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9.5
|
Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World FictionThe Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction |
M.A. OrthoferOrthofer |
Non-Fiction |
Reference, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
9.5
|
How Proust Can Change Your LifeHow Proust Can Change Your Life |
Alain de Bottonde Botton |
Non-Fiction |
Philosophy, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
9.5
|
Picked-Up Pieces: EssaysPicked-Up Pieces: Essays |
John UpdikeUpdike |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
9.5
|
War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 |
Martin AmisAmisz |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
9.0
|
Example of MelvilleThe Example of Melville |
Warner BerthoffBerthoff |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Biography |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Rhetoric of IronyA Rhetoric of Irony |
Wayne BoothBoothb |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
U and I: A True StoryU and I: A True Story |
Nicholson BakerBaker |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Autobiography/Memoir |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Writer's NotebookA Writer's Notebook |
W. Somerset MaughamMaugham |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Life of Samuel JohnsonThe Life of Samuel Johnson |
James BoswellBoswell |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
Scotland |
|
|
8.5
|
How to Write a SentenceHow to Write a Sentence |
Stanley FishFish |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Visiting Mrs. Nabokov: And Other ExcursionsVisiting Mrs. Nabokov: And Other Excursions |
Martin AmisAmis |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction MiscellanyThe Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany |
Donald WestlakeWestlake |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Essays |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Speak, Memory: An Autobiography RevisitedSpeak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited |
Vladimir NabokovNabokov |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
Russia |
|
|
8.5
|
Element of Lavishness: Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner & William Maxwell, 1938-1978The Element of Lavishness: Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner & William Maxwell, 1938-1978 |
Sylvia Townsend WarnerWarner |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the WorldThe Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World |
George ProchnikProchnik |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Nearest Thing to LifeThe Nearest Thing to Life |
James WoodWoodc |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftOn Writing: A Memoir of the Craft |
Stephen KingKing |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Shakespeare: The World as StageShakespeare: The World as Stage |
Bill BrysonBryson |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily DickinsonSexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson |
Camille PagliaPaglia |
Non-Fiction |
History, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Odd Couple: The Curious Friendship between Kingsley Amis and Philip LarkinThe Odd Couple: The Curious Friendship between Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin |
Richard BradfordBradford |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846 |
Alethea HayterHayter |
Non-Fiction |
History, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public SphereUnacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere |
Christopher HitchensHitchens |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Politics |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Between ParenthesesBetween Parentheses |
Roberto BolanoBolano |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
Chile |
|
|
8.0
|
Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster WallaceEvery Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace |
D.T. MaxMax |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Susan Sontag: A BiographySusan Sontag: A Biography |
Daniel SchreiberSchreiber |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
Germany |
|
|
8.0
|
Great War and Modern MemoryThe Great War and Modern Memory |
Paul FussellFussell |
Non-Fiction |
History, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Power Of Delight: A Lifetime In Literature: Essays 1962-2002The Power Of Delight: A Lifetime In Literature: Essays 1962-2002 |
John BayleyBayley |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
W.G. SebaldW.G. Sebald |
Uwe SchutteSchutte |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
Germany |
|
|
8.0
|
Illuminations: Essays and ReflectionsIlluminations: Essays and Reflections |
Walter BenjaminBenjamin |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
Germany |
|
|
8.0
|
UpdikeUpdike |
Adam BegleyBegley |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters: A Study of the Idiosyncratic and the Humane in Modern LiteratureThe Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters: A Study of the Idiosyncratic and the Humane in Modern Literature |
John GrossGross |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Temple of Texts: EssaysA Temple of Texts: Essays |
William GassGass |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Love and Death in the American NovelLove and Death in the American Novel |
Leslie FiedlerFiedler |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Habit of Being: The Letters of Flannery O'ConnorThe Habit of Being: The Letters of Flannery O'Connor |
Flannery O'ConnorO'Connor |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Sort of Life: A MemoirA Sort of Life: A Memoir |
Graham GreeneGreenec |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life |
Anne LamottLamott |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Essays |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
How to Read and WhyHow to Read and Why |
Harold BloomBloom |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Making of Middlebrow CultureThe Making of Middlebrow Culture |
Joan Shelley RubinRubinb |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Enemies of PromiseEnemies of Promise |
Cyril ConnollyConnolly |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Autobiography/Memoir |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Lytton Strachey: The New BiographyLytton Strachey: The New Biography |
Michael HolroydHolroyd |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
With BorgesWith Borges |
Alberto ManguelManguel |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
Argentina |
|
|
7.5
|
My Mentor: A Young Man's Friendship with William MaxwellMy Mentor: A Young Man's Friendship with William Maxwell |
Alec WilkinsonWilkinson |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That WayThe Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way |
Bill BrysonBryson |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Encounter: EssaysEncounter: Essays |
Milan KunderaKundera |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
Czech Republic |
|
|
7.5
|
Catalogue of CrimeA Catalogue of Crime |
Jacques BarzunBarzun |
Non-Fiction |
Reference, Literary Studies |
France |
|
|
7.5
|
How to Read a BookHow to Read a Book |
Mortimer AdlerAdler |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Education |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great BooksTen Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books |
Nick HornbyHornby |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
MemoirsMemoirs |
Pablo NerudaNeruda |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
Chile |
|
|
7.5
|
Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and ObsessionThe Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession |
David GrannGrann |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov): Portrait of a MarriageVera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov): Portrait of a Marriage |
Stacy SchiffSchiff |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Journals of Arnold Bennett (1896-1910)The Journals of Arnold Bennett (1896-1910) |
Arnold BennettBennett |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
White GirlsWhite Girls |
Hilton AlsAls |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Danse MacabreDanse Macabre |
Stephen KingKing |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Essays |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 |
Hunter S. ThompsonThompsonb |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Stranger Shores: Literary Essays (1986-1999)Stranger Shores: Literary Essays (1986-1999) |
J.M. CoetzeeCoetzee |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
South Africa |
|
|
7.0
|
Writer on Her WorkThe Writer on Her Work |
Janet SternburgSternburg |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Alternating CurrentAlternating Current |
Octavio PazPaz |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Essays |
Mexico |
|
|
7.0
|
Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi ExplodedStrange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded |
Jason HellerHeller |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Music |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Several Short Sentences About WritingSeveral Short Sentences About Writing |
Verlyn KlinkenborgKlinkenborg |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Haruki Murakami and the Music of WordsHaruki Murakami and the Music of Words |
Jay RubinRubin |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Master of Deception: The Wartime Adventures of Peter FlemingMaster of Deception: The Wartime Adventures of Peter Fleming |
Alan OgdenOgden |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Reading Style: A Life in SentencesReading Style: A Life in Sentences |
Jenny DavidsonDavidsonb |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster WallaceAlthough of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace |
David LipskyLipsky |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Letters to VeraLetters to Vera |
Vladimir NabokovNabokov |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
Russia |
|
|
7.0
|
Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George HerbertMusic at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert |
John DruryDrury |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Several Lives of Chester HimesThe Several Lives of Chester Himes |
Edward MargoliesMargolies |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Talking About Detective FictionTalking About Detective Fiction |
P.D. JamesJamesd |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Reference |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Distant ReadingDistant Reading |
Franco MorettiMoretti |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Essays |
Italy |
|
|
7.0
|
Library at NightThe Library at Night |
Alberto ManguelManguel |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
Argentina |
|
|
7.0
|
History of ReadingA History of Reading |
Alberto ManguelManguel |
Non-Fiction |
History, Literary Studies |
Argentina |
|
|
7.0
|
New Fiedler ReaderThe New Fiedler Reader |
Leslie FiedlerFiedler |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies, Essays |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux AnthologyDarkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology |
Henri MichauxMichaux |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
France |
|
|
7.0
|
Texts and Pretexts: An Anthology with CommentariesTexts and Pretexts: An Anthology with Commentaries |
Aldous HuxleyHuxley |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Brave New World RevisitedBrave New World Revisited |
Aldous HuxleyHuxley |
Non-Fiction |
Essays, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Divine Magnet: Herman Melville's Letters to Nathaniel HawthorneThe Divine Magnet: Herman Melville's Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Herman MelvilleMelville |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Art of Mystery: The Search for QuestionsThe Art of Mystery: The Search for Questions |
Maud CaseyCasey |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Nabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own WritingNabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing |
Ben BlattBlatt |
Non-Fiction |
Literary Studies |
United States |
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