Thanks to the hard work of Margaret Gray, Pamela Waltl and Rosie Rowledge, EMWA’s useful reading list has now been updated. All of the books listed have been recommended in EMWA workshops or in the EMWA journal.
We welcome suggestions of books for inclusion in future lists. Please send details of your suggestions to info@emwa.org with a sentence or two on why you think the book should be included.
Davidson G, editor. Roget’s thesaurus of English words and phrases. Penguin; 2004.
Maxwell C. Dictionary of perfect spelling. 2nd ed. Barrington Stoke; 2005.
New Oxford dictionary for writers and editors. 2nd ed.
The essential A-Z guide to the written word. Oxford University Press; 2005.
Shorter Oxford English dictionary. 6th ed. Oxford University Press; 2007. Sinclair J, editor.
Collins cobuild English language dictionary. 2nd ed. HarperCollins; 1995.
The Chambers dictionary. 11th ed. Chambers; 2008.
The Collins dictionary and thesaurus in one volume. 3rd ed. Collins; 2004.
Dorland’s illustrated medical dictionary. 30th ed. WB Saunders; 2003.
Friedbichler M, Friedbichler I. KWiC web guide to medical English for German-speaking health professionals / Fachwortschatz Medizin Englisch. Sprachtrainer und Fachwörterbuch in einem. Thieme-Verlag; 2007.
Laurence DR, Carpenter JR. A dictionary of pharmacology and allied topics. 2nd ed. Elsevier Science BV; 1998.
Martin EA, editor. Concise medical dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference). 7th ed. Oxford University Press; 2007.
Martin EA. Oxford dictionary for scientific writers and editors. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press; 2009.
Bernstein TM. The careful writer: a modern guide to English usage. Free Press; 1995.
Biber D, Johansson S, Leech GN, et al. Longman grammar of spoken and written English. Pearson Education; 1999.
Burchfield RW. Fowler’s modern English usage. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press; 2004.
Cutts M. Oxford guide to plain English. Oxford University Press; 2004.
Faulkner CW. Writing good sentences. A functional approach to sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation. 3rd ed. Macmillan; 1981.
Firsten R, Killian P. The ELT grammar book. A teacher-friendly reference guide. Alta Book Centre Publishers; 2002.
Gowers E, Greenbaum S, Whitcut J. The complete plain words. 3rd ed. Penguin; 2004.
Hicks W. English for journalists. 3rd ed. Routledge; 2006.
Quirk R, Crystal D. A comprehensive grammar of the English language. Pearson Longman; 1985.
Iverson C, Christiansen S, Flanagin A, et al. AMA manual of style, a guide for authors and editors. 10th ed. Oxford University Press; 2007.
Joshi Y. Communicating in style. The Energy and Resources Institute; 2003.
Scientific style and format. The CBE manual for authors, editors and publishers. 6th ed. Cambridge University Press; 1994.
Strunk W Jr, White EB. The elements of style. 4th ed. Longman; 2000.
The Chicago manual of style. 15th ed. University of Chicago Press; 2003.
Williams JM. Style. Lessons in clarity and grace. 10th ed. Longman; 2010.
Ebel HF, Bliefert C, Russey WE. The art of scientific writing: from student reports to professional publications in chemistry and related fields. 2nd ed. Wiley-VCH; 2002.
Hennessy B. Writing feature articles. 4th ed. Focal Press; 2005.
Klauser H. Writing on both sides of the brain: breakthrough techniques for people who write. HarperCollins; 1987.
O’Connor M. Writing successfully in science. Routledge; 1991.
Webster’s compact writers guide. Merriam-Webster; 1987.
Albert T. Medical journalism. The writer’s guide. Radcliffe Medical Press; 1992.
Albert T. Write effectively—a quick course for busy health workers. Radcliffe; 2008.
Goodman NW, Edwards MB, Black A. Medical writing: a prescription for clarity. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press; 2006.
Grice J. Compliance, codes and communications. A practical guide to pharmaceutical marketing in the UK, with important European insights.Stanford Publishing Limited; 2009. Available from http://www.pharmacodes.com/Pharma-Codes%20Publications.html
Huth EJ. Writing and publishing in medicine. 3rd ed. Williams & Wilkins; 1999.
Rogers SM. Mastering scientific and medical writing. A self-help guide. Springer; 2007.
Schwager E. Medical English usage and abusage. Oryx Press; 1990.
Stuart MC, editor. The complete guide to medical writing. Pharmaceutical Press; 2007.
Wood LF, Foote MA, editors. Targeted regulatory writing techniques: clinical documents for drugs and biologics.
Cargill M, O’Connor P. Writing scientific research articles: strategies and steps. Wiley-Blackwell; 2009.
Day RA, Gatsel B. How to write and publish a scientific paper. 6th ed. Cambridge University Press; 2006.
Fraser J, Fuller L, Hutber G. Creating effective conference abstracts and posters in biomedicine: 500 tips for success. Radcliffe Publishing; 2009.
Hames I. Peer review and manuscript management in scientific journals. Guidelines for good practice. Blackwell, ALPSP; 2007.
Wager E. Getting research published. An A to Z of publication strategy. 2nd ed. Radcliffe Publishing; 2010.
Butcher J, Drake C, Leach M. The Cambridge handbook for editors, copy-editors and proofreaders. 4th ed. Cambridge University Press; 2006.
Hart GJS. Effective onscreen editing: new tools for an old profession. Diaskeuasis Publishing; 2007.
Samson DC, Jr. Editing technical writing. Oxford University Press; 1993.
Stevens M. Subtleties of scientific style. ScienceScape Editing; 2007.
Altman DG. Practical statistics for medical research. Chapman and Hall; 1990.
Campbell MJ, Machin D. Medical statistics, a commonsense approach. 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons; 1999
Lang T, Secic M. How to report statistics in medicine: annotated guidelines for authors, editors, and reviewers. 2nd ed. American College of Physicians; 2006.
MacGregor AJ. Graphics simplified: how to plan and prepare effective charts, graphs, illustrations, and other visual aids. University of Toronto Press; 1978.
Tufte ER. The visual display of quantitative information. 2nd ed. Graphics Press; 2001.
Tufte ER. Envisioning information. 4th ed. Graphics Press; 1990.
Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine. 4th ed. Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.
Kumar P, Clark M. Kumar and Clark’s clinical medicine. 7th ed. Saunders Ltd; 2009.
Longmore M, Wilkinson I, Davidson E, et al. Oxford handbook of clinical medicine. 8th ed. Oxford University Press; 2010.
Medawar C, Hardon A. Medicines out of control? Antidepressants and the conspiracy of goodwill. Aksant Academic Publishers; 2004. Available from www.socialaudit.org.uk
Nataraja S. The blissful brain—neuroscience and proof of the power of meditation. Gaia Books Ltd; 2008.
Evans I, Thornton H, Chalmers I. Testing treatments. Better research for better healthcare. The British Library; 2006.
Friedman LM, Furberg CD, DeMets DL. Fundamentals of clinical trials. 3rd ed. Springer; 1998.
Jadad AR. Randomised controlled trials: a user’s guide. BMJ books; 1998.
Wells F, Farthing M, editors. Fraud and misconduct in biomedical research. 4th ed. Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd; 2008.
Begaud B. Dictionary of pharmacoepidemiology. J Wiley & Sons; c.2000.
Gordis L. Epidemiology. 4th ed. WB Saunders; 2009.
Porta M, Greenland S, Last JM, editors. A dictionary of epidemiology. 4th ed. Oxford University Press; 2000.
Rothman KJ, Lash TL, Greenland S. Modern epidemiology. 3rd ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; c.2008.