Books about Writing Novels

Here is our collection of books that help you learn how to write a novel.


Writer's Market Deluxe Edition 2016
by Robert Lee Brewer
Writer's Digest Books, (September, 2015)

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2015 Guide to Literary Agents
by Chuck Sambuchino
Writers Digest Books, (September, 2014)

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Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2014
by Rachel Randall
Writers Digest Books, (September, 2014)

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Writing The Popular Novel
by Loren Estleman
Writer's Digest Books, (September, 2004)

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How to Plot Your Novel
by Jean Saunders
Allison & Busby, (March, 2004)

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How to Write a Blockbuster
by Sarah Harrison
Allison & Busby, (March, 2004)

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The Craft of Novel Writing
by Dianne Doubtfire
Allison & Busby, (March, 2004)

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel
by Tom Monteleone
Alpha Books, (March, 2004)
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Write Away : One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life
by Elizabeth George
HarperCollins, (March, 2004)

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How to Publish Your Novel: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publisher Say Yes
by Ken Atchity, Andrea McKeown, Julie Mooney
Square One Publishers, (January, 2004)

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Novel Writer's Toolkit: Guide to Writing Great Fiction and Getting It Published
by Bob Mayer
Writer's Digest Books, (August, 2003)

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The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published
by Evan Marshall
Writer's Digest Books, (June, 2003)
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Novel Voices
by Jennifer Levassuer
Writer's Digest Books, (May, 2003)

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The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing
by Norman Mailer
Random House, (January, 2003)

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The Sell Your Novel Toolkit
by Elizabeth Lyon
Perigee, (December, 2002)

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The Art of the Novel
by Milan Kundera
HarperCollins, (October, 2002)

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Writing the Breakout Novel
by Donald Maass
Writers Digest Books, (August, 2002)

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The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life
by Noah T. Lukeman
St. Martin's Press, (July, 2002)

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Complete Handbook of Novel Writing
by Meg Leder, Jack Heffron
Writers Digest Books, (June, 2002)

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The Writer's Legal Guide : An Author's Guild Desk Reference
by Tad Crawford, Kay Murray
Allworth Press, (June, 2002)

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Letters to a Young Novelist
by Mario Vargas Llosa (Translator), Natasha Wimmer
Farrar Straus & Giroux, (June, 2002)

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How to Grow a Novel
by Sol Stein
St. Martin's Griffin, (March, 2002)
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Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing : A Novelist Looks at His Craft
by David Morrell
Writers Digest Books, (March, 2002)
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Writing the Blockbuster Novel
by Albert Zuckerman
Writers Digest Books, (February, 2002)

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Get That Novel Written
by Donna Levin
Writers Digest Books, (August, 2001)

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The Marshall Plan Workbook
by Evan Marshall
Writer's Digest Books, (March, 2001)
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On Writing
by Stephen King
Scribner, (October, 2000)
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Novelists Essential Guide to Creating Plot
by J. Madison Davis
Writers Digest Books, (August, 2000)

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Novelists Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes
by Raymond Obstfeld
Writers Digest Books, (July, 2000)

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Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers
by Tad Crawford
Allworth Press, (February, 2000)
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The First Five Pages
by Noah Lukeman
Fireside, (January, 2000)
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On Becoming a Novelist
by John Gardner, Raymond Carver
W W Norton & Co, (October, 1999)

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You Can Make It Big Writing Books
by Jeff Herman
Prima Publishing, (September, 1999)
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Insider's Guide to Getting an Agent
by Lori Perkins
Writer's Digest Books, (September, 1999)
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Your Novel Proposal : From Creation to Contract
by Blythe Camenson, Marshall J. Cook
Writer's Digest Books, (August, 1999)
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Literary Agents: A Writer's Introduction
by John F. Baker
IDG Books Wo, (March, 1999)

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The Novelist's Notebook
by Laurie Henry
Writers Digest Books, (March, 1999)
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The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing
by Evan Marshall
Writers Digest Books, (September, 1998)
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You Can Write a Novel
by James V. Smith
Writers Digest Books, (September, 1998)
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The Writer's Digest Handbook of Novel Writing
by the Editors of Writer's Digest
Writer's Digest Books, (February, 1998)
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How to Write and Sell Your First Novel, Revised ed.
by Oscar Collier, Frances Spatz Leighton
Writer's Digest Books, (July, 1997)

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Writing and Selling Your Novel
by Jack M. Brickham
Writer's Digest Books, (September, 1996)

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Get That Novel Written!
by Donna Levin
Writer's Digest Books, (June, 1996)

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How To Write Your Novel
by Margaret Chittenden
The Writer, Inc., (November, 1995)
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So You Want to Write a Novel
by Lou Willett Stanek
Avon Books, (December, 1994)

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Writing the Blockbuster Novel
by Albert Zuckerman
Writer's Digest Books, (February, 1994)

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