Best Books for Editors

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The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, with Exercises and Answer Keys
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, with Exercises and Answer Keys 4.25 avg rating — 1,460 ratings
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 86,240 ratings
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 3.87 avg rating — 106,069 ratings
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On writing well: An informal guide to writing nonfiction
On writing well: An informal guide to writing nonfiction 4.24 avg rating — 30,212 ratings
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The Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style 4.30 avg rating — 6,182 ratings
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The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago 4.21 avg rating — 1,787 ratings
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What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing
What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing 4.16 avg rating — 789 ratings
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Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (Quick & Dirty Tips)
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (Quick & Dirty Tips) 4.25 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
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The Associated Press Stylebook
The Associated Press Stylebook 4.21 avg rating — 1,815 ratings
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The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English 3.84 avg rating — 1,241 ratings
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The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself
The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself 4.02 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
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The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes 3.78 avg rating — 1,022 ratings
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Aspects of the Novel
Aspects of the Novel 3.80 avg rating — 4,857 ratings
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AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors 4.19 avg rating — 99 ratings
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The Synonym Finder
The Synonym Finder 4.54 avg rating — 567 ratings
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Who Wrote What When? Over 1000 Writers from Douglas Adams to Emile Zola
Who Wrote What When? Over 1000 Writers from Douglas Adams to Emile Zola 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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How to Lie with Statistics
How to Lie with Statistics 3.84 avg rating — 17,591 ratings
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Secrets to Writing Well - Volume 1
Secrets to Writing Well - Volume 1 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Put Them Through the Maze: The Secrets of How to Write the Ultimate Novel
Put Them Through the Maze: The Secrets of How to Write the Ultimate Novel 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite 3.80 avg rating — 942 ratings
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The English Tenses Practical Grammar Guide
The English Tenses Practical Grammar Guide 4.28 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The Elements of Active Prose
The Elements of Active Prose 4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
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How to Write Fiction: Tools and Techniques
How to Write Fiction: Tools and Techniques 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Editing Made Easy: Simple Rules for Effective Writing
Editing Made Easy: Simple Rules for Effective Writing 3.78 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Inside Story: Everyone's Guide to Reporting and Writing Creative Nonfiction
Inside Story: Everyone's Guide to Reporting and Writing Creative Nonfiction 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Schrijfwijzer
Schrijfwijzer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings
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The Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style 4.30 avg rating — 6,182 ratings
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Book Title Generator: A Proven System in Naming Your Book
Book Title Generator: A Proven System in Naming Your Book 4.08 avg rating — 247 ratings
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The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl
The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl 4.71 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and Other Professionals
Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and Other Professionals 4.16 avg rating — 51 ratings
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A Practical English Grammar
A Practical English Grammar 4.20 avg rating — 498 ratings
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Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies
Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies 3.97 avg rating — 379 ratings
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A Handbook of English Grammar
A Handbook of English Grammar really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 3.82 avg rating — 6,915 ratings
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Indexes: A Chapter from The Chicago Manual of Style
Indexes: A Chapter from The Chicago Manual of Style 4.37 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Technical Writing and Professional Communication: For Nonnative Speakers of English
Technical Writing and Professional Communication: For Nonnative Speakers of English 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Language Wars: A History of Proper English
The Language Wars: A History of Proper English 3.72 avg rating — 350 ratings
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Getting the Words Right
Getting the Words Right 4.05 avg rating — 373 ratings
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Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose (English Language Series, 13)
Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose (English Language Series, 13) 3.80 avg rating — 104 ratings
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I Before E, Except After C: Spelling for the Alphabetically Challenged
I Before E, Except After C: Spelling for the Alphabetically Challenged 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing 3.97 avg rating — 163 ratings
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The Macmillan Visual Dictionary - español/inglés
The Macmillan Visual Dictionary - español/inglés 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Narrative Fiction: Contemporay Poetics
Narrative Fiction: Contemporay Poetics 3.60 avg rating — 306 ratings
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Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
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When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse
When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse 3.75 avg rating — 396 ratings
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Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative
Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative
by: Mieke Bal
3.68 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Junk English
Junk English
by: Ken Smith
3.40 avg rating — 139 ratings
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The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Science
The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Science 4.31 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The Little, Brown Essential Handbook
The Little, Brown Essential Handbook 3.83 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Basic English Usage
Basic English Usage 4.10 avg rating — 68 ratings
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You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity 3.85 avg rating — 675 ratings
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Herziene woordenlijst der Nederlandse taal [Het 'Groene boekje']
Herziene woordenlijst der Nederlandse taal [Het 'Groene boekje'] liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Crazy English and Fractured English
Crazy English and Fractured English 3.81 avg rating — 458 ratings
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Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms
Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms 3.57 avg rating — 363 ratings
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Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal
Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal
by: Van Dale
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Quick Access: Reference for Writers
Quick Access: Reference for Writers 3.71 avg rating — 65 ratings
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The F-Word
The F-Word 3.68 avg rating — 389 ratings
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The Grammar Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl
The Grammar Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl 4.25 avg rating — 479 ratings
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How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One 3.48 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
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The Superior Person's Book of Words
The Superior Person's Book of Words 3.80 avg rating — 488 ratings
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Garner's Modern American Usage 4.60 avg rating — 1,064 ratings
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Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English 3.94 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
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A Dictionary of Symbols
A Dictionary of Symbols 4.14 avg rating — 842 ratings
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Words into Type
Words into Type 4.22 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Stedman's Medical Dictionary
by: Stedman's
4.19 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary 4.29 avg rating — 642 ratings
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms 4.13 avg rating — 104 ratings
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage 4.23 avg rating — 1,057 ratings
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The Elements of Typographic Style
The Elements of Typographic Style 4.26 avg rating — 9,030 ratings
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Finer Points in the Spacing & Arrangement of Type (Classic Typography Series)
Finer Points in the Spacing & Arrangement of Type (Classic Typography Series) 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography
Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Methods of Book Design
Methods of Book Design really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Bookmaking: Editing, Design, Production
Bookmaking: Editing, Design, Production 3.67 avg rating — 97 ratings
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 4.22 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology: A Non-Technical Guide for the Social Sciences
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology: A Non-Technical Guide for the Social Sciences 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations 4.28 avg rating — 1,382 ratings
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Cause of Death : A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and Forensic Medicine (Howdunit Series)
Cause of Death : A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and Forensic Medicine (Howdunit Series) 3.90 avg rating — 251 ratings
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The Medieval Health Handbook
The Medieval Health Handbook 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Desk Reference P
Desk Reference P 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Words and ideas: A handbook for college writing
Words and ideas: A handbook for college writing liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Most Common Mistakes in English Usage
The Most Common Mistakes in English Usage 4.10 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Articles on Associated Press, Including: AP Stylebook, Associated Press Television News, International News Service V. Associated Press, William Dean Singleton, AP Poll, Melville Elijah Stone, Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora, Tom Curley
Articles on Associated Press, Including: AP Stylebook, Associated Press Television News, International News Service V. Associated Press, William Dean Singleton, AP Poll, Melville Elijah Stone, Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora, Tom Curley it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Macmillan Handbook of English
Macmillan Handbook of English 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The New York Times Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, & Mispronounced Words
The New York Times Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, & Mispronounced Words 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Penguin Guide to Punctuation
The Penguin Guide to Punctuation 4.29 avg rating — 278 ratings
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Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics in the Medical Sciences
Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics in the Medical Sciences really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Technical Editing: The Practical Guide For Editors And Writers
Technical Editing: The Practical Guide For Editors And Writers 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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A Bee in a Cathedral: And 99 Other Scientific Analogies
A Bee in a Cathedral: And 99 Other Scientific Analogies
by: Joel Levy
3.76 avg rating — 76 ratings