On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

William Zinsser

Black Women Writers at Work

Claudia Tate

Mastering the Craft of Writing: How to Write With Clarity, Emphasis, and Style

Stephen Wilbers

Word Power Made Easy

Norman Lewis

100 Ways to Improve Your Writing: Proven Professional Techniques for Writing With Style and Power

Gary Provost

Make Every Word Count

Gary Provost

Stein on Writing

Sol Stein

The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition

Christopher Vogler

The Joy of Writing: A Guide for Writers Disguised as a Literary Memoir

Pierre Berton

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

Francine Prose

The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

Donald Maass

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

The Writing Life

Annie Dillard

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Elizabeth Gilbert

The New New Journalism: Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft

Robert S. Boynton

Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University

Mark Kramer

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Natalie Goldberg

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

Jessica Brody

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print

Renni Browne

Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

Ray Bradbury

On Writing

Charles Bukowski

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

On Writing

Ernest Hemingway

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Julia Cameron

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

Ursula K. Le Guin

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King