Literary Criticism

    15 mentions across 9 recommendation lists.

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    #1

    Why We Read What We Read

    John Heath, Lisa Adams

    770 upvotes

    Cover of Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

    #2

    Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

    Catriona Kelly, Catriona (Fellow of New College Kelly, Oxford and Tutor in Russian)

    240 upvotes

    Cover of Shakespeare's First Folio

    #3

    Shakespeare's First Folio

    Emma Smith

    188 upvotes

    Cover of Isabel Allende

    #4

    Isabel Allende

    Mary Ellen Snodgrass

    178 upvotes

    Cover of Bibliophile: Diverse Spines

    #5

    Bibliophile: Diverse Spines

    Jane Mount, Jamise Harper

    139 upvotes

    Cover of Maus Now

    #6

    Maus Now

    Art Spiegelman, Hillary Chute

    92 upvotes

    Cover of The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley

    #7

    The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Percy Bysshe Shelley

    87 upvotes

    Cover of The Gothic Romance Wave

    #8

    The Gothic Romance Wave

    Lori A. Paige

    83 upvotes

    Cover of The Culture and Politics of Contemporary Street Gang Memoirs

    #9

    The Culture and Politics of Contemporary Street Gang Memoirs

    Josephine Metcalf

    64 upvotes

    Cover of The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien

    #10

    The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien

    J. R. R. Tolkien

    47 upvotes

    Cover of The Contexts of Bakhtin

    #11

    The Contexts of Bakhtin

    Professor David Shepherd, David Shepherd

    45 upvotes

    Cover of David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form

    #12

    David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form

    David Hering

    41 upvotes

    Cover of Krishna's Mahabharatas

    #13

    Krishna's Mahabharatas

    Sohini Sarah Pillai

    34 upvotes

    Cover of The New Lifetime Reading Plan

    #14

    The New Lifetime Reading Plan

    Clifton Fadiman, John S. Major

    30 upvotes

    Cover of Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut

    #15

    Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut

    30 upvotes

    Cover of The Conspiracy against the Human Race

    #16

    The Conspiracy against the Human Race

    Thomas Ligotti

    28 upvotes

    Cover of Reading the Contemporary Author

    #17

    Reading the Contemporary Author

    Alison Gibbons, Elizabeth King

    26 upvotes

    Cover of Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil

    #18

    Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    18 upvotes

    Cover of The Transfiguration of Romania

    #19

    The Transfiguration of Romania

    Emil Cioran

    17 upvotes

    Cover of How to Read Literature Like a Professor 3E

    #20

    How to Read Literature Like a Professor 3E

    Thomas C. Foster

    16 upvotes

    Cover of A Companion to the Works of Hermann Hesse

    #21

    A Companion to the Works of Hermann Hesse

    Ingo Cornils

    16 upvotes

    Cover of The Twilight Mystique

    #22

    The Twilight Mystique

    Amy M. Clarke, Marijane Osborn

    15 upvotes

    Cover of Salman Rushdie

    #23

    Salman Rushdie

    Robert Eaglestone, Martin McQuillan

    15 upvotes

    Cover of A Luis Leal Reader

    #24

    A Luis Leal Reader

    Luis Leal

    14 upvotes

    Cover of Novelist as a Vocation

    #25

    Novelist as a Vocation

    Haruki Murakami

    13 upvotes

    Cover of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

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    Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

    Nicolas Tredell

    12 upvotes

    Cover of Back to the Best Books

    #27

    Back to the Best Books

    Marilyn Green Faulkner

    10 upvotes

    Cover of Literary Theory

    #28

    Literary Theory

    Terry Eagleton

    9 upvotes

    Cover of Stephen King, American Master

    #29

    Stephen King, American Master

    Stephen Spignesi

    8 upvotes

    Cover of Stephen King

    #30

    Stephen King

    Albert Rolls

    7 upvotes

    Cover of Ice Floe

    #31

    Ice Floe

    Shannon Gramse, Sarah Kirk

    7 upvotes

    Cover of Selected Non-Fictions

    #32

    Selected Non-Fictions

    Jorge Luis Borges

    5 upvotes

    Cover of A Son at the Front

    #33

    A Son at the Front

    Edith Wharton

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Outlander's Sassenachs

    #34

    Outlander's Sassenachs

    Valerie Estelle Frankel

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Our Book of Awesome

    #35

    Our Book of Awesome

    Neil Pasricha

    5 upvotes

    Cover of The Grammar of Identity

    #36

    The Grammar of Identity

    Stephen Clingman

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    #37

    Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    George Orwell

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Jules Verne Lives!

    #38

    Jules Verne Lives!

    Gary Westfahl

    4 upvotes