9 must-read writing books like Swallowed by a Whale by Huw Lewis-Jones

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Swallowed by a Whale

By: Huw Lewis-Jones

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This new title from British Library Publishing answers budding writers’ and readers’ burning questi…

If you liked the writing plot in Swallowed by a Whale by Huw Lewis-Jones , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

By: Natalie Goldberg

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
"keep your hand moving"

-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

"Write about “leaving."

-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

"Begin with “I remember."

-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

"We learn writing by doing it."

-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

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2. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

By: William Zinsser

4.24

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Less is more."

-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

"Truth needs no adornment."

-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

"Don't be kind of bold. Be bold."

-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

"Writers are the custodians of memory..."

-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

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3. The Magician's Elephant

By: Kate DiCamillo , Yoko Tanaka

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpect… read more

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4. Bird by Bird

By: Anne Lamott

4.24

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more

Similar categories in Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird book and Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale

  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

5. Bright Dead Things

By: Ada Limon

3.57

Format: None pages,

Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you k… read more

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6. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.29

Format: 459 pages, Paperback

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more

Similar categories in Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark book and Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale

  • nonfiction
"Gullibility kills."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

7. Zen in the Art of Writing

By: Ray Bradbury

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion,… read more

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8. Finishing School: The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can't Seem to Get Done

By: Danelle Morton , Cary Tennis

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

All too many people start a writing project with grand ambitions but reach a crisis of completion. … read more

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9. A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

By: Joanna Biggs

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times , The Week , Vulture , Elle, and The Mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
"The wound my unsuspecting heart formerly received is not healed,"

-Joanna Biggs, A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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10. The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

By: Susan Dennard

3.68

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Hemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map, your phone won't work here, and t… read more

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"You either trust the forest or you don't, Winnie."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

"But our minds are pretty good at hiding what we don’t want to see, Winnebago."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

"That’s why we’re called the Luminaries, Winnie: we are lanterns the forest can never snuff out."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

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11. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter

By: Jaleigh Johnson

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Every adventuring party has a starting quest. Join Edgin Darvis and his team of heroic (well, occas… read more

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"Never thought much about family or kids before him. Now I just… I just want to be enough for someone."

-Jaleigh Johnson, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter

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12. Novelist as a Vocation

By: Haruki Murakami

3.89

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more

Similar categories in Haruki Murakami's Novelist as a Vocation book and Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale

  • nonfiction
  • writing
"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"La experiencia nos enseña a los escritores lo duro que es seguir siendo escritor."

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

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13. How to Live When You Could Be Dead

By: Deborah James

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER'Deborah James has captured the heart of the nation' - The Duke and… read more

Similar categories in Deborah James's How to Live When You Could Be Dead book and Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale

  • nonfiction
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14. The Stand-In

By: Lily Chu

3.84

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

Listening time: 10 hours and 55 minutes. Gracie Reed is doing just fine. Sure, she was fired by … read more

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"You are braver than you want to believe. You like to pretend you're not bold because it's an excuse to not stretch yourself."

-Lily Chu, The Stand-In

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15. And Yet: Poems

By: Kate Baer

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind… read more

Similar categories in Kate Baer's And Yet: Poems book and Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale

  • nonfiction
"Let your life rest on what is already good."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"It's just another day in the good-bad, bad-good earth machine."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"We expect so much of children, hovering above them like giant, invincible gods. What a racket to discover as an adult, how little we have to pass down."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

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16. 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

By: Jami Attenberg

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Jami Attenberg’s wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer’s gui… read more

Similar categories in Jami Attenberg's 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round book and Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale

  • nonfiction
  • writing
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17. Write for Your Life

By: Anna Quindlen

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourself from "one of our most astute chroniclers of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Solitude can lead to a tunnel within ourselves at the end of which is a room we didn't even know was there."

-Anna Quindlen, Write for Your Life

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18. Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World

By: Jenn Granneman

4.09

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

A paradigm-shifting look at a long-undervalued yet hugely beneficial personality trait, from the cr… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Granneman's Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World book and Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale

  • nonfiction
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19. Murder in an Irish Bookshop (Irish Village Mystery, #7)

By: Carlene O'Connor

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Between training the new town garda and trying to set a wedding date with her fiancé, Macdara Flann… read more

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20. Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit That Lasts

By: Bec Evans

4.22

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Written is a transformative guide that anyone can use to overcome their blocks and build a successf… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of Swallowed by a Whale by Huw Lewis-Jones

21. Swallowed by a Whale

By: Huw Lewis-Jones

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This new title from British Library Publishing answers budding writers’ and readers’ burning questi… read more

Similar categories in Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale book and Huw Lewis-Jones's Swallowed by a Whale

  • nonfiction
  • writing

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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Natalie Goldberg

4.21

Transform Your Habits

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

William Zinsser

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.29

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Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

Hannah Kaner

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

Susan Dennard

3.68

Transform Your Habits

A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

Ava Reid

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

Adalyn Grace

4.00

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