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
Death and the Gardener
Memorial Days
El peligro de estar cuerda
A Truce That Is Not Peace
Notes to John
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
People Like Us
Joyride: A Memoir
Didion and Babitz
Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
The Messy Lives of Book People
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

Wreck This Journal by Keri SmithThis Is Not a Book by Keri SmithListography Journal by Lisa NolaHow to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri SmithMess by Keri Smith
Journals That Spark Extreme Creativity
265 books — 198 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books Stephen King Recommends
209 books — 167 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
On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books on Writing
798 books — 1,327 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

Douglas Adams
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

Anton Chekhov
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ...more
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