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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
162 books — 108 voters
On Writing by Stephen KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottBandersnatch by Diana Pavlac GlyerThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Great Books on Writing
86 books — 43 voters

A Twist in the Tale by Trudie CollinsWriting and Selling Your Mystery Novel by Hallie EphronPlotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia HighsmithPolice Procedure & Investigation by Lee LoflandForensics by D.P. Lyle
Best Books on Writing and Editing Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, and Crime Fiction
68 books — 36 voters
Sola by Amy FieldA Year in Provence by Peter MayleOne Thousand White Women by Jim FergusGalileo's Daughter by Dava SobelBarbarian Days by William Finnegan
Travel Passionately with Inspiration
160 books — 35 voters

On Writing by Stephen KingRunes for Writers by Marc GrahamBandersnatch by Diana Pavlac GlyerPity the Reader by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Craft of Writing
62 books — 27 voters
Words are our Sorcery by Karl WigginsBandersnatch by Diana Pavlac GlyerThe Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Jane StrausWrede on Writing by Patricia C. WredeThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Books about Words
127 books — 22 voters

We Got the Beat by Jenna MillerFamous Last Words by Jennifer Salvato DoktorskiAsking for Trouble by Sandra ByrdGirl Reporter by Tansy Rayner RobertsSocial Suicide by Gemma Halliday
High School Journalism
98 books — 22 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerI Am Legend by Richard MathesonThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Shining by Stephen KingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Must-Know Horror Books List
51 books — 21 voters

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezBig Book of Unique Names for Characters by Aimard R.MaknedaKing Lear by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Books To Read (For Writers)
121 books — 21 voters
Spinning by Tillie WaldenThe Tea Dragon Society by Kay O'NeillWallace the Brave by Will HenryMonstress, Volume 3 by Marjorie M. LiuMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris
Best Comics of 2017/2018
110 books — 20 voters

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonJourney by Aaron BeckerMarianne Dreams by Catherine StorrAll the Answers by Kate MessnerThe Magic Paintbrush by Laurence Yep
Magic Pencils
97 books — 19 voters
Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa BroadbentThe Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa BroadbentSorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonA Duet with the Siren Duke by Elise KovaHalf a Soul by Olivia Atwater
Judge A Book By It’s Cover...& Be Right!
45 books — 18 voters

Animant Crumbs Staubchronik by Lin RinaDie Buchspringer by Mechthild GläserDie Stadt der Träumenden Bücher by Walter MoersBooklove by Daphne MahrTintenherz by Cornelia Funke
Die Magie der Bücher im deutschsprachigen Raum/The magic of books in German
53 books — 15 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBeowulf by UnknownThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Books important to and by the Inklings
108 books — 14 voters

Untenrum frei by Margarete StokowskiDer kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen by Alice SchwarzerSprache und Sein by Kübra GümüşayDie Wand by Marlen HaushoferUnlearn Patriarchy by Lisa Jaspers
Feminismus auf Deutsch
79 books — 13 voters
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Plague by Albert CamusThe December Issue by J. ShepDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas MannThe Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Writers As Characters In Works Of Fiction
78 books — 12 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Time of the Assassins by Henry MillerWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamI Rode With Stonewall by Henry Kyd DouglasThe Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1940s
77 books — 11 voters
The Fatal Shore by Robert HughesBoy by Roald DahlEleni by Nicholas GageJack by George SayerLessons from a Sheep Dog by W. Phillip Keller
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1980s
176 books — 11 voters

IT'S OK TO CRY by Daniel HamelA Sense of Wonder by Katherine PatersonThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Spying Heart by Katherine PatersonWriting Books for Children by Jane Yolen
Writing Children's Books
26 books — 11 voters
Sim One by Tom AhernBig Book of Unique Names for Characters by Aimard R.MaknedaThe Emotion Thesaurus by Angela AckermanHow Fiction Works by James WoodThe art of fiction by Walter Besant
Writing
35 books — 11 voters

Someone Like You by Sarah DessenGirlfriend Material by Melissa KantorAll I Need by Susane ColasantiIn Too Deep by Coert VoorheesDangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
A Line in the Sand
28 books — 10 voters
To My Next Year Self by Meri AisalaWreck This Journal by Keri SmithUnicorn Notebook by Joy Tree JournalsUnicorns are Really Jerks by Nifty JournalsMy Reading Journal by The Collective for the Supp...
Best Notebooks and Journals
22 books — 9 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouA Thousand Days by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1960s
125 books — 9 voters
The Guy Next Door by Meg CabotHe Typed. She Typed. by Mark Van WyePlay It Again, SAHM by Meredith EfkenLove @ First Site by Jane MooreThe Cubicle Next Door by Siri L. Mitchell
Desks
31 books — 8 voters

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude SteinTestament of Youth by Vera BrittainThree Guineas by Virginia WoolfA Little History of the World by E.H. GombrichBe Still by Emmet Fox
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1930s
75 books — 6 voters
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienStrange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Purple Prose
23 books — 5 voters

Diary of a Worm by Doreen CroninDiary of a Fly by Doreen CroninKitty by Robyn SupranerDiary of a Spider by Doreen CroninUFO Diary by Satoshi Kitamura
Diary Picture Books
11 books — 4 voters
African American Literary Theory by Winston NapierThe Signifying Monkey by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance by Houston A. Baker Jr.What Was African American Literature? by Kenneth W. WarrenThe Black Aesthetic Unbound by April C.E. Langley
Literary Criticism on African-American Work
30 books — 4 voters

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloudMaking Comics by Scott McCloudFigure It Out! Simple Lessons, Quick Results by Christopher HartFramed Ink by Marcos Mateu-MestreAll About Techniques in Illustration by José María Parramón
Creating Graphic Literature
36 books — 4 voters
Kirjoittamisen taide ja taito by Emilia KarjulaKokonaisvaltainen kirjoittaminen by Kimmo SvinhufvudSana kerrallaan - johdatus luovaan kirjoittamiseen by Miisa JääskeläinenHaluatko todella kirjailijaksi? Matkaopas kirjamaailmaan by Jera HänninenParempi lause by Asko Martinheimo
Suomalaisia kirjoitusoppaita
28 books — 3 voters

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