 | Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis by Joan Bolker
Buy new: $12.20 / Used from: $5.34 The most helpful and realistic book I read.
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 | Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now by Jane B. Burka
Buy new: $11.48 / Used from: $6.86 Particularly helpful in illuminating the connection between procrastination and perfectionism.
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 | Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.50 Written for writers of fiction, but her chapters on the inner critic (she calls it station K-FKD) are priceless.
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 | Advice for New Faculty Members by Robert Boice
Buy new: $33.60 / Used from: $23.15 Aimed at faculty, but with suggestions that graduate students can take to heart as well. "Nihil nimus"--everything in moderation--is the mantra of this book.
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 | How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation by David Sternberg
Buy new: $15.38 / Used from: $2.00 The section on computers is painfully outdated, but there's lots of good information in here.
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 | Professors as Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing by Robert Boice
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $10.99 Complete with exercises for the blocked.
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 | Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $4.92 Outlines a procedure for keeping track of multiple goals and projects. Written for businesspeople, not academics, but many of the same principles apply.
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 | Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life by Elrena Evans
Buy new: $11.47 / Used from: $11.42 Helpful in considering the range of ways to combine one's personal and academic lives; you don't have to do exactly what your mentor did.
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 | From Dissertation to Book (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by William Germano
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $9.66 Read this as you start your dissertation.
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 | Getting It Published, 2nd Edition: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by William Germano
Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $12.73 Also useful!
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 | Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year by James M. Lang
Buy new: $11.13 / Used from: $6.51 Humane and pragmatic.
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