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The Best Essay Collections of All-Time

Here's a list of 25 essay collections that should be interesting to read. Have you already made your acquaintance with these books?
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Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
1
Roxane Gay
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
2
David Foster Wallace
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
3
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
4
I Feel Bad About My Neck (Ephron)
I Feel Bad About My Neck
5
Ephron
I Remember Nothing (Nora Ephron)
I Remember Nothing
6
Nora Ephron
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
7
David Sedaris
Naked (David Sedaris)
Naked
8
David Sedaris
Notes From No Man's Land (Eula Biss)
Notes From No Man's Land
9
Eula Biss
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
10
Audre Lorde
Essays of Elia (Charles Lamb)
Essays of Elia
11
Charles Lamb
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
12
James Baldwin
The Geek Feminist Revolution (Kameron Hurley)
The Geek Feminist Revolution
13
Kameron Hurley
The Opposite of Loneliness (Marina Keegan)
The Opposite of Loneliness
14
Marina Keegan
A Collection of Essays (George Orwell)
A Collection of Essays
15
George Orwell
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
16
Susan Sontag
Changing My Mind (Zadie Smith)
Changing My Mind
17
Zadie Smith
Pulphead Essays
Pulphead Essays
18
The Common Reader (Virginia Woolf)
The Common Reader
19
Virginia Woolf
I Was Told There'd Be Cake (Sloane Crosley)
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
20
Sloane Crosley
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
21
James Baldwin
The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders
The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders
22
The White Album (Joan Didion)
The White Album
23
Joan Didion
Consider the Lobster (David Foster Wallace)
Consider the Lobster
24
David Foster Wallace
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
25
Joan Didion
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