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Across Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs), Semiotics & Theory, Writing, and Linguistics — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon.

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A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Suppose a Sentence.

The Book of Nonexistent Words

Stefano Massini

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

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

Cecelia Watson

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Semiotics & Theory • Writing

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

Jericho Brown

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

The Best American Travel Writing 2016

Jason Wilson

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

The Best American Sports Writing 2017

Rick Telander

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

The Best American Sports Writing 2015

Glenn Stout

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

The Best American Travel Writing 2019

Alexandra Fuller

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

Mythologies The Complete Edition, in a New Translation

Roland Barthes

Themes: Semiotics & Theory • Linguistics • Essays

Quotation Marks

Marjorie B. Garber

Themes: Semiotics & Theory • Linguistics • Essays

#10

Novelist as a Vocation

Haruki Murakami

Themes: Writing • Linguistics • Essays

#11

The Best American Sports Writing 2019

Charles Patrick Pierce

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#12

Relating Narratives Storytelling and Selfhood

Adriana Cavarero

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Semiotics & Theory • Writing

#13

Writing History, Writing Trauma

Dominick LaCapra

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Semiotics & Theory • Writing

#14

Writing the Successful Thesis and Dissertation Entering the Conversation

Irene L. Clark

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#15

Steering the Craft A Twenty-first Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

Ursula K. Le Guin

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#16

Wordsmithery The Writer’s Craft and Practice

Jayne Steel

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#17

The Brief Penguin Handbook

Lester Faigley

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#18

Rules for the Dance A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse

Mary Oliver

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#19

The Discovery of Poetry A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems

Frances Mayes

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#20

Everyday Use Rhetoric at Work in Reading and Writing

Hephzibah Roskelly

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#21

Brief Handbook for Writers

James F. Howell

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#22

The Best American Travel Writing 2005

Jason Wilson

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#23

The Way We Talk Now Commentaries on Language and Culture from NPR’s “Fresh Air&#8221

Geoffrey Nunberg

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

#24

The Writer’s Options Lessons in Style and Arrangement

Max Morenberg

Themes: Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) • Writing • Linguistics

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs), Semiotics & Theory, Writing — the same threads that run through Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon. Among the authors featured: Stefano Massini, Cecelia Watson, Jericho Brown, Jason Wilson, and others.

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