The most popular literary criticism books of 2025

Literary criticism is writing about books and how they work. Studies of great authors, guides to movements and periods, close readings and essays on reading itself are all here. Useful for students, and rewarding for any reader who wants to go deeper into a favorite work. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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The Golden Legend
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The Golden Legend

Samuel Arthur B. Wadsworth Longfellow

Published 2025

198 pages

How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic
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How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic

Mara Mills, Harris Kornstein, Faye Ginsburg, Rayna Rapp, Judith Heumann

Published 2025

392 pages

Rethinking Kerouac
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Rethinking Kerouac

Erik Mortenson, Tomasz Sawczuk

Published 2025

270 pages