Books like English Understand Wool by Helen Dewitt

On Writing blends Stephen King’s memoir with practical guidance, offering a personal look at his path to success and essential lessons for aspiring writers.

A story of teenage girls, friendship, and the future of technology in the 21st century Tokyo.

Anne Shirley: A Teacher's Inspiration in Prince Edward Island, Canada

A practical guide to writing clear, engaging English, grounded in contemporary research from linguistics, cognitive science, and related fields.

Patti Smith blends real and imagined memories from her youth into a lyrical autobiography.

Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are. Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time. Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread.

A coming‑of‑age tale that follows teenage girls as they form bonds over shared love for books in a library setting, weaving in themes of friendship, English literature, and the lives of widowers.

A New York Times‑reviewed coming‑of‑age novel set in San Francisco, following teenage friends as they confront friendship, identity, and the unsettling mystery of a missing person.

Mattie reconnects with her school friends after deciding to leave her self-imposed isolation.