The Year of Henry James: The story of a novel: With other essays on the genesis, composition and reception of literary fiction

Ways of Seeing

Consciousness and the Novel

Creating Unforgettable Characters: A Practical Guide to Character Development in Films, TV Series, Advertisements, Novels & Short Stories

The Art of Fiction

You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together

The Practice of Writing

A Theory of Semiotics

Quite A Good Time to be Born: A Memoir: 1935-1975

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

The Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel, Edition 2

The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness & Ethics, Edition 2

The Modes of Modern Writing: Metaphor, Metonymy, and the Typology of Modern Literature

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Varying Degrees of Success: A Memoir 1992-2020

The Penelopiad

Write On: Occasional Essays

The Argument

In Other Worlds: Essays In Cultural Politics

The Taming of the Text: Explorations in Language, Literature and Culture