Books:
* The Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity in a World of Objects (2000) - A critical exploration of the relationship between desire and objects.
* The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (2006) - A moving memoir recounting Mendelsohn's search for his six lost uncles who were murdered in the Holocaust. This book won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography and the National Jewish Book Award.
* How to Read Literature Like a Professor (2009) - A popular guide to understanding literary devices and themes. This book was a bestseller and has been adapted into a series of lectures and podcasts.
* An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic (2014) - Another memoir, this one detailing Mendelsohn's journey with his father to retrace the path of Odysseus in Greece.
* Waiting for the Barbarians (2015) - A novel set in a mythical kingdom on the edge of civilization.
* The Breath of Life (2020) - A novel about the relationship between a young woman and a mysterious stranger.
* The Memory of Love (2023) - A novel about a man who falls in love with a woman who is slowly losing her memory.
Other Works:
Mendelsohn has also written numerous essays and articles for publications like The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times. He has translated works of Greek and Roman literature, including the writings of Sappho.
He is also a professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Bard College.
This list is not exhaustive, but it gives you a good overview of Daniel Mendelsohn's prolific writing career.