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One mind, on the page, with nowhere to hide.

82 essential works

Cover of Essays by Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

Cover of The Pillow Book (Makura no Sōshi) by Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow Book (Makura no Sōshi)

Cover of Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) by Yoshida Kenkō

Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)

Cover of Self-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-Reliance and Other Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cover of Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

Cover of The Death of the Moth and Other Essays by Virginia Woolf

The Death of the Moth and Other Essays

1942 · England

Cover of A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

1929 · England

Cover of Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

Cover of The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

Cover of The Essays of E.B. White by E.B. White

The Essays of E.B. White

Cover of Mythologies by Roland Barthes

Cover of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas De Quincey

1821 · England

Cover of A Collection of Essays by George Orwell

A Collection of Essays

1946 · England

Cover of The Partisan Review Anthology by Various (Edmund Wilson, Lionel Trilling, etc.)

The Partisan Review Anthology

Various (Edmund Wilson, Lionel Trilling, etc.)

Cover of The Liberal Imagination by Lionel Trilling

The Liberal Imagination

Lionel Trilling

Cover of Axel's Castle / The Wound and the Bow by Edmund Wilson

Axel's Castle / The Wound and the Bow

Cover of Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag

Against Interpretation

Cover of Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag

Illness as Metaphor

Cover of The White Album by Joan Didion

The White Album

Cover of Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Cover of The Right Stuff / Radical Chic by Tom Wolfe

The Right Stuff / Radical Chic

Cover of Fame and Obscurity by Gay Talese

Fame and Obscurity

Cover of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

Cover of The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer

The Armies of the Night

Cover of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Cover of Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard

Teaching a Stone to Talk

Cover of Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

Desert Solitaire

Cover of Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

Sand County Almanac

Cover of The Dyer's Hand by W.H. Auden

The Dyer's Hand

1962 · England/USA

Cover of The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode

The Sense of an Ending

1967 · England

Cover of The Opposing Self by Lionel Trilling

The Opposing Self

Lionel Trilling

Cover of Lectures in America by Gertrude Stein

Lectures in America

Cover of Other Inquisitions by Jorge Luis Borges

Other Inquisitions

Jorge Luis Borges

1952 · Argentina

Cover of The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz

The Labyrinth of Solitude

Cover of Decolonising the Mind by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Decolonising the Mind

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Cover of The God of Small Things (essays) / The End of Imagination by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things (essays) / The End of Imagination

Cover of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Cover of Notes Toward a Definition of Culture by T.S. Eliot

Notes Toward a Definition of Culture

1948 · England

Cover of Zami: A Biomythography / Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Zami: A Biomythography / Sister Outsider

Cover of Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Me Talk Pretty One Day

Cover of Giving Good Weight by John McPhee

Giving Good Weight

Cover of Coming into the Country by John McPhee

Coming into the Country

Cover of Travels in Hyperreality by Umberto Eco

Travels in Hyperreality

Cover of Selected Writings by William Hazlitt

Selected Writings

William Hazlitt

1817 · England

Cover of Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

1941 · England

Cover of Naked by David Sedaris

Cover of The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard

The Boys of My Youth

Cover of The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

The Empathy Exams

Cover of Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith

Changing My Mind

2009 · England

Cover of The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Cover of Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Cover of On Immunity by Eula Biss

Cover of Notes from No Man's Land by Eula Biss

Notes from No Man's Land

Cover of Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace

Consider the Lobster

David Foster Wallace

Cover of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

David Foster Wallace

Cover of The Complete Essays (M.A. Screech translation) by Michel de Montaigne

The Complete Essays (M.A. Screech translation)

Michel de Montaigne

Cover of Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole

Known and Strange Things

2016 · Nigeria/USA

Cover of "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Self-Reliance"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cover of "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau

"Civil Disobedience"

Henry David Thoreau

Cover of "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift

"A Modest Proposal"

1729 · Ireland

Cover of "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" / "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr.

"On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" / "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Martin Luther King Jr.

Cover of "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell

"Politics and the English Language"

1946 · England

Cover of "The Crack-Up" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cover of The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm

The Journalist and the Murderer

Cover of The Collected Stories (essays) / The Art of the Novel by Milan Kundera

The Collected Stories (essays) / The Art of the Novel

1988 · Czechoslovakia/France

Cover of In Patagonia / The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin

In Patagonia / The Songlines

1977 · England

Cover of Upstream by Mary Oliver

Cover of Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Men Explain Things to Me

Cover of A Stranger's Journey by David Mura

A Stranger's Journey

Cover of The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison by Ralph Ellison

The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison

Cover of In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

Cover of The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

Cover of The Collected Schizophrenias by Esme Weijun Wang

The Collected Schizophrenias

Esme Weijun Wang

Cover of Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

Cover of The Art of the Personal Essay by Phillip Lopate

The Art of the Personal Essay

Cover of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

Cover of The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer

The Ongoing Moment

Cover of On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt

Harry G. Frankfurt

Cover of The Unwinding by George Packer

Cover of Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed

Barbara Ehrenreich

Cover of Ways of Seeing by John Berger

1972 · United Kingdom

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus