Essays

Explore bold ideas, personal reflections, and powerful commentary in our Essays collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. Shop online or in-store for celebrated authors and emerging voices across every subject and style.

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On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward - 9781037213083
$39.99
On Witness and Respair
Jesmyn Ward
'One of the most important writers in America today' ANN PATCHETT 'Ward writes like a...
Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith - 9781405972499
$26.99
Dead and Alive
Zadie Smith
An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers...
Sez I to Myself by Frank McCourt - 9781419790980
$49.99
Sez I to Myself
Frank McCourt
A treasure chest of never-before-collected essays from Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist, and his boisterous...
Reasoning with Chaos by Waleed Aly - 9781761474316
$34.99
Reasoning with Chaos
Waleed Aly
Day after day, we're bombarded with the drumbeat of news that veers from the shocking...
Storytelling by Isabel Allende - 9781526698803
$34.99
Storytelling
Isabel Allende
'A grand storyteller who writes with surpassing compassion and insight ... She will be celebrated,...
Flyboy in the Buttermilk by Greg Tate - 9781837314027
$26.99
Flyboy in the Buttermilk
Greg Tate
An electrifying collection of essays from legendary cultural critic Greg Tate, with an introduction by...
Essays Two by Lydia Davis - 9781405992657
$29.99
Essays Two
Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis returns with a timeless collection of essays on literature and language 'Precise, concentrated,...
Truth and Consequence by Daniel Ellsberg - 9781639735518
$49.99
Truth and Consequence
Daniel Ellsberg
From the legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower and anti-war activist-a posthumous collection of Daniel Ellsberg's previously...
$13.95
A Hitch in Time
Christopher Hitchens
In this outstanding collection, essayist Christopher Hitchens's works are shared-a must-have for Hitchens completists seeking...
The Notes by Ronald Reagan - 9780062065148
$13.95
The Notes
Ronald Reagan
Collected by the Ronald Reagan Foundation, The Notes is a fascinating window into the mind...
A Book of Days by Patti Smith - 9780593448540
$16.95
A Book of Days
Patti Smith
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days...
Time of Monsters by Waleed Aly - 9781760645816
$29.99
Time of Monsters
Waleed Aly
Do we still believe in progress? In this wonderfully clarifying essay, Waleed Aly examines what...
How I Became A Socialist by William Morris - 9781788736916
$27.99
How I Became A Socialist
William Morris
William Morris is famous as a designer, poet and artist, but his work as a...
Nine Yard Sarees by Prasanthi Ram - 9781764555814
$32.99
Nine Yard Sarees
Prasanthi Ram
Winner of the 2024 Singapore Literature Prize Grandmother. Mothers. Daughters. Aunts. Girlfriends. Beloved. Estranged. Becoming....
The Waterfront Journals by David Wojnarowicz - 9781999922313
$35.00
The Waterfront Journals
David Wojnarowicz
A visceral and carnivalesque mosaic of life at the fringes The Waterfront Journals is a...
$12.95
Brave New World Revisited Vintage Classics
Huxley Aldous
Ambivalence by Brian Dillon - 9781804272473
$34.99
Ambivalence
Brian Dillon
When Brian Dillon was sixteen his mother died and he simply gave up all schoolwork....
Outsider Everywhere by Mercedes Halfon - 9781804272350
$29.99
Outsider Everywhere
Mercedes Halfon
In August 1939, a ship flying the Polish flag docked in Buenos Aires. On board...
Wild Fictions by Amitav Ghosh - 9781529349405
$26.99
Wild Fictions
Amitav Ghosh
'Brims with ideas and insights . . . Ghosh is at his sparkling best' IRISH...
Read This to Look Cool by Maeve Dunigan - 9781464220449
$34.99
Read This to Look Cool
Maeve Dunigan
For fans of Dolly Alderton or Samantha Irby, Read This to Look Cool is a...
New York Sketches by E.B. White - 9781946022738
$32.99
New York Sketches
E.B. White
E. B. White's greatest stories, asides, essays, jokes, and tall tales about the city he...
The God We Made by Anna Goldsworthy - 9781760645809
$29.99
The God We Made
Anna Goldsworthy
Humanity in the age of AI How will we be changed by the rise of...
On Reflection by Richard Holloway - 9781805302919
$16.00
On Reflection
Richard Holloway
In On Reflection Richard Holloway thinks back on some of the questions that have shaped...
Displaced by Valery Panyushkin - 9781787705470
$14.00
Displaced
Valery Panyushkin
In Displaced, Russian journalist Valery Panyushkin chronicles the devastating impact of his country's invasion of...
Silent Catastrophes by W. G. Sebald - 9780141037028
$26.99
Silent Catastrophes
W. G. Sebald
From acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz and The Rings...
Representations of the Intellectual by Edward W. Said - 9781804272244
$29.99
Representations of the Intellectual
Edward W. Said
Are intellectuals merely the servants of special interests or do they have a larger responsibility?...
Unique and Unspoilt by Bernadett Hince - 9780642276926
$14.00
Unique and Unspoilt
Bernadett Hince
Unique and Unspoilt is based on the journals of John Bechervaise during his 13 months...
Second Hand
In Praise of Shadows and Other Essays by Junichiro Tanizaki - 9784805319352
$27.99
In Praise of Shadows and Other Essays
Junichiro Tanizaki
Illustrated with artful images by renowned Kyoto-based photographer John Einarsen, this book is a 'must-have'...