Books About Books
Books about reading, writing, and storytelling invite us to explore the transformative magic that happens between page and mind. These passionate works celebrate literature's power to shape lives, offering both practical wisdom for aspiring writers and rich reflections on how stories define the human experience.
Books About Books Book Summaries
How Not to Write a Novel
200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
Writing
Humor
Reference
Reading Lolita in Tehran
A Memoir in Books
Memoir
Iran
Biography
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
Psychology
Writing
Science
The Forest for the Trees
Writing
Reference
Crafts
A Jane Austen Education
How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
My Year of Magical Reading
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
School
Books About Books
Writing
Read for Your Life
11 Ways to Better Yourself Through Books
Self Help
Books About Books
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Books About Books
Education
Essays
The Year of Reading Dangerously
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
The Art of Slow Writing
Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity
Writing
Crafts
Self Help
The World's Strongest Librarian
A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
Memoir
Biography
Books About Books
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
The Bestseller Code
Anatomy of a Blockbuster Novel
Writing
Books About Books
Research
Library 2020
Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library
Library Science
Leadership
Librarianship
Give War and Peace a Chance
Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times
Books About Books
Literary Criticism
Literature
Monkeys with Typewriters
How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories
Writing
Reference
Books About Books
Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
Reader, Come Home
The Reading Brain in a Digital World
Science
Psychology
Education
Reading with Patrick
A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Memoir
Education
Biography
The Art of X-Ray Reading
Writing
Books About Books
Education
Dreyer's English
An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
Writing
Language
Reference
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
History
Jewish
Memoir
The Well-Educated Mind
A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
Books About Books
Reference
Self Help
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
Music
Biography
Books About Books
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?
The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books
Education
Books About Books
Race
Reading in the Wild
Education
Teaching
Adult
The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy
Hogwarts for Muggles
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
The End of Your Life Book Club
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
Reading Like a Writer
A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Essays
Feminism
Race
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
History
Memoir
Biography
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami
Japan
Writing
Books About Books
Before and After the Book Deal
A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book
Writing
Crafts
Reference
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
How to Live Like the Little Prince
A Grown-Up's Guide to Rediscovering Imagination, Adventure, and Awe
Self Help
Books About Books
On the Shoulders of Hobbits
The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis
Christian
Christianity
Philosophy
Your Creative Writing Masterclass
Writing
Crafts
Books About Books
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince
In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child
Books About Books
Memoir
History
How to Read a Book
The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
Self Help
Education
Books About Books
The Science of Harry Potter
How Magic Really Works
Science
Books About Books
Magic
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
History
Africa
Books About Books
The Art of War for Writers
Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises
Writing
Reference
Crafts
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
The Shadow of the Wind
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Why Read Moby-Dick?
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Classics
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Contemporary
Japan
Japanese Literature