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Books for an Amateur Linguist

Piggybacking off of a private user's excellent list: "Linguist's Bookshelf" https://www.listchallenges.com/linguists-bookshelf, from which I got many of the titles on this list, I have created a list of books, both fiction and nonfiction, which should be quite interesting to an amateur linguist or anyone interested in languages, especially English. 😊
P.S. This is mostly a giant TBR list for me too.
P.P.S. How I managed to forget to add A Clockwork Orange is beyond me...🤦‍♀️
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500 Words You Should Know (Caroline Taggart)
500 Words You Should Know
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Caroline Taggart
A Is for Ox: A Short History of the Alphabet (Lyn Davies)
A Is for Ox: A Short History of the Alphabet
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Lyn Davies
Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans
Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans
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Adonis and the Alphabet, and Other Essays (Aldous Huxley)
Adonis and the Alphabet, and Other Essays
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Aldous Huxley
After Long Silence (Sheri S. Tepper)
After Long Silence
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Sheri S. Tepper
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
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Lewis Carroll
Alphabetical Africa
Alphabetical Africa
7
Alphabet Juice (Roy Blount Jr.)
Alphabet Juice
8
Roy Blount Jr.
The Alphabet vs. the Goddess (Leonard Shlain)
The Alphabet vs. the Goddess
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Leonard Shlain
The Art of Language Invention (David J. Peterson)
The Art of Language Invention
10
David J. Peterson
The Author of the Acacia Seeds... (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Author of the Acacia Seeds...
11
Ursula K. Le Guin
BABEL-17 Samuel R. Delany
BABEL-17 Samuel R. Delany
12
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages (Gaston Dorren)
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages
13
Gaston Dorren
Babel No More (Michael Erard)
Babel No More
14
Michael Erard
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation (Ammon Shea)
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation
15
Ammon Shea
Because Internet (Gretchen McCulloch)
Because Internet
16
Gretchen McCulloch
BEROM (John Berryman)
BEROM
17
John Berryman
Blooming English (Kate Burridge)
Blooming English
18
Kate Burridge
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (E.C. Brewer)
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
19
E.C. Brewer
By Hook or by Crook (David Crystal)
By Hook or by Crook
20
David Crystal
The Caltraps of Time (David I. Masson)
The Caltraps of Time
21
David I. Masson
A Charm of Goldfinches (Matt Sewell)
A Charm of Goldfinches
22
Matt Sewell
Chasing the Sun: Dictionary Makers and the Dictionaries They Made (Jonathon Green)
Chasing the Sun: Dictionary Makers and the Dictionaries They Made
23
Jonathon Green
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
24
David Mitchell
Communipath Worlds (Suzette Haden Elgin)
Communipath Worlds
25
Suzette Haden Elgin
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Xiaolu Gui)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
26
Xiaolu Gui
The Country of Ice Cream Star (Sandra Newman)
The Country of Ice Cream Star
27
Sandra Newman
Damocles (S.G Redling)
Damocles
28
S.G Redling
Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare (Jeremy Butterfield)
Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare
29
Jeremy Butterfield
The Day of the Dolphin
The Day of the Dolphin
30
Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain (Susie Dent)
Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain
31
Susie Dent
The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams)
The Dictionary of Lost Words
32
Pip Williams
The Disappearing Dictionary (David Crystal)
The Disappearing Dictionary
33
David Crystal
Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language (David Shariatmadari)
Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language
34
David Shariatmadari
Double Negative (David Carkeet)
Double Negative
35
David Carkeet
Dr. Esperanto's International Language (L.L. Zamenhof)
Dr. Esperanto's International Language
36
L.L. Zamenhof
The Dumb House (John Burnside)
The Dumb House
37
John Burnside
Easy Travel to Other Planets (Ted Mooney)
Easy Travel to Other Planets
38
Ted Mooney
Eat Your Words: The Definitive Dictionary for the Discerning Diner (Paul Convery)
Eat Your Words: The Definitive Dictionary for the Discerning Diner
39
Paul Convery
The Elements of Eloquence (Mark Forsyth)
The Elements of Eloquence
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Mark Forsyth
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