Books of Influence

Someone recently asked me if there are books on journaling.

Yes, a lot of them. If you search your local library you'll get hundreds of titles. If you search amazon.com you'll get thousands of titles.

Below are books I've read on journaling and writing that are classic writing books, as well as the best journaling books and exercises I've come across.

A Way Without Words: A Guide for Spiritually Emerging Adults: Marcia Sinetar

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life; Anne Lamott

Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries; Thomas Mallon

Complete Idiot's Guide to Journaling; Joan R. Neubauer

Elements of Style; William Strunk, Jr.

Idea Catcher: An Inspiring Journal for Writers; Story Press

Journal Keeping: Writing for Spiritual Growth; Luann Budd

Journal Keeping: Exploring a Great Spiritual Practice; Carl J. Koch

Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Spiritual Growth--Open the Door to Self-Understanding by Writing, Reading, and Creating a Journal of Your Life; Kathleen Adams

Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest, Christina Bladwin

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft; Stephen King

On Writing Well; William Zinsser

Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions; James W. Pennebaker

Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us; Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

Storycatcher: Making Sense of our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story; Christina Baldwin

Way of the Journal: A Journal Therapy Workbook for Healing; Kathleen Adams

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within; Natalie Goldberg

Writing for Emotional Balance: A Guided Journal to Help You Manage Overwhelming Emotions; Beth Jacobs

Writing to be Whole: A Healing Journal; Eddie Ensley

Writing Without the Muse; Beth Joselow

Journals and diaries I've read
Burn Journals; Brent Runyon
Diana's Diary: An Intimate Portrait of the Princess of Wales; Andrew Morton
Diary of a Fat Housewife: A True Story of Humor, Heartbreak, and Hope; Rosemary Green
Diary of an Exercise Addict; Peach Friedman
Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl; edited by Pierre Haski
Diary of a Young Girl; Anne Frank
Everyday Matters: A New York Diary; Danny Gregory
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them; the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
Go Ask Alice; Anonymous
IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq
Journal of a Solitude; May Sarton
Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982; Joyce Carol Oates
Journals of Rachel Scott: A Journey of Faith at Columbine High; Beth Nimmo, Debra K. Klingsport
Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon; edited by Kathy Eldon
1000 Journals Project; Someguy, foreward by Kevin Kelly
The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal; Lily Koppel
Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself; Sabrina Ward Harrison
Thanksgiving: An AIDS Journal; Elizabeth Cox
Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America; Mike Yankoski
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey; Lillian Schlissel
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo; Zlata Filipović

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