What to Read After Stein on Writing
Readers who loved Stein on Writing by Sol Stein keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Stein on Writing is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Stein on Writing
Self-editing for fiction writers
Writing the Breakout Novel
Zen in the art of writing
How to write a damn good novel
Story engineering
Reading Like a Writer
Techniques of the Selling Writer
The Elements of Style
Outlining your novel
Beginnings, middles, and ends
On writing well
Writing Tools
Hooked
Ernest Hemingway on Writing
Plot & structure
The fire in fiction
Telling Lies for Fun & Profit
Writing Fiction
Page after page
Story
The writer's journey
Bird by Bird
Writing Down the Bones
The War of Art