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100 Must Read Essay Collections - Page 2

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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Living, Thinking, Looking (Siri Hustvedt)
Living, Thinking, Looking
41
Siri Hustvedt
Loitering (Charles D'Ambrosio)
Loitering
42
Charles D'Ambrosio
Lunch With a Bigot (Amitava Kumar)
Lunch With a Bigot
43
Amitava Kumar
Madness, Rack, and Honey
Madness, Rack, and Honey
44
Magic Hours (Tom Bissell)
Magic Hours
45
Tom Bissell
Meatless Days (Sara Suleri)
Meatless Days
46
Sara Suleri
Meaty (Samantha Irby)
Meaty
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Samantha Irby
Meditations From a Movable Chair (Andre Dubus)
Meditations From a Movable Chair
48
Andre Dubus
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (Mary McCarthy)
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
49
Mary McCarthy
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
50
David Sedaris
Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal (Wendy S. Walters)
Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal
51
Wendy S. Walters
My 1980s and Other Essays (Wayne Koestenbaum)
My 1980s and Other Essays
52
Wayne Koestenbaum
The Next American Essay, the Lost Origins and the Making of the American Essay (John D'Agata)
The Next American Essay, the Lost Origins and the Making of the American Essay
53
John D'Agata
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (Various (Edited by Joseph Epstein))
The Norton Book of Personal Essays
54
Various (Edited by Joseph Epstein)
Notes From No Man's Land (Eula Biss)
Notes From No Man's Land
55
Eula Biss
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
56
James Baldwin
Not That Kind of Girl (Lena Dunham)
Not That Kind of Girl
57
Lena Dunham
On Beauty and Being Just (Elaine Scarry)
On Beauty and Being Just
58
Elaine Scarry
Once I Was Cool (Megan Stielstra)
Once I Was Cool
59
Megan Stielstra
100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write
100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write
60
On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored (Adam Phillips)
On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored
61
Adam Phillips
On Lies, Secrets and Silence
On Lies, Secrets and Silence
62
The Opposite of Loneliness (Marina Keegan)
The Opposite of Loneliness
63
Marina Keegan
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (Geoff Dyer)
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition
64
Geoff Dyer
Paris to the Moon (Adam Gopnik)
Paris to the Moon
65
Adam Gopnik
Passions of the Mind (A.S Byatt)
Passions of the Mind
66
A.S Byatt
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
67
Sei Shonagon
A Place to Live (Natalia Ginzburg)
A Place to Live
68
Natalia Ginzburg
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark
69
Toni Morrison
Pulphead Essays
Pulphead Essays
70
Selected Essays of Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Selected Essays of Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
71
SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
72
Sidewalks (Valeria Luiselli)
Sidewalks
73
Valeria Luiselli
Sister Outsider
Sister Outsider
74
The Size of Thoughts (Nicholson Baker)
The Size of Thoughts
75
Nicholson Baker
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
76
Joan Didion
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
77
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Story About the Story (Various (Edited by J.C. Hallman))
The Story About the Story
78
Various (Edited by J.C. Hallman)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
79
David Foster Wallace
Ten Years in the Tub (Nick Hornby)
Ten Years in the Tub
80
Nick Hornby
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