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  • James Phelps The best books that will get any writer started in the industry Book cover of On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Book cover of On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Book cover of Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers: Over 2,300 Emotive, Evocative, Descriptive Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Terms Every Writer Should Know Book cover of The Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder Book cover of The Emotion Thesaurus
  • Joli Jensen The best books to help you with academic writing Book cover of How to Write a Lot Book cover of The Clockwork Muse Book cover of "They Say / I Say" Book cover of Air & Light & Time & Space Book cover of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
  • Cara Bristol The best reference and writing books for romance authors Book cover of The Emotion Thesaurus Book cover of The Writer's A-Z of Body Language Book cover of The Trope Thesaurus Book cover of Master Lists for Writers: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More Book cover of The Synonym Finder
  • Philip Gooden The best books on swear words Book cover of Filthy English: The How, Why, When And What of Everyday Swearing Book cover of Lady Chatterley's Lover Book cover of The Compleat Motherfucker: A History of the Mother of All Dirty Words Book cover of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing Book cover of Odd Job Man: Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer
  • Roy Peter Clark The best books on writing and why they matter Book cover of On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Book cover of Language in Thought and Action Book cover of The Elements of Style: The Classic Writing Style Guide Book cover of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Book cover of Politics and the English Language
  • Karen C. Murdarasi The best books to challenge your preconceptions Book cover of The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers Book cover of Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things Book cover of Time and Time Again Book cover of The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase Book cover of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong about the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
  • Alice Ginsberg The best books about diversifying the teaching profession (teaching is still 83% white) Book cover of Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom Book cover of Teacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions: Programs, Policies, and Social Justice Book cover of Studying Diversity in Teacher Education Book cover of Teachers of Color: Resisting Racism and Reclaiming Education Book cover of Teacher Preparation for Bilingual Student Populations: Educar para Transformar
  • Guy Windsor The best books on becoming an effective writer without wrecking your body or abandoning your ethics Book cover of On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Book cover of How To Market A Book Book cover of The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness Book cover of Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World Book cover of Newsletter Ninja: How to Become an Author Mailing List Expert
  • Jennifer Horne The best nonfiction books on lesser-known but fascinating figures Book cover of The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 Book cover of The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Book cover of The Story of Chicago May Book cover of All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw Book cover of The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent by Her Granddaughter
  • Lloyd Sederer The best books to read if you want to write the best of non-fiction Book cover of On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Book cover of On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Book cover of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Book cover of The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher Book cover of Inventing The Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
  • Stephen B. Heard The best books telling stories about naming and language Book cover of The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names Book cover of Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names Book cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Book cover of A Wizard of Earthsea Book cover of The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
  • Richard J. Carwardine The best books on the political and moral power that made Abraham Lincoln a great president Book cover of Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America Book cover of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery Book cover of Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words Book cover of Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural Book cover of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
  • G. Elizabeth Kretchmer The best books to get you writing Book cover of Writing the Natural Way: Turn the Task of Writing Into the Joy of Writing Book cover of The Artist's Way Book cover of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Book cover of If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit Book cover of Finding What You Didn't Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making
  • Lori Alden Holuta The best poetry books for people who like to laugh Book cover of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Book cover of A Bit Much: Poems Book cover of The Gashlycrumb Tinies Book cover of Another Almanac of Words at Play Book cover of I Don't Like Poetry
  • James E. Crisp The best history books written from hidden, elusive, and mysterious sources Book cover of Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America Book cover of Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History Book cover of Myth, Memory, and Massacre: The Pease River Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker Book cover of The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past Book cover of Author Unknown: On the Trail of Anonymous
  • Keith Ellis The best books to help us know ourselves Book cover of First Things First Book cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Book cover of On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Book cover of Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Book cover of Influence: Science and Practice
  • Jane Seskin The best books to read while aging Book cover of The Merriam-Webster Dictionary Book cover of New and Selected Poems Book cover of Oh, the Places You'll Go! Book cover of A World of Curiosities Book cover of Brave Enough
  • Elizabeth Marshall The best books about alcohol and childhood that walk a fine line between horror and humor Book cover of The Gashlycrumb Tinies Book cover of The Terror of St. Trinian's and Other Drawings Book cover of It's So Magic Book cover of Baby, Mix Me a Drink Book cover of The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse
  • Anna Wierzbicka The best books on meaning and language and why it matters Book cover of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book cover of Cultural Semantics and Social Cognition: A Case Study on the Danish Universe of Meaning Book cover of The Reign of Truth and Faith: Epistemic Expressions in 16th and 17th Century English Book cover of The Semantics of Nouns Book cover of Minimal Languages in Action
  • Lewis Glinert The best books that tell the story of a language Book cover of Latin: Story of a World Language Book cover of The Story of English Book cover of Words on Fire: The Unfinished Story of Yiddish Book cover of Multilingualism: Understanding Linguistic Diversity Book cover of Language and National Identity in Asia
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