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The Most Reviewed Essay Collections of the Past Five Years

"It's good policy to keep a book of essays handy for those nights when you want to read but need something of a more digestible length. Sometimes you just can't switch those gears required for novel reading. Sometimes it's just a matter of time or of mood.

The essay form has its own kind of craft and discipline; it provides a specific kind of self-contained reading experience. It's not easy to do. Humor writing, especially, is a lot more complicated than it looks. A collection of good essays is a work of art all its own.

In an effort to find the really good stuff, we've collected below the essay collections that have generated the most reviews and discussion threads from Goodreads regulars."
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The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
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Trick Mirror (Jia Tolentino)
Trick Mirror (Jia Tolentino)
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life (Samantha Irby)
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life (Samantha Irby)
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Intimations (Zadie Smith)
Intimations (Zadie Smith)
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These Precious Days (Ann Patchett)
These Precious Days (Ann Patchett)
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Wow, No Thank You (Samantha Irby)
Wow, No Thank You (Samantha Irby)
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Thick (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
Thick (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
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The Collected Schizophrenias (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Collected Schizophrenias (Esmé Weijun Wang)
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Notes to Self (Emilie Pine)
Notes to Self (Emilie Pine)
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One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter (Scaachi Koul)
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter (Scaachi Koul)
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope (Anne Lamott)
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope (Anne Lamott)
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I Miss You When I Blink (Mary Laura Philpott)
I Miss You When I Blink (Mary Laura Philpott)
13
South and West: From a Notebook (Joan Didion)
South and West: From a Notebook (Joan Didion)
14
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib)
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib)
15
The Book of Delights (Ross Gay)
The Book of Delights (Ross Gay)
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Alexander Chee)
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Alexander Chee)
17
Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Joan Didion)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Joan Didion)
18
Southern Lady Code (Helen Ellis)
Southern Lady Code (Helen Ellis)
19
Feel Free: Essays (Zadie Smith)
Feel Free: Essays (Zadie Smith)
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Look Alive Out There (Sloane Crossly)
Look Alive Out There (Sloane Crossly)
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What My Mother and I Don't Talk About (Michele Filgate)
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About (Michele Filgate)
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No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (Ursula K. Le Guin)
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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How Do We Know We're Doing It Right (Pandora Sykes)
How Do We Know We're Doing It Right (Pandora Sykes)
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I Like to Watch (Emily Nussbaum)
I Like to Watch (Emily Nussbaum)
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Vesper Flights (Helen MacDonald)
Vesper Flights (Helen MacDonald)
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Well-Read Black Girl (Glory Edim)
Well-Read Black Girl (Glory Edim)
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American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures (America Ferrera)
American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures (America Ferrera)
28
Too Much and Not the Mood (Durga Chew-Bose)
Too Much and Not the Mood (Durga Chew-Bose)
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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
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How to Stay Sane in and Age of Division (Elif Shafak)
How to Stay Sane in and Age of Division (Elif Shafak)
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White (Bret Easton Ellis)
White (Bret Easton Ellis)
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No One Asked for This (Cazzie David)
No One Asked for This (Cazzie David)
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Girlhood (Melissa Febos)
Girlhood (Melissa Febos)
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Goodbye, Again (Jonny Sun)
Goodbye, Again (Jonny Sun)
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Dead Girls (Alice Bolin)
Dead Girls (Alice Bolin)
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Having and Being Had (Eula Biss)
Having and Being Had (Eula Biss)
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Call Them by Their True Names (Rebecca Solnit)
Call Them by Their True Names (Rebecca Solnit)
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X (Chuck Klosterman)
X (Chuck Klosterman)
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Conversations on Love (Natasha Lunn)
Conversations on Love (Natasha Lunn)
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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (Toni Morrison)
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (Toni Morrison)
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