Baines, Jocelyn Joseph Conrad A Critical Biography, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1960.

Baines provides a comprehensive overview of all of Conrad's writings.

Dowden, Wilfred S. Joseph Conrad: The Imaged Style, Vanderbilt University Press, 1970

Dowden explores how Conrad's style differs in each of his major works.

Gillon, Adam Joseph Conrad' Rite of Passage, Twayne Publishers, 1982, pp. 153-159.

Includes guides to each of Conrad's major works Graver, Lawrence Conrad's Short Fiction, University of California Press, 1969

Graver examines all of Conrad's short fiction and claims that "The Secret Sharer" is a "widely acclaimed. psychological masterpiece and the subject of more fanciful interpretations than any of Conrad's other stones."

Lothe, Jakob" 'The Secret Sharer" Economical Personal Narrative," in Conrad's Narrative Method, Clarendon Press, 1989, pp. 57-71.

Contains a useful introduction to Conrad's life and work as well as a carefully argued chapter on "The Secret Sharer."