What to Read After The First Word
Readers who loved The First Word by Christine Kenneally keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The First Word 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 The First Word
The Language Instinct
The Stuff of Thought
Through the Language Glass
UNFOLDING OF LANGUAGE.
Empires of the Word
Words and Rules
Our magnificent bastard tongue the untold history of English
The Power of Babel
The search for the perfect language
You are what you speak
The stories of English
Ad Infinitum
How language works
The adventure of English
Lost languages
Made in America
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?
In the land of invented languages
Babel No More
Stop Me If You've Heard This
The story of English in 100 words
Letter Perfect
What language is
The power of Babel