Essays

Explore bold ideas, personal reflections, and powerful commentary in our Essays collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. From literary criticism and cultural insights to memoir-style observations and political thought, these essay collections offer sharp, thought-provoking reading. Shop online or in-store for celebrated authors and emerging voices across every subject and style.

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Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde - 9780241251805
$7.99
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
Oscar Wilde
46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever...
The White Album by Joan Didion - 9780008284688
$24.99
The White Album
Joan Didion
Joan Didion's hugely influential collection of essays which defines, for many, the America which rose...
Not Quite White in the Head
$39.99
Not Quite White in the Head
Melissa Lucashenko
Miles Franklin-award winner Melissa Lucashenko's searing essays and journalism published together for the first time....
Attention by Anne Enright - 9781787335783
$36.99
Attention
Anne Enright
A timely, moving, and piercingly intelligent essay collection from one of our finest contemporary writers...
Calendar by Vanessa Berry - 9781763733114
$34.99
Calendar
Vanessa Berry
A collection of essays in the form of a daybook, written in real-time over a...
On Women by Susan Sontag - 9780241996843
$26.99
On Women
Susan Sontag
On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial...
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 9780008470333
$9.99
Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
**DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is out now!** A...
We Love
The Good Fight by Sean Kelly - 9781760645021
$29.99
The Good Fight
Sean Kelly
The 100th issue of Australia's leading agenda-setting journal of politics, culture and debate In Quarterly...
Righting my World by Dennis Altman - 9781923192515
$39.99
Righting my World
Dennis Altman
A curated collection of writings over the past half-century from the acclaimed professor of politics...
Finding Happiness by Zachary Seager - 9781035045716
$24.99
Finding Happiness
Zachary Seager
The search for happiness is without a doubt one of our greatest preoccupations. In this...
Dead and Alive
$36.99
Dead and Alive
Zadie Smith
An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers...
On Friendship by Andrew O'Hagan - 9780571401475
$24.99
On Friendship
Andrew O'Hagan
If we are lucky, in our lives, our friendships will be rich and varied. They...
Leaving Home by Zachary Seager - 9781035045631
$24.99
Leaving Home
Zachary Seager
Leaving a place we call home is an experience that we carry with us throughout...
Falling in Love by Zachary Seager - 9781035045655
$24.99
Falling in Love
Zachary Seager
The great subject of love - finding it, keeping it, losing it - has fascinated...
The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog - 9781847928405
$35.00
The Future of Truth
Werner Herzog
A timely and compelling meditation on the nature of truth and lies, fact and fiction,...
The Collected Prose of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath - 9780571377640
$75.00
The Collected Prose of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
The complete edition of Sylvia Plath's prose including much unpublished and previously uncollected material, edited...
On the Couch by Andrew Blauner - 9780691242439
$49.99
On the Couch
Andrew Blauner
A collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy...
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion - 9780008451783
$19.99
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion
Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and...
No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit - 9781803511641
$36.99
No Straight Road Takes You There
Rebecca Solnit
This book's title, No Straight Road Takes You There, is an evocation and a declaration....
Woodside vs the Planet by Marian Wilkinson - 9781760645014
$29.99
Woodside vs the Planet
Marian Wilkinson
Why is Australia doubling down on fossil fuels? The world may have committed at Paris...
Worthy of the Event: An Essay by Vivian Blaxell - 9781964322995
$34.99
Worthy of the Event: An Essay
Vivian Blaxell
A trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existence...
Backstage by Donna Leon - 9781529155143
$29.99
Backstage
Donna Leon
An engaging collection of stories and essays by the celebrated author of the internationally bestselling...
Overnight by Dan Richards - 9781838857509
$45.00
Overnight
Dan Richards
There is something special about the night. For many, just the idea of it conjures...
Summer by Karl Ove Knausgaard - 9781784703295
$26.99
Summer
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Summer is the fourth volume of the Seasons quartet, a collection of short prose and...
The prime minister's potato and other essays by Anne-Marie Conde - 9781763733138
$29.99
The prime minister's potato and other essays
Anne-Marie Conde
A curator's journey to uncover the stories behind everyday objects and preserve history for the...
Silent Catastrophes by W. G. Sebald - 9780241144190
$55.00
Silent Catastrophes
W. G. Sebald
From acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz and The Rings...
New York City in 1979 by Kathy Acker - 9780241338896
$2.50
New York City in 1979
Kathy Acker
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics...
Changing My Mind by Julian Barnes - 9781912559695
$29.95
Changing My Mind
Julian Barnes
A new book from one of our most acclaimed writers. 'We always believe that changing...