6 must-read writing books like Writing Without Rules: How to Write & Sell a Novel Without Guidelines, Experts, or (Occasionally) Pants by Jeff Somers

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Writing Without Rules: How to Write & Sell a Novel Without Guidelines, Experts, or (Occasionally) Pants

By: Jeff Somers

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Stop What You're Doing and Write! Yes, You; Write! Most writing guides imply--or outright state--th…

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1. Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development

By: K.M. Weiland

4.31

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

About the BookPowerful Character Arcs Create Powerful StoriesHave you written a story with an excit… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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2. Colazione da Tiffany

By: Truman Capote , Bruno Tasso

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Holly Golightly, la protagonista di questo estroso romanzo breve, è una cover-girl di New York, att… read more

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3. How Fiction Works

By: James Wood

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? The… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5) by Elmore Leonard

4. Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

By: Elmore Leonard

4.00

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Elmore Leonard, best-selling author of 37 novels including Get Shorty and the recent Pagan Babies, … read more

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"I want you to understand,"

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

"I thought I explained it to you. Boyd and I dug coal together."

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

"Boyd looked at him now like he was trying to decide something in his mind. “You’d shoot me, you get the chance?"

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

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5. Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)

By: Thomas Harris

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Years after his escape, posing as scholarly Dr. Fell, curator of a grand family's palazzo, Hannibal… read more

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6. Ron Carlson Writes a Story

By: Ron Carlson

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Ron Carlson has been praised as "a master of the short story" (Booklist). In this book-length essay… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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7. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

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"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

8. Savages

By: Don Winslow

3.57

Format: 256 pages,

Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beac… read more

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9. Dark Harvest

By: Norman Partridge

4.02

Format: 982 pages,

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by Publishers Weekly, … read more

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10. Stormy Weather

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more

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11. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

By: Stephen King

3.96

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. K… read more

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12. The One-in-a-Million Boy

By: Monica Wood

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The incandescent story of a 104-year-old woman and the sweet, strange young boy assigned to help he… read more

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13. The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)

By: Angela Ackerman

4.52

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited wit… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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14. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more

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  • nonfiction
"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

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15. Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

By: Matt Bell

4.46

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

They say writing is rewriting. So why does the second part get such short shrift? Refuse To Be Done… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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16. The Book of Doors

By: Gareth Brown

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more

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"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

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17. Most Ardently

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more

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"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

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18. The Sweetness of Forgetting

By: Kristin Harmel

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The “beautifully complex” (Woman’s Day) classic that made Kristin Harmel a superstar follows a woma… read more

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"As long as there are stars in the sky, I will love you."

-Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

"La vita diventa complicata, le circostanze ci separano, le decisioni determinano il nostro destino. Ma il tuo cuore ti mostrerà sempre la direzione."

-Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

"I'm in a place foreign to me, but there's something about Paris that feels very familiar. I wonder for the first time if a sense of place can be passed down through the blood."

-Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

"Yes. There is one God, and he lives in the sky, and he hears all of us. It is just that here on earth, we are confused about how to believe in him. But what does it matter, as long as we trust he is …"

-Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

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19. This Close to Okay

By: Leesa Cross-Smith

3.70

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781538715376 From the award-winning Southern writer who Roxane … read more

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"Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent."

-Leesa Cross-Smith, This Close to Okay

"I don't ever want to get over it! I never want to get tired or bored of beauty and goodness."

-Leesa Cross-Smith, This Close to Okay

"A kaleidoscope of contradicting feelings spun in her heart, the colored glass of it shattering and revealing a new emotion with every turn."

-Leesa Cross-Smith, This Close to Okay

"You’re human, and you have to reconcile that with yourself somehow. Forgive yourself. Allow yourself to feel everything deeply, to grow and learn."

-Leesa Cross-Smith, This Close to Okay

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20. The Dreamers

By: Karen Thompson Walker

3.63

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

In an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a freshman girl stumbles into her … read more

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"His mind is like that: always mired in a terrible future."

-Karen Thompson Walker, The Dreamers

"But isn't the future always an imaginary thing before it comes?"

-Karen Thompson Walker, The Dreamers

"How expert we are at looking away from what we would rather not see."

-Karen Thompson Walker, The Dreamers

"But time moves in only one direction. Not everything that breaks can be repaired."

-Karen Thompson Walker, The Dreamers

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21. Writing Without Rules: How to Write & Sell a Novel Without Guidelines, Experts, or (Occasionally) Pants

By: Jeff Somers

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Stop What You're Doing and Write! Yes, You; Write! Most writing guides imply--or outright state--th… read more

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7 best-selling nonfiction books like Writing Without Rules: How to Write & Sell a Novel Without Guidelines, Experts, or (Occasionally) Pants by Jeff Somers

Transform Your Habits

Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development

K.M. Weiland

4.31

Transform Your Habits

How Fiction Works

James Wood

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Ron Carlson Writes a Story

Ron Carlson

4.00

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The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)

Angela Ackerman

4.52

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Coronado: Stories

Dennis Lehane

3.39

Transform Your Habits

Flashfire (Parker, #19)

Richard Stark , Richard Stark (pseud. Donald E Westlake)

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Wandering Hill (The Berrybender Narratives, #2)

Larry McMurtry

3.85

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Mean Business on North Ganson Street

S. Craig Zahler

3.87

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