The Portable MFA in Creative Writing
By: The New York Writers Workshop
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
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1. All My Friends Are Dead
By: Avery Monsen , Jory John
4.14
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
All My Friends Are Dead is both the saddest funny book and the funniest sad book you'll ever read.… read more
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"Please stop buying my friends if you are just going to slowly kill them."-Avery Monsen, All My Friends Are Dead
"Sometimes I feel alone. Some days are long and hard. But when I look out into this world, I am struck by the impossible beauty of it all. Those billions of magnificent accidents that led us to where …"-Avery Monsen, All My Friends Are Dead
2. Go Tell It on the Mountain
By: James Baldwin
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiog… read more
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3. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more
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4. The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
By: John Gardner
4.01
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of a… read more
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5. Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah's Scribbles, #1)
By: Sarah Andersen
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Are you a special snowflake? Do you enjoy networking to advance your career? Is adulthood an exciti… read more
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6. The Portable MFA in Creative Writing
By: The New York Writers Workshop
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Get the core knowledge of a prestigious MFA education without the tuition. Have you always wanted t… read more
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7. The Tell-Tale Heart
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None
4.24
Format: 31 pages, Library Binding
A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more
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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
8. 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
"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
9. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
By: Kay Redfield Jamison
4.06
Format: 663 pages,
The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of th… read more
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10. Franny and Zooey
By: J.D. Salinger
4.10
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The short story, Franny, takes place in an unnamed college town and tells the tale of an undergradu… read more
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11. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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"He owned"-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
12. 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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13. The Sound and the Fury
By: William Faulkner
3.86
Format: 366 pages, Paperback
The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more
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"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
14. The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele, #1)
By: C.J. Archer
4.31
Format: 32 pages,
India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiance took her inheritance, and no one will emp… read more
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15. Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
By: Natalie Goldberg
3.76
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling Writing Down The Bones, teaches a method of writing tha… read more
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16. The Fall of the House of Usher
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.87
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more
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"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
17. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)
By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more
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18. Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew, #1)
By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child
3.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thief GIDEON'S SWORD At twelve, Gideon Crew wit… read more
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19. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
By: Austin Kleon
4.75
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
In his New York Timesbestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock the… read more
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20. 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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21. Another Country
By: James Baldwin
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more
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22. Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
By: Kent Nerburn
3.83
Format: 32 pages,
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23. How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
By: Orson Scott Card
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Writing for science fiction and fantasy audiences can be the most exciting writing you've ever done… read more
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24. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race
By: Reni Eddo-Lodge
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Hardcover
'One of the most important books of 2017' Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant A powerful an… read more
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25. Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
By: Suze Orman
4.00
Format: 131 pages,
"Why is it that women, who are so competent in all other areas of their lives, cannot find the same… read more
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26. If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
By: Brenda Ueland
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In her 93 remarkable years, Brenda Ueland published six million words. She said she had two rules s… read more
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27. The Complete Stories and Poems
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.72
Format: 294 pages,
The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and… read more
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28. Kingdom of Bones (Sigma Force, #16)
By: James Rollins
4.20
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative th… read more
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29. Signal Moon: A Short Story
By: Kate Quinn
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition
A short story about an impossible connection across two centuries that could make the difference be… read more
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"It fucking matters. What I do, our kind, signal technicians—it descends straight from you guys."-Kate Quinn, Signal Moon: A Short Story
30. Cut and Thirst
By: Margaret Atwood
3.15
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, a… read more
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31. Jack (Gilead, #4)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.86
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, returns to the … read more
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"Those who can't hope can still wish."-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)
"So many of earth's grievances could be soothed by a little consideration."-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)
"He had a way of anticipating memories he particularly didn’t want to have."-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)
"An intensely lonely man for whom life has not gone well - I believe this was your language."-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)
