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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
Anne Bogel
4.01 average rating, · 20.6k ratings
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Anne Fadiman
4.09 average rating, · 14.6k ratings
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Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
Benjamin Dreyer
4.34 average rating, · 9.5k ratings
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Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
Kory Stamper
4.18 average rating, · 9.5k ratings
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Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.24 average rating, · 6.3k ratings
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Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
Jeff Vandermeer
4.32 average rating, · 4.3k ratings
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Library Mouse
Daniel Kirk
4.22 average rating, · 4.4k ratings
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
Stephen Fry
4.06 average rating, · 4k ratings
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Artful
Ali Smith
4.04 average rating, · 4k ratings
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Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
Katherine Rundell
4.11 average rating, · 3.7k ratings
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An Experiment in Criticism
C.S. Lewis
4.20 average rating, · 3.4k ratings
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
Umberto Eco
4.16 average rating, · 3.4k ratings
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The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.33 average rating, · 3k ratings
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How to Suppress Women's Writing
Joanna Russ
4.26 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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Lectures on Literature
Vladimir Nabokov
4.32 average rating, · 2.7k ratings
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Dæmon Voices
Philip Pullman
4.12 average rating, · 2.7k ratings
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The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes
C.S. Lewis
4.09 average rating, · 2.7k ratings
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The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.28 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
Roland Allen
4.30 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice
Colum McCann
4.19 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.28 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative
Jane Alison
4.09 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
A. Scott Berg
4.30 average rating, · 2k ratings
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A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
Nicholas A. Basbanes
4.04 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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