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Books like English Reader

If you loved English Reader by Lindley Murray, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Motivational & Inspirational, Readers, Language Arts & Disciplines, and Art.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to English Reader.

Sweat the Technique Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius

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Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Language Arts & Disciplines • Art

I Am Grapeful All the Good Thymes I Want to Thank You for

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Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

Over the Top My Story

Jonathan Van Ness

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

Muses

Julia Forster

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

How We Do it Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill

Jericho Brown

Themes: Readers • Language Arts & Disciplines • Art

How to Host a Viking Funeral The Case for Burning Your Regrets, Chasing Your Crazy Ideas, and Becoming the Person You’re Meant to Be

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Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

Legitimate Kid A Memoir

Aida Rodriguez

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

Semicolon The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

Cecelia Watson

Themes: Readers • Language Arts & Disciplines • Art

The Two Paths

John Ruskin

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

#10

Why Design Matters Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People

Debbie Millman

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

#11

A Method of Instruction in Latin Being A Companion and Guide in the Study of Latin Grammar

Joseph Henry Allen

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Language Arts & Disciplines • Self-Help

#12

Synonyms Discriminated A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the English Language, With Descriptions of Their Various Shades of Meaning, and Illustrations of Their Usages and Specialities

Charles John Smith

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Language Arts & Disciplines • Self-Help

#13

The Art of Controversy And Other Posthumous Papers

Arthur Schopenhauer

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Language Arts & Disciplines • Self-Help

#14

Spine Poems An Eclectic Collection of Found Verse for Book Lovers

Annette Dauphin Simon

Themes: Readers • Language Arts & Disciplines • Art

#15

Black Roses Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Women

Harold Green III

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

#16

Why We Fight One Man’s Search for Meaning Inside the Ring

Josh Rosenblatt

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

#17

Don’t Give a Fig Words of Wisdom for When Life Gives You Lemons

Dillon Sprouts

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

#18

The Lay of the Land A Self-Taught Photographer’s Journey to Find Faith, Love, and Happiness

Joe Greer

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

#19

Flowers for Things I Don’t Know How to Say

Tucker Nichols

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

#20

Sauna The Power of Deep Heat — Emma O’Kelly

Emma O'Kelly

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Language Arts & Disciplines • Self-Help

#21

Castles

Maggie Freeman

Themes: Readers • Language Arts & Disciplines • Art

#22

Feel It Out The Guide to Getting in Touch with Your Goals, Your Relationships, and Yourself

Jordan Sondler

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

#23

Speaking with Confidence

Nick Gold

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Language Arts & Disciplines • Self-Help

#24

Cattitude: Your Cat Doesn’t Give a F*** and Neither Should You

Katie Abey

Themes: Motivational & Inspirational • Art • Self-Help

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with English Reader by Lindley Murray. Connected by Motivational & Inspirational, Readers, Language Arts & Disciplines. Authors featured include Rakim, Dillon Sprouts, Jonathan Van Ness, Julia Forster, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.