The Books Great Writers Recommend

1.
The Stories Of Tobias Wolff
The Stories Of Tobias Wolff 4.36 avg rating β€” 255 ratings
2.
Birds of America: Stories
Birds of America: Stories 4.09 avg rating β€” 16,399 ratings
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Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice
Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice 3.64 avg rating β€” 877 ratings
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Fierce Attachments
Fierce Attachments 4.04 avg rating β€” 18,564 ratings
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To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction
To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,027 ratings
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You 4.08 avg rating β€” 20,957 ratings
7.
Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird 4.24 avg rating β€” 108,490 ratings
8.
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating β€” 71,047 ratings
9.
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative 3.92 avg rating β€” 2,749 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating β€” 310,171 ratings
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Runaway
Runaway 3.97 avg rating β€” 27,364 ratings
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The Little Disturbances of Man
The Little Disturbances of Man 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,120 ratings
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Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days 3.45 avg rating β€” 942 ratings
14.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,325,834 ratings
15.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 651,002 ratings
16.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
When You Are Engulfed in Flames 4.08 avg rating β€” 215,542 ratings
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century
The Best American Short Stories of the Century 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,388 ratings
18.
Devotion
Devotion 3.89 avg rating β€” 3,838 ratings
19.
The Little Virtues: Essays
The Little Virtues: Essays 4.10 avg rating β€” 9,837 ratings
20.
Sing to It
Sing to It 3.64 avg rating β€” 3,037 ratings
21.
Moods (New Directions Paperbook)
Moods (New Directions Paperbook) 3.91 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
22.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,431 ratings
23.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,073,765 ratings
24.
How to Be Alone
How to Be Alone 3.58 avg rating β€” 12,393 ratings
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them 3.77 avg rating β€” 11,631 ratings
26.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating β€” 162,881 ratings
27.
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage 4.01 avg rating β€” 38,362 ratings
28.
Places Where I've Done Time
Places Where I've Done Time 4.01 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
29.
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life 4.21 avg rating β€” 4,660 ratings
30.
Zen & the Art of Writing
Zen & the Art of Writing 4.08 avg rating β€” 20,957 ratings
31.
The Art of Memoir
The Art of Memoir
by: Mary Karr
4.14 avg rating β€” 8,177 ratings
32.
The Writing Life
The Writing Life 3.98 avg rating β€” 18,001 ratings
33.
The Little Virtues
The Little Virtues 4.10 avg rating β€” 9,837 ratings
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within 4.21 avg rating β€” 31,308 ratings
35.
On Writing
On Writing 4.03 avg rating β€” 4,673 ratings
36.
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
by: Lisa Cron
4.21 avg rating β€” 5,391 ratings
37.
A Writer's Diary
A Writer's Diary 4.16 avg rating β€” 6,459 ratings
38.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son 4.37 avg rating β€” 23,284 ratings
39.
Memory Wall
Memory Wall 4.08 avg rating β€” 9,250 ratings
40.
Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success 4.19 avg rating β€” 845,892 ratings
41.
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,505 ratings
42.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 46,671 ratings
43.
By-Lineκž‰ Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades
By-Lineκž‰ Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades 3.97 avg rating β€” 732 ratings
44.
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories 3.98 avg rating β€” 5,786 ratings
45.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.13 avg rating β€” 3,361 ratings
46.
The Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker: Edited by Colleen Breese (UNABRIDGED) (1995)
The Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker: Edited by Colleen Breese (UNABRIDGED) (1995) 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,915 ratings
47.
The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant
The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant 3.62 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
48.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love 4.02 avg rating β€” 74,813 ratings
49.
The Ballad of the Sad CafΓ© and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad CafΓ© and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 25,468 ratings
50.
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 4.10 avg rating β€” 10,907 ratings
51.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating β€” 86,090 ratings
52.
The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father
The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,327 ratings
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Family Lexicon
Family Lexicon 3.90 avg rating β€” 22,769 ratings
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Saturday
Saturday 3.64 avg rating β€” 72,558 ratings
55.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating β€” 30,378 ratings
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The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating β€” 45,504 ratings
57.
Drown
Drown 4.01 avg rating β€” 36,959 ratings
58.
The Thin Man
The Thin Man 3.90 avg rating β€” 37,397 ratings
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The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating β€” 161,173 ratings
60.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating β€” 207,223 ratings
61.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating β€” 244,186 ratings
62.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating β€” 78,771 ratings
63.
I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman 3.74 avg rating β€” 84,693 ratings
64.
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays 4.18 avg rating β€” 52,985 ratings
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Libra
Libra 4.05 avg rating β€” 19,596 ratings
66.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating β€” 103,294 ratings
67.
Inside Story
Inside Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,581 ratings
68.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating β€” 80,060 ratings
69.
A Conspiracy of Paper (Benjamin Weaver, #1)
A Conspiracy of Paper (Benjamin Weaver, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 11,637 ratings
70.
The Muse
The Muse 3.85 avg rating β€” 61,322 ratings
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The Journalist and the Murderer
The Journalist and the Murderer 3.80 avg rating β€” 5,579 ratings
72.
Becoming a Writer
Becoming a Writer really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 6,229 ratings
73.
Zoli
Zoli 3.69 avg rating β€” 4,165 ratings
74.
A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness
by: Amos Oz
4.23 avg rating β€” 12,548 ratings
75.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating β€” 752,900 ratings
76.
The Garden Party and Other Stories
The Garden Party and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating β€” 13,138 ratings
77.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating β€” 122,085 ratings
78.
Short Stories by Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
Short Stories by Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
by: Books LLC
4.01 avg rating β€” 433 ratings
79.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating β€” 174,995 ratings
80.
A Train of Powder
A Train of Powder 3.74 avg rating β€” 218 ratings
81.
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel 4.21 avg rating β€” 2,622 ratings
82.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,260,150 ratings
83.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,959,535 ratings
84.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating β€” 337,515 ratings
85.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating β€” 48,607 ratings
86.
The White Album
The White Album 4.03 avg rating β€” 47,354 ratings
87.
Miguel Street
Miguel Street 3.95 avg rating β€” 5,158 ratings
88.
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas 3.94 avg rating β€” 11,360 ratings