language – The Staircase Window

Immersion: A Linguist’s Memoir

The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times

Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases

The Dictionary of Lost Words

The Secret Language Of Cats: How to understand your cat for a better, happier relationship

The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle

The Emotionary: A Dictionary of Words That Don’t Exist for Feelings That Do

The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers

Dangerous Jokes: How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor

A Matter of Appearance

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing Is Shocking, Rude, and Fun

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words

Fifty Sounds

Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World

Translating Myself and Others

Arguing for a Better World: How Philosophy Can Help Us Fight for Social Justice

The Language of Emotions (Revised and Updated): What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You

Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts

The Dictionary of Clichés: A Word Lover’s Guide to 4,000 Overused Phrases and Almost-Pleasing Platitudes

Babel: An Arcane History

Romaine Wasn’t Built in a Day: The Delightful History of Food Language

That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories

Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English

9 Wonder Words: A Language for Living Well—Even When All Hell Breaks Loose

Awkword Moments: A Lively Guide to the 100 Terms Smart People Should Know

Greek Lessons

Languages Are Good For Us

The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds

Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn’t Enough

Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing

Just Saying

In Real Life: An English-Spanish Novel in Poems

Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English

Grammar 101: From Split Infinitives to Dangling Participles, an Essential Guide to Understanding Grammar

Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction

Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction

How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—and What It Says About You

The End of the Alphabet

Logic Made Easy: How to Know When Language Deceives You

Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It’s Not What You Say, But How You Say It

Write On, Sisters!: Voice, Courage, and Claiming Your Place at the Table

Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them

Language and Woman’s Place: Text and Commentaries

Writing to Be Understood: What Works and Why

Language and Sexism

The Writer’s Lexicon: Descriptions, Overused Words, and Taboos

Rules for Writers

‘and I Quote…’: A History of Using Other People’s Words

Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side

A Cure For The Common Word: Remedy Your Tired Vocabulary with 3,000 + Vibrant Alternatives to the Most Overused Words

Strange Vernaculars: How Eighteenth-Century Slang, Cant, Provincial Languages, and Nautical Jargon Became English

Words That Change Minds: The 14 Patterns for Mastering the Language of Influence

The Hero Is You: Sharpen Your Focus, Conquer Your Demons, and Become the Writer You Were Born to Be

Very Nice Ways to Say Very Bad Things: The Unusual Book of Euphemisms

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People

Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word

Native Tongue

Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

In Other Words

Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas About Race