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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.34 — 324,361 ratings — published 2000
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.88 — 397,516 ratings — published 2010
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,813 ratings — published 1918
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,177,487 ratings — published 1936
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.16 — 835,942 ratings — published 1989
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.87 — 384,929 ratings — published 1979
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.24 — 113,288 ratings — published 1994
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.98 — 28,628 ratings — published 1940
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,378,493 ratings — published 2018
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,816 ratings — published 2003
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.85 — 106,154 ratings — published 2003
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,576 ratings — published 2002
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,240 ratings — published 1986
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.13 — 572,031 ratings — published 2012
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.94 — 588,070 ratings — published -500
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,879 ratings — published 2006
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.00 — 169,642 ratings — published 2001
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.57 — 15,072 ratings — published 2014
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.07 — 481,896 ratings — published 2012
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,396 ratings — published 1976
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,656 ratings — published 1980
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,232 ratings — published 1998
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.27 — 488,680 ratings — published 1990
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.39 — 98,216 ratings — published 2017
Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.49 — 8,099 ratings — published 2014
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,643 ratings — published 2016
Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.88 — 44,583 ratings — published 2012
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.27 — 40,202 ratings — published 1980
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.95 — 25,107 ratings — published 1943
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.97 — 345,930 ratings — published 2012
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.06 — 20,414 ratings — published 2010
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.00 — 133,706 ratings — published 1993
Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.87 — 517,982 ratings — published 1998
Think and Grow Rich (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.16 — 390,730 ratings — published 1937
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,424 ratings — published 1999
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.83 — 30,450 ratings — published -335
The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.91 — 339,773 ratings — published 2007
Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,517 ratings — published 1992
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.90 — 274,214 ratings — published 2018
Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.56 — 6,339 ratings — published 2014
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.95 — 294,212 ratings — published 2013
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,459,462 ratings — published 2016
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.71 — 38,152 ratings — published 2000
Mere Christianity (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.37 — 467,494 ratings — published 1952
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.13 — 33,669 ratings — published 2011
Comics and Sequential Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,305 ratings — published 1985
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.22 — 98,279 ratings — published 1994
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,998 ratings — published 2002
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.01 — 863,396 ratings — published 2000
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as instructional)
avg rating 4.15 — 76,564 ratings — published 1992
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”
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“I hate tricks. At the first sign of a trick or gimmick in a piece of fiction, a cheap trick or even an elaborate trick, I tend to look for cover. Tricks are ultimately boring, and I get bored easily, which may go along with my not having much of an attention span. But extremely clever chi-chi writing, or just plain tomfoolery writing, puts me to sleep. Writers don't need tricks or gimmicks or even necessarily need to be the smartest fellows on the block. At the risk of appearing foolish, a writer sometimes needs to be able to just stand and gape at this or that thing- a sunset or an old shoe- in absolute and simple amazement.”
― Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories
― Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories
