These are books/media about writing I’ve personally consumed since 2019 that I recommend for those wishing to learn writing. They are in no particular order.

Elements of Fiction Writing Series

Plot by Ansen Dibell

Description by Monica Wood

Beginnings, Middles, & Ends by Nancy Kress

Conflict, Action, & Suspense by William Noble

Scene & Structure by Jack M. Bickham

Dialogue by Lewis Turco

Setting by Jack M. Bickham

The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler

Creating Character Arcs by K.M Weiland

The Compass of Character by David Corbett

The Anatomy of Story by John Truby

The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri

Save the Cat by Blake Snyder

Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Dave King

Great Stories Don’t Write Themselves by Larry Brooks

Story Fix by Larry Brooks

Story Physics by Larry Brooks

How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson

Stephen King’s On Writing

The Writing Excuses Podcast

Alexa Donne on youtube

Writing with Jenna Moreci on youtube

IWriterly on youtube

This is everything I’m reading right now. I generally limit myself to no more than one each of craft, fiction, and research books.

The Anatomy of Prose by Sacha Black

24 Hours in Ancient Egypt by Donald P. Ryan

Helping Writers Become Authors podcast by K.M. Weiland

The Thistle Queen’s Thorns by Liv & Sterling

Dawn of War by Gordon Doherty

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

These are books I plan to read in the future. Feel free to make suggestions on my contact page.

The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft

The Wounded Kingdom by RJ Barker

The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss (when he finishes it)

The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson (when book five finishes)

The Witcher series by Andrzeg Sapkowski

Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher

Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erickson

Re-read Game of Thrones

Re-read The Wheel of Time

Re-read Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series

These are fiction titles I’ve read and recommend, either because they are fun or teach something interesting about storytelling. I could add dozens more.

Dune series by Frank Herbert

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson

The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind

Every Single DiscWorld Novel by Terry Pratchett, no exceptions

Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks

The First Law Trilogy by Joe Aberrcrombie

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Masquerade series by Seth Dickinson

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin (of course)

The Darksword Trilogy by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

Lord of the Isles series by David Drake

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle