books on writing

David Bayles & Ted Orland

Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Dorothea Brande

Becoming a Writer

Mason Currey

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

Annie Dillard

The Writing Life

Thomas C. Foster

How to Read Novels Like a Professor

Natalie Goldberg

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Rita D. Jacobs

The Way In: Journal Writing for Self-Discovery

Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Anne Lamontt

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Colum McCann

Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice

Mary Norris

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

Bruce Springsteen

Born to Run

Jeff VanderMeer

Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

Joseph M. Williams

Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace