The first few books below are highly recommended by us as we have read them ourselves. The rest are also recommended by reputation and a variety of reputable sources. Order your books directly online from Amazon.com via credit card now by using the convenient links alongside.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

• Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
  by Syd Field / Paperback / Published 1984
  One of the most renowned experts on scriptwriting.
  
  
• The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters
  by Christopher Vogler / Paperback / Published 1992
  An inspirational and very useful book that explores the basics of storytelling and their link to our earliest ancestors. A great way to understand character, plot and structure.
  
  
• Successful Scriptwriting
  by Jurgen Wolff & Kerry Cox / Paperback / Published 1988 A straightforward, (very Hollywood) but very practical guide to all aspects of scriptwriting.
  
  
• Adventures in the Screen Trade
  by William Goldman / Paperback / Published 1984
  A classic look at the insane bussiness of writing movies in Hollywood.
  
  
• Faber and Faber Screenplays
  by Various / Paperback
  A stunning range of screenplays of your favourite films.
  

RECOMMENDED

• Making a Good Script Great
  by Linda Seger / Paperback / Published 1994
  
  
• The Screenwriter's Bible : A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script
  by David Trottier / Paperback / Published 1995
   
• Writing Treatments That Sell : How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry
  by Kenneth Atchity, Chi-Li Wong / Paperback / Published 1997
  
  
• Alternative Scriptwriting : Writing Beyond the Rules
  by Ken Dancyger / Paperback / Published 1995
   
• The Elements of Screenwriting : A Guide for Film and Television Writers
  by Irwin R. Blacker / Paperback / Published 1996
  
  
• Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay
  by Andrew Horton / Paperback / Published 1994
   
• The Whole Picture : Strategies for Screenwriting Success in the New Hollywood
  by Richard Walter / Paperback / Published 1997
   
• The Art of Adaptation : Turning Fact and Fiction into Film
  by Linda Seger / Paperback / Published 1992
   
• William Goldman : Four Screenplays With Essays : Marathon Man, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Princess Bride, Misery
  by William Goldman, William Goldman / Paperback / Published 1997
  
  
• Clause by Clause : The Screenwriter's Legal Guide
  by Stephen F. Breimer / Paperback / Published 1995
   
• Star Wars : The Annotated Screenplays
  Laurent Bouzereau (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1997
   
• Opening the Doors to Hollywood : How to Sell Your Idea Story, Book, Screenplay, Manuscript
  by Carlos De Abreu, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
   
• Writing Screenplays That Sell
  by Michael Hauge / Paperback / Published 1991
   
• Story Sense : Writing Story and Script for Feature Films and Television
  by Paul Lucey / Paperback / Published 1996
   
• Screen-Writing Tricks of the Trade
  by William Froug / Paperback / Published 1992
   
• William Goldman : Five Screenplays With Essays : All the President's Men, Magic, Harper, Maverick, the Great Waldo Pepper
  by William Goldman / Hardcover / Published 1997
   
• Backstory 3 : Interviews With Screenwriters of the 1960s (Backstory Series)
  by Patrick McGilligan / Paperback / Published 1997
  
  
• How to Sell Your Screenplay : The Real Rules of Film and Television
  by Carl Sautter / Paperback / Published 1992
   
• American Screenwriters / the Insider's Look at the Art, the Craft, and the Business of Writing Movies
  by Karl Schanzer, Thomas Lee Wright / Paperback / Published 1993
   
• Screenwriters on Screenwriting : The Best in the Business Discuss Their Craft
  by Joel Engel / Paperback / Published 1995
   
• Backstory 2 : Interviews With Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s
  by Pat McGilligan (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1997
   
• Getting Your Script Through the Hollywood Maze : An Insider's Guide
  by Linda Stuart / Paperback / Published 1993
  
  
• The Art of Screenwriting : Story Script Markets
  by William Packard / Paperback / Published 1997
  
  
• Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do? : The Scriptwriter's Resource Book & Agent Guide
  by K. Callan / Paperback / Published 1997
  
  
• The Tools of Screenwriting : A Writer's Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay
  by David Howard, et al / Hardcover / Published 1993
  
  
• Plot
  by Ansen Dibell / Hardcover / Published 1988
  
  
• The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats
  Cole/Haag / Paperback / Published 1989
  
  
• Reel Power
  Mark Litwak / Paperback / Published 1994
  
  
• The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter
  by William Froug / Paperback / Published 1992
  
  
• Thinking In Pictures
  John Sayles / Paperback / Published 1987