Books for National Day on Writing

Life and Art—these are the twin subjects considered in Richard Russo’s twelve masterful new essays—how they inform each other and how the stories we tell ourselves about both shape our understanding of the world around us.

Building on their research in behavioral science, Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink outline cognitive facts about how people actually read and distill them into six principles that will help writers capture a busy reader’s attending when it is more challenging than ever.

The first major book for writers to more effectively engage with complex socio-political issues—a critical first step in creating social change.

A provocative, revelatory history of British Romanticism that examines the impact of the transatlantic slave economy on the lives and times of some of our most beloved poets—with urgent lessons for today.

The perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that’s a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.

An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.