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Books for an Amateur Linguist - Page 2

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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Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea
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Mark Dunn
Embassytown (China Miéville)
Embassytown
42
China Miéville
The Embedding - Ian Watson (1973)
The Embedding - Ian Watson (1973)
43
Empires of the Word (Nicholas Ostler)
Empires of the Word
44
Nicholas Ostler
The Etymologicon (Mark Forsyth)
The Etymologicon
45
Mark Forsyth
Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau)
Exercises in Style
46
Raymond Queneau
The Fall of Language in the Age of English (Minae Mizumura)
The Fall of Language in the Age of English
47
Minae Mizumura
Feersum Endjinn (Iain M. Banks)
Feersum Endjinn
48
Iain M. Banks
The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left (David Crystal)
The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left
49
David Crystal
Gadsby (Ernest Vincent Wright)
Gadsby
50
Ernest Vincent Wright
A Garden of Words (Martha Barnette)
A Garden of Words
51
Martha Barnette
Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language (Robert McCrum)
Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language
52
Robert McCrum
The Grammarians (Cathleen Schine)
The Grammarians
53
Cathleen Schine
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language (Geoffrey K. Pullum)
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
54
Geoffrey K. Pullum
The Greeks Had a Word for It (Andrew Taylor)
The Greeks Had a Word for It
55
Andrew Taylor
The Guild of Xenolinguists (Sheila Finch)
The Guild of Xenolinguists
56
Sheila Finch
Hellspark (Janet Kagan)
Hellspark
57
Janet Kagan
History in English Words (Owen Barfield's)
History in English Words
58
Owen Barfield's
The Horologicon (Mark Forsyth)
The Horologicon
59
Mark Forsyth
How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die (David Crystal)
How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die
60
David Crystal
Hunter of Worlds (C.J. Cherryh)
Hunter of Worlds
61
C.J. Cherryh
In the Land of Invented Languages (Arika Okrent)
In the Land of Invented Languages
62
Arika Okrent
The Information (James Gleick)
The Information
63
James Gleick
Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
64
Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat (Caroline Taggart)
Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat
65
Caroline Taggart
Language (Daniel Everett)
Language
66
Daniel Everett
Language and Mind (Noam Chomsky)
Language and Mind
67
Noam Chomsky
The Language Construction Kit (Mark Rosenfelder)
The Language Construction Kit
68
Mark Rosenfelder
The Language Imperative (Suzette Haden Elgin)
The Language Imperative
69
Suzette Haden Elgin
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Stephen Pinker)
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
70
Stephen Pinker
The Languages of Pao (Jack Vance)
The Languages of Pao
71
Jack Vance
Language Play (David Crystal)
Language Play
72
David Crystal
Language Visible: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet A to Z (David Sacks)
Language Visible: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet A to Z
73
David Sacks
The Last of the Vostyachs (Diego Marani)
The Last of the Vostyachs
74
Diego Marani
Lexicon (Max Barry)
Lexicon
75
Max Barry
The Library of Babel (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Library of Babel
76
Jorge Luis Borges
Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe (Gaston Dorren)
Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
77
Gaston Dorren
Lobcocks and Fartleberries (Francis Grose)
Lobcocks and Fartleberries
78
Francis Grose
Looking Through Lace (Ruth Nestvold)
Looking Through Lace
79
Ruth Nestvold
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (Iona and Peter Opie)
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
80
Iona and Peter Opie
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