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The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.
4.18 average rating, · 87.9k ratings
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser
4.24 average rating, · 31.5k ratings
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
Amanda Montell
4.22 average rating, · 29.8k ratings
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig Wittgenstein
4.10 average rating, · 22.9k ratings
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Philosophical Investigations
Ludwig Wittgenstein
4.26 average rating, · 16k ratings
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Steven Pinker
4.01 average rating, · 22.7k 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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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Gabriel Wyner
4.08 average rating, · 13.6k ratings
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Word Power Made Easy
Norman Lewis
4.42 average rating, · 9.2k 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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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Gretchen McCulloch
4.04 average rating, · 12.8k ratings
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Politics and the English Language
George Orwell
4.30 average rating, · 9.1k ratings
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Sprache und Sein
Kübra Gümüşay
4.32 average rating, · 9k ratings
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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
4.05 average rating, · 11.2k 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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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Mark Forsyth
4.35 average rating, · 7.5k ratings
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Steven Pinker
4.04 average rating, · 9.3k ratings
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig
4.44 average rating, · 6.5k ratings
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Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever
Richard Scarry
4.34 average rating, · 6.9k ratings
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The Chicago Manual of Style
University of Chicago Press
4.30 average rating, · 6.2k ratings
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Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff
4.09 average rating, · 7.1k ratings
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Writing and Difference
Jacques Derrida
4.00 average rating, · 7.9k ratings
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The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Jen Bryant
4.08 average rating, · 6.7k ratings
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Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Roy Peter Clark
4.20 average rating, · 6k ratings
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