Start with high-confidence fiction writing books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised Edition
Thomas C Foster
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
Lex Williford, Michael Martone
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction
Orson Scott Card, Philip Athans
The Writer's Guide to Weapons
Benjamin Sobieck, David Morrell
Shotgunning
Bob Brister
The Notebook
Roland Allen
The Art of Public Speaking
Dale Carnegie
Meander, Spiral, Explode
Jane Alison
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing
Ursula K. Le Guin, David Naimon
