Here you will find informative links and reference books for the art of writing. In addition, I’ve listed books in a variety of categories that I’ve truly enjoyed. The science fiction/fantasy books set my imagination free to roam and many opened my mind to new ways of looking at the world. Poetry is another favorite, so needless to say, I’ve included some authors I admire. The spirituality and personal growth books are particularly dear to me. Without the support they provided me, I would not have overcome my bouts with depression. My endless deep gratitude to those authors!
The fiction books aren’t too numerous, mostly because science fiction/fantasy engaged my attention so fully. However, these works were a pleasure to read and have not been forgotten. (I hope I got all the names right. *s*)
Enjoy!
If you want to write, here are some good sources.
- Creating Poetry – John Drury
- Writing Down the Bones/Wild Mind – Natalie Goldberg
- On Writing Well – William Zinsser
- Writing Your Way to Wholeness – Terre Ouwehand
Fantasy & Science Fiction
The Sun Sword Series – Michelle West
House War Series – Michelle West
The Fionavar Tapestry – Guy Gavriel Kay
Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkein
The Sunrunner Series – Melanie Rawn
The Books of Pern – Anne McCaffrey
Restoree – Anne McCaffrey
The Chronicles of the Deryni – Katherine Kurtz
The Belgariad – David Eddings
Earthsea Trilogy – Ursula K. LeGuin
The Exiles Trilogy – Melanie Rawn
The Riddle-Master of Hed Trilogy – Patricia A. McKillip
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant – Stephen Donaldson
Riftwar Saga – Raymond E. Feist
Xanth Series – Piers Anthony
Urshurak – Jerry Nichols & Brothers Hildebrandt
Lord Valentine’s Castle – Robert Silverberg
The Sword of Shannara – Terry Brooks
Red Moon and Black Mountain – Joy Chant
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Series – Tad Williams
The Chronicles of Amber Series – Roger Zelazny
The Elric Books – Michael Moorcock
The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
The Obsidian Trilogy – Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
The First Law Trilogy – Joe Abercrombie
Kushiel’s Dart – Jacqueline Carey
Instrumentality of Mankind stories/books – Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger)
Blood Music – James Morrow
The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Lucifer’s Hammer – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
The Disappearance – Philip K. Wylie
In Conquest Born – C. S. Friedman
Alas, Babylon – Pat Frank
Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein
Foundation Series – Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood’s End – Arthur C. Clarke
Dune – Frank Herbert
Ringworld – Larry Niven
The World Inside – Robert Silverberg
Riverworld Series – Philip Jose Farmer
The Wheel of Time Series – Robert Jordan
Fiction
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
You Can’t Go Home Again – Thomas Wolfe
The books of Daphne du Maurier – who I’m named after *s*
The Magus – John Fowle
The Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield
The Bridge Across Forever – Richard Bach
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
The Works of Shakespeare
The books of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Poetry
T.S. Eliot
Rumi
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Robert Frost
Walt Whitman
Kahlil Gibran
Pablo Neruda
Edgar Allen Poe
Octavio Paz
Hugh Prather
Spirituality & Personal Growth
A Course in Miracles
The Bible
The books of Marianne Williamson
Compassionate Living – Jerome Stefaniak
Inner Simplicity – Elaine St. James
Manifest Your Destiny – Wayne W. Dyer
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was – Barbara Sher
Are You the One For Me? – Barbara DeAngelis, PhD
A Gift For All Mankind – Tara Singh
Everday Zen – Charlotte Joko Beck
LifeSkills – Richard J. Leider
Feeling Good – David D. Burns, M.D.
How To Heal Depression – Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. and Peter McWilliams
Conversations with God – Neale Donald
Gift From the Sea – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Codependent No More and The Lessons of Love – Melody Beattie
Care of the Soul and Soulmates – Thomas Moore
The Road Less Traveled – M. Scott Peck
The Power of Myth – Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
Chop Wood, Carry Water – Rick Fields, Peggy Taylor, Rex Wyler and Rick Ingrasci
Love 101 – Peter McWilliams
Pilgrim on Tinker Creek – Annie Dillard
Doing Nothing – Steven Harrison
Seven Arrows – Hyemeyohsts Storm
Journey Beyond Words – Brent Haskell