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7 Minutes to Freedom by Natalya AndrosovaBook Title Generator by Scott LorenzOn Writing by Stephen KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottHow to Write Fast by Sean M. Platt
Writing advice and how to
17 books — 16 voters
Keep Moving by Maggie SmithMastering the Process by Elizabeth GeorgeHow Sweet the Sound by Laura L. SmithThe Unreality of Memory by Elisa GabbertThin Places by Jordan Kisner
Writing Published in Decade: 2020s
21 books — 12 voters

Olivetti by Allie MillingtonMisery by Stephen KingThe Cry of the Sloth by Sam SavageThe Page Turner by Viola ShipmanLove on Paper by Danielle Parker
Typewriters
42 books — 11 voters
The Fiction Writer's Sexuality Guide by Dr. J.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells by Ben BovaUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudOn Writing by Stephen King
Creative Writing Guides And Other Books For Writers
41 books — 10 voters

Meander, Spiral, Explode by Jane AlisonSteering the Craft by Ursula K. Le GuinThree Steps on the Ladder of Writing by Hélène CixousLiterature Class, Berkeley 1980 by Julio CortázarHow to Write by Gertrude Stein
Writers Writing on Writing
23 books — 8 voters
Walking on Water by Madeleine L'EngleThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronThe Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. SayersA Prayer Book for Writers by Courtney KleefeldPrayers for Writers by Stephanie Buckwalter
Creativity and God
45 books — 8 voters

Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book? by Ally CarterThe Magic Words by Cheryl B. KleinWriting Picture Books by Ann Whitford PaulGet Started in Writing for Children by Lisa BullardSpilling Ink by Anne Mazer
Great Books on Creative Writing (Children's Lit focused)
12 books — 7 voters
If Not, Winter by SapphoSearching for Sappho by Philip FreemanSweetbitter Love by SapphoSappho's Leap by Erica JongThe Poetry of Sappho by Jim Powell
Fiction & Non-Fiction: Sappho
30 books — 7 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
92 books — 5 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsUprooted by Naomi NovikThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCinder by Marissa MeyerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Powerful Women in YA Fantasy/Science Fiction
18 books — 4 voters

Writing on Empty by Natalie GoldbergWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergZen In The Art Of Writing by bradbury-rayBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne C. Booth
Books for Writers (even if you're scared to call yourself one yet).
17 books — 4 voters
How to Write a Story by Kate MessnerWrite Up a Storm With the Polk Street School by Patricia Reilly GiffThe Sower of Tales by Rachna GilmoreWhen Kids Write...Their Own Book! by Brittany PlumeriMy Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World by Malcolm Mitchell
Kids' Books About Storywriting
40 books — 4 voters

Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald MaassScreenplay Competitions by Ann Marie WilliamsStory Like a Journalist by Amber RoyerThe Fire in Fiction by Donald MaassWriting the Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass
WHY Writers Group Books on Writing
44 books — 3 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondVaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors by K.R. HoweA Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen OhPhysics of the Impossible by Michio KakuThe World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond
Worldbuilding Books for Writers
40 books — 3 voters

Bir Yazarın Günlüğü by Virginia WoolfWrite for Life by Julia CameronCreative Writing Vocabulary Toolkit by Mason CarterThe Virginia Woolf Writers' Workshop by Danell JonesOn Writing by Stephen King
About Writing
18 books — 3 voters
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber RuffinShe Memes Well by Quinta BrunsonF*ck Your Diet by Chloé HilliardThe World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber RuffinPlease Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
Humor Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2020s
7 books — 3 voters

The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'HaraThe Writing Life by Annie DillardOrdinary Genius by Kim AddonizioThe Making of a Poem by Mark StrandThe Outlaw Bible of American Poetry by Alan Kaufman
Poetry MFA Prep Reading
45 books — 2 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Dark Portal by Robin JarvisThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Crystal Prison by Robin JarvisThe Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Writing Style Forward
18 books — 2 voters

The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of MonmouthThe Crow's Head by Adrian StumppMercury or the Secret and Swift Messenger by John WilkinsMercurius by Patrick HarpurHistory of the Two Tartar Conquerors of China by Pierre-Joseph d'Orléans
Obscure, Eccentric, Eclectic
15 books — 2 voters
Escaping The Despondent Sea by Zachery Polk
Self help/adventure/drama
1 book — 2 voters

The Art of Fiction by John GardnerThe Write Crowd by Lori A. MayThe Organised Writer by Antony Johnston12 Rules of Creativity by Michael AtavarFifty Playwrights on their Craft by Caroline Jester
A Writer's Reading List by London Writers' Cafe
79 books — 2 voters
The Opposite of Fate by Amy TanThe Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction by Tara Lynn MasihAbout Writing by Samuel R. DelanyLetters to a Young Novelist by Mario Vargas LlosaThe Little Book of Muses by Khaled Talib
Authors of Color, On Writing
9 books — 1 voter

Script Tease by Dylan CallaghanThe Tao Of Writing by Ralph L. WahlstromWrite. by Karen E. PetersonGrammar Sucks by Joanne KimesThe Only Writing Series You'll Ever Need Screenwriting by Madeline DiMaggio
Humble Book Bundle: Write Like a Writer by Adams Media
26 books — 1 voter
Booklife by Jeff VandermeerFXXK WRITING by Jason S. RidlerMonstrous Creatures by Jeff VandermeerArchitectures of Possibility by Lance OlsenStory First by Kit Reed
StoryBundle Write Now! 2020
11 books — 1 voter

Endurance by Alfred LansingNobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t by Steven PressfieldThe Guns at Last Light by Rick AtkinsonThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Morgan Housel recommended books list
23 books — 1 voter
Successful Qualitative Research by Virginia BraunDiscovering Statistics Using SPSS by Andy FieldInfluence by Robert B. CialdiniWriting Science by Joshua SchimelPiled Higher and Deeper by Jorge Cham
Best Books for Psychology Researchers
6 books — 1 voter

Coming UnGlutened by Delise DickardOn Writing by Stephen KingMake Your Bed by William H. McRaven
Memoirs With A Worthwhile Punch In The Gut
3 books — 1 voter
Playwriting by Stephen JeffreysPlay-Making by William ArcherAristotle by AristotleThe Crafty Art of Playmaking by Alan AyckbournThe Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Playwriting Books
33 books — 1 voter

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