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My Favorite Books About Writing
By an Amazon.com customer
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic WritingHow to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul J. Silvia
Buy new: $9.54 / Used from: $7.49
Is it tacky to put my own book on my list?
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing NonfictionOn Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.75
My favorite: I reread sections every few months.
Junk EnglishJunk English by Ken Smith
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $0.01
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective ProseSin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.75
How to Write for a General Audience: A Guide for Academics Who Want to Share Their Knowledge With the World and Have Fun Doing It (APA Lifetools)How to Write for a General Audience: A Guide for Academics Who Want to Share Their Knowledge With the World and Have Fun Doing It (APA Lifetools) by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $11.69
On WritingOn Writing by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.99
The New Well Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the DoomedThe New Well Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $0.01
Lapsing Into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid ThemLapsing Into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them by Bill Walsh
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $3.49
How to WriteHow to Write by Alastair Fowler
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $4.25