Wendy Lesser

17 books

The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue by Wendy Lesser

The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue

Wendy Lesser

241 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative reflective slow-paced
Indian Summer by William Dean Howells, Wendy Lesser

Indian Summer

William Dean Howells, Wendy Lesser

336 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets by Wendy Lesser

Music for Silenced Voices: Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets

Wendy Lesser

368 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Nothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Remembering by Wendy Lesser

Nothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Remembering

Wendy Lesser

256 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
Room for Doubt by Wendy Lesser

Room for Doubt

Wendy Lesser

224 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays informative reflective medium-paced
Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery by Wendy Lesser

Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery

Wendy Lesser

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction mystery informative mysterious slow-paced
Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books by Wendy Lesser

Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books

Wendy Lesser

240 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative reflective slow-paced
You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn by Wendy Lesser

You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn

Wendy Lesser

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging informative slow-paced
The Amateur: An Independent Life of Letters by Wendy Lesser

The Amateur: An Independent Life of Letters

Wendy Lesser

288 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography essays memoir inspiring reflective medium-paced
His Other Half: Men Looking at Women Through Art by Wendy Lesser

His Other Half: Men Looking at Women Through Art

Wendy Lesser

294 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction art history funny informative reflective medium-paced