Language Published in Decade: 2010s
1. 
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
by:
Mark Forsyth
4.36 avg rating — 7,149 ratings 1. 
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves 3.75 avg rating — 1,746 ratings
1. 
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
by:
Benjamin Dreyer
4.34 avg rating — 9,245 ratings 1. 
Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language
by:
Daniel Tammet
3.86 avg rating — 773 ratings 1. 
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
by:
Steven Pinker
4.04 avg rating — 9,072 ratings 1. 
Other-Wordly: Words Both Strange and Lovely from Around the World
by:
Yee-Lum Mak
4.21 avg rating — 2,118 ratings 
7. 
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
by:
Mark Forsyth
3.95 avg rating — 2,505 ratings 7. 
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks
by:
Keith Houston
3.96 avg rating — 2,069 ratings 
12. 
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
by:
David Crystal
3.95 avg rating — 883 ratings 12. 
The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
by:
Julie Barlow
3.90 avg rating — 1,733 ratings