Michael Dirda

43 books

Dante: Poet of the Secular World by Erich Auerbach, Michael Dirda, Ralph Manheim

Dante: Poet of the Secular World

Erich Auerbach, Michael Dirda, Ralph Manheim

202 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I Am Jonathan Scrivener by Michael Dirda, Hugh Walpole, Claude Houghton

I Am Jonathan Scrivener

Michael Dirda, Hugh Walpole, Claude Houghton

280 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Lord Darcy by Randall Garrett

Lord Darcy

Lord Darcy #1-3

Randall Garrett

673 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels by Arthur Conan Doyle

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

Sherlock Holmes #1-2; 5; 7

Arthur Conan Doyle

992 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious slow-paced
On Conan Doyle by Michael Dirda

On Conan Doyle

Michael Dirda

224 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays adventurous medium-paced
An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland by Michael Dirda

An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland

Michael Dirda

335 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus by David Auburn, Jean Strouse, Simon Winchester, Michael Dirda, Erin McKean, Zadie Smith, Francine Prose, David Foster Wallace, Christine A. Lindberg, David Lehman, Stephin Merritt

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus

David Auburn, Jean Strouse, Simon Winchester, Michael Dirda, Erin McKean, Zadie Smith, Francine Prose, David Foster Wallace, Christine A. Lindberg, David Lehman, Stephin Merritt

1088 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction reference funny informative slow-paced
Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments by Michael Dirda

Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments

Michael Dirda

240 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Return of Fursey (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by Mervyn Wall

The Return of Fursey (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

Fursey #2

Mervyn Wall

218 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction fantasy horror adventurous medium-paced
The Return of Fursey by Mervyn Wall, Michael Dirda, Jesse Campbell-Brown

The Return of Fursey

Fursey #2

Mervyn Wall, Michael Dirda, Jesse Campbell-Brown

241 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark slow-paced