What are your favorite books of ~essays~? Especially ones that you think of often long after reading them.

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alison theodora · Answer

The Crane Wife: The kind of book I want to live in.

Catherine Davis · Answer

Men Explain Things to Me: The origins of mansplaining. We’ve all been there. This book explains why.

Oleg K · Answer

Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh: Is this a book of essays or a manual for a reflective life? Both and more. Thinking about it reminds me that's it's time to reread these words of a beautiful teacher.

Mary · Answer

When You Are Engulfed in Flames: I really love every book of essays I’ve read written by David Sedaris, but this was the first book I read by him. I read it in high school and enjoyed the looks I got when classmates and teachers saw the cover 😂

Kate · Answer

when i was a child i read books by Marilynne Robinson: Truly I was too stupid for some of the essays because she’s just so out of my league, but a few of them I understood and they moved me deeply