What to Read After Paratexts
Readers who loved Paratexts by Gérard Genette keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Paratexts is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Paratexts
The Nature of the Book
Cybertext
Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers
Orality and Literacy
Limits of Interpretation
Generations
The Decay of Lying
An Introduction to Literature Criticism and Theory
The Sense of an Ending
Ferdinand de Saussure
Generations
Literary Theory
Poetics
The House of Mirth Illustrated Edition
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1
Madame Bovary
The Awakening
Mrs. Dalloway
On The Road
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
The Casual Vacancy
The Crucible
The Color Purple