Chapter 2: Nonfiction

⭐ = Personal all-time favorites. Or in the case of nonfiction, something that was genuinely life-changing.

Parentheses indicate the number of times I've read a book, if it's more than once.

Writing - General

• Master Lists for Writers

• Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy

• 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction

• How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career

• How to Start Your Novel

• Writer's Craft: Writing Deep Point of View

• Writer's Craft: Writing Fight Scenes

• Writer's Craft: How To Write That Scene

• Emotional Beats

• 27 Fiction Writing Blunders - And How Not To Make Them

• How to Write Comedy: The Danny Simon Notes

• Why Did I Love (Hate) That Novel?

• How To Write Stunning Twists

• The Last 50 Pages

• The Anatomy of Story

• Bird by Bird

• Writing your Story's Theme

• The Secrets of Story ⭐

Writing - Productivity and Mindset

• 2K to 10K (2)

• The 8-Minute Writing Habit (2)

• 5,000 Words Per Hour ⭐ (2)

• The War of Art

• Conquering Writer's Block and Summoning Inspiration

• Lifelong Writing Habit

• The Healthy Writer

• 11 Tips to Increasing Your Writing Productivity

• The Mental Game of Writing ⭐

• Be a Writing Machine

• Dictate Your Book

• Turning Pro

• Productivity for Authors

• The Successful Author Mindset

Writing - Plot and Structure

• Write Good Fiction: Plot and Structure

• How to Write a Damn Good Novel

• How to Write a Damn Good Novel II

• Red Sneaker Writers: Story Structure:

• Red Sneaker Writers: Powerful Premise

• Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

• Save the Cat Strikes Back

• Save the Cat Writes a Novel

• Structuring Your Novel

• Plot Gardening (2)

• Sizzling Story Outlines

• Sparkling Story Drafts

• Super Structure

Writing - Characters

• Write Good Fiction: Character Emotion and Viewpoint

• Character Creation

• Creating Character Arcs

• Getting Into Character ⭐

Writing - Dialog

• Write Good Fiction: Dialog

• Dialog: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen

• Writer's Craft: Writing Vivid Dialog

• He Stood, She sat

• Dazzling Dialog ⭐

Writing - Grammar, Style, and Editing

• The Elements of Style

• The Elements of Eloquence (2) ⭐

• Writing Tools

• The Writer's Lexicon

• On Writing Well

• Understanding Show Don't Tell ⭐

• The Art of X-Ray Reading

• Strong Verbs Strong Voice

• Writer's Craft: Writing Vivid Scenes

• Writer's Craft: Word-Loss Diet

• Voice: The Secret Power of Great Writing ⭐

• Revision and Self Editing for Publication

• Spellbinding Sentences ⭐

• Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

• The Writer's Guide to Descriptive Settings and Characters

• Murder Your Darlings

Writing - Marketing

• Writer's Craft: Writing Book Blurbs and Synopsis

• Writer's Craft: Why Does My Book Not Sell? 20 Simple Fixes

• #1 Best Seller: Book Marketing Reinvented

• Write to Market

• How To Market a Book Release

• Re-launch your Novel

• Let's Get Digital

• Strangers and Superfans

• Amazon Decoded

• Platform Mastery

• Your First 1000 Copies

Personal Development / Self-Help

• Get Smart

• The Science of Self-Confidence (2)

• No Excuses!

• Eat That Frog

• The Slight Edge

• Think and Grow Rich (2)

• Mastery (3) ⭐

• The Practicing Mind ⭐

• The Talent Code (2)

• Art & Fear

• Talent is Overrated

• Self-Discipline

• Practice Like This

• Do the Work

• The Compound Effect

• Miracle Mornings

• Atomic Habits (2)

• Quantum Memory

• Essentialism

• Ultralearning

• Indistractable

• Dedicated

• Make Your Bed

• Smarter, Better, Faster

• How to Design Your Ideal Future

• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

• Courage is Calling

• The Obstacle is the Way

• Peak Performance

• Four Thousand Weeks

Work and School

• The 4-Hour Work Week

• Leaders Eat Last

• How to Become a Straight-A Student (2)

• So Good They Can't Ignore You (2) ⭐

• Deep Work (4) ⭐

• Great at Work

• Good to Great

• A World Without Email

• Shopclass as Soulcraft

General Creativity

• Steal Like an Artist

• Share Your Work

• Keep Going

Communication and Relationships

• How to Win Friends and Influence People

• Men Are From Mars, Women Are from Venus

• The Five Love Languages

• The Art of Witty Banter

• Laugh Tactics

• Never Split the Difference

• The Collapse of Parenting

• Why Gender Matters

Biographies / Memoirs

• Stephen King: On Writing

• C.S Lewis: Surprised by Joy

• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Fitness and Health

• The 4-Hour Body

• Spark ⭐

• In Defense of Food

• Eating Mindfully

• Go Wild

• Get Up!

• The Longevity Code

• Life Blockers: Sleep Edition

• Use Your Brain to Change your Age

• Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness

• Never be Sick Again

Science and Technology

• What If?

• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

• A Brief History of Time

• Digital Minimalism (2) ⭐

• The Dark Web Dive

• How the Internet Happened

Psychology / Social Science

• The Power of Habit (2)

• How to Be Miserable

• The Confidence Gap

• A User's Guide to the Brain

• Where Good Ideas Come From

• Payoff

• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

• The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to our Brains

• Blink

• David and Goliath

• Because Internet

• Talking to Strangers

• You Are Not So Smart

• Peak

• The Tipping Point

• Outliers

• Finding Flow

• The Craving Mind

• How to Train Your Mind

• Amusing Ourselves to Death

Personal Finance

• The Millionaire Next Door

• The Millionaire Mind

Economics

• Freakonomics

• Think Like a Freak

• New Power

Design / Branding

• Graphic Design: The New Basics

• The Brand Gap

Miscellaneous

• The 48 Laws of Power

• The Art of Seduction

• Mere Christianity

• Everything Bad is Good For You

• How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

• The United States of Socialism

• The Art of War

• The Etymologicon

Total Count for Nonfiction Books: 186 + 19 re-reads = 193