Alain Corbin

  • 10

    Catalog books

  • 6

    Works

  • 1992 to 2022

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Alain Corbin has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 10 catalog-linked books across 1992 to 2022, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Mystery & Thriller, Horror & Supernatural.

Best for readers who want pace, suspense, and a shelf that rewards straightforward starting points. If you want the easiest first click, start with The Village of Cannibals. Rage and Murder in France, 1870 and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1992 to 2022; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harvard Univ Pr and Polity Press.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Mystery & Thriller entry points • Horror & Supernatural entry points • common used copies from Harvard Univ Pr and Polity Press

Genres and themes: Mystery & Thriller • Horror & Supernatural

Who this author is best for: readers who want pace, suspense, and a shelf that rewards straightforward starting points

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1992 to 2022; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harvard Univ Pr and Polity Press.

Top Books To Start With

  1. The Village of Cannibals. Rage and Murder in France, 1870

    Harvard Univ Pr • 2006 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2006 • 172 pages.

  2. Violence Against Children : Physical Child Abuse in the United States

    Harvard Univ Pr • 1992 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1992 • 164 pages.

  3. Village Bells

    Macmillan Publishers Limited • 1999 • longer commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  4. Village Bells: Sound and Meaning in the 19th-Century Countryside

    Columbia Univ Pr • 1998 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 416 pages.

  5. The foul and the fragrant

    Papermac • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1996 • 320 pages.

  6. Women for Hire: Prostitution and Sexuality in France After 1850

    Harvard Univ Pr • 1996 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 496 pages.

  7. Time, desire, and horror

    Blackwell Pub • 1995 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1995 • 212 pages.

  8. Village of the Cannibals

    Polity Press • 1992 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1992 • 230 pages.

  9. History of the Wind

    Polity Press • 2022 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2022.

How The Picks Compare

  • Violence Against Children : Physical Child Abuse in the United States is the easier short commitment, while The Village of Cannibals. Rage and Murder in France, 1870 asks for more reading time up front.
  • Violence Against Children : Physical Child Abuse in the United States gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while The Village of Cannibals. Rage and Murder in France, 1870 leans later in the catalog.
  • Village Bells is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from The Village of Cannibals. Rage and Murder in France, 1870.

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