Reading Like A Writer

Reading Like A Writer

By
Francine Prose
Francine Prose
2006 • 273 pages

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904 books

Library

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Laura
Devotion: A Memoir
Silk is for Seduction
The Sisters Brothers
The Murder at the Vicarage
Fear
A duke by default
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

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303 books

Non Fiction

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Laura
Devotion: A Memoir
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Fear
The Art of Memoir
Hunger
The Solace of Open Spaces
At Large and at Small: Familiar Essays

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32 books

Writing

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Adam
On writing well
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House
The Lively Art of Writing
Ursula K. Le Guin

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268 books

To Read Long List

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1984
The Tutor's Daughter
North and South
Sabriel
The Bards of Bone Plain
Oryx and Crake

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9 books

Next Up

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Iris Ouellette
Jane Eyre
On the Way to the Wedding
It's in His Kiss
Reading Like A Writer
July, July
The Whiskey Sea
Disobedience

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8 books

Lit about Lit

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On Literature
Reading Like A Writer
Aspects of the Novel
Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve
Architecture of the Novel: A Writer's Handbook

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25 books

Writing

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Jennifer
The Restraint of Beasts
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
The Memoir Project
Wild Mind: Living The Writer's Life
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

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723 books

Non Fiction

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Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family
August Wilson: A Life
The Year of Lear : Shakespeare in 1606
Shakespeare in Parts
The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
The British Are Coming
The Woman They Could Not Silence

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28 books

Language Reading

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The Transcriptionist
The Man Who Made Lists
Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
The Song of the Ape: Understanding the Languages of Chimpanzees
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

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189 books

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The Paris Library
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
The Queens of Innis Lear
Quietly Hostile
The Heart Principle
Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream

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226 books

Non Fiction

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Karoline
Reading Like A Writer
The Other Side of Me
Yes Means Yes!
The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat
Eating Well for Optimum Health
The Forks Over Knives Plan
Follow Your Gut: The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes

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7 books

Hobbies

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Karoline
Reading Like A Writer
Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days
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Cravings
Scratch
Mug Cakes
Charmed Knits

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19 books

Writing

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Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
Wired for Story
Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure
Craft in the Real World
Reading Like A Writer

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119 books

Non Fiction

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Tatiana
Words Are My Matter
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
Wired for Story
On the Move: A Life
Three Women - Drei Frauen

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147 books

Read In 2021

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Alicia
Dear Reader
Lore
These Violent Delights
Maya and the Rising Dark
One of the Good Ones
Wintersong
Happily Ever Afters

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19 books

Writing

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How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Elements of Style
Characters & Viewpoint
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

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65 books

Non Fiction

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Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry
Being the Mom: 10 Coping Strategies I Learned by Accident Because I Had Children on Purpose
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
Women, Food and God
Crying in H Mart

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125 books

Nted Well Written

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Proletariat
Nine Stories
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wonder
Dead To You
Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Book Thief

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77 books

Prsn Childhood Favorites

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Proletariat
The Will of the Empress
Wild Awake
Charm and Strange
The Ask and the Answer
The Secret History
1984
Kafka on the Shore

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10 books

Creativity

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Reading Like A Writer
What It Is
How Music Works
Creative Schools
Gamestorming
I Am a Strange Loop
The Sciences of the Artificial

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Wishlist

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The Golden Compass
The Road
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Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality
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