Reading Like a Writer

Reading Like a Writer

By
Francine Prose
Francine Prose
2006 • 275 pages

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182 books

Nonfiction

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Andy
Salt: A World History
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
Black Like Me
Reading Like a Writer
The Art of X-Ray Reading
Mentor: A Memoir
The baseball codes

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1,997 books

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Theresa Wright
Crystal Gorge (The Dreamers, #3)
The Treasured One
The Elder Gods
Alta
Sanctuary
Joust
Point Blank

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0 books

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Victoria
The Famished Road
Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook
Man and His Symbols
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
A Way of Being Free
Things Fall Apart

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180 books

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Sarah Quinn
The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
The Silent Patient
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Gone Girl
Pretty Girls
The Song of Achilles
The First Day of Spring

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31 books

Literary Meta

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Steven Rongley
Inkheart
The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
An Experiment in Criticism
Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life
Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques

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23 books

Writing

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Steven Rongley
Damn Fine Story
Thrill Me
On Great Writing
Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School

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2,413 books

Books I Own Hard Copy

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Erin Darlyn
The End of Mental Illness
Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success
Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are
Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Healing the Broken Brain: Leading Experts Answer 100 Questions about Stroke Recovery

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720 books

Unread

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Erin Darlyn
Sword Catcher
Twenties Girl
Americanah
Sea of Tranquility
Mary, Called Magdalene
Holly

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42 books

Writing

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Erin Darlyn
The Chicago Manual of Style
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
The Best Punctuation Book, Period
How to Tell a Story
Mastering Plot Twists
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction

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16 books

Literature Studies

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Caitlyn
Literature and Evil
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
Critical Theory Today
Beginning Theory
Reading Like a Writer
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
Suppose a Sentence

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0 books

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Paul
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
A Scanner Darkly
God Behaving Badly
The Enemy Within
1776
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

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0 books

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Renee
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Cress
Crooked Kingdom
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
Fangirl
Hotel Silence
I Am the Messenger

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35 books

Reference

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Renee
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need
Reading Like a Writer
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
Teaching Adolescent Writers
Discipline with dignity

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0 books

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Bill
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
A Clash of Kings
Simply Jesus
168 Hours
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130 books

Pragmatic Non Fiction

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The Flavor Bible
The Art of Neighboring
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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Confessions of a Prayer Slacker
The Hole in Our Holiness

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150 books

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The Fifth Elephant
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
Monstrous Regiment
Unseen Academicals
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Interior Chinatown
Grunt

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249 books

Books About Books

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Deb Nance
Shakespeare Wrote for Money
The Wednesday Wars
Better Than Life
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Biblioholism
Beowulf on the Beach
Bad Things Happen

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91 books

Reading

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Deb Nance
Reading magic
More Baths, Less Talking
The End of Your Life Book Club
You've GOT to Read This Book!

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84 books

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GreenTea13
Planet X
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Touch the Dark
Deerskin
The Girl Who Heard Dragons
Sandman Volume 10
I’d Rather Have a Cat than a Harem! Reincarnated into the World of an Otome Game as a Cat-loving Villainess, Vol. 2

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55 books

Books I Own

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GreenTea13
Clockwork Angel
The Tower of Ravens (Rhiannon's Ride, #1)
Sandman Volume 10
Witches' forest
Evermore
The Curse of the Creeping Coffin
Fire Bringer

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3 books

Literary Analysis

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Jillian
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
How Fiction Works
Reading Like a Writer

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37 books

To Read Non Fiction

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Enrico
The Challenge for Africa
Accelerate
Guns, Germs and Steel
How to Write about Africa
Long Walk to Freedom
Nomad
Unbowed: A Memoir

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49 books

Nf A Non Fiction

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Enrico
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
Blue Ocean Strategy
Good to Great
Giochiamo ancora
Starbucked
Travels in Hyperreality

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10 books

Nf Art

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Enrico
An Artist Teaches: Reflections on the Art of Painting
Oil Painting Secrets From a Master
Modigliani: Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings
Color for Painters: A Guide to Traditions and Practice
The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing
Traditional Oil Painting: Advanced Techniques and Concepts from the Renaissance to the Present

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7 books

Understanding Art

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Ivan
Thinking with Type
Understanding Comics
A Poetry Handbook
Reading Like a Writer
The Vignelli Canon
Film Art: An Introduction
Fires
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