Horror.
Monstrilio: A Novel
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Body Horror
Brainwyrms
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Themes: Female Rage. Thats it, thats all I needed to hear.
Animal
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What if humans were the meat? Themes: Social Commentary, Horror.
Tender Is the Flesh
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Books on Fame

 
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Themes: Dark side of Celebrity.
Idol
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This one feels like watching a tv show! Themes: Fame, Friendship, Reality TV, Performance.
The Real Deal
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Described as a satirical romp through Hollywood - The Substance anyone? Themes: Satire, Desire, Celebrity culture.
Perfume and Pain: A Novel
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Books that are just a little unsettling

 
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Themes: Social commentary and Satire.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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One of my 5 star reads. Themes: Satire, Burnout, Workplace.
Ripe: A Novel
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Themes: Belonging, Identity, a little Chaos!
The Coin: A Novel
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Themes: Illness, Rage, The absurdity of the mundanity of life.
Mrs Jekyll
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Eerie and stifling till the very end. Themes: Water, Love, Endings.
Our Wives Under the Sea
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Themes: Expectations, Feminist Horror.
The Stepford Wives
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