Brilliant Books Every Writer Should Read

Discover the must-read brilliant books every writer should explore. Elevate your craft with this curated list of essential reads for inspiration, skill-building, and mastery in writing.

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Lincoln

by Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. With their broad …
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Burr

by Gore Vidal

For readers who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton …
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Where I'm Calling From

by Raymond Carver

The final story collection from “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) features classic stories from Cathedral, What We …
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Look Homeward, Angel

by Thomas Wolfe

Novel of repressive family life in a common-place southern town, autobiographical in character.
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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

Guy Montag is a fireman, his job is to burn books, which are forbidden.
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Anton Chekhov's Short Stories

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The thirty-four stories in this volume span Chekhov s creative career."
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The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler

The renowned novel from the crime fiction master, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe. • Featuring the iconic character that …
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Dubliners

 

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The Great Gatsby

by Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Tells the tragic love story of Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan.
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Going After Cacciato

by Tim O'Brien

A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THINGS THEY CARRIED "To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like …
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Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times …
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A Drink Before the War

by Dennis Lehane

A novel about the search for a missing woman who had stolen secret documents.