Recs if you like Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction...

Because what's better than procrastinating writing by reading what other people have written about writing??

craft books or essays on (creative) writing, but I only add books that I have read myself and found to be helpful (ongoing list)

In the comments is a “Read x if you seek y” guide for all added books, and also the books I chose not to add (and why they might still be worth your time, just not mine)

Books on writing! From poetry to prose, from literary to genre, a collection of writing reference books that give you writing rules and then teach you how to break them. Also includes writing theory!