The books listed below are my personal recommendations for writers. The list is categorized, thus:

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Advanced How-To Writing Books
How to Become a Fulltime Freelance Writer, by Michael A. Banks (The Writer Books/Kalmbach Books)
How to Write Fast (While Writing Well), by David Fryxell (Writer's Digest Books)
Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary, by Barbara Ann Kipfer (Writer's Digest Books)
Writing & Revising Your Fiction, by Mark Wisniewski (The Writer Books)

Agents and Marketing
Be Your Own Literary Agent: The Ultimate Insider's Guide to Getting Published, Third edition, by Martin P. Levin (Ten Speed Press, 2002)
How to Be Your Own Literary Agent: The Business of Getting a Book Published, Revised edition, by Richard Curtis (Houghton-Mifflin, 2003)
The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success, by Donald Maass (Heineman, 1996)

Business Guides for Writers
The Book Publishing Industry, by Albert N. Greco (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003)
Every Writer's Guide to Copyright and Publishing Law, by Ellen M. Kozak (Owl Books, 2004)
The Magazine Publishing Industry, by Charles P. Daly, Patrick Henry, and Ellen Ryder (Allyn & Bacon, 1996)
Mastering the Business of Writing, by Richard Curtis (Allworth Press, 1996)
This Business of Publishing: An Insider's View of Current Trends and Tactics, by Richard Curtis (Watson-Guptill, 1998)

Market Directories
Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents (Writer's Digest Books, annual)
Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market (Writer's Digest Books, annual)
The Christian Writers' Market Guide (Harold Shaw Publishers)
Novel and Short Story Writer's Market (Writer's Digest Books)
Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, by Jeff Herman (Prima Publishing, Annual)
The Writer's Handbook (The Writer Books, annual)
Writer's Market: Where & How to Sell What You Write (Writer's Digest Books, annual)
Writer's Online Marketplace (Writer's Digest Books, annual)

Reference Books
A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs, by Teodor Flonta (DeProverbio.com, 2001)
The Elements of Style, by William Struck & E.B. White (Macmillan)
English Through the Ages, by William Brohaugh (Writer's Digest Books, 1998)
Roget's International Thesaurus, Indexed Sixth edition, by Barbara Ann Kipfer (HarperCollins, 2001)
Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases, by Barbara Ann Kipfer (Writer's Digest Books, 2002)
Synonym Finder, Revised edition, by J. I. Rodale, Nancy Laroche, and Faye C. Allen (Warner Books, 1986)
Writer's Encyclopedia, Third edition, by the editors of Writer's Digest (Writer's Digest Books, 2003)
The Writer's Guide to Research: An Invaluable Guide to Gathering Material for Articles, Novels and Non-Fiction Books, Second edition, by Marion Field (Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc, 2000)
The Writer's Quotation Book, Fourth edition, James Charlton, Editor (Faber & Faber, 1997)

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