Storytelling Books

Bowles, Meg, et al. How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from the Moth. Crown, 2022. 

Cron, Lisa. Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence. Ten Speed Press, 2012.

Dicks, Matthew. Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling. New World Library, 2018.

Eber, Karen. The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire. Harper Horizon, 2023.

Gottschall, Jonathan. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.

Hart, Jack. Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction. University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Letiman, Margot. Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You’ll Ever Need. Sasquatch Books, 2015.

Lopate, Phillip. To Show and To Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction. Free Press, 2013.

Packer, Laura S. From Audience to Zeal: The ABCs of Finding, Crafting, and Telling a Great Story. The Small-Tooth Dog Publishing Group, 2019.

Saunders, George. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life. Random House, 2021.

Storr, Will. The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. Abrams Press, 2020

Truby, John. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. Faber & Faber, 2007.

Walsh, John. The Art of Storytelling: Easy Steps to Presenting an Unforgettable Story. Moody Publishers, 2014.

Warren, Liz. The Oral Tradition Today: An Introduction to the Art of Storytelling. Pearson Learning Solutions, 2008.