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Emily St. James is a writer and cultural critic. During her journalism career, she served as the critic-at-large for Vox and the first TV editor of the A.V. Club. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and Vulture. She is the co-author of Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files. Her debut novel, Woodworking, was longlisted for the 2025 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Average rating: 4.22 · 16,839 ratings · 3,035 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Woodworking 4.22 avg rating — 17,514 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LOST: Back to the Island: The Complete Critical Companion to The Classic TV Series by Emily St. James, Noel Murray 4.03 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files by Zack Handlen, Emily Todd VanDerWerff, Chris Carter (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deadwood Bible: A Lie Agreed Upon by Matt Zoller Seitz (Creator & Assembler), Jim Beaver (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ), Gabi Endicott (Contributor ) 4.48 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Time a Bell Rings: The Legacy of It’s a Wonderful Life, America’s Most Beloved Holiday Film by Emily St. James, Lauren Theisen 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beth March Returns from the Dead: A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2027 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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