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Books for an Amateur Linguist - Page 4

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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Spell It Out (David Crystal)
Spell It Out
121
David Crystal
The Stories of English (David Crystal)
The Stories of English
122
David Crystal
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others
123
Ted Chiang
The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
124
Talk, Talk, Talk (Jay Ingram)
Talk, Talk, Talk
125
Jay Ingram
Thats Amore! (Erin McKean, C.J. Moore)
Thats Amore!
126
Erin McKean, C.J. Moore
There Are Tittles in This Title (Michelle Symons)
There Are Tittles in This Title
127
Michelle Symons
Through the Language Glass (Guy Deutscher)
Through the Language Glass
128
Guy Deutscher
Too Like the Lightning (Ada Palmer)
Too Like the Lightning
129
Ada Palmer
The Train From Nowhere (Michel Thaler)
The Train From Nowhere
130
Michel Thaler
A Two-Timer (David I. Masson)
A Two-Timer
131
David I. Masson
The Unfolding of Language (Guy Deutscher)
The Unfolding of Language
132
Guy Deutscher
A Void (Georges Perec)
A Void
133
Georges Perec
Wall Around a Star (Jack Williamson & Frederik Pohl)
Wall Around a Star
134
Jack Williamson & Frederik Pohl
Weeds in the Garden of Words (Kate Burridge)
Weeds in the Garden of Words
135
Kate Burridge
When in French: Love in a Second Language (Lauren Collins)
When in French: Love in a Second Language
136
Lauren Collins
Whipping Star (Frank Herbert)
Whipping Star
137
Frank Herbert
Why Only Us: Language and Evolution (Robert C. Berwick)
Why Only Us: Language and Evolution
138
Robert C. Berwick
The Winds of Time (Chad Oliver)
The Winds of Time
139
Chad Oliver
Word-Bringer (Edward Llewellyn)
Word-Bringer
140
Edward Llewellyn
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Kory Stamper)
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
141
Kory Stamper
Word Drops (Paul Anthony Jones)
Word Drops
142
Paul Anthony Jones
The Word Exchange
The Word Exchange
143
A Word for Every Day of the Year (Steven Poole)
A Word for Every Day of the Year
144
Steven Poole
Word Play: A Cornucopia of Puns, Anagrams and Other Curiosities of the English Language (Gyles Brandreth)
Word Play: A Cornucopia of Puns, Anagrams and Other Curiosities of the English Language
145
Gyles Brandreth
The Word Spy (Ursula Dubosarsky)
The Word Spy
146
Ursula Dubosarsky
Words Words Words (David Crystal)
Words Words Words
147
David Crystal
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (Amanda Montell)
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
148
Amanda Montell
You Say Potato (Ben Crystal and David Crystal)
You Say Potato
149
Ben Crystal and David Crystal
The Zaanics Deceit (Nina Post, David J. Peterson)
The Zaanics Deceit
150
Nina Post, David J. Peterson
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