Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature
By: Dan Sinykin
3.96
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
In the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat wit…
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By: Mark McGurl
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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2. Lightning Rods
By: Helen DeWitt
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
"All I want is to be a success. That's all I ask." Joe fails to sell a single set of the Encycloped… read more
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By: Gwendolyn Brooks
3.75
Format: 263 pages, Paperback
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4. Immediacy: Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism
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4.08
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style Contemporary cultural style boo… read more
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By: Marie-Helene Bertino
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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6. My Death
By: Lisa Tuttle
3.98
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more
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7. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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By: Sheila Heti
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more
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By: Helen Garner
3.53
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Helen Garner has been a literary institution in Australia for decades. Her perfectly formed novels … read more
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10. No Judgment: Essays
By: Lauren Oyler
3.30
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
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By: Peter Biskind
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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By: Sarah Manguso
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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14. Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature
By: Dan Sinykin
3.96
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
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15. The Anthropologists
By: Aysegül Savas
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more
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16. Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
By: Ann Powers
3.51
Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition
For decades Joni Mitchell’s life and music have enraptured listeners. One of the most celebrated ar… read more
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17. Entitlement
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3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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By: Garth Greenwell
4.30
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21. Professing Criticism: Essays on the Organization of Literary Study
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4.12
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
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