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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Bird by Bird
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
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Letters to a Young Poet
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
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The Elements of Style
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
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A Room of One’s Own
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
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Art and Fear
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The War of Art
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A Moveable Feast
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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3.87 avg rating — 106,334 ratings
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If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
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4.12 avg rating — 8,670 ratings
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Speak, Memory
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4.08 avg rating — 17,676 ratings
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Siddhartha
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4.08 avg rating — 870,840 ratings
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
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4.23 avg rating — 30,731 ratings
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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3.87 avg rating — 379,433 ratings
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Becoming a Writer
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,280 ratings
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The Writing Life
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3.98 avg rating — 18,240 ratings
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Steppenwolf
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4.13 avg rating — 213,840 ratings
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Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers
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3.99 avg rating — 1,419 ratings
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Being and Time
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4.05 avg rating — 27,686 ratings
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The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present
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4.21 avg rating — 1,843 ratings
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Just Kids
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4.21 avg rating — 349,127 ratings
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
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3.99 avg rating — 6,289 ratings
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The Alchemist
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3.92 avg rating — 3,535,720 ratings
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Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
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4.14 avg rating — 6,556 ratings
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The Merchant of Stories: A Creative Entrepreneur's Journey
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4.58 avg rating — 130 ratings
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Why I Write
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4.01 avg rating — 15,085 ratings
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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3.87 avg rating — 201,476 ratings
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One Writer's Beginnings
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The Artist's Torah
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A Writer's Diary
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The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life
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3.94 avg rating — 8,727 ratings
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Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, and Memoirs
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Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance
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Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
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On Writing
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A Tempest Soul
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How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum
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The Narrative Escape
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From Words to Brain
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The Dot
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
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3.88 avg rating — 7,071 ratings
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Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
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4.25 avg rating — 9,707 ratings
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Wreck This Journal
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History of Beauty
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Letters to a Young Novelist
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A Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit
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4.02 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
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Conscious Parenting: Mindful Living Course (AoL Mindfulness #5)
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Mindful Being (AoL Mindfulness, #4)
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Tao Te Ching
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On Literature
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Talking About Detective Fiction
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The Art of the Novel
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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
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MFA in a Box
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3.94 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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What It Is
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How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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Letters to a Young Artist: Building a Life in Art
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Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
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Aspects of the Novel
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How To Write Science Fiction
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Vendere il tuo libro con successo
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Houdini Heart
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Ish
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Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
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Letters to a Young Artist
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Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath
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Fun with a Pencil
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Writing Alone and with Others
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Western Wind: An Introduction to Poetry
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Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
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Creating a Life Worth Living
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How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
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The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person's Path Through Depression
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About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
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The Thirteenth Tale
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The 10% Solution
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Hunger
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One Art
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Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words
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The Moon and Sixpence
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
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Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
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On Writing
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
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Writing on Both Sides of the Brain: Breakthrough Techniques for People Who Write
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On Becoming a Novelist
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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
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