Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essays and Conversations | 1983 | E.L. Doctorow | Buy |
| 2 | Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992 | 1993 | E.L. Doctorow | Buy |
| 3 | Poets and Presidents: Selected Essays, 1977-92 | 1994 | E.L. Doctorow | Buy |
| 4 | Lamentation: 9/11 | 2002 | E.L. Doctorow | Buy |
| 5 | Reporting the Universe | 2003 | E.L. Doctorow | Buy |
| 6 | Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006 | 2006 | E.L. Doctorow | Buy |
E.L. Doctorow was a prominent public intellectual whose non-fiction addressed literature, politics, and the role of the writer in American life. Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution collects essays from the late 1970s through the early 1990s on topics ranging from fellow novelists to constitutional law.
Creationists, published in 2006, gathers essays from a later period and shows Doctorow engaging with everything from Genesis to the Bush administration. His non-fiction prose carries the same clarity and wit as his novels, making complex ideas accessible without simplifying them.