Recs if you like These Precious Days: Essays...

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

essay collections that reflect on delight, joy, and wonderment. and that inspire readers to do the same!

Every writer has that stage in their career where they just write a book about writing books and sometimes we can learn from them and sometimes they’re really fun.

Suggestions welcome 🤗

I did too, but here's a list of books that have turned what I have often found to be a dry genre into readable and engaging text and narratives for me. Also includes, apart from 'strict non-fiction' (whatever that may be): essay collections and memoirs. (This is, of course, a limited list because a single person knowing everything would be rather catastrophic, so suggestions for more books fitting the bill are welcome in the comments, thanks!)