Writing Style Books

This cluster features recommendations for books on improving writing clarity, style, and conciseness, prominently including 'The Elements of Style' by Strunk and White, 'Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace' by Joseph Williams, Steven Pinker's 'The Sense of Style', and works by William Zinsser and Stephen King.

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iwangulenko Apr 29, 2020 View on HN

Study "The Elements of Style" (https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk-...), a classic on better writing. It will teach you about how to really write for the reader and not for yourself.

munchbunny Aug 1, 2012 View on HN

Try "The Elements of Style." Classic book on writing well.

jugjug Nov 2, 2020 View on HN

I've found Steven Pinker's book on writing useful & spot-on [1][1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821371-the-sense-of-st...

soneca Mar 5, 2018 View on HN

I am reading "Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace", have you read this?EDIT: link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Style-Lessons-Clarity-Grace-12th/dp/0...

itamarst Mar 5, 2018 View on HN

Read some good books on writing. https://www.amazon.com/Style-Lessons-Clarity-Grace-11th/dp/0... or older edition is quite good.

devnonymous Jun 21, 2018 View on HN

Since you're struggling with writing I'd highly recommend 'Elements of style' by William Strunk. I'm surprised nobody recommended this yet.http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37134Quite a few practical tips in there in terms of sentence structure and style.Just as a reference point, from the wikipedia page, "Time named in 2011 as one of the 100 best and mo

pards Jun 16, 2022 View on HN

Stephen King's "On Writing" [0] is one of the best examples of this[0]: https://amzn.com/dp/1439156816

FrankenDino Jul 22, 2025 View on HN

Anything by William Zinsser is worth reading.https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7881675.William_Zinsse...

2143 Jul 27, 2022 View on HN

No.Consider buying a copy of The Elements of Style by EB White and William Strunk Jr. It's a tiny book that you can read cover-to-cover over a weekend.Apply the concepts in the book.You're all set.

atsaloli Nov 21, 2016 View on HN

The Elements of Style by Strunk and White is indispensable.https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/...