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The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1550 times as reference)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,601 ratings — published 1918
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 606 times as reference)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,701 ratings — published 2003
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 449 times as reference)
avg rating 4.34 — 322,638 ratings — published 2000
The Chicago Manual of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 440 times as reference)
avg rating 4.30 — 6,188 ratings — published 1906
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Paperback)
by (shelved 349 times as reference)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,826 ratings — published 1977
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 332 times as reference)
avg rating 4.04 — 60,619 ratings — published 1942
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 308 times as reference)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,837 ratings — published 1843
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 303 times as reference)
avg rating 4.13 — 200,596 ratings — published 1931
The Holy Bible: King James Version (Hardcover)
by (shelved 289 times as reference)
avg rating 4.45 — 323,138 ratings — published 1611
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(r)
by (shelved 281 times as reference)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,032 ratings — published 1952
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 262 times as reference)
avg rating 3.88 — 396,364 ratings — published 2010
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Paperback)
by (shelved 261 times as reference)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,226 ratings — published 1955
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 240 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,251 ratings — published 1976
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 232 times as reference)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,408 ratings — published 2012
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 228 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 112,641 ratings — published 1994
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Paperback)
by (shelved 224 times as reference)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,063 ratings — published 1926
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 223 times as reference)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,394 ratings — published 1855
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as reference)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,856 ratings — published 2006
The New Oxford American Dictionary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 216 times as reference)
avg rating 3.90 — 9,139 ratings — published 1962
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List (Paperback)
by (shelved 211 times as reference)
avg rating 3.88 — 44,044 ratings — published 2003
Roget's International Thesaurus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 206 times as reference)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,008 ratings — published 1911
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as reference)
avg rating 3.98 — 28,438 ratings — published 1940
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as reference)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,144 ratings — published 1911
The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: With Main Concordance, Appendix to the Main Concordance, Topical Index to the Bible, Dictionar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 202 times as reference)
avg rating 4.64 — 6,271 ratings — published 1890
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 197 times as reference)
avg rating 4.42 — 931 ratings — published 1870
Gray's Anatomy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 195 times as reference)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,917 ratings — published 1858
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as reference)
avg rating 3.94 — 583,732 ratings — published -500
Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)
by (shelved 189 times as reference)
avg rating 4.60 — 53,027 ratings — published 2001
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 186 times as reference)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,364 ratings — published 1984
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 180 times as reference)
avg rating 4.57 — 15,020 ratings — published 2014
Introduction to Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 178 times as reference)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,358 ratings — published 1989
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 177 times as reference)
avg rating 4.00 — 102,729 ratings — published 1998
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 175 times as reference)
avg rating 4.19 — 449 ratings — published 1941
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as reference)
avg rating 4.00 — 169,172 ratings — published 2001
القرآن الكريم (Hardcover)
by (shelved 170 times as reference)
avg rating 4.38 — 73,329 ratings — published 632
What to Expect When You're Expecting (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as reference)
avg rating 3.82 — 61,990 ratings — published 1984
The Associated Press Stylebook (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,532 ratings — published 1977
The C Programming Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as reference)
avg rating 4.44 — 11,383 ratings — published 1978
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 428,709 ratings — published 2003
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 164 times as reference)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,441 ratings — published 1987
Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as reference)
avg rating 4.52 — 12,602 ratings — published 1992
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as reference)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,544 ratings — published 1980
The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 160 times as reference)
avg rating 4.23 — 13,897 ratings — published 1981
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 157 times as reference)
avg rating 4.39 — 96,947 ratings — published 2017
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as reference)
avg rating 4.16 — 832,243 ratings — published 1989
Holy Bible: New International Version (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as reference)
avg rating 4.63 — 98,803 ratings — published
The Complete Works (Leather Bound)
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avg rating 4.48 — 57,841 ratings — published 1623
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as reference)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,188 ratings — published 1985
Book Lust (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as reference)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,661 ratings — published 2003
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as reference)
avg rating 3.87 — 383,384 ratings — published 1979
“I don't have a thing," Tengo said, "except my soul."
"Sounds like a job for Mephistopheles," she said.”
― 1Q84 Book 1
"Sounds like a job for Mephistopheles," she said.”
― 1Q84 Book 1
“The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I've got a big stick.”
― Foxglove Summer
― Foxglove Summer
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