Shannon's "Reference Library for Writers and Readers"

1. 1. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (Book Only) by Merriam-Webster Drag me to re-order

2. 3. Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition (21st Century Reference) by Barbara Ann Kipfer Drag me to re-order

3. 4. Associated Press Stylebook 2002, and Briefing on Media Law with Internet Guide and Glossary, 37th Edition by Associated Press Drag me to re-order

4. 5. The Chicago Manual of Style Drag me to re-order

5. 6. The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications by Amy Einsohn Drag me to re-order

6. 7. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style, Second Edition by PHILIP RUBENS Drag me to re-order

7. 8. ? A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H. Abrams Drag me to re-order

8. 9. The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon Drag me to re-order

9. 10. ? Fumblerules - Lighthearted Guide To Grammar And Good Usage by William Safire Drag me to re-order

10. 11. The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition by William Strunk Drag me to re-order

11. 13. ? The Writer's Home Companion Drag me to re-order

12. 14. ? My Editor by M. B. Goffstein Drag me to re-order

13. 15. ? Rotten Reviews: a literary companion. Introduction by Anthony Brandt and illustrations by Mary Kornblum. by Bill, editor. HENDERSON Drag me to re-order

14. 16. ? On Being a Writer by Bill Strickland Drag me to re-order

15. 17. ? Writers on Writing by Jon Winokur Drag me to re-order

16. 18. The Writing Life by Annie Dillard Drag me to re-order

17. 19. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott Drag me to re-order

18. 20. ? Revising Fiction: A Handbook for Writers by David Madden Drag me to re-order

19. 21. The Weekend Novelist by Robert J Ray Drag me to re-order

20. 22. How to Be Your Own Best Editor : The Toolkit for Everyone Who Writes by Barry Tarshis Drag me to re-order

21. 23. Sci-Fi Baby Names: 500 Out-of-This-World Baby Names from Anakin to Zardoz by Robert Schnakenberg Drag me to re-order

22. 24. The Penguin Classic Baby Name Book by Carol Wallace Drag me to re-order

23. 26. Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy by Nicholas A. Basbanes Drag me to re-order

24. 27. Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia: Fourth Edition (Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia) by Bruce Murphy Drag me to re-order

25. 28. The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics by W. John Campbell Drag me to re-order

26. 29. 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley Drag me to re-order

27. 30. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Drag me to re-order

28. 33. ? Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette by Letitia Baldrige Drag me to re-order

29. 34. Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century by Alex Steffen Drag me to re-order

30. 35. Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand Drag me to re-order

31. 40. Writers Dreaming: 26 Writers Talk About Their Dreams and the Creative Process by Naomi Epel Drag me to re-order

32. 41. Stephen King's Danse Macabre by Stephen King Drag me to re-order

33. 42. On Writing by Stephen King Drag me to re-order

34. 43. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore Drag me to re-order