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100 Must-Read Essay Collections
100 Must-Read Essay Collections
100 Must-Read Essay Collections
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There’s something about a shiny new collection of essays that makes my heart beat a little
faster. If you feel the same way, can we be friends? If not, might I suggest that perhaps you just haven’t found the
right collection yet? I don’t expect everyone to love the thought of sitting down with a nice, juicy personal essay,
but I also think the genre gets a bad rap because people associate it with the kind of thing they had to write in
school.
Well, essays don’t have to be like the kind of thing you wrote in school. Essays can be anything, really. They can be
personal, confessional, argumentative, informative, funny, sad, shocking, sexy, and all of the above. The best
essayists can make any subject interesting. If I love an essayist, I’ll read whatever they write. I’ll follow their minds
anywhere. Because that’s really what I want out of an essay — the sense that I’m spending time with an interesting
mind. I want a companionable, challenging, smart, surprising voice in my head.
So below is my list, not of essay collections I think everybody “must read,” even if that’s what my title says, but
collections I hope you will consider checking out if you want to.
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If you have a favorite essay collection I’ve missed here, let me know in the comments!
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