In the following essay, Birkerts provides an overview of Barnes's career and major works.

In the following essay, Millington and Sinclair trace the use of the cuckold in literature, citing several examples including Graham from Barnes's Before She Met Me.

In the following essay, Higdon analyzes some of the contributions to fictional structure made by Julian Barnes and Graham Swift.

Scammell is a professor of Russian literature at Cornell University. In the following review, he complains that Barnes loses control of the narrative in The Porcupine.

In the following review, Furbank calls Cross Channel “perhaps Barnes's most assured work so far.”

In the following review, Wheeler lauds Barnes's Talking It Over.

In the following review, Eder lauds the stories in Barnes's Cross Channel.

In the following review, the critic complains that Barnes's The Porcupine “lacks warmth or, in the end, any particular moral force.”

In the following review, Duplain lauds Barnes's The Porcupine as “a satisfyingly balanced book.”

In the following excerpt, Flower praises Barnes's Talking It Over, stating, “Few novels seem as authentic and lifelike as this one.”

In the following excerpt, Filbin calls Barnes's Cross Channel “charming, brilliant, and sui generis.”

In the following review, Gosswiller asserts that the style of Barnes's The Porcupine is different from his earlier novels due to its subject matter.

In the following review, Marien discusses the virtues and faults of Barnes's The Porcupine.

In the following review, Byrne praises Barnes's mixing of politics and fiction in The Porcupine.