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The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1568 times as reference)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,608 ratings — published 1918
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 608 times as reference)
avg rating 3.87 — 107,062 ratings — published 2003
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 454 times as reference)
avg rating 4.34 — 329,998 ratings — published 2000
The Chicago Manual of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 440 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 — 3,818 ratings — published 1977
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 339 times as reference)
avg rating 4.04 — 61,726 ratings — published 1942
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 312 times as reference)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,849 ratings — published 1843
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 303 times as reference)
avg rating 4.12 — 204,204 ratings — published 1931
The Holy Bible: King James Version (Hardcover)
by (shelved 284 times as reference)
avg rating 4.45 — 331,138 ratings — published 1611
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(r)
by (shelved 281 times as reference)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,092 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 — 3,242 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 — 401,248 ratings — published 2010
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 250 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,854 ratings — published 1976
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 233 times as reference)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,471 ratings — published 2012
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,980 ratings — published 1994
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Paperback)
by (shelved 224 times as reference)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,068 ratings — published 1926
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 221 times as reference)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,396 ratings — published 1855
The New Oxford American Dictionary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 219 times as reference)
avg rating 3.90 — 9,240 ratings — published 1962
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as reference)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,871 ratings — published 2006
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Paperback)
by (shelved 213 times as reference)
avg rating 3.98 — 29,269 ratings — published 1940
Roget's International Thesaurus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 208 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 — 44,354 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 206 times as reference)
avg rating 4.64 — 6,289 ratings — published 1890
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 202 times as reference)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,202 ratings — published 1906
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 199 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 — 3,957 ratings — published 1858
Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)
by (shelved 195 times as reference)
avg rating 4.60 — 53,986 ratings — published 2001
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as reference)
avg rating 3.94 — 603,213 ratings — published -500
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 191 times as reference)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,589 ratings — published 1984
القرآن الكريم (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as reference)
avg rating 4.37 — 75,912 ratings — published 632
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 181 times as reference)
avg rating 4.56 — 15,256 ratings — published 2014
Introduction to Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 181 times as reference)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,414 ratings — published 1989
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 177 times as reference)
avg rating 4.00 — 103,915 ratings — published 1998
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as reference)
avg rating 4.00 — 170,998 ratings — published 2001
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 173 times as reference)
avg rating 4.19 — 451 ratings — published 1941
The Associated Press Stylebook (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,528 ratings — published 1977
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as reference)
avg rating 4.21 — 438,428 ratings — published 2003
The C Programming Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as reference)
avg rating 4.44 — 11,456 ratings — published 1978
What to Expect When You're Expecting (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as reference)
avg rating 3.82 — 63,050 ratings — published 1984
Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as reference)
avg rating 4.53 — 12,835 ratings — published 1992
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 166 times as reference)
avg rating 4.39 — 102,258 ratings — published 2017
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic (Paperback)
by (shelved 164 times as reference)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,551 ratings — published 1980
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 163 times as reference)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,440 ratings — published 1987
The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as reference)
avg rating 4.24 — 14,054 ratings — published 1981
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as reference)
avg rating 4.16 — 848,674 ratings — published 1989
Holy Bible: New International Version (Hardcover)
by (shelved 155 times as reference)
avg rating 4.63 — 100,835 ratings — published 1978
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as reference)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,292 ratings — published 1985
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as reference)
avg rating 3.88 — 392,581 ratings — published 1979
Book Lust (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as reference)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,667 ratings — published 2003
The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as reference)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,091 ratings — published 1946
“If there is ever anything you want to know, you just ask me and we'll find the answer in a book."
This was a wonderful thing to hear and I believed her.”
― A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
This was a wonderful thing to hear and I believed her.”
― A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
“You write poetry?" Klaus asked.
He had read a lot about poets but had never met one.
"Just a little bit," Isadora said modestly. "I write poems down in this notebook. It's an interest of mine."
"Sappho!" Sunny shrieked, which meant something like, "I'd be very pleased to hear a poem of yours!”
― The Austere Academy
He had read a lot about poets but had never met one.
"Just a little bit," Isadora said modestly. "I write poems down in this notebook. It's an interest of mine."
"Sappho!" Sunny shrieked, which meant something like, "I'd be very pleased to hear a poem of yours!”
― The Austere Academy
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