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The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1564 times as reference)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,453 ratings — published 1918
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 607 times as reference)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,969 ratings — published 2003
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 453 times as reference)
avg rating 4.34 — 328,084 ratings — published 2000
The Chicago Manual of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 441 times as reference)
avg rating 4.29 — 6,191 ratings — published 1906
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Paperback)
by (shelved 347 times as reference)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,819 ratings — published 1977
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 337 times as reference)
avg rating 4.04 — 61,462 ratings — published 1942
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 311 times as reference)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,845 ratings — published 1843
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 303 times as reference)
avg rating 4.12 — 203,287 ratings — published 1931
The Holy Bible: King James Version (Hardcover)
by (shelved 287 times as reference)
avg rating 4.45 — 329,237 ratings — published 1611
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(r)
by (shelved 281 times as reference)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,081 ratings — published 1952
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Paperback)
by (shelved 265 times as reference)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,240 ratings — published 1955
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 264 times as reference)
avg rating 3.88 — 400,117 ratings — published 2010
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,683 ratings — published 1976
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 234 times as reference)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,454 ratings — published 2012
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,203 ratings — published 1994
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Paperback)
by (shelved 224 times as reference)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,067 ratings — published 1926
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 221 times as reference)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,395 ratings — published 1855
The New Oxford American Dictionary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 219 times as reference)
avg rating 3.90 — 9,217 ratings — published 1962
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 215 times as reference)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,865 ratings — published 2006
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as reference)
avg rating 3.98 — 29,039 ratings — published 1940
Roget's International Thesaurus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 207 times as reference)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,006 ratings — published 1911
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as reference)
avg rating 3.88 — 44,268 ratings — published 2003
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 205 times as reference)
avg rating 4.64 — 6,282 ratings — published 1890
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as reference)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,189 ratings — published 1906
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 198 times as reference)
avg rating 4.42 — 934 ratings — published 1870
Gray's Anatomy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 197 times as reference)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,944 ratings — published 1858
Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)
by (shelved 194 times as reference)
avg rating 4.60 — 53,511 ratings — published 2001
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 193 times as reference)
avg rating 3.94 — 598,199 ratings — published -500
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 189 times as reference)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,463 ratings — published 1984
القرآن الكريم (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as reference)
avg rating 4.37 — 75,559 ratings — published 632
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 182 times as reference)
avg rating 4.57 — 15,199 ratings — published 2014
Introduction to Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 180 times as reference)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,397 ratings — published 1989
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 177 times as reference)
avg rating 4.00 — 103,513 ratings — published 1998
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as reference)
avg rating 4.00 — 170,561 ratings — published 2001
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as reference)
avg rating 4.19 — 450 ratings — published 1941
The Associated Press Stylebook (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,529 ratings — published 1977
The C Programming Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as reference)
avg rating 4.44 — 11,436 ratings — published 1978
What to Expect When You're Expecting (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as reference)
avg rating 3.82 — 62,770 ratings — published 1984
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as reference)
avg rating 4.21 — 436,049 ratings — published 2003
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 166 times as reference)
avg rating 4.39 — 101,017 ratings — published 2017
Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as reference)
avg rating 4.53 — 12,773 ratings — published 1992
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 — 2,440 ratings — published 1987
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic (Paperback)
by (shelved 164 times as reference)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,549 ratings — published 1980
The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 14,030 ratings — published 1981
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as reference)
avg rating 4.16 — 844,278 ratings — published 1989
Holy Bible: New International Version (Hardcover)
by (shelved 155 times as reference)
avg rating 4.63 — 100,248 ratings — published 1978
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as reference)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,271 ratings — published 1985
Book Lust (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as reference)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,666 ratings — published 2003
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as reference)
avg rating 3.88 — 389,096 ratings — published 1979
The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as reference)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,090 ratings — published 1946
“Today I hit rock bottom but didn’t busy myself with activity to take my mind off it, like I usually do. I allowed myself to sink as deep as possible. It’s like an infection: let it run its course and be done with it. Rising, I felt cleansed.”
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
“Matt is a tortured soul,' Amanda insisted. 'He's Heathcliff and you're Cathy. He's Rochester and you're Jane Eyre. He's-'
'Darcy and I'm Elizabeth. I get it. And you're wrong.”
― Fat Cat
'Darcy and I'm Elizabeth. I get it. And you're wrong.”
― Fat Cat
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