Dictionaries and Thesauri
Book Publishing Industry Standard
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Additional
Capitalization Dictionary by Kathy Ide
The Dictionary of Concise Writing: 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases by Robert Harwell Fiske
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th edition), Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage, Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Merriam-Webster’s Manual for Writers and Editors, Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (online), Merriam-Webster, Inc.
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Roget’s Super Thesaurus by Marc McCutcheon
Roget’s Thesaurus of Phrases by Barbara Ann Kipfer
Webster’s New World College Dictionary (4th edition), Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Style Guides
Articles and Journalism
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, Norm Goldstein, ed.
Book Publishing
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction by Amy J. Schneider
The Chicago Manual of Style (18th edition) or CMOS Online, The University of Chicago Press
Christian Content
The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style (4th edition) by Robert Hudson
General
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr., E. B. White, and Roger Angell
Editing
General
Editing Secrets of Best-Selling Authors by Kathy Ide
Murder of a Manuscript: Writing and Editing Tips to Keep Your Book Out of the Editorial Graveyard by Andrea Merrell
Copyediting
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction by Amy J. Schneider
The Copyeditor’s Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications (3rd edition) by Amy Einsohn
Fiction
General
5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing by C. S. Lakin, Linda S. Clare, Christy Distler, Robin Patchen, and Rachel Starr Thomson
How to Edit Your Novel: Practical Tips for Strengthening Your Story by Karin Beery
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print by Renni Browne and Dave King
Grammar
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O’Conner
Proofreading
Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors by Kathy Ide
Punctuation
Lapsing into a Comma: A Curmudgeon’s Guide to the Many Things that Can Go Wrong in Print—and How to Avoid Them by Bill Walsh