Writing

Books about writing may include guidelines about grammar or other technical issues. They may also provide advice about the craft of writing or the business of publication.

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One Aladdin Two Lamps
Departure(s)
The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation
Edit Your Way: Plot Twist: Forget the Writing “Rules"
Death and the Gardener
Bread of Angels: A Memoir
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Departure(s)
Memorial Days
Winter: The Story of a Season
Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less (Revised and Updated)
Notes to John
A Truce That Is Not Peace
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
El peligro de estar cuerda
Joyride: A Memoir
People Like Us
Always Home, Always Homesick
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird
The Elements of Style
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
The Writing Life
The War of Art
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Wreck This Journal by Keri SmithThis Is Not a Book by Keri SmithListography Journal by Lisa NolaHow to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri SmithMess by Keri Smith
Journals That Spark Extreme Creativity
266 books — 199 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Creative Life
509 books — 622 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books Stephen King Recommends
209 books — 167 voters

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.On Writing by Stephen  KingEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman
Best Writing Reference
197 books — 163 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottOne Hot Italian Summer by Karina HalleMisery by Stephen  KingThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Fiction Books About Writers
294 books — 170 voters


Stephen  King
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
Stephen King

Douglas Adams
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

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