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Greek to Me
By Mary Norris
An intrepid copyeditor offers up a Valentine to the birthplace of democracy.
Novel Houses: Twenty Famous Fictional Dwellings
By Christina Hardyment
This essay collection explores classic stories via the homes in which they’re set.
This astonishing portrait proves the iconic author was a committed bookworm.
Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
By Mary Norris
An intrepid copyeditor offers up a Valentine to the birthplace of democracy.
Nabokov’s Favorite Word Is Mauve
By Ben Blatt
A fascinating statistical exploration of authors' preferred tricks of the trade.
Tough Enough: Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, Weil
By Deborah Nelson
An academic exploration of six strong women and the trails they blazed.
Classical Literature: An Epic Journey from Homer to Virgil and Beyond
By Richard Jenkyns
An erudite, accessible exploration of the ancient world’s formative writings