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What to read after Pow! by Yan Mo: 24 titles sharing themes of Literary Criticism and Literary, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Pow!.

The Man who Watched the Trains Go by — Georges Simenon

The Man who Watched the Trains Go by

Georges Simenon

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Crossing to Safety — Wallace Stegner

Crossing to Safety

Wallace Stegner

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story — Philip Hensher

The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Pathfinder, Or, The Inland Sea — James Fenimore Cooper

The Pathfinder, Or, The Inland Sea

James Fenimore Cooper

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Penguin Essays of George Orwell — George Orwell

The Penguin Essays of George Orwell

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Youth/ Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether — Joseph Conrad

Youth/ Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Book of Monelle — Marcel Schwob

The Book of Monelle

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Decline of the English Murder And Other Essays — George Orwell

Decline of the English Murder And Other Essays

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Black Folktales — Julius Lester

Black Folktales

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Mozart’s Journey to Prague and Selected Poems — Eduard Mörike

Mozart’s Journey to Prague and Selected Poems

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Complete Plays, Lenz and Other Writings — Georg Buchner

Complete Plays, Lenz and Other Writings — Georg Buchner

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Poorhouse Fair — John Updike

The Poorhouse Fair

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Job Interviews with William S. Burroughs — Daniel Odier

The Job Interviews with William S. Burroughs

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Definitive Time Machine A Critical Edition of H.G. Well’s Scientific Romance — Herbert George Wells

The Definitive Time Machine A Critical Edition of H.G. Well’s Scientific Romance

Herbert George Wells

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Under the Greenwood Tree — Thomas Hardy

Under the Greenwood Tree

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

La Regenta — Leopoldo Alas

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Self-Portraits Stories — Osamu Dazai

Self-Portraits Stories

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Deerslayer — James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Selected Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe — Edgar Allan Poe

Selected Stories and Poems

Edgar Allan Poe

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Great Gatsby SparkNotes Literature Guide — Sparknotes

The Great Gatsby SparkNotes Literature Guide

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Bondwoman’s Narrative — Hannah Crafts

The Bondwoman’s Narrative

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Anna Karenina — Leo Tolstoy

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem — Maryse Condé

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Literary Criticism, Literary — the same threads that run through Pow! by Yan Mo. Among the authors featured: Georges Simenon, Wallace Stegner, Philip Hensher, James Fenimore Cooper, and others.

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