Here are some books that should grace the shelves of every writer …
On Writing Well, by William Zinsser
Writing Down to the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg
Between the Lines, by Jessica Page Morrell
The AP Stylebook (or any other good stylebook)
Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
Webster’s American Thesaurus
Here are a couple more writers’ books that are amazing:
If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland
Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, Edited by William Zinsser
Beyond the Writers’ Workshop by Carol Bly
Hi,
Thanks for listing these books. I however prefer The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary over Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, though I have the latest hard copy editions of both.
Laya