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Jeremy Dauber's book sets itself apart, and comics enthusiasts will be enthralled. Douglas Wolk's analysis of Marvel Comics is both a useful introduction and reference guide.

Some readers are spending their time in lockdown reading formidable classics. Yet for anyone not quite ready to dig into Ulysses, the works of Jane Austen are always a good idea.

A truly innovative approach to understanding the author-reader connection; for the lit-crit crowd looking to affirm ­Ferrante’s reinvention of the future of the novel; these fragments of ­Ferrante ultimately cohere into a full, absorbing portrait of an ­enduring author

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An award-winning portrait of the first African American female author to have a play performed on Broadway, a collection of must-read stories for black girls, and a look at some of the most influential women authors of the past top the list of best-selling literary criticism books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

Readers interested in di Prima and her bohemian fraternity will appreciate this memoir; for libraries serious about American history and poetry

Austen devotees will rejoice in this respectful cross-cultural update to a beloved classic; this charming tale told by Eliza Bennet's rival will allow enthusiasts to peer through the windows of Mr. Darcy's Pemberly estate