Self-help · Similar reads
Books like Save the Cat
The best books like Save the Cat are Bird by Bird, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, and Building a StoryBrand. Save the Cat by Blake Snyder is about screenwriting, storytelling, structure. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Bird by Bird
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Anne Lamott · Self-help
Bird by Bird is Anne Lamott's guide to writing and the creative life, grown from a course she taught at UC Davis and developed over years of writing novels, essays, and journalism.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King · Memoir
On Writing is Stephen King's memoir of the writing life combined with a practical toolkit for writers.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - Building a StoryBrand
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Donald Miller · Business
Building a StoryBrand is Donald Miller's argument that most companies fail at marketing because they communicate from the wrong perspective.
Both dig into storytelling.
Read the summary → - The War of Art
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Steven Pressfield · Self-help
The War of Art is Steven Pressfield's short, blunt manual for anyone who creates — or wants to create — and finds themselves blocked, procrastinating, or unable to start.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - Adventures in the Screen Trade
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Adventures in the Screen Trade
William Goldman · Memoir
William Goldman wrote Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, Marathon Man, and The Princess Bride, among many others.
Shares screenwriting and storytelling with Save the Cat.
Read the summary → - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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George Saunders · Philosophy
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is George Saunders's account of the graduate fiction workshop he has taught at Syracuse for over twenty years, organized around seven stories by Tolstoy, Chekhov, Turgenev, and Gogol.
Shares storytelling and craft with Save the Cat.
Read the summary → - On Directing Film
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David Mamet · Philosophy
On Directing Film is David Mamet's account of lectures he gave at Columbia University's film school, transcribed and lightly edited into a short, blunt book about the craft of directing.
Shares storytelling and craft with Save the Cat.
Read the summary → - Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques
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Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques
Valérie Filiou · Self-help
Abstract Painting is a practical handbook for painters who want to move beyond representation and learn to work with color, form, and gesture on their own terms.
Both dig into creative process.
Read the summary → - Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers
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Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers
Dennis DeSantis · Self-help
Making Music is Dennis DeSantis's catalog of seventy-four specific problems that electronic music producers encounter, paired with concrete strategies for addressing each one.
Both dig into creative process.
Read the summary → - On Writing Well
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William Zinsser · Self-help
On Writing Well is William Zinsser's case that good nonfiction writing is not a talent you either have or don't, but a craft built on a small number of learnable principles — most of them reducible to the instruction to cut.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - Refactoring UI
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Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger · Self-help
Refactoring UI is a self-published book by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger, both of whom built their audiences through Twitter by posting before-and-after UI redesigns.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - Steal Like an Artist
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Austin Kleon · Self-help
Steal Like an Artist is Austin Kleon's short, illustrated guide to the creative process, built around the premise that nothing is truly original — all creative work is built from and inspired by what came before.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary →
Books like Save the Cat: quick answers
What are the best books like Save the Cat?
The best books like Save the Cat by Blake Snyder are Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Save the Cat, such as screenwriting, storytelling, structure.
What should I read after Save the Cat?
A natural next read after Save the Cat is Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. Both dig into craft. Other strong choices are On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.
What books are similar to Save the Cat by Blake Snyder?
Save the Cat centers on screenwriting, storytelling, structure. Books with a similar feel include Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
