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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorSoledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
George L. Jackson · 294 pages
From Library Journal Jackson gained notoriety shortly before his death in 1970 when his younger brother unsuccessfully tried to free him at gunpoint when Jackson and two others were on trial for killing a guard. Written between 1964 and 1970 while serving time in Soledad Prison for robbery, the letters reveal the brutality and racism faced by prisoners and call for unity among African Americans. T
Letters & Papers from Prison
Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 437 pages
This new, greatly expanded version, while omitting nothing found in the earlier edition, shifts the emphasis of earlier editions on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological reflections to the private sphere of his life. His letters now appear in far greater detail, and show his daily concerns and the enormous warmth and humanity of the young German pastor who was executed by the Nazis in 1945 for his par
Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958
Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson · 195 pages
"On a blind date in Greenwich Village set up by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac met Joyce Glassman. This unique book, containing the many letters the two of them wrote to each other whenever Jack was in transit, reveals a surprising side of Kerouac - his capacity for forming a tender bond with a woman who shared his passion for writing. It also gives us a vivid and immediate picture from the female
A Life in Letters
John Steinbeck · 908 pages
"Surely his most interesting, plausibly his most memorable, and...arguably his best book" -The New York Times Book ReviewFor John Steinbeck, who hated the telephone, letter-writing was a preparation for work and a natural way for him to communicate his thoughts on people he liked and hated; on marriage, women, and children; on the condition of the world; and on his progress in learning his craft.
Dear Mr. You
Mary-Louise Parker · 240 pages
"A wonderfully unconventional literary debut from the award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker. An extraordinary literary work, Dear Mr. You renders the singular arc of a woman's life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today. Beginning with the grandfather she never knew, the letters range from a missive to the beloved
Letters Home
Sylvia Plath · 512 pages
Forms a kind of autobiography of at least one aspect of Sylvia Plath's very complex life; it also coduments the flowering of abright young woman with promising talents into a full-blown genius, one of the greatest writers of this century.
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 155 pages
An Amazon Best Book of July 2015: Readers of his work in The Atlantic and elsewhere know Ta-Nehisi Coates for his thoughtful and influential writing on race in America. Written as a series of letters to his teenaged son, his new memoir, Between the World and Me, walks us through the course of his life, from the tough neighborhoods of Baltimore in his youth, to Howard University—which Coates dubs “
Letters to Milena: First Complete Edition
Franz Kafka, Philip Boehm
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Pierre Abelard, Heloise d'Argenteuil · 218 pages
Letters of E.B. White
E.B. White · 686 pages
Letters written between 1908 and 1976, which are at the same time a biography and the history of an era.
Letters
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 464 pages
A compilation of personal correspondence written over a sixty-year period offers insight into the iconic American author's literary personality, his experiences as a German POW, his struggles with fame, and the inspirations for his famous books.
The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Hunter S. Thompson · 720 pages
Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgard · 224 pages
The first entry in a planned four-part autobiographical series presents sensory letters written to the author's unborn daughter that describe his childhood and daily life with his wife and older children in rural Sweden.
The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis · 158 pages
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Elinore Pruitt Stewart · 281 pages
The book is comprised of a series of letters written by a young widow from Denver to her friend and former employer about the experience of homesteading in rural Wyoming in the early 20th century. She describes the people who inhabited this harsh landscape with empathy and humor, including migrants from the US and abroad, orphans, newlyweds and hermits. These people were settling the frontier at
Grumbles from the Grave
Robert A. Heinlein · 310 pages
"A Del Rey book." A collection of letters to and from the author beginning in 1939 through his many years of fiction writing.
Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928
Anne Morrow Lindbergh · 290 pages
Letters from a Father to his Daughter
Jawaharlal Nehru · 101 pages
Nehruji has described in simple language the history of civilization. It answers a child's question that where do we come from? Who were our ancestors? How the languages originated? How religion started? How kings and kingdoms came into existence? What were the early civilizations like? It is an interesting book with interesting sketches. A must read for children.
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Abigail Adams, John Adams · 528 pages
A collection of letters between Abigail and John Adams written from 1762 to 1801 covering topics of revolution, independence, and nation building, along with those that reflect their love for one another.
Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII of England · 42 pages