Books recommended on r/writing

The most-mentioned books on r/writing.

Elements of Style
81 users
On Writing
66 users
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
48 users
Bird by Bird
31 users
The Emotion Thesaurus
29 users
Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
29 users
Story Engineering
24 users
Story
22 users
The War of Art
21 users
On Writing Well
20 users
How Not to Write a Novel
20 users
The Anatomy of Story
20 users
Reading Like a Writer
19 users
Save The Cat! Writes A Novel
19 users
Understanding Comics
18 users
Techniques of the Selling Writer
18 users
Zen in the Art of Writing
16 users
The Art of Fiction
16 users
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
15 users
Police Procedure and Investigation
14 users
The Elements of Style
14 users
Writing Fiction
13 users
The Writers Journey
13 users
642 Things to Write About
12 users
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
12 users
Plot and Structure
12 users
The 3 A.M. Epiphany
12 users
The Artist's Way
12 users
Writing Tools
11 users
The Elements of Eloquence
11 users
Style
10 users
The Chicago Manual of Style
10 users
Wonderbook
10 users
Writing Fiction
10 users
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
10 users
Writing Down the Bones
10 users
20 Master Plots
10 users
Making Comics
9 users
How to Write a Sentence
9 users
Ship of Theseus
9 users
Screenplay
9 users
Stein On Writing
8 users
House of Leaves
8 users
Building Great Sentences
8 users
The Sense of Style
8 users
The Art Of Dramatic Writing
8 users
Steering the Craft
8 users
The Emotional Craft of Fiction
8 users
Alan Moore's Writing For Comics Volume 1
8 users
Wired for Story
8 users
Story Genius
8 users
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
7 users
Several Short Sentences About Writing
7 users
Immediate Fiction
7 users
Understanding Show, Don't Tell
7 users
Hooked
7 users
Plotto
7 users
What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
6 users
Creating Short Fiction
6 users
On Killing
6 users
Soon I Will Be Invincible
6 users
Writing Fiction For Dummies
6 users
The First Five Pages
6 users
The Art of Styling Sentences
6 users
Sin and Syntax
6 users
Scene and Structure
6 users
Artful Sentences
6 users
Outlining Your Novel
6 users
Structuring Your Novel
6 users
Characters and Viewpoint
6 users
On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary
5 users
Garner's Modern American Usage
5 users
Daily Rituals
5 users
Making Shapely Fiction
5 users
The Making of a Story
5 users
Writing for Story
5 users
The Copyeditor's Handbook
5 users
The Blade Itself
5 users
The Name of the Wind
5 users
Steal Like an Artist
5 users
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
5 users
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
5 users
Invisible Ink
5 users
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
5 users
Writing Movies for Fun and Profit
5 users
Take Off Your Pants!
5 users
Story Structure Architect
5 users
The Portable MFA in Creative Writing
5 users
2011 writer's market
5 users
Writing for Emotional Impact
5 users
2013 writer's market
5 users
The Book of Ralph
5 users
Creating Character Arcs
5 users
If You Want to Write
5 users
Shadow and Bone
4 users
Everything Men Know About Women
4 users
Elements of Fiction Writing
4 users
How to Write Dazzling Dialogue
4 users
Moon People
4 users
2,000 to 10,000
4 users