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Best Literary Criticism Books

📚 30 books🔄 Updated 2026

🏆 Top Rated

#1
The Crucible (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Arthur Miller
#2
Gothicka
by Victoria Nelson
#3
Camus, L'étranger
by Gerald V. Banks

All Literary Criticism Books (30)

The Crucible (Penguin Modern Classics) by Arthur Miller - History book cover

The Crucible (Penguin Modern Classics)

Arthur Miller

128 pagesEasy
Gothicka by Victoria Nelson - Non-Fiction book cover

Gothicka

Victoria Nelson

316 pagesMedium
Camus, L'étranger by Gerald V. Banks book cover

Camus, L'étranger

Gerald V. Banks

76 pagesEasy
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf - Non-Fiction book cover

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

137 pagesEasy
The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen book cover

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

464 pagesHard
Satyricon by Petronius book cover

Satyricon

Petronius

208 pagesMedium
Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto book cover

Orlando Furioso

Lodovico Ariosto

664 pagesHard
Novel Gazing by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick book cover

Novel Gazing

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

530 pagesHard
Tempest by William Shakespeare - Classics book cover

Tempest

William Shakespeare

Medium
Discourses on Livy by Niccolo Machiavelli book cover

Discourses on Livy

Niccolo Machiavelli

1092 pagesHard
Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells book cover

Ann Veronica

H. G. Wells

322 pagesMedium
Wieland-Handbuch by Jutta Heinz book cover

Wieland-Handbuch

Jutta Heinz

495 pagesHard
The Dunciad by Alexander Pope book cover

The Dunciad

Alexander Pope

472 pagesHard
The White Goddess by Robert Graves book cover

The White Goddess

Robert Graves

973 pagesHard
A Chance Acquaintance by William Dean Howells book cover

A Chance Acquaintance

William Dean Howells

310 pagesMedium
Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley book cover

Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley

122 pagesEasy
The Way of the World by Franco Moretti book cover

The Way of the World

Franco Moretti

292 pagesMedium
Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth book cover

Castle Rackrent

Maria Edgeworth

141 pagesEasy
A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson book cover

A Century of Dishonor

Helen Hunt Jackson

486 pagesHard
The Shadow-Line by Joseph Conrad book cover

The Shadow-Line

Joseph Conrad

465 pagesHard
The Fugitive's Properties by Stephen M. Best book cover

The Fugitive's Properties

Stephen M. Best

375 pagesMedium
Hype by Jon Helgason book cover

Hype

Jon Helgason

254 pagesMedium
The Ghost’s Second Chance by user book cover

The Ghost’s Second Chance

user

192 pagesEasy
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare book cover

Timon of Athens

William Shakespeare

161 pagesEasy
The Barrack-room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling book cover

The Barrack-room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

184 pagesEasy
Lysistrata by Aristophanes book cover

Lysistrata

Aristophanes

75 pagesEasy
Robert Browning's Asolando by Richard S. Kennedy book cover

Robert Browning's Asolando

Richard S. Kennedy

180 pagesEasy
Venetian Life by William Dean Howells book cover

Venetian Life

William Dean Howells

332 pagesMedium
The Fiction of America by Susanne Hamscha book cover

The Fiction of America

Susanne Hamscha

337 pagesMedium
The Hedgehog And The Fox by Isaiah Berlin book cover

The Hedgehog And The Fox

Isaiah Berlin

79 pagesEasy