WRITING PROGRAMS TEXTBOOKS
This is a list of commonly used textbooks in Writing Programs. Faculty Associates and Teaching
Assistants/Associates who have either more than three (3) years teaching experience at ASU in
Writing Programs courses, or nine (9) or more graduate-level hours of rhetoric/composition
courses (including the TA Seminar) may choose their own textbooks. Please note that it is Writing
Programs policy that all classes use a rhetoric. If you choose to use a reader, you must also use a
rhetoric. All textbooks must meet the goals and objectives of the Writing Programs.
Please note that Writing Programs requires the use of non-fiction readings only. Even though
some of the textbooks on this “approved” list include works of imaginative literature, do not use or
assign those texts in a Writing Programs class.
Please also note that books approved to be used in one course should not be used in another—for
example, a book used in ENG 216 should not be used in ENG 102 and vice versa.
WAC 101, ENG 101: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:
9780205834464 The World Is A Text: Writing, Reading, and Thinking About Visual and Popular
Culture. Silverman/Rader, 4th ed., Pearson, 2012.
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Harbrace Guide to Writing. Concise edition. Cheryl Glenn, 2nd ed., Cengage, 2012.
9780205723997 The World of Writing: A Guide. Mangelsdorf, Kate & Posey, Pearson, 2011.
9781305092099 The Composition of Everyday Life. Brief edition. Mauk and Metz, 5th, Cengage,
2016.
9781305081581 The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing, 5th ed., Mauk and Metz,
Cengage, 2016.
9780073405926 The McGraw-Hill Guide. Roen, Glau & Maid, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2013.
9780321914224 The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. Ramage & Bean, 7th ed., Pearson, 2015.
9780205211258 Reading Culture: Contexts for Critical Reading and Writing. George, 8th Ed.
Pearson, 2012.
9780393919578 The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. Bullock. 3rd ed., W.W. Norton,
2013.
9780205235773 The Curious Writer. Bruce Ballenger, 4th ed., Pearson, 2013.
9780321993809 Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond. Faigley, 4th ed., Pearson, 2016.
9780840028433 The Pop Culture Zone: Writing Critically About Popular Culture. Smith/Smith, 2nd
ed., Wadsworth/Cengage, 2015.
9781457653162 Joining the Conversation: A Guide For Writers. Palmquist, Bedford/St. Martins, 2nd
ed., 2014.
9780321984654 Writing Today. Johnson-Sheehan, Richard, and Charles Paine, Boston, Pearson, 3rd
2016.
9780393919561 The Norton Field Guide to Writing. Bullock. 3rd ed. W.W. Norton, 2013.
9781457632631 The Academic Writer, A Brief Guide. Ede. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 3rd ed., 2013.
9781319030711 Joining the Conversation at ASU: A Guide For Writers.(Custom) Palmquist,
Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2nd ed., 2015.
OPTIONAL READERS FOR WAC 101, ENG 101, ENG 105:
9781457670251 Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers. Maasik &
Solomon, 8th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s 2015.
9780312476687 Remix: Reading and Composing Culture. Latterell, 2nd ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s,
2010.
9780205171781 Common Culture Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture. Petracca and
Sorapure, 7th ed., Pearson, 2012.
ENG 102: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:
9781457662355 The Structure of Argument. Rottenberg and Winchell, 8th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s
2015.
9781285438054 The Purposeful Argument. Phillips/Bostian, 2nd ed., Cengage, 2015.
9781305092143 Inventing Arguments. John Mauk and John Metz., 4th ed, Cengage, 2016.
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Critical Situations: A Rhetoric for Writing in Communities. Crowley, Pearson, 2008.
9780321906731 Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric With Readings. Ramage, 10th ed., Pearson, 2016.
9780321964274 Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric With Readings. Brief Edition. Ramage, 10th ed.,
Pearson, 2016.
9781457606045 Everything’s an Argument With Readings. Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz & Walters, 6th ed.,
Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013.
9781457606069 Everything’s an Argument. Brief Edition. Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz & Walters, 6th
ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013.
9780078036217 Read, Reason, Write: An Argument Text and Reader, Seylor, 11th ed., McGrawHill, 2016.
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ENG 105
Select from any of the ENG 101 or ENG 102 textbooks.
WAC 107, ENG 107: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:
9780205723997 The World of Writing: A Guide. Mangelsdorf, Kate & Posey, Pearson, 2011.
9781457604423 The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing. Axelrod and Cooper, 10th ed., Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2013.
9781457654152 The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing. Axelrod and Cooper, 10th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s,
shrink-wrapped with Sticks and Stones and Other Student Essays. Barkley, Axelrod and
Cooper, 8th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s 2013 (1457612623 Sticks & Stones by itself).
9781457638947 Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide. Axelrod and Cooper, 10th ed.
Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2014.
9781305092099 The Composition of Everyday Life. Brief edition. Mauk and Metz, 5th ed., Cengage,
2016.
9780205235773 The Curious Writer. Bruce Ballenger, 4th ed., Pearson, 2013.
9781111834609 Writing in the Works. Susan Blau and Kathryn Burak. 3rd ed., Cengage, 2013.
ENG 108: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:
9780205723997 The World of Writing: A Guide. Mangelsdorf, Kate & Posey, Pearson, 2011.
9781457604423 The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing. Axelrod and Cooper, 10th ed., Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2013.
9781457654152 The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing. Axelrod and Cooper, 10th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s,
shrink-wrapped with Sticks and Stones and Other Student Essays. Barkley, Axelrod and
Cooper, 8th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013 (1457612623 Sticks & Stones by itself).
9781457638947 Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide. Axelrod and Cooper, 10th ed.
Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2014.
9780312601539 The Bedford Guide for College Writers. Kennedy, Kennedy, Muth, and Holladay,
9th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013.
9780321964274 Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric With Readings. Brief Edition. Ramage, 10th ed.,
Pearson, 2016.
9781305092099 The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing. (Brief 5th Edition). Mauk and
Metz, Cengage, 2016.
9780321533715 To the Point: Reading and Writing Short Arguments. Gilbert H. Muller and Harvey S.
Wiener, 2nd ed., Pearson, 2009.
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9781305092143 Inventing Arguments. John Mauk and John Metz., 4th ed., Cengage, 2016 (with
MLA and APA updates).
9781111834609 Writing in the Works. Susan Blau and Kathryn Burak, 3rd ed., Cengage, 2013.
ENG 215: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:
9780205020690 Real Texts. Ward and Vander Lei, 2nd ed., Pearson, 2011.
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Researching and Writing Across the Curriculum. Hult, 3rd ed., Pearson, 2006.
9780073405988 The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Muller, 12th ed., McGrawHill, 2014.
9780321179746 Academic Writing: Genres, Samples, and Resources. Mulvaney & Jolliffe, Pearson
2005.
OPTIONAL READER FOR ENG 215:
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Academic Communities/Disciplinary Conventions. Beedles and Petracca, Pearson, 2001.
ENG 216: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:
9780321900210 Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments. Faigley & Selzer, 6th ed., Pearson,
2014.
9780321906748 Good Reasons: Researching and Writing Effective Arguments. Faigley & Selzer,
6th ed., Pearson, 2014.
0321453271 The Craft of Argument with Readings. Williams, Columb, D’Errico, and Tracey, 3rd ed.,
Pearson, 2007.
9780073383842 The Aims of Argument, A Brief Guide. Crusius, 7th ed., McGraw Hill, 2011.
OPTIONAL READERS FOR ENG 216:
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A Civil Word: A Contemporary Issues Reader, Pearson, 2003.
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Writing the World: Reading and Writing about Issues of the Day, Cooper and
MacDonald, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2000.
ENG 217: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:
031244706X Creating Nonfiction. Becky Broadway and Douglas Hesse, Bedford/St. Martins,
2009.
9781428231054 Creative Nonfiction. Eileen Pollack, Cengage, 2010.
9781121740945 Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction. Miller & Paola, McGraw-Hill,
2004.
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ENG 218
9780321829177 Literature for Composition. Barnet, 10th ed., Pearson, 2014.
ENG 301
9781111834791 Successful Writing at Work. Kolin, 10th ed., Cengage, 2012.
9781457673375 Technical Communication. Markel, 11th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2015.
9780133867558 Business Communication Today. Bovee, Thill & Schatzman, 13th ed., Pearson, 2016.
9781133309819 Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach. Anderson, 8th ed.,
Heinle/Thomson, 2013.
9780321864949 Technical Communication: Process and Product. Gerson & Gerson, 8th ed., Pearson,
2014.
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Technical and Professional Writing: Solving Problems at Work. Kennedy &
Montgomery, Pearson, 2002.
9780321980250 Technical Communication Today. Johnson-Sheehan, 5th ed., Pearson, 2014.
ENG 302
9780133867558 Business Communication Today. Bovee, Thill & Schatzman, 13th ed., Pearson, 2016.
9780133544176 Excellence in Business Communication. Bovee & Thill, 11th ed., Pearson, 2014.
9780133806878 Excellence in Business Communication. Bovee & Thill, 11th ed., Pearson, 2014.
(Includes Student Access Kit for MyBCommLab ($5))
9781285858913 Essentials of Business Communication. Guffey. 10th ed., Cengage, 2015.
9781285094069 Business Communication Process and Product. Guffey & Loewy, 8th ed., Cengage,
2015.
9781439080153 Business Communication. Krizan, Merrier, Logan & Williams, 8th ed., Cengage,
2011.
9780324782172 Business Communication with Teams Handbook. Lehman & DuFrene, 16th ed.,
Thomson, 2011.
9780073403212 Business Communication: Making Connections in a Digital World. Lesikar, Flatley &
Rentz, 13th ed., McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2014.
978285187044 Contemporary Business Communications. Newman, 9th ed., Cengage, 2015.
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HANDBOOKS:
Any soft cover, spiral bound handbook is acceptable.
Please note: If you ask your students to purchase a handbook, please allow students to use a
handbook they already own, rather than making them purchase another.
Updated October 9, 2015
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