The best books about how human language works

Book cover of Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power Book cover of The Boundaries of Babel: The Brain and the Enigma of Impossible Languages Book cover of What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be Book cover of The Atoms Of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules Of Grammar Book cover of The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Want books like The Boundaries of Babel?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Boundaries of Babel.

Book cover of The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language Book cover of The Atoms Of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules Of Grammar Book cover of What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be Book cover of Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power Book cover of Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language Book cover of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

Browse books like The Boundaries of Babel

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in language, the brain, and the Enigma machine?

Language 93 books
The Brain 182 books
The Enigma Machine 11 books