Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

Laura Spinney

Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language

Daniel Tammet

The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us

James W. Pennebaker

What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be

John McWhorter

Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language

Steven Pinker

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch

Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language

Adam Aleksic

Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages

Derek Bickerton

Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe

Gaston Dorren

The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language

John McWhorter

Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages

Gaston Dorren

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

Amanda Montell