Zen in the Art of Writing

#21 in Essays

Zen in the Art of Writing

Ray Bradbury

First published 1990Original language EN

7.97.9 / 10
Score out of 1086 ratingsConfidence 37%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#21 of 30 in Essays ahead of 31% of the category
176
Pages
about 3 h
Reading time

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About the book

Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity is a collection of essays by Ray Bradbury and published in 1990. The unifying theme is Bradbury's love for writing.

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Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.7 across 86 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 37% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Essays average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library7.39 11%
Hardcover7.777 90%

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It has 176 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Essays.

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