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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell
4.12 average rating, · 46k ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
Humphrey Carpenter
4.06 average rating, · 16.8k ratings
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Mark Forsyth
4.23 average rating, · 12.8k ratings
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Why I Write
George Orwell
4.01 average rating, · 16k ratings
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Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
Robert A. Caro
4.45 average rating, · 7.8k 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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Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
William Goldman
4.13 average rating, · 8.6k ratings
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Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
Shaun Usher
4.31 average rating, · 6.3k ratings
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The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.56 average rating, · 4.9k ratings
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Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
Cody Keenan
4.56 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
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Capote
Gerald Clarke
4.17 average rating, · 5.2k ratings
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The Hero's Adventure: Power of Myth 1
Joseph Campbell
4.37 average rating, · 3.9k ratings
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I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick
Emmanuel Carrère
4.01 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
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Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries
Gillian Gill
4.32 average rating, · 3.5k ratings
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I. Asimov: A Memoir
Isaac Asimov
4.05 average rating, · 3.7k ratings
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A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song
Steve Turner
4.18 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
Marc Bloch
4.09 average rating, · 3.1k ratings
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Papa Hemingway
A.E. Hotchner
4.20 average rating, · 2.8k 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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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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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
Richard Lederer
4.07 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
D.K. Publishing
4.15 average rating, · 1.9k ratings
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Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks
John Curran
4.36 average rating, · 1.8k ratings
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