Simon Leys

21 books

The Analects of Confucius by Confucius

The Analects of Confucius

Confucius

256 pages • first pub -429 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Best Australian Essays: A Ten-Year Collection by Barry Oakley, Noel Pearson, Alan Frost, Anna Krien, Anne Manne, Nicolas Rothwell, Mark Riley, David Malouf, Benjamin Law, Kate Jennings, Richard Flanagan, Jessica Anderson, Christos Tsiolkas, Shane Maloney, David Foster, J.M. Coetzee, Robert Manne, Black Inc., Frank Devine, Anna Goldsworthy, Inga Clendinnen, David Marr, Brenda Walker, Chloe Hooper, Peter Porter, Tim Winton, Kevin Brophy, Thomas Keneally, Gay Alcorn, John Birmingham, Gary Hughes, M.J. Hyland, Robert Dessaix, Craig Sherborne, Barry Humphries, Helen Garner, Simon Leys, Christine Kenneally, Tim Flannery, Robyn Davidson, Clive James

The Best Australian Essays: A Ten-Year Collection

Barry Oakley, Noel Pearson, Alan Frost, Anna Krien, Anne Manne, Nicolas Rothwell, Mark Riley, David Malouf, Benjamin Law, Kate Jennings, Richard Flanagan, Jessica Anderson, Christos Tsiolkas, Shane Maloney, David Foster, J.M. Coetzee, Robert Manne, Black Inc., Frank Devine, Anna Goldsworthy, Inga Clendinnen, David Marr, Brenda Walker, Chloe Hooper, Peter Porter, Tim Winton, Kevin Brophy, Thomas Keneally, Gay Alcorn, John Birmingham, Gary Hughes, M.J. Hyland, Robert Dessaix, Craig Sherborne, Barry Humphries, Helen Garner, Simon Leys, Christine Kenneally, Tim Flannery, Robyn Davidson, Clive James

447 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays informative reflective medium-paced
The Burning Forest: Essays on Chinese Culture and Politics by Simon Leys

The Burning Forest: Essays on Chinese Culture and Politics

Simon Leys

257 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced
Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys

Chinese Shadows

Simon Leys

220 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys

The Death of Napoleon

Simon Leys

144 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction historical dark medium-paced
The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays by Simon Leys

The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays

Cahier Series #9

Simon Leys

464 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
On the Abolition of All Political Parties by Simone Weil, Czesław Miłosz, Simon Leys

On the Abolition of All Political Parties

Simone Weil, Czesław Miłosz, Simon Leys

104 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Prosper: A Voyage at Sea by Simon Leys

Prosper: A Voyage at Sea

Short Blacks

Simon Leys

64 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective medium-paced
Short Black 8: Prosper by Simon Leys

Short Black 8: Prosper

Short Blacks

Simon Leys

96 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir reflective medium-paced
The Wreck of the Batavia: A True Story by Simon Leys

The Wreck of the Batavia: A True Story

PETITE #7

Simon Leys

160 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced