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Essays & Criticism Books

41 titles in our catalog.

Cover of Hard to Love

Hard to Love

Briallen Hopper
Cover of Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?

Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?

Jenny Diski
Cover of Bamboo

Bamboo

William Boyd
Cover of Kicking Off

Kicking Off

Sarah Shephard
Cover of A Thousand Plateaus

A Thousand Plateaus

Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
Cover of 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers

100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers

Mike Ollerton
Cover of The Little Book Of Sequencing Skills

The Little Book Of Sequencing Skills

Keri Finlayson
Cover of World of Wonders

World of Wonders

Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura
Cover of Art Matters

Art Matters

Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell, Montse Meneses Vilar
Cover of Book of Delights

Book of Delights

Ross Gay
Cover of Hunger

Hunger

Roxane Gay
Cover of Mothers, Fathers, and Others

Mothers, Fathers, and Others

Siri Hustvedt, Aurora Echevarría Pérez
Cover of American Beast

American Beast

Jill Lepore
Cover of Memoir of My Former Self

Memoir of My Former Self

Hilary Mantel
Cover of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

David Foster Wallace
Cover of Consider the Lobster

Consider the Lobster

David Foster Wallace
Cover of How To

How To

Randall Munroe
Cover of India's Most Fearless 1

India's Most Fearless 1

Shiv Aroor, Rahul Singh