Books like A history of reading
A history of reading by Alberto Manguel reads as scholarly, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Into the looking-glass wood
Alberto Manguel · 1998
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On Ugliness
Umberto Eco · 2007
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After Babel
George Steiner · 1975
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El infinito en un junco
Irene Vallejo · 2020
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The Buried Mirror
Carlos Fuentes · 1992
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Essays
Italo Calvino · 1988
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Empirismo eretico
Pier Paolo Pasolini · 1972
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The total library
Jorge Luis Borges · 1999
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West · 1942
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The Second Common Reader
Virginia Woolf · 1925
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The autobiography of an unknown Indian
Chaudhuri, Nirad C. · 1951
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene · 1998
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