Best Books on Writing

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These are the books on writing that I recommend. For more information click on one of the links below. (**Zinnser’s is the single best book on writing in my opinion.)

• Mortimer Adler ~ How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading …
• Harold Evans ~ Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters
• Steven Pinker ~ The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing …
• Strunk & White ~The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
• William Zinsser ~ On Writing Well, The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction **
• William Zinsser ~ Writing To Learn

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2 thoughts on “Best Books on Writing

  1. In a complete and brazen deviation from the content of this post, I’d like to suggest a rather different book: Jane Jacobs’ “Systems of Survival”. (https://www.amazon.com/Systems-Survival-Dialogue-Foundations-Commerce/dp/0679748164/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521777357&sr=1-1&keywords=Systems+of+Survival)

    I expect that it’s already in your library, but if not, then rush out and steal it from your local public library. It specifies the two conflicting ethical systems that drive our society.

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