13 must-read writing books like Writing Cinematically: 12 Movie Techniques to Bring Your Novel to Life by Deborah Raney

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Writing Cinematically: 12 Movie Techniques to Bring Your Novel to Life

By: Deborah Raney

4.24

Format: 72 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on a workshop Raney has been teaching at writers conferences for the past decade, this worksh…

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1. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

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"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

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2. 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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3. 5,000 Words Per Hour: Write Faster, Write Smarter

By: Chris Fox

4.20

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

Includes a free spreadsheet to help you track and improve Words Per Hour. 5,000 Words Per Hour also… read more

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4. Mariana

By: Susanna Kearsley

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

From the winner of the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, this mesmerizing, suspenseful, and richly a… read more

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5. Writing into the Dark: How to Write a Novel without an Outline

By: Dean Wesley Smith

3.66

Format: 296 pages, ebook

With more than a hundred published novels and more than seventeen million copies of his books in pr… read more

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6. A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara ret… read more

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7. 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

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"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

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

-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

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8. The Mountain Between Us

By: Charles Martin

3.54

Format: None pages,

On a stormy winter night, two strangers wait for a flight at the Salt Lake City airport. Ashley Kno… read more

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9. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more

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10. 5 Secrets of Story Structure: How to Write a Novel That Stands Out

By: K.M. Weiland

4.23

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to take your writing to the next level? Discover the “secrets” of story structure other author… read more

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11. Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story

By: K.M. Weiland

4.32

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Is Structure the Hidden Foundation of All Successful Stories? Why do some stories work and other… read more

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12. Wonderland

By: Jennifer Hillier

3.00

Format: 107 pages,

Fans of Chelsea Cain and Lisa Gardner will devour this edgy thriller about the gruesome secrets hid… read more

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13. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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14. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

By: Jessica Brody

4.50

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

SAVE THE CAT!® by Blake Snyder is a popular screenwriting book series and storytelling methodology … read more

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"We call that real problem the SHARD OF GLASS. It's a psychological wound that has been festering beneath the surface of your hero for a long time. The skin has grown over it, leaving behind an unsigh…"

-Jessica Brody, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

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15. Dear Writer, You Need to Quit (QuitBooks for Writers, #1)

By: Becca Syme

4.48

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

I know, I know, you don’t want to quit writing, and I’m not going to convince you to quit writing. … read more

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Cover of Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19) by William Kent Krueger

16. Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.21

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthi… read more

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17. The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #2)

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.98

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

"You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late…" These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded word… read more

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18. Authentically, Izzy (Skymar, #1)

By: Pepper Basham

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

“Dear Izzy—I feel certain there’s a book-loving man living relatively nearby waiting to speak booki… read more

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"The place where they lived within my heart is still being held for them, like a bookmark of sorts - waiting to see them again."

-Pepper Basham, Authentically, Izzy (Skymar, #1)

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19. Sorry for the Inconvenience: A Memoir

By: Farah Naz Rishi

4.23

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

From a Pakistani American author comes a bracing memoir about tradition, upending expectations, and… read more

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20. Outback (DS Walker, #1)

By: Patricia Wolf

4.18

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Two missing backpackers. One vast outback. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie… read more

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21. Small Game

By: Blair Braverman

3.51

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers s… read more

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22. The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

By: Courtney Walsh

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness. Isadora Bentley follows the… read more

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23. The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

By: Charles Martin

4.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With gripping action and heart-wrenching emotion, Charles Martin continues to explore the true powe… read more

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"...man's greatest need is forgiveness while his greatest desire is power. [Bones]"

-Charles Martin, The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

"I, as much as anyone, knew that hope is what feeds us. It's the currency of mankind. The fuel of the soul. Without it, we wither and die. [Murphy Shepherd]"

-Charles Martin, The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

"...every man has a basement. Some lay dark. Unlit. Concealed. Others sprawl like airport runways for all the world to see. The difference is determined by whether he is hiding something or digging it…"

-Charles Martin, The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

"Maybe only an orphan can understand this, but we had been cut free from our anchor and the blow was crushing. We didn't know who we were, and more importantly, we didn't know whose we were -- forever…"

-Charles Martin, The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

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24. One Fine Day (Hearts Bend Collection, #1)

By: Rachel Hauck

4.15

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

All she wants is a fresh start... Chloe Beason LaRue left Hearts Bend after high school, determi… read more

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Cover of Power Up Your Fiction: 125 Tips and Techniques for Next-Level Writing (Bell on Writing) by James Scott Bell

25. Power Up Your Fiction: 125 Tips and Techniques for Next-Level Writing (Bell on Writing)

By: James Scott Bell

4.39

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Competent fiction is not enough. Today, if you want to make fiction a career, your writing has to … read more

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26. The Trope Thesaurus : An Author Resource Guide

By: Jennifer Hilt

4.21

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Even a quick glance at popular books, movies, and streaming series says it all-- a skillful applica… read more

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27. Dear Writer, Are You In Burnout? (QuitBooks for Writers, #2)

By: Becca Syme

4.65

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

Chances are good, if this title caught your eye, you already know you need this book, so I’m not go… read more

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28. Writing with Cold Feet: The Secrets of How to Write When You Are NOT Writing

By: Kathrin Lake

3.97

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

Find out why writers and will-be writers rave about this book. Kathrin Lake has divided the problem… read more

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29. Fireflies and Chocolate

By: Ailish Sinclair

4.55

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Elizabeth craves adventure… excitement… love… For now though, she has to settle for a trip from … read more

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30. Writing Cinematically: 12 Movie Techniques to Bring Your Novel to Life

By: Deborah Raney

4.24

Format: 72 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on a workshop Raney has been teaching at writers conferences for the past decade, this worksh… read more

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