English language, style Books to Read Free Online

Panda Tutor

🎲 Surprise me

Pick fiction or non-fiction, then a genre, then a topic inside it. A book can sit in more than one genre.

The full library classification — every book has exactly one, more granular than Genre. Different counts for a same-named bucket here vs. Genre reflect two different systems, not an error.

English language, style

Featured — award winners and classics first, when available. Use “Show different books” for a new selection.

🔄 Show different books

Stylized

Mark Garvey

2009

Language of fiction

David Lodge

1966

A Writer's Reference

Diana Hacker

1989

Garner on language and writing

Bryan A. Garner

2009

Writing Science in Plain English

Anne E. Greene

2013

Shaping college writing

Henry W. Rink, Joseph D. Gallo

1985

The complete plain words

Sir Ernest Gowers

1973

The miracle of language

Richard Lederer

1991

The language of literature

Cummings, Michael.

1983

Critical stylistics

Lesley Jeffries

2010

Put It in Writing

John Whale

1984

The Genius of Language

Wendy Lesser

2004

The body of writing

Flore Chevaillier

2013

Edit yourself

Bruce Clifford Ross-Larson

1982

Fifteenth century translation as an influence on English prose

Samuel Klinger Workman

1972

Modern prose style

Bonamy Dobrée

1964

Exploring the language of poems, plays, and prose

Mick Short

1996

Eras & modes in English poetry

Josephine Miles

1957

The right word in the right place at the right time

William Safire

2004

Writer's Diet

Helen Sword

2007

Write right!

Jan Venolia

1983

The Elements of Style

E. B. White, Roger Angell, William Strunk, Jr.

1920 ★ 3.7

The Sense of Style

Steven Pinker, José C. Vales

2014 ★ 4.2

Method and madness

Alice LaPlante

2008

A matter of style

Matthew Clark

2002

Meaning and style

Stephen Ullmann

1973

Stylistics and the teaching of literature

H. G. Widdowson

1975

The Cambridge Australian English style guide

Pam Peters

1998

The elements of eloquence

Mark Forsyth

2014 ★ 3.3

Lincoln's Sword

Douglas L. Wilson

2006

Browse free books to read online

Book Explorer lets readers browse the free, readable part of the Open Library catalogue by familiar genres, or by the exact subject tags Open Library assigns each book. Every book has its own page with a reader where one is available, plus links to Open Library, your library, Libby and Amazon.