What to Read After The art of fiction
Readers who loved The art of fiction by John Gardner keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The art of fiction 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 art of fiction
Reading Like a Writer
Zen in the art of writing
Bird by Bird
Becoming a writer
Aspects of the Novel
Writing Fiction
Steering the craft
Beginnings, middles, and ends
Burning Down the House
Narrative Design
Writing Down the Bones
The writing life
Write Away
Ernest Hemingway on Writing
The weekend novelist
Characters and viewpoint
Telling Lies for Fun & Profit
Imaginative writing
Self-editing for fiction writers
How fiction works
On moral fiction
Story
Writing the Breakout Novel
The writer's journey