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Sweet Nothings_cover
Sweet NothingsSarah Perry
2025
Sweet Nothings
Sweet Nothings
Sarah Perry
2025
Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]_cover
Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]Lucy Grealy
2024
Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]
Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]
Lucy Grealy
2024
Traces of Enayat_cover
Traces of EnayatIman Mersal
2024
Traces of Enayat
Traces of Enayat
Iman Mersal
2024
The Chase and Ruins_cover
The Chase and RuinsSharony Green
2023
The Chase and Ruins
The Chase and Ruins
Sharony Green
2023
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth_cover
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying MythBradley J. Birzer
2023
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth
Bradley J. Birzer
2023
Orwell_cover
OrwellD. J. Taylor
2023
Orwell
Orwell
D. J. Taylor
2023
Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies_cover
Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other HeresiesElizabeth Winkler
2023
Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies
Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies
Elizabeth Winkler
2023
Three Roads Back_cover
Three Roads BackRobert D. Richardson
2023
Three Roads Back
Three Roads Back
Robert D. Richardson
2023
Women Writers Buried in Virginia_cover
Women Writers Buried in VirginiaSharon Pajka
2021
Women Writers Buried in Virginia
Women Writers Buried in Virginia
Sharon Pajka
2021
Subversive_cover
SubversiveCrystal Downing
2020
Subversive
Subversive
Crystal Downing
2020
Dante_cover
DanteEnrico Malato
2017
Dante
Dante
Enrico Malato
2017
All My Road Before Me_cover
All My Road Before MeC. S. Lewis
2017
All My Road Before Me
All My Road Before Me
C. S. Lewis
2017
How to Murder Your Life_cover
How to Murder Your LifeCat Marnell
2017
How to Murder Your Life
How to Murder Your Life
Cat Marnell
2017
Becoming Earth_cover
Becoming EarthEva Saulitis
2016
Becoming Earth
Becoming Earth
Eva Saulitis
2016
Shakespeare_cover
ShakespeareBill Bryson
2016
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Bill Bryson
2016
Verga_cover
VergaGabriella Alfieri
2016
Verga
Verga
Gabriella Alfieri
2016
Good Blonde & Others_cover
Good Blonde & OthersJack Kerouac
2016
Good Blonde & Others
Good Blonde & Others
Jack Kerouac
2016
Bandersnatch_cover
BandersnatchDiana Pavlac Glyer, James A. Owen
2015
Bandersnatch
Bandersnatch
Diana Pavlac Glyer, James A. Owen
2015
The Year of Lear_cover
The Year of LearJames Shapiro
2015
The Year of Lear
The Year of Lear
James Shapiro
2015
Svevo_cover
SvevoGino Tellini
2015
Svevo
Svevo
Gino Tellini
2015
Goethe_cover
GoetheGabriella Catalano
2015
Goethe
Goethe
Gabriella Catalano
2015
Marino_cover
MarinoEmilio Russo
2015
Marino
Marino
Emilio Russo
2015
Ungaretti_cover
UngarettiAntonio Saccone
2015
Ungaretti
Ungaretti
Antonio Saccone
2015
Montale_cover
MontaleGiovanna Ioli
2015
Montale
Montale
Giovanna Ioli
2015
The Prince of Los Cocuyos_cover
The Prince of Los CocuyosRichard Blanco
2014
The Prince of Los Cocuyos
The Prince of Los Cocuyos
Richard Blanco
2014
The Removers_cover
The RemoversAndrew Meredith
2014
The Removers
The Removers
Andrew Meredith
2014
Trans-Atlantyk_cover
Trans-AtlantykWitold Gombrowicz
2014
Trans-Atlantyk
Trans-Atlantyk
Witold Gombrowicz
2014
Carol and John Steinbeck_cover
Carol and John SteinbeckSusan Shillinglaw
2013
Carol and John Steinbeck
Carol and John Steinbeck
Susan Shillinglaw
2013
Tolkien and the Great War_cover
Tolkien and the Great WarJohn Garth
2013
Tolkien and the Great War
Tolkien and the Great War
John Garth
2013
Come, Tell Me How You Live_cover
Come, Tell Me How You LiveAgatha Christie Mallowan
2012
Come, Tell Me How You Live
Come, Tell Me How You Live
Agatha Christie Mallowan
2012
James Joyce_cover
James JoyceAndrew Gibson
2011
James Joyce
James Joyce
Andrew Gibson
2011
Dust Tracks on a Road_cover
Dust Tracks on a RoadZora Neale Hurston
2010
Dust Tracks on a Road
Dust Tracks on a Road
Zora Neale Hurston
2010
Making Toast_cover
Making ToastRoger Rosenblatt
2010
Making Toast
Making Toast
Roger Rosenblatt
2010
Living by Fiction_cover
Living by FictionAnnie Dillard
2009
Living by Fiction
Living by Fiction
Annie Dillard
2009
Proust Was a Neuroscientist_cover
Proust Was a NeuroscientistJonah Lehrer
2008
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Jonah Lehrer
2008
The Night of the Gun_cover
The Night of the GunDavid Carr
2008
The Night of the Gun
The Night of the Gun
David Carr
2008
How I Became Hettie Jones_cover
How I Became Hettie JonesHettie Jones
2007
How I Became Hettie Jones
How I Became Hettie Jones
Hettie Jones
2007
Chuck Klosterman IV_cover
Chuck Klosterman IVChuck Klosterman
2006
Chuck Klosterman IV
Chuck Klosterman IV
Chuck Klosterman
2006
Open Me Carefully_cover
Open Me CarefullyEmily Dickinson
1998
Open Me Carefully
Open Me Carefully
Emily Dickinson
1998
This House of Sky_cover
This House of SkyIvan Doig
1980
This House of Sky
This House of Sky
Ivan Doig
1980
Larry_cover
LarryMichael Haag
2025
Larry
Larry
Michael Haag
2025
A Life of One's Own_cover
A Life of One's OwnJoanna Biggs
2023
A Life of One's Own
A Life of One's Own
Joanna Biggs
2023
In Search of Anne Brontë_cover
In Search of Anne BrontëNick Holland
2016
In Search of Anne Brontë
In Search of Anne Brontë
Nick Holland
2016
The Real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle_cover
The Real Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAndrew Norman
2023
The Real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Andrew Norman
2023
Pisces Moon_cover
Pisces MoonDouglas Valentine
2023
Pisces Moon
Pisces Moon
Douglas Valentine
2023
Incest_cover
IncestAnaïs Nin
1993
Incest
Incest
Anaïs Nin
1993
Thomas Mann_cover
Thomas MannHermann Kurzke
2021
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
Hermann Kurzke
2021
The Last Days of Sylvia Plath_cover
The Last Days of Sylvia PlathCarl Rollyson
2020
The Last Days of Sylvia Plath
The Last Days of Sylvia Plath
Carl Rollyson
2020
Merlin_cover
MerlinStephen Knight
2018
Merlin
Merlin
Stephen Knight
2018
Vladimir Nabokov_cover
Vladimir NabokovBrian Boyd
2016
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Brian Boyd
2016
On Writing_cover
On WritingCharles Bukowski
2015
On Writing
On Writing
Charles Bukowski
2015
James Baldwin_cover
James BaldwinDavid Leeming
2015
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
David Leeming
2015
George Eliot_cover
George EliotKathryn Hughes
2012
George Eliot
George Eliot
Kathryn Hughes
2012
Edgar Allan Poe_cover
Edgar Allan PoeArthur Hobson Quinn
1997
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Arthur Hobson Quinn
1997
The Making of Sylvia Plath_cover
The Making of Sylvia PlathCarl Rollyson
2024
The Making of Sylvia Plath
The Making of Sylvia Plath
Carl Rollyson
2024
Conversations with Karl Ove Knausgaard_cover
Conversations with Karl Ove KnausgaardBob Blaisdell
2023
Conversations with Karl Ove Knausgaard
Conversations with Karl Ove Knausgaard
Bob Blaisdell
2023
Bede and the Theory of Everything_cover
Bede and the Theory of EverythingMichelle P. Brown, Brown, Michelle P.
2023
Bede and the Theory of Everything
Bede and the Theory of Everything
Michelle P. Brown, Brown, Michelle P.
2023
Let the Wind Speak_cover
Let the Wind SpeakCarol Shloss
2023
Let the Wind Speak
Let the Wind Speak
Carol Shloss
2023
Eve Bites Back_cover
Eve Bites BackAnna Beer
2022
Eve Bites Back
Eve Bites Back
Anna Beer
2022
Fyodor Dostoevsky—The Gathering Storm_cover
Fyodor Dostoevsky—The Gathering StormThomas Gaiton Marullo
2020
Fyodor Dostoevsky—The Gathering Storm
Fyodor Dostoevsky—The Gathering Storm
Thomas Gaiton Marullo
2020