The Western Canon by Harold BloomIlluminations by Walter BenjaminAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterPoetics by AristotleWhy Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
Works of Literary Criticism
3rd out of 463 books — 107 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
59th out of 799 books — 1,328 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
134th out of 765 books — 1,130 voters
Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfNow We Are Six by A.A. MilneArchy and Mehitabel by Don MarquisAmerika by Franz Kafka
Best Books 1927
11th out of 62 books — 49 voters

On Writing by Stephen KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Creative Life
70th out of 509 books — 622 voters
Howards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Bloomsbury
13th out of 110 books — 41 voters

The Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne C. BoothAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterOn Writing by Stephen KingThe Cambridge Introduction to Narrative by H. Porter AbbottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Narrative Theory
2nd out of 17 books — 8 voters
On Writing by Stephen KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Last Things by Betta FerrendelliCollective Vengeance by Joseph StanleyZen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Best Books on Writing Fiction
22nd out of 163 books — 109 voters

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanWest with the Night by Beryl Markham
Modern Library 100 Best Non-fiction
19th out of 100 books — 25 voters
Howards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterWhere Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. ForsterMaurice by E.M. ForsterA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
E.M. Forster
10th out of 40 books — 18 voters

On Writing by Stephen KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottHow to Write Sentences and Paragraphs in Your Novel by Dorothy May MercerHow to Format Your Book by Dorothy May MercerPlot & Structure by James Scott Bell
Writing Books for Writers
33rd out of 160 books — 123 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury84 Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Books on Books: metacovers
80th out of 385 books — 104 voters

Sarum by Edward RutherfurdImperium by Robert HarrisMy Lady of Cleves by Margaret Campbell BarnesRusska by Edward RutherfurdIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. Haasse
Well now, that's Novel
23rd out of 174 books — 52 voters
The Jewel in the Crown by Paul ScottEnglish Passengers by Matthew KnealeCopenhagen by Michael FraynTouch Not the Cat by Mary StewartThe American by Henry James
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
774th out of 1,907 books — 264 voters

Aspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroZeno's Conscience by Italo SvevoLolita by Vladimir NabokovPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
How fiction works reading list
1st out of 28 books — 2 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteOpen Season by C.J. Box
[ATY 2024] Authors Names Who Use Initials
442nd out of 575 books — 69 voters

Birdsong by Sebastian FaulksGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesThe Collector by John FowlesPostcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "F"
132nd out of 472 books — 16 voters
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffEx Libris by Anne FadimanThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterBook Lust by Nancy PearlThe Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
509th out of 1,038 books — 531 voters

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.The Rise of the West by William H. McNeillIn the American Grain by William Carlos WilliamsThe Contours of American History by William Appleman Williams
Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction
62nd out of 100 books — 1 voter
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about Books and Libraries
603rd out of 836 books — 393 voters

Doors, Entrances and Beyond... Various Aspects of Entrances a... by Leo RoetenScreening The Blues by Paul OliverSocial and Cultural Aspects of VCR Use by Julia R. DobrowThe Forest of Symbols by Victor TurnerAspects of Confused Speech by Pamela Shakespeare
"Aspect"
7th out of 88 books — 2 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe X-Files by Kevin J. AndersonHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenUnsinkable by Debbie Reynolds
Covers that Show Faces
96th out of 190 books — 9 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Initial Success
309th out of 561 books — 41 voters
7 Minutes to Freedom by Natalya AndrosovaLife Curriculum by Charles Paul CollinsThe Writer's Idea Book by Jack HeffronWriting 21st Century Fiction by Donald MaassBook Title Generator by Scott Lorenz
Writing Self-Help
61st out of 69 books — 32 voters

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia HighsmithPocket Guide to Technical Writing by william-s-pfeifferOn Writing by Eudora WeltyBackwards and Forwards by David Ball
Only CLASSIC Essential Books on Writing - No Contemporary
24th out of 65 books — 1 voter
Shakespeare by Harold BloomHow to Read and Why by Harold BloomThe Western Canon by Harold BloomHamlet by Harold BloomEuropean Literature and the Latin Middle Ages by Ernst Robert Curtius
Literary Criticism, rhetoric, writing, grammar
17th out of 27 books — 1 voter

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEmma by Jane Austen
52 Book Club 2025: #30 - In The Public Domain
126th out of 147 books — 80 voters
Everything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFedeDead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownEducated by Tara Westover
[ATY 2026] Nonfiction
643rd out of 653 books — 49 voters

Poetics by AristotleOn Fairy-Stories by J.R.R. TolkienOn Stories by C.S. LewisThe Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne JonesThe Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall
The Science of Storytelling
52nd out of 92 books — 5 voters
European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages by Ernst Robert CurtiusThe Rise of the Novel by Ian WattThe Novel by Steven MooreThe Novel by Steven MooreThe Theory of the Novel by György Lukács
Novel - Theory
6th out of 40 books — 3 voters

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