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Cover of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

4.3

1996

Cover of Me Talk Pretty One Day

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

4.0

2000

Cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson, Tony Goldwyn

4.0

2003

Cover of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

4.1

2004

Cover of When You Are Engulfed in Flames

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

4.0

2008

Cover of Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

4.2

1999

Cover of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

3.8

2013

Cover of A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway

4.0

1964

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

3.9

1995

Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.5

2014

Cover of Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

David Sedaris

3.8

1994

Cover of Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

4.5

2016

Cover of Bad Feminist

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

3.9

2014

Cover of Utopia

Utopia

Thomas More, Paul Turner

3.5

1516

Cover of The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

4.0

2006

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

4.2

1942

Cover of Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

4.3

2005

Cover of Walden & Civil Disobedience

Walden & Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau, W.S. Merwin

4.0

1854

Cover of Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke, Reginald Snell, Franz Xaver Kappus

4.3

1929

Cover of The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

Marina Keegan

3.8

2014

Cover of The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara March

3.8

1993

Cover of Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

4.3

2014

Cover of Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

Nick Offerman

3.6

2013

Cover of Binge

Binge

Tyler Oakley

4.3

2015

Cover of Wildflower

Wildflower

Drew Barrymore

3.6

2015

Cover of Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

4.1

1995

Cover of Essays and Poems

Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Peter Norberg

4.0

1856

Cover of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

Harold McGee

4.5

1984

Cover of Take the Cannoli

Take the Cannoli

Sarah Vowell

3.9

2000

Cover of Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories

Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories

Philip Roth

3.9

1959

Cover of The 20th Century Art Book

The 20th Century Art Book

Phaidon Press

3.9

1996

Cover of The Empathy Exams: Essays

The Empathy Exams: Essays

Leslie Jamison

3.6

2014

Cover of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

Mason Currey

3.7

2013

Cover of Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 (Basic Art)

Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 (Basic Art)

Ulrich Bischoff

4.1

1990

Cover of The Message

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.7

2024

Cover of There's Always This Year

There's Always This Year

Hanif Abdurraqib

5.0

2024

Cover of Grief Is for People

Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

4.0

2024

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