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A friendly, fireside chat with your favorite English teacher that permanently changes how you consume stories. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with How to read literature like a professor.
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- inquisitive
- intellectually stimulating
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Literary Criticism
Charles E. Bressler · 1994
A clear, structured map through the dense and fascinating wilderness of literary theory.
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Reading Like a Writer
Francine Prose
An invitation to slow down, pull up a chair, and marvel at the architecture of a perfectly crafted sentence.
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Literary theory
Terry Eagleton
An engaging, unpretentious journey through the major movements of contemporary literary thought.
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The elements of eloquence
Mark Forsyth
A joyful, witty romp through the hidden formulas that make great sentences sing.
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The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction
Alan Jacobs
A playfully irreverent and deeply encouraging guide that grants you permission to read whatever brings you joy, entirely without shame.
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Playing in the dark
Toni Morrison
A brilliant, paradigm-shifting lens that permanently alters how you read the American literary canon.
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The uses of enchantment
Bruno Bettelheim · 1976
A deep, analytical dive into the subconscious power of the stories we tell our children.
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How fiction works
James Wood · 2009
An illuminating masterclass that permanently alters the way you experience the architecture of a sentence.
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The art of literary research
Richard Daniel Altick
A methodical and thoughtful exploration of the evolving landscape of literary scholarship and research.
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Anatomy of criticism
Northrop Frye · 1957
A magisterial and visionary exploration of how literature shapes our ideals and builds the society we want to live in.
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders
An intimate, generous masterclass on the mechanics of fiction that doubles as a profound guide to being a more empathetic human.
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino
A playful, labyrinthine love letter to the act of reading itself, where you are the main character.
