Michael Dirda

36 books

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

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus

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

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
Song of the Nibelungs: A Verse Translation from the Middle High German Nibelungenlied by Unknown

Song of the Nibelungs: A Verse Translation from the Middle High German Nibelungenlied

Unknown

448 pages • first pub 1200 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous dark slow-paced
Book by book : notes on reading and life by Michael Dirda
Book by book : notes on reading and life
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Michael Dirda

Book by book : notes on reading and life

Michael Dirda

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-volume Literary Education : Essays on Great Writers and Their Books by Michael Dirda

Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-volume Literary Education : Essays on Great Writers and Their Books

Michael Dirda

560 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction essays adventurous funny reflective slow-paced