WRITING MYSTERIES & THRILLERS
- Howdunit: How Crimes Are Committed and Solved; John Boertlein, Ed. (Goodreads)
- Modus Operandi: A Writer’s Guide to How Criminals Work; Mauro V. Corvasce & Joseph R. Paglino (Goodreads)
- Murder One: A Writer’s Guide to Homicide; Mauro V. Corvasce & Joseph R. Paglino (Goodreads)
- Scene of the Crime: A Writer’s Guide to Crime‑Scene Investigations; Anne Wingate, Ph.D. (Goodreads)
- Deadly Doses: A Writer’s Guide to Poisons; S. D. Stevens with Anne Klarner (Goodreads)
- Cause of Death: A Writer’s Guide to Death, Murder & Forensic Medicine; K. D. Wilson, M.D. (Goodreads)
- Just the Facts, Ma’am: A Writer’s Guide to Investigators and Investigative Techniques; Greg Fallis (Goodreads)
- Missing Persons: A Writer’s Guide to Finding the Lost, the Abducted and the Escaped; Fay Faron (Goodreads)
- Rip‑Off: A Writer’s Guide to Crimes of Deception; Fay Faron (Goodreads)
- Private Eyes: A Writer’s Guide to Private Investigators; Hal Blythe, Charlie Sweet & John Landreth (Goodreads)
- Body Trauma: A Writer’s Guide to Wounds and Injuries; D. W. Page, M.D. (Goodreads)
- Police Procedural: A Writer’s Guide to the Police and How They Work; Russell Bintliff (Goodreads)
- Armed and Dangerous: A Writer’s Guide to Weapons; Michael Newton (Goodreads)
- Amateur Detectives: A Writer’s Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases; Elaine Raco Chase & Anne Wingate (Goodreads)
- Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction; Patricia Highsmith
- How to Write Killer Fiction; Carolyn Wheat
CHARACTERS: CREATING & PSYCHOLOGY OF
- Character & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
- What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles
- Creating Characters: How to Build Story People by Dwight V. Swain
- Getting into Character by Brandilyn Collins
- Motivation and Personality by Abraham H. Maslow
- Feeling for Fiction: The Emotional Writer’s Guide for Creating Deep and Memorable Characters by Liz Heston
- The Writer’s Guide to Character Traits by Linda Edelstein
- Please Understand Me: Character & Temperament Types by David Keirsey
- 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
- Bodytalk: A Gestural Communication Dictionary by Desmond Morris
- Creating Unforgettable Characters: A Practical Guide to Character Development in Fiction by Linda Seger
- Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery by Don Richard Riso
- Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger
MYTHOLOGY, RELIGIONS, CULTURES, SCIENCE & ARCANE STUFF
- Life After Death; Diane Ahlquist
- The Goddess Guide; Brandi Auset
- The Encyclopedia of Angels; Constance Victoria Briggs
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces; Joseph Campbell
- The Power of Myth; Joseph Campbell
- Irish Myth and Legend; Ronan Coghlan
- The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter; David Colbert
- The Dictionary of Mythology; J. A. Coleman
- 8,414 Strange and Fascinating Superstitions; Claudia De Lys
- The Oxford Dictionary of Saints; David Farmer
- Dictionary of Native American Mythology; Sam D. Gill
- Faiths and Folklore; W. C. Hazlitt
- Myth & Meaning; James G. Head
- Atlantis and Other Lost Worlds; Frank Joseph
- The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People; Thomas Keightley
- The Science of the Craft; William H. Keith
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Elves & Fairies; Sirona Knight
- Angels A to Z; James R. Lewis
- The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures; John & Caitlin Matthews
- The Encyclopedia of Catholicism; Richard P. McBrien
- The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore; Patricia Monaghan
- The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols; Adele Nozedar
- Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds; Daniel Ogden
- The Classic Fairy Tales; Iona & Peter Opie
- Irish Superstitions and Legends of Animals and Birds; Patrick V. O’Sullivan
- A Dictionary of Symbols; Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Who’s Who in Non-Classical Mythology; Egerton Sykes
- Persephone Returns; Tanya Wilkerson
GRAMMAR, EDITING & REVISION
- When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People by Ann Batko
- Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson
- The Complete Guide to Grammar by Rosalind Fergusson
- Editors on Editing by Gerald Gross
- The Essentials of English by Ann Hogue
- Revision by David Michael Kaplan
- The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner
- Technique in Fiction by Robie MacCauley
- Word Painting by Rebecca McClanahan
- Origins of the Specious by Patricia T. O’Connor
- The Elements of Editing by Arthur Plotnik
- Beyond Style, Make Every Word Count by Gary Provost
- The Elements of Grammar by Margaret Shertzer
- The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White
WRITING BUSINESS & LAW
- Mastering the Business of Writing by Richard Curtis
- Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds by Michael Hauge
- The Making of a Bestseller by Brian Hill
- Get Known Before the Book Deal by Christina Katz
- Kirsch’s Handbook of Publishing Law by Jonathan Kirsch
- We Are Not Alone by Kristen Lamb
- The Career Novelist by Donald Maass
- The Novel Writer’s Toolkit by Bob Mayer
- The SFWA Handbook; Steve Carper, Ed.
- The Professional Writer’s Guide to Being Professional; Jon M. Gustafson, Ed.
THE WRITER’S HEART & PSYCHE
- Just Open A Vein; William Brohaugh, Ed.
- For Writers Only by Sophy Burnham
- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
- Writing Past Dark by Bonnie Friedman
- Fearless Creating by Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
- Talent Is Never Enough by John C. Maxwell
- Writing from the Inside Out by Dennis Palumbo
- Walking on Alligators by Susan Shaughnessy
© Kate Freiman (abbreviated from the Writer’s Digest list of the same name)