Roland Barthes' most recommended books

We've asked 11,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by Roland Barthes.

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Books like Empire of Signs

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Books like Camera Lucida

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Books like The Fashion System

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Books like Mythologies

Book lists with Roland Barthes' books

6 authors created a book list with a book by Roland Barthes as one of their picks.

• How stories work and how to write your story
• Beginning the study of visual culture
• Touching the reality of modern life
• How fashion shaped our history
• Japan’s postwar years
• Tokyo’s essence

Book lists connected to Roland Barthes' books

161 authors created a book list connected to Roland Barthes' books by genre, topic, theme, and mood.

• The poetry in documentary photographs
• People who overthink their look
• Popular culture
• For understanding photography as art
• Travel photography
• To summon the off-kilter beauty of the grotesque

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Topics connected to Roland Barthes' books