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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The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation
Edit Your Way: Plot Twist: Forget the Writing “Rules"
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Staying Gold: The Oral History of The Outsiders
Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
The War for Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945
The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future
Memorial Days
Death and the Gardener
Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books
Notes to John
You Could Make This Place Beautiful
A Truce That Is Not Peace
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
El peligro de estar cuerda
The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Joyride: A Memoir
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
Didion and Babitz
People Like Us
Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. SeussEating the Alphabet by Lois EhlertS is for Story by Esther HershenhornAnna's Amazing Adventure by Little GeniusesFairy ABC by John McLoughlin
Alphabet Picture Books
98 books — 40 voters
The Public Speaking Bible; a Survival Guide for Standing on S... by Marcus AlexanderInfluence by Robert B. CialdiniWords That Change Minds by Shelle Rose CharvetHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieNever Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Best Persuasion Books
72 books — 139 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussCall Me by Your Name by André Aciman
Books With Beautiful Prose
239 books — 134 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakBeyond the Last Time by Noah TuyaMountains on Fire by Aram YardumianWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia  FurstenbergThe Library Book by Susan Orlean
Books-about-Books
122 books — 74 voters

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird
The Elements of Style
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
The Writing Life
The War of Art
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Philip Pullman
After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.
Philip Pullman

Stephen  King
The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people l ...more
Stephen King

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