17 of the Best Books on Writing in 2023: These Books Can Help You Improve Your Craft

Learn from the best and go write your own masterpiece

J.J. Pryor
Feedium
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7 min readJun 7, 2021

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Any aspiring writers out there have surely heard the common mantras to improve their craft:

  1. Read as much as you can.
  2. Write every single day.
  3. Kill your darlings.

While those are fantastic pieces of advice that have stood the test of time, many of us aspiring authors want to know the nitty-gritty. The in-between small facets of creating a masterpiece that most successful authors don’t (or won’t) share with the rest of us.

But luckily for us, many of them have.

Here’s a helpful list of the best books to teach us how to write better. Whether it's fiction, novels, poetry, or even memoirs, this list should have a book to help you. Good luck!

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17 of the Best Books on Writing in 2021

1. “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lammott

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J.J. Pryor
Feedium

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