What to Read After How Not to Write a Novel
Readers who loved How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where How Not to Write a Novel 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 How Not to Write a Novel
Self-editing for fiction writers
How to write a damn good novel
Hooked
The fire in fiction
Beginnings, middles, and ends
The Seven Basic Plots
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
The 3 a.m. epiphany
The joy of writing sex
On Writing
Plot & structure
No Plot? No Problem!
The art of fiction
Writing the Breakout Novel
The forest for the trees
Story
Reading Like a Writer
Characters, emotion & viewpoint
Stein on Writing
Save the cat!
The writer's journey
Wired for story
How fiction works
Outlining your novel