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Best Books on Writing

Books about writing, the writer's life, the importance of writing, and what writing means to life and life means to writing
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On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
1
Stephen King
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
2
Virginia Woolf
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
3
Rainer Maria Rilke
Year of Yes (Shonda Rhimes)
Year of Yes
4
Shonda Rhimes
Big Magic (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Big Magic
5
Elizabeth Gilbert
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
6
Lynne Truss
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Bird by Bird
7
Anne Lamott
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami)
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
8
Haruki Murakami
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
9
Joseph Campbell
Zen in the Art of Writing (Ray Bradbury)
Zen in the Art of Writing
10
Ray Bradbury
Understanding Comics
Understanding Comics
11
Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg)
Writing Down the Bones
12
Natalie Goldberg
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (Alice Walker)
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
13
Alice Walker
ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL by E. M. Forster
ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL by E. M. Forster
14
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage (Ann Patchett)
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
15
Ann Patchett
The War of Art (Steven Pressfield)
The War of Art
16
Steven Pressfield
The Writing Life (Annie Dillard)
The Writing Life
17
Annie Dillard
Broken Places & Outer Spaces (Nnedi Okorafor)
Broken Places & Outer Spaces
18
Nnedi Okorafor
Save the Cat (Blake Snyder)
Save the Cat
19
Blake Snyder
Negotiating With the Dead: A Writer on Writing
Negotiating With the Dead: A Writer on Writing
20
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White)
The Elements of Style
21
William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
22
Crazy Brave (Joy Harjo)
Crazy Brave
23
Joy Harjo
The Forest for the Trees (Betsy Lerner)
The Forest for the Trees
24
Betsy Lerner
Upstream (Mary Oliver)
Upstream
25
Mary Oliver
Walking on Water (Madeleine L'engle)
Walking on Water
26
Madeleine L'engle
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (Louise Erdrich)
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
27
Louise Erdrich
On Writing (Charles Bukowski)
On Writing
28
Charles Bukowski
The Anatomy of Story (John Truby)
The Anatomy of Story
29
John Truby
Woolgathering (Patti Smith)
Woolgathering
30
Patti Smith
Art and Fear
Art and Fear
31
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir (Amy Tan)
Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
32
Amy Tan
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (Bill Bryson)
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
33
Bill Bryson
The Gift Is in the Making: Anishinaabeg Stories (Leanne Betasamosake Simpson)
The Gift Is in the Making: Anishinaabeg Stories
34
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
A House of My Own (Sandra Cisneros)
A House of My Own
35
Sandra Cisneros
What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction (Toni Morrison)
What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction
36
Toni Morrison
A Personal Anthology
A Personal Anthology
37
Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living (Manjula Martin)
Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living
38
Manjula Martin
Woe Is I (Patricia T. O'Conner)
Woe Is I
39
Patricia T. O'Conner
Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within (Elif Shafak)
Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within
40
Elif Shafak
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