Books for Writers and Authors

Bird by Bird : Instructions on Writing and Life

Building a StoryBrand 2.0 : Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

Storytelling : A Masterclass in Crafting Stories

Into The Woods : How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them

Steering the Craft : A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

On Memoir : An A-Z of Life Writing

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel : The Last Book On Novel Writing That You'll Ever Need

Steal Like an Artist : 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Show Your Work! : 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

The Sense of Style : The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

Scriptnotes

The Writing Life

Story Genius : How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2026 : The best advice on writing and publishing for children

Writing Down the Bones : Freeing the Writer Within

Wired for Story : The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

The Starter Stack: three books chosen by Mr Books

The Finish-the-Book Stack: four books chosen by Mr Books

The Full Stack: six books chosen by Mr Books

The Platform and Marketing Bundle: four books on getting noticed

The Fiction Writer's Bundle: five books for writing a novel

The Editing and Style Bundle: five books on clear writing

The Memoir and Nonfiction Bundle: five books on life writing and craft

The Getting Published Bundle: four books from Writers' and Artists'

The Writers' and Artists' Complete Set: eleven books