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Books for an Amateur Linguist - Page 3

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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Lost in Translation (Ella Frances Sanders)
Lost in Translation
81
Ella Frances Sanders
The Lost Words (Robert MacFarlane)
The Lost Words
82
Robert MacFarlane
Love in English (Maria E. Andreu)
Love in English
83
Maria E. Andreu
Made in America
Made in America
84
The Magical Language of Others (E. J. Koh)
The Magical Language of Others
85
E. J. Koh
The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus (Joshua Kendall)
The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
86
Joshua Kendall
The Maze Game (Diana Reed Slattery)
The Maze Game
87
Diana Reed Slattery
The Meaning of Everything (Simon Winchester)
The Meaning of Everything
88
Simon Winchester
The Meaning of Liff
The Meaning of Liff
89
Memoirs of a Spacewoman (Naomi Mitchison)
Memoirs of a Spacewoman
90
Naomi Mitchison
Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist (Lola Robles)
Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist
91
Lola Robles
The Mother Tongue (Bill Bryson)
The Mother Tongue
92
Bill Bryson
Motherfoclóir: Dispatches From a Not So Dead Language (Darach Ó Séaghdha)
Motherfoclóir: Dispatches From a Not So Dead Language
93
Darach Ó Séaghdha
The Museum of Words (Georgia Blain)
The Museum of Words
94
Georgia Blain
Native Tongue (Suzette Haden Elgin)
Native Tongue
95
Suzette Haden Elgin
New Finnish Grammar (Diego Marani)
New Finnish Grammar
96
Diego Marani
New Words for Old (Caroline Taggart)
New Words for Old
97
Caroline Taggart
Not So Certain (David I. Masson)
Not So Certain
98
David I. Masson
Omnilingual (H. Beam Piper)
Omnilingual
99
H. Beam Piper
Oreo (Fran Ross)
Oreo
100
Fran Ross
On Language (Noam Chomsky)
On Language
101
Noam Chomsky
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English (John H. McWhorter)
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English
102
John H. McWhorter
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Out of the Silent Planet
103
C.S. Lewis
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H.
104
Clarice Lispector
Politics and the English Language. (George Orwell)
Politics and the English Language.
105
George Orwell
Pontypool Changes Everything (Tony Burgess)
Pontypool Changes Everything
106
Tony Burgess
Portuguese Irregular Verbs (Alexander McCall Smith)
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
107
Alexander McCall Smith
The Power of Babel (John McWhorter)
The Power of Babel
108
John McWhorter
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
109
Simon Winchester
Rain Reign (Ann M. Martin)
Rain Reign
110
Ann M. Martin
Reading the Bones (Sheila Finch)
Reading the Bones
111
Sheila Finch
Reading the OED (Ammon Shea)
Reading the OED
112
Ammon Shea
The Return of the Word Spy (Ursula Dubosarsky)
The Return of the Word Spy
113
Ursula Dubosarsky
Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban)
Riddley Walker
114
Russell Hoban
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus (Jen Bryant)
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
115
Jen Bryant
A Rose for Ecclesiastes (Roger Zelazny)
A Rose for Ecclesiastes
116
Roger Zelazny
The Seventh Function of Language (Laurent Binet)
The Seventh Function of Language
117
Laurent Binet
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
118
Neal Stephenson
The Sparrow Duology (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow Duology
119
Mary Doria Russell
Speaking of Murder (Tace Baker)
Speaking of Murder
120
Tace Baker
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