Vivian Gornick

  • 15

    Catalog books

  • 6

    Works

  • 1978 to 2020

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Vivian Gornick has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 15 catalog-linked books across 1978 to 2020, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Business & Self-Help, Biography & Memoir.

Best for readers who want practical takeaways and books they can put to use quickly. If you want the easiest first click, start with Solitude of Self, The : Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1978 to 2020; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Farrar Straus & Giroux and Blackstone Publishing.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Business & Self-Help entry points • Biography & Memoir entry points • common used copies from Farrar Straus & Giroux and Blackstone Publishing

Genres and themes: Business & Self-Help • Biography & Memoir

Who this author is best for: readers who want practical takeaways and books they can put to use quickly

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1978 to 2020; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Farrar Straus & Giroux and Blackstone Publishing.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Solitude of Self, The : Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 2006 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2006 • 152 pages.

  2. Fierce Attachments: A Memoir

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 2005 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2005 • 203 pages.

  3. The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 2002 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2002 • 174 pages.

  4. The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narative

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 2001 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2001 • 165 pages.

  5. The odd woman and the city

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2015 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2015 • 175 pages.

  6. Men in My Life

    MIT Press • 2008 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 216 pages.

  7. Approaching Eye Level

    Houghton Mifflin • 1997 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 176 pages.

  8. Women in Science

    Touchstone Books • 1985 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1985 • 172 pages.

  9. Essays in feminism

    Harper & Row • 1978 • standard commitment

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

  10. Unfinished Business

    Blackstone Publishing • 2020 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2020 • 1 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • Solitude of Self, The : Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the easier short commitment, while Fierce Attachments: A Memoir asks for more reading time up front.
  • Fierce Attachments: A Memoir gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while Solitude of Self, The : Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton leans later in the catalog.

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