FLW Books for the Word Lover

1. 1. Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret ... With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory by Roy Blount Jr. Drag me to re-order

2. 2. On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World by Alexander Humez Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter Drag me to re-order

4. 4. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester Drag me to re-order

5. 5. Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea Drag me to re-order

6. 6. The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English by Henry Hitchings Drag me to re-order

7. 7. Verbatim: From the bawdy to the sublime, the best writing on language for word lovers, grammar mavens, and armchair linguists Drag me to re-order

8. 8. Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive ScrabblePlayers by Stefan Fatsis Drag me to re-order