The fire next time vs Essais — Which Should You Read First?

Both The fire next time and Essais are beloved by readers. Here is what RateYourReads readers say about both, plus similar books you might enjoy.

• Grandfather's Chair by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
• The prospects of industrial civilization by Bertrand Russell
• Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
• ABC's of space by Isaac Asimov
• Categoriae by Aristotle
• The Collapsing Universe by Isaac Asimov
• A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas