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Book Recommendations for Writing, Research & Publishing Guides in 2020

There are 54 writing, research & publishing guides books recommended by the community in 2020.
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
俊雄·高野
4.6
Comments: 20
Avaliable on Amazon
The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking
The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking
Barbara Minto
4.0
Comments: 10
Avaliable on Amazon
The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Bryan A. Garner
4.6
Comments: 8
Avaliable on Amazon
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Ryan Holiday
4.7
Comments: 7
Avaliable on Amazon
Bad News from Venezuela: Twenty years of fake news and misreporting (Routledge Focus on Communication and Society)
Bad News from Venezuela: Twenty years of fake news and misreporting (Routledge Focus on Communication and Society)
Alan Macleod
1.0
Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser
4.7
Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!
Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!
Conrad Barski
4.3
Comments: 4
Avaliable on Amazon
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (12th Edition)
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (12th Edition)
Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup
4.6
Comments: 4
Avaliable on Amazon
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Joseph M. Williams
4.3
Comments: 4
Avaliable on Amazon
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences
June Casagrande
4.5
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Asterios Polyp (Pantheon Graphic Library)
Asterios Polyp (Pantheon Graphic Library)
David Mazzucchelli
4.6
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The 99 Critical Shots in Pool: Everything You Need to Know to Learn and Master the Game (Other)
The 99 Critical Shots in Pool: Everything You Need to Know to Learn and Master the Game (Other)
Estate of Rosser Reeves
4.6
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
How to Write a Movie in 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method
How to Write a Movie in 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method
Viki King
4.4
Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Mallon
4.4
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Steven Pinker
4.0
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not
The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not
John Vorhaus
4.4
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
Rolf Potts
4.5
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Human Universals
Human Universals
Donald Brown
4.5
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian (Routledge Reference Grammars)
A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian (Routledge Reference Grammars)
Martin Maiden, Cecilia Robustelli
3.6
Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Revising Prose (5th Edition)
Revising Prose (5th Edition)
Richard A. Lanham
4.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Crossing an Ocean Under Power
Crossing an Ocean Under Power
Ken Williams
3.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!
Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!
Matthias Felleisen, Northeastern University Students
4.2
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (Quick & Dirty Tips)
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (Quick & Dirty Tips)
Mignon Fogarty
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Travels of Ibn Battutah (Macmillan Collector's Library)
The Travels of Ibn Battutah (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
4.1
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King
4.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (11th Edition)
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (11th Edition)
Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism
Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism
James T. Hamilton
5.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting
Robert McKee
4.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another
Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another
Matt Taibbi
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Garner's Modern American Usage
Garner's Modern American Usage
Bryan A. Garner
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea
Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea
Steven Callahan
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Surreal Numbers
Surreal Numbers
Donald E. Knuth
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method
Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method
Gerald M. Weinberg
3.6
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
Souad Mekhennet
4.9
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (10th Edition)
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (10th Edition)
Joseph M. Williams, Gregory G. Colomb
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists, 2nd Edition
Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists, 2nd Edition
H. J. Tichy
3.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society
How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society
C. John Sommerville
3.9
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric
The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric
Sister Miriam Joseph, Marguerite McGlinn
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound
Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound
Lynda Felder
4.1
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Shadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes
Shadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes
Mike Stroud
4.8
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Mind over Matter
Mind over Matter
Ranulph Fiennes
3.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Garner's Modern English Usage
Garner's Modern English Usage
Bryan Garner
4.8
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business
Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business
Kenneth Roman, Joel Raphaelson
4.2
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
Roy Peter Clark
4.5
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Write Mathematics Right: Principles of Professional Presentation, Exemplified with Humor and Thrills
Write Mathematics Right: Principles of Professional Presentation, Exemplified with Humor and Thrills
L. Radhakrishna
0.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)
Daniel L. Everett
4.4
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Wordpress: A Step-by-Step Beginners’ Guide to Build Your Own WordPress Website from Scratch
Wordpress: A Step-by-Step Beginners’ Guide to Build Your Own WordPress Website from Scratch
John Slavio
4.2
Avaliable on Amazon
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Lynne Truss
4.3
Avaliable on Amazon
Lettering & Calligraphy: Workbook to Learn Hand Lettering Brush Lettering and Mo (Lettering & Modern Calligraphy)
Lettering & Calligraphy: Workbook to Learn Hand Lettering Brush Lettering and Mo (Lettering & Modern Calligraphy)
Lily Kate
3.8
Avaliable on Amazon
On Writing
On Writing
Stephen King
4.7
Avaliable on Amazon
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis
4.6
Avaliable on Amazon
Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems (Asian Interactions and Comparisons)
Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems (Asian Interactions and Comparisons)
John DeFrancis
4.3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis
4.6
Avaliable on Amazon
On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William K. Zinsser
4.4
Avaliable on Amazon