What to Read After Simple & Direct
Readers who loved Simple & Direct by Jacques Barzun keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Simple & Direct 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 Simple & Direct
Elements of Eloquence
About Writing
The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations
The Art of NonFiction
Careful Writer
Style
Keys to Great Writing
Stylish Academic Writing
Writing Analytically
Ron Carlson Writes a Story
Language in Thought and Action
College Writing Skills with Readings
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
The Art of Fiction
Zen in the Art of Writing
On Writing Well
How to Read a Book
As I Lay Dying
Influence
Gulliver's Travels
Heart of Darkness
Romeo and Juliet
World War Z
Animal Farm