18 books like Contemporary Literary Criticism

Auto/Biography in the Americas
Auto/Biography in the Americas Ricia A. Chansky · 2016 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares American literature, Biography & Memoir with this book.
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Twelve types Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1902 · 57p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Modern Literature, History and criticism, Literature, Biography & Memoir with this book.
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Imaginary Homelands Salman Rushdie · 1991 · ★ 4.0 · 439p · ≈ 14h · Moderate This collection of essays covers such topics as the literature of Rushdie's contemporaries; the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture; film, politicians, the Labour Party, religious fundamentalism, racial prejudice; and the preciousness of the imagination and of free expression. Shares Modern Literature, History and criticism, Literature
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Law and literature Lenora Ledwon · 1996 · 518p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares Theory, History and criticism, Literature, Biography & Memoir with this book.
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El Amo Del Juego/Masters of the Game Sidney Sheldon · 1905 · ★ 4.1 · 422p · ≈ 14h · Moderate **One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions.** Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams.Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaner merchant. Her conception was itself an act of… Shares Stories, Drama, Literature
25 Alive
25 Alive James Patterson & Maxine Paetro · 2025 · ★ 4.1 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!  Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, medical examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime reporter Cindy Thomas investigate the shocking murder of a former SFPD chief in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.     “Those who haven’t read any of the novels in… Shares American literature
Mermaid Confidential
Mermaid Confidential Tim Dorsey · 2022 · ★ 4.3 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares American literature with this book.
The Seep
The Seep Chana Porter · 2020 · ★ 3.7 · 209p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist “A unique alien invasion story that focuses on the human and the myriad ways we see and don’t see our own world. Mesmerizing.” —Jeff VanderMeerA blend of searing social commentary and speculative fiction, Chana Porter’s fresh, pointed debut explores a strange new world in the wake of a benign alien invasion.   Trina FastHorse Goldberg-Oneka is… Shares American literature
Dawnshard
Dawnshard Brandon Sanderson · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 245p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares American literature with this book.
Autobiography
Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.
Before She Disappeared
Before She Disappeared Lisa Gardner · 2021 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgottenFrankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman, a recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings. But she spends her life doing what no one else… Shares American literature
Yes, Daddy
Yes, Daddy Jonathan Parks-Ramage · 2021 · ★ 3.7 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "A gut-churning, heart-wrenching, blockbuster of a first novel . . . Parks-Ramage is an extraordinary new talent and Yes, Daddy is truly something special." —Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead ThingsA propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an older, successful playwright into a dizzying world of wealth and an idyllic Hamptons home where… Shares American literature
A history of autobiography in antiquity
A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.
The Guide
The Guide Peter Heller · 2021 · ★ 4.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares American literature with this book.
Long Shadows
Long Shadows David Baldacci · 2022 · ★ 4.4 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate “Memory Man” Amos Decker—an FBI consultant with perfect recall—delves into a bewildering double homicide in this thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 6:20 Man."Baldacci delivers, every time!" —Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of What Happened to the Bennetts When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears… Shares American literature
Rhythm of War
Rhythm of War Brandon Sanderson · 2011 · ★ 4.6 · 1088p · ≈ 36h · Moderate The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms… Shares American literature
Missing Persons
Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.
The Drowning Kind
The Drowning Kind Jennifer McMahon · 2021 · ★ 3.9 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2021In this “blisteringly suspenseful tale that will keep you up at night” (Wendy Webb, author of Daughters of the Lake), a woman returns to the old family home after her sister mysteriously drowns in its swimming ​pool…but she’s not the pool’s only victim.Be careful what you wish for. When Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes… Shares American literature

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