Writing

Books about writing may include guidelines about grammar or other technical issues. They may also provide advice about the craft of writing or the business of publication.

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Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King

Attention: Writing on Life, Art and the World

Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction

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How to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri Smith

Journals That Spark Extreme Creativity

267 books — 200 voters

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce

The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone

Picture Books for the Bookish

461 books — 102 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Books With Beautiful Prose

237 books — 172 voters

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.

The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman

Best Writing Reference

203 books — 168 voters

Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein

Examples of Male Authors Writing Terrible Female Protagonists

76 books — 41 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Complete Harry Potter Collection Box Set by J.K. Rowling

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Books referred to in The Inkworld Series

117 books — 41 voters

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Readers’ Hit New Books of the Year (So Far)

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“ What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though. ...more ”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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“ Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. ...more ”
― Franz Kafka

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