essay collection
Gathered nonfiction pieces
An essay collection is a book gathering multiple essays, typically by a single author, under one cover.
The essays may share a theme or simply represent a writer's varied work: Her latest essay collection explores motherhood and memory.
Distinguished from anthologies, which compile pieces from multiple authors.
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- collected worksOne creator's total output
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- cultural critiqueExamination of societal values
critical analysis · miscellany · travel writing · philosophical musings · essayist · omnibus · belles-lettres · Susan Sontag · writer's voice · self-published book · political commentary · think pieces · historical essays · academic press · magazine · reflections · collaborative writing · writings
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, history, memoir
- book collectionscomplete works, box set, boxed set, collected works, volumes
- study aidstutor, note cards, CliffsNotes, crib sheet, study guides
- anthologiesanthology, anthologies, compilation, short story collections, compilations
literary form/genre
essay collectionnovel
New and unusual
epic poem · monograph · short story · memoir · autobiography