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24 titles for readers of Updike by Adam Begley, selected for shared themes: Literary Figures, Literary Criticism, American, and Biography & Autobiography.

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The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder — Thornton Wilder

The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Sontag Her Life — Benjamin Moser

Sontag Her Life

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Windblown World The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954 — Jack Kerouac

Windblown World The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Dogtripping 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure — David Rosenfelt

Dogtripping 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure

David Rosenfelt

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

The Heart of a Woman — Maya Angelou

The Heart of a Woman

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Reliving Memories, My Life Story — Joyce Smith Teeters

Reliving Memories, My Life Story

Joyce Smith Teeters

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates 1973-1982 — Joyce Carol Oates

The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates 1973-1982

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

A Summer of Hummingbirds Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade — Christopher E. G. Benfey

A Summer of Hummingbirds Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade

Christopher E. G. Benfey

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

This Boy’s Life A Memoir — Tobias Wolff

This Boy’s Life A Memoir

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Enemies of Promise — Cyril Connolly

Enemies of Promise

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Harold Sinclair of Illinois Letters, Biography — G. Louis Heath

Harold Sinclair of Illinois Letters, Biography

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Burning the Days Recollection — James Salter

Burning the Days Recollection

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

The Reenactments A Memoir — Nick Flynn

The Reenactments A Memoir

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

The Road — Jack London

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Thread that Runs So True — Jesse Stuart

Thread that Runs So True

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Sentiment & Celebrity Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame — Thomas Nelson Baker

Sentiment & Celebrity Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame

Thomas Nelson Baker

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

The Cat Inside — William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Mark and Livy The Love Story of Mark Twain and the Woman who Almost Tamed Him — Resa Willis

Mark and Livy The Love Story of Mark Twain and the Woman who Almost Tamed Him

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

The Sisters Antipodes — Jane Alison

The Sisters Antipodes

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Lincoln The Biography of a Writer — Fred Kaplan

Lincoln The Biography of a Writer

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview And other Conversations — Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview And other Conversations

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Lost Years A Memoir 1945 – 1951 — Christopher Isherwood

Lost Years A Memoir 1945 – 1951

Christopher Isherwood

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

Autobiography of Mark Twain – 100th Anniversary Edition — Mark Twain

Autobiography of Mark Twain – 100th Anniversary Edition

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

A Mark Twain Christmas A Journey Across Three Christmas Seasons — Carlo DeVito

A Mark Twain Christmas A Journey Across Three Christmas Seasons

Themes: Literary Figures • Literary Criticism • American

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