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100 Must Read Essay Collections

100 essay collections to read as suggested by Book Riot which puts forward the argument that if you don't like essays, you haven't found the right collection. THE MISSING COLLECTION: 'The Best American Essays series' this is published every year and selected by Robert Atwan.
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Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
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Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere (André Aciman)
Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere
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André Aciman
American Romances (Rebecca Brown)
American Romances
3
Rebecca Brown
Art and Ardor (Cynthia Ozick)
Art and Ardor
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Cynthia Ozick
The Art of the Personal Essay (Various (Edited by Phillip Lopate))
The Art of the Personal Essay
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Various (Edited by Phillip Lopate)
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
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Roxane Gay
The Best American Essays of the Century (Joyce Carol Oates, Edit.)
The Best American Essays of the Century
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Joyce Carol Oates, Edit.
Book of Days (Emily Fox Gordon)
Book of Days
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Emily Fox Gordon
The Boys of My Youth (Jo Ann Beard)
The Boys of My Youth
9
Jo Ann Beard
The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders
The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders
10
Broken Republic: Three Essays (Arundhati Roy)
Broken Republic: Three Essays
11
Arundhati Roy
Changing My Mind (Zadie Smith)
Changing My Mind
12
Zadie Smith
A Collection of Essays (George Orwell)
A Collection of Essays
13
George Orwell
The Common Reader (Virginia Woolf)
The Common Reader
14
Virginia Woolf
Consider the Lobster
Consider the Lobster
15
The Crack-Up
The Crack-Up
16
Discontent and Its Civilisations (Mohsin Hamid)
Discontent and Its Civilisations
17
Mohsin Hamid
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
18
Claudia Rankine
Dreaming of Hitler (Daphne Merkin)
Dreaming of Hitler
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Daphne Merkin
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays]
20
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Empathy Exams
The Empathy Exams
21
Essays After Eighty (Donald Hall)
Essays After Eighty
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Donald Hall
Essays in Idleness (Yoshida Kenko)
Essays in Idleness
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Yoshida Kenko
Essays of Elia (Charles Lamb)
Essays of Elia
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Charles Lamb
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
25
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
26
Findings
Findings
27
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
28
James Baldwin
The Folded Clock: A Diary (Heidi Julavits)
The Folded Clock: A Diary
29
Heidi Julavits
Forty-One False Starts (Janet Malcolm)
Forty-One False Starts
30
Janet Malcolm
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Kiese Laymon)
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
31
Kiese Laymon
I Feel Bad About My Neck (Nora Ephron)
I Feel Bad About My Neck
32
Nora Ephron
I Just Lately Started Buying Wings (Kim Dana Kupperman)
I Just Lately Started Buying Wings
33
Kim Dana Kupperman
In Fact: The Best Creative Nonfiction (Various (Edited by Lee Gutkind))
In Fact: The Best Creative Nonfiction
34
Various (Edited by Lee Gutkind)
In Praise of Shadows (Junichiro Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
35
Junichiro Tanizaki
In Search of Our Mother's Garden
In Search of Our Mother's Garden
36
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (Mindy Kaling)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
37
Mindy Kaling
I Was Told There'd Be Cake (Sloane Crosley)
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
38
Sloane Crosley
Karaoke Culture (Dubravka Ugresic)
Karaoke Culture
39
Dubravka Ugresic
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
40
Jorge Luis Borges
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