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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Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy - 9780241983089
$26.99
Things I Don't Want to Know
Deborah Levy
First instalment of Levy's essential 'living autobiography' trilogy - reissued to match the beautiful COST...
Things My Son Needs to Know About The World by Fredrik Backman - 9780241534779
$29.99
Things My Son Needs to Know About The World
Fredrik Backman
Things My Sons Needs To Know About The World is a moving collection of stories...
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...
The Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce by Angie Manfredi - 9781419747007
$9.00
The Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce
Angie Manfredi
The definitive collection of art, poetry, and prose, celebrating fat acceptance Chubby. Curvy. Fluffy. Plus-size....
The Joy of Walking by Suzy Cripps - 9781529032642
$12.95
The Joy of Walking
Suzy Cripps
Classic writers remind us to saunter, march, prowl and wander in this gorgeously curated collection...
The Hotel Years by Joseph Roth - 9781783788477
$24.99
The Hotel Years
Joseph Roth
'A hugely significant and wonderfully haunting collection' - William Boyd In the 1920s and 30s,...
The Art of Solitude by Zachary Seager - 9781529032628
$12.95
The Art of Solitude
Zachary Seager
In a world where we're more connected than ever, why is it that we're also...
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...
Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz - 9781681370088
$29.99
Slow Days, Fast Company
Eve Babitz
Hollywood's golden girl is back in Slow Days, Fast Company, Eve Babitz's collection of dispatches...
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion - 9780008284640
$24.99
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion
Joan Didion's savage masterpiece, which, since first publication in 1968, has been acknowledged as an...
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde - 9780241251805
$9.99
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
Oscar Wilde
46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever...
Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell - 9780241339565
$5.99
Notes on Nationalism
George Orwell
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics...
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - 9781783787548
$24.99
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich
Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich...
New York City in 1979 by Kathy Acker - 9780241338896
$5.99
New York City in 1979
Kathy Acker
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics...
Mission by Noel Pearson - 9781760643157
$20.00
Mission
Noel Pearson
With clarity and passion, Pearson inspires readers to see difficult and controversial issues in new...
Second Hand
How to Talk to a Science Denier by Lee McIntyre - 9780262046107
$16.95
How to Talk to a Science Denier
Lee McIntyre
Can we change the minds of science deniers? Encounters with flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, coronavirus truthers,...
Funny Weather by Olivia Laing - 9781529027655
$24.99
Funny Weather
Olivia Laing
In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a...
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