Criticism & Theory

A book is growing when its rank in a category has improved over 7 days. A lower number means a better rank.

Only the books in the first 20 places of each category's best-seller list appear here.

Growing books in this category
Book	Rank	Gain over 7 days	Data as of
Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds Patty Krawec	33	+474 places	October 27, 2026 at 10:14 p.m.
Six Memos for the Next Millennium Italo Calvino	31	+97 places	October 27, 2026 at 10:14 p.m.
Poets Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry Dorianne Laux, Kim Addonizio	30	+72 places	October 28, 2026 at 11:20 p.m.
The Bluest Eye: A Novel (Vintage International) Toni Morrison	1	+68 places	October 29, 2026 at 3:00 a.m.
100 Selected Poems, Emily Dickinson: Collectable Hardbound edition Emily Dickinson	15	+46 places	October 28, 2026 at 11:20 p.m.
Against Progress Slavoj Zizek	92	+43 places	October 28, 2026 at 11:20 p.m.
100 Selected Poems Emily Dickinson	15	+33 places	October 28, 2026 at 11:20 p.m.
The Island of Dr. Moreau (Tor Classics Book 1) H. G. Wells	14	+21 places	October 29, 2026 at 3:00 a.m.
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath	2	+16 places	October 28, 2026 at 9:31 p.m.
The Journals of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath	6	+12 places	October 29, 2026 at 3:00 a.m.
How to Read a Book Adler, Mortimer J. & Doren, Charles Van	5	+9 places	October 28, 2026 at 9:26 p.m.
ÉTRANGER (L') Albert Camus	21	+8 places	October 28, 2026 at 5:12 a.m.
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath	2	+7 places	October 28, 2026 at 9:31 p.m.

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