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How Not to Write a Novel Summary
How Not to Write a Novel
200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
by Howard Mittelmark 2008 272 pages
4
4k+ ratings
Writing
Humor
Reference
Reading Lolita in Tehran Summary
Reading Lolita in Tehran
by Azar Nafisi 2003 384 pages
3.65
100k+ ratings
Memoir
Iran
Biography
The Storytelling Animal Summary
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages
3.69
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Writing
Science
A Jane Austen Education Summary
A Jane Austen Education
How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
by William Deresiewicz 2011 272 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Summary
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
by Thomas C. Foster 2003 314 pages
3.61
30k+ ratings
School
Books About Books
Writing
Read for Your Life Summary
Read for Your Life
11 Ways to Transform Your Life Through Books
by Pat Williams 2007 284 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Self Help
Books About Books
The Year of Reading Dangerously Summary
The Year of Reading Dangerously
by Andy Miller 2014 352 pages
3.32
5k+ ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
The World's Strongest Librarian Summary
The World's Strongest Librarian
A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
by Josh Hanagarne 2013 305 pages
3.81
12k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Books About Books
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist Summary
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
by Orhan Pamuk 2011 209 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
Library 2020 Summary
Library 2020
Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library
by Joseph Janes 2013 168 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Library Science
Leadership
Librarianship
Give War and Peace a Chance Summary
Give War and Peace a Chance
Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times
by Andrew D. Kaufman 2014 288 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Books About Books
Literary Criticism
Literature
Monkeys with Typewriters Summary
Monkeys with Typewriters
How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories
by Scarlett Thomas 2012 488 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Books About Books
The Anna Karenina Fix Summary
The Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
by Viv Groskop 2018 224 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Russia
Books About Books
Memoir
Reader, Come Home Summary
Reader, Come Home
The Reading Brain in a Digital World
by Maryanne Wolf 2018 272 pages
3.89
3k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Education
Reading with Patrick Summary
Reading with Patrick
A Teacher, a Student and the Life-Changing Power of Books
by Michelle Kuo 2017 296 pages
4.16
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Education
Biography
The Art of X-Ray Reading Summary
The Art of X-Ray Reading
by Roy Peter Clark 2016 336 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Education
Dreyer's English Summary
Dreyer's English
An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
by Benjamin Dreyer 2019 320 pages
4.35
8k+ ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
Outwitting History Summary
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
by Aaron Lansky 2005 336 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
History
Jewish
Memoir
The Well-Educated Mind Summary
The Well-Educated Mind
A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
by Susan Wise Bauer 2003 432 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Education
Books About Books
Reference
Bowie's Bookshelf Summary
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
by John O'Connell 2019 320 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Books About Books
Was the Cat in the Hat Black? Summary
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?
The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books
by Philip Nel 2017 288 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Race
Education
Books About Books
Reading in the Wild Summary
Reading in the Wild
The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits
by Donalyn Miller 2013 352 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Adult
The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy Summary
The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy
Hogwarts for Muggles
by William Irwin 2010 304 pages
4.37
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
The End of Your Life Book Club Summary
The End of Your Life Book Club
A Memoir
by Will Schwalbe 2013 352 pages
3.81
54k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
Book Lust Summary
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl 2009 306 pages
3.77
3k+ ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
Reading Like a Writer Summary
Reading Like a Writer
A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose 2009 320 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
Well-Read Black Girl Summary
Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
by Glory Edim 2018 272 pages
4.37
6k+ ratings
Essays
Feminism
Race
In Search of The Color Purple Summary
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
by Salamishah Tillet 2021 223 pages
4.27
100+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami Summary
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami
by David Karashima 2020 304 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Japan
Writing
Books About Books
Before and After the Book Deal Summary
Before and After the Book Deal
A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book
by Courtney Maum 2020 384 pages
4.6
1k+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Reference
Read Dangerously Summary
Read Dangerously
The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
by Azar Nafisi 2022 225 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Books About Books
Essays
Politics
How to Live Like the Little Prince Summary
How to Live Like the Little Prince
A Grown-Up's Guide to Rediscovering Imagination, Adventure, and Awe
by Stéphane Garnier 2022 234 pages
3.5
100+ ratings
Self Help
Books About Books
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince Summary
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince
In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child
by Pierre Lassus 2017 198 pages
3.25
50+ ratings
Books About Books
History
Biography
How to Read a Book Summary
How to Read a Book
by Mortimer J. Adler 2011 450 pages
3.98
25k+ ratings
Self Help
Education
Books About Books
The Science of Harry Potter Summary
The Science of Harry Potter
How Magic Really Works
by Roger Highfield 2003 322 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Science
Magic
Reference
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy Summary
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
by Mark Hodkinson 2022 370 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
50 Philosophy Classics Summary
50 Philosophy Classics
Thinking, Being, Acting Seeing - Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2017 337 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Reference
Politics
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy Summary
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
by Gregory Bassham 2013 256 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
The Thirteenth Tale Summary
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield 2006 416 pages
3.98
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Gothic
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