Essays

Position
Details
Rating
Readers Count
Controls
#2
Small Wonder
Small Wonder
  • Barbara Kingsolver
3.68 reads
#3
The New Kings of Nonfiction
The New Kings of Nonfiction
  • Mark Bowden
  • Bill Buford
  • Malcolm Gladwell
  • Jack Hitt
  • Chuck Klosterman
  • James McManus
  • Susan Orlean
  • Michael Pollan
  • Lee Sandlin
  • Dan Savage
  • Coco Henson Scales
  • David Foster Wallace
  • Lawrence Weschler
4.2210 reads
#4
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day
  • David Sedaris
3.97469 reads
#5
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
  • Sarah Vowell
3.9544 reads
#6
High Tide in Tucson
High Tide in Tucson
  • Barbara Kingsolver
4.310 reads
#7
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
  • Barbara Kingsolver
3.8971 reads
#8
The Best American Essays 2005
The Best American Essays 2005
    41 read
    #9
    The Best American Essays 2007
    The Best American Essays 2007
      3.52 reads
      #10
      The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters With Extraordinary People
      The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters With Extraordinary People
      • Susan Orlean
      4.52 reads
      #11
      Fraud: Essays
      Fraud: Essays
      • David Rakoff
      3.7523 reads
      #12
      The Best American Essays 2006
      The Best American Essays 2006
        41 read
        #13
        Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
        Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
        • David Foster Wallace
        4.29110 reads
        #14
        Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems
        Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems
        • David Rakoff
        3.5620 reads
        #15
        When You Are Engulfed in Flames
        When You Are Engulfed in Flames
        • David Sedaris
        3.95198 reads
        #17
        The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007
        The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007
          3.674 reads
          #18
          Take the Cannoli
          Take the Cannoli
          • Sarah Vowell
          3.7821 reads
          #19
          The best American nonrequired reading 2006
          The best American nonrequired reading 2006
          • Dave Eggers
          42 reads
          #20
          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
          4.2106 reads
          #21
          The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008
          The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008
          • Judy Blume
          52 reads
          #22
          Neptune Noir
          Neptune Noir
            3.54 reads
            #23
            Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
            Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
            • Chuck Klosterman
            3.76126 reads
            #24
            Jaguars Ripped My Flesh
            Jaguars Ripped My Flesh
            • Tim Cahill
            3.333 reads
            #25
            The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009
            The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009
            • Susan Breen
            01 read
            #26
            This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
            This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
            • David Foster Wallace
            4.5587 reads
            #27
            Skipping Towards Gomorrah
            Skipping Towards Gomorrah
            • Dan Savage
            4.255 reads
            #28
            Notes from no man's land : American essays
            Notes from no man's land : American essays
            • Eula Biss
            53 reads
            #29
            The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
            The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
              3.678 reads
              #30
              Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers: On New Jobs, Old Loves, Fighting the Man, Having a Kid, Saving the World, and Everything in Between
              Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers: On New Jobs, Old Loves, Fighting the Man, Having a Kid, Saving the World, and Everything in Between
                41 read
                #31
                Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
                Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
                • Mindy Kaling
                3.66283 reads
                #32
                Bossypants
                Bossypants
                  3.83690 reads
                  #33
                  Cover 0

                  The Balloonists

                  The Balloonists
                  • Eula Biss
                  52 reads
                  #34
                  Against Interpretation
                  Against Interpretation
                  • Susan Sontag
                  3.825 reads
                  #35
                  Half Empty
                  Half Empty
                  • David Rakoff
                  4.3312 reads
                  #36
                  The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason
                  The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason
                    3.52 reads
                    #37
                    David Sedaris: Live For Your Listening Pleasure
                    David Sedaris: Live For Your Listening Pleasure
                      51 read
                      #38
                      Farther Away: Essays
                      Farther Away: Essays
                      • Jonathan Franzen
                      33 reads
                      #39
                      Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
                      Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
                      • David Sedaris
                      3.78181 reads
                      #40
                      Both Flesh and Not: Essays
                      Both Flesh and Not: Essays
                      • David Foster Wallace
                      3.9219 reads
                      #41
                      Maps and Legends
                      Maps and Legends
                      • Michael Chabon
                      3.438 reads
                      #42
                      Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
                      Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
                      • Cheryl Strayed
                      4.25117 reads
                      #43
                      Bad Feminist
                      Bad Feminist
                      • Roxane Gay
                      3.89196 reads
                      #44
                      The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion
                      The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion
                      • Meghan Daum
                      3.57 reads
                      #45
                      Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids
                      Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids
                        3.0513 reads
                        #46
                        We Should All Be Feminists
                        We Should All Be Feminists
                        • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
                        4.37514 reads
                        #47
                        You'll Grow Out of It
                        You'll Grow Out of It
                        • Jessi Klein
                        3.4232 reads
                        #48
                        Where Am I Now?
                        Where Am I Now?
                        • Mara Wilson
                        3.632 reads
                        #49
                        Too Much and Not the Mood
                        Too Much and Not the Mood
                        • Durga Chew-Bose
                        3.7814 reads
                        #50
                        We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
                        We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
                        • Samantha Irby
                        3.9882 reads
                        #51
                        They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
                        They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
                        • Hanif Abdurraqib
                        4.5343 reads
                        #52
                        The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior
                        The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior
                        • Sarah Kendzior
                        4.2720 reads
                        #53
                        Dead Girls
                        Dead Girls
                        • Alice Bolin
                        2.7811 reads
                        #54
                        Cover 7

                        I can't date Jesus

                        I can't date Jesus
                        • Michael Arceneaux
                        3.54 reads
                        #55
                        What If This Were Enough?: Essays
                        What If This Were Enough?: Essays
                        • Heather Havrilesky
                        3.7314 reads
                        #56
                        Thick
                        Thick
                        • Tressie McMillan Cottom
                        4.4141 reads
                        #57
                        We Learn Nothing
                        We Learn Nothing
                        • Tim Kreider
                        3.4716 reads
                        #58
                        Meaty
                        Meaty
                          3.9133 reads
                          #60
                          I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
                          I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
                          • Tim Kreider
                          4.257 reads
                          #61
                          Calypso
                          Calypso
                          • David Sedaris
                          4.03198 reads
                          #62
                          Trick Mirror
                          Trick Mirror
                          • Jia Tolentino
                          4.04162 reads
                          #63
                          The Witches Are Coming
                          The Witches Are Coming
                          • Lindy West
                          4.0974 reads
                          #64
                          Something That May Shock and Discredit You
                          Something That May Shock and Discredit You
                            3.5416 reads
                            #65
                            I've Been Wrong Before: Essays
                            I've Been Wrong Before: Essays
                            • Evan James
                            31 read
                            #66
                            Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
                            Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
                            • Samantha Irby
                            3.9471 reads
                            #67
                            She Come By It Natural
                            She Come By It Natural
                            • Sarah Smarsh
                            4.0612 reads
                            #68
                            Crystal Clear: Reflections on Extraordinary Talismans For Everyday Life
                            Crystal Clear: Reflections on Extraordinary Talismans For Everyday Life
                            • Jaya Saxena
                            00 reads
                            #69
                            Shit, Actually
                            Shit, Actually
                            • Lindy West
                            430 reads
                            #70
                            A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
                            A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
                            • Hanif Abdurraqib
                            4.7718 reads
                            #71
                            The Anthropocene Reviewed
                            The Anthropocene Reviewed
                            • John Green
                            4.36351 reads
                            #72
                            I Like to Watch
                            I Like to Watch
                            • Emily Nussbaum
                            3.8221 reads
                            #73
                            Cover 5

                            Southbound

                            Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change
                            • Anjali Enjeti
                            00 reads
                            #74
                            Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms
                            Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms
                            • John Hodgman
                            41 read
                            #75
                            White Magic
                            White Magic
                            • Elissa Washuta
                            36 reads
                            #76
                            Tacky
                            Tacky
                            • Rax King
                            3.7914 reads
                            #77
                            Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today
                            Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today
                              00 reads
                              #78
                              Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse
                              Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse
                              • Maya Phillips
                              4.333 reads
                              #79
                              Madame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars: Astrology, Our Icons, and Our Selves
                              Madame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars: Astrology, Our Icons, and Our Selves
                              • Claire Comstock-Gay
                              41 read
                              #80
                              Little Weirds
                              Little Weirds
                              • Jenny Slate
                              3.5941 reads
                              #81
                              Armageddon in Retrospect
                              Armageddon in Retrospect
                              • Kurt Vonnegut
                              3.8324 reads
                              #82
                              Quietly Hostile
                              Quietly Hostile
                              • Samantha Irby
                              3.531 reads
                              #83
                              Congratulations, the Best is Over!
                              Congratulations, the Best is Over!
                              • R. Eric Thomas
                              4.56 reads
                              #84
                              Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
                              Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
                              • Roxane Gay
                              3.4410 reads
                              #85
                              Black Friend: Essays
                              Black Friend: Essays
                              • Ziwe
                              414 reads
                              #86
                              There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
                              There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
                              • Hanif Abdurraqib
                              4.6323 reads
                              #87
                              You Get What You Pay For: Essays
                              You Get What You Pay For: Essays
                              • Morgan Parker
                              4.333 reads
                              #88
                              If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
                              If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
                              • Geraldine DeRuiter
                              3.676 reads
                              #89
                              Rage: On Being Queer, Black, Brilliant . . . and Completely Over It
                              Rage: On Being Queer, Black, Brilliant . . . and Completely Over It
                              • Lester Fabian Brathwaite
                              00 reads