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 anotherfor
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.
0495913995

Harbrace Guide to Writing. Concise edition. Cheryl Glenn, 2nd ed., Cengage, 2012.

9780205723997 The World of Writing: A Guide. Mangelsdorf, Kate & Posey, Pearson, 2011.
9781111840549 The Composition of Everyday Life. Brief edition. Mauk and Metz, 4th, Cengage,
2013.
9781133311195 The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing, 4th ed., Mauk and Metz,
Cengage, 2013.
9780073405926 The McGraw-Hill Guide. Roen, Glau & Maid, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2013.
9780205721481 The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. Ramage & Bean, 6th ed., Pearson, 2012.
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.
9780205223312 Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond. Faigley, 3rd ed., Pearson, 2012.
9781428205062 The Pop Culture Zone: Writing Critically About Popular Culture. Smith, Allison D.,
Trixie G. Smith, and Stacia Rigney Watkins, Boston: Wadsworth/Cengage, 2009.

9780312412159 Joining the Conversation: Writing in College and Beyond. Palmquist, Bedford/St.
Martins
9780205210084 Writing Today. Johnson-Sheehan, Richard, and Charles Paine, Boston, Pearson, 2nd
2013.
9780393919561 The Norton Field Guide to Writing. Bullock. 3rd ed. W.W. Norton, 2013.
9780312603199 The Academic Writer, A Brief Guide. Ede. Bedford/St. Martins, 2nd ed., 2011.
OPTIONAL READERS FOR WAC 101, ENG 101, ENG 105:
9780312647001 Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers. Maasik &
Solomon, 7th ed., Bedford/St. Martins 2012.
9780312476687 Remix: Reading and Composing Culture. Latterell, 2nd ed., Bedford/St. Martins,
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:

0312650698 The Structure of Argument. Rottenberg and Winchell, 7th ed., Bedford/St. Martins
2012.
9781428230729 The Purposeful Argument. Phillips/Bostian, Cengage, 2012.
9780840027757 Inventing Arguments. John Mauk and John Metz., 3rd ed, Cengage, 2013.
0321246535

Critical Situations: A Rhetoric for Writing in Communities. Crowley, Pearson, 2008.

9780205171637 Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric With Readings. Ramage, 9th ed., Pearson, 2012.
9780205171569 Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric With Readings. Brief Edition. Ramage, 9th ed.,
Pearson, 2012.
9781457606045 Everythings an Argument With Readings. Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz & Walters, 6th ed.,
Bedford/St. Martins, 2013.

9781457606069 Everythings an Argument. Brief Edition. Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz & Walters, 6th
ed., Bedford/St. Martins, 2013.
9780073405933 Read, Reason, Write: An Argument Text and Reader, Seylor, 10th ed., McGrawHill, 2012.
ENG 105
Select from any of the ENG 101 or ENG 102 textbooks.

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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. Martins Guide to Writing. Axelrod and Cooper, 10th ed., Bedford/St.
Martins, 2013.
9780312625399 The St. Martins Guide to Writing. Axelrod and Cooper, 9th ed., Bedford/St. Martins,
shrink-wrapped with Sticks and Stones and Other Student Essays. Barkley, Axelrod and
Cooper, 7th ed., Bedford/St. Martins 2010.
9780312607616 Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide. Axelrod and Cooper, 9th ed.
Bedford/St. Martins, 2011.
9781111840549 The Composition of Everyday Life. Brief edition. Mauk and Metz, 4th ed., Cengage,
2013.
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. Martins Guide to Writing. Axelrod and Cooper, 10th ed., Bedford/St.
Martins, 2013.
9780312625399 The St. Martins Guide to Writing. Axelrod and Cooper, 9th ed., Bedford/St. Martins,
shrink-wrapped with Sticks and Stones and Other Student Essays. Barkley, Axelrod and
Cooper, 7th ed., Bedford/St. Martins, 2010.
9780312607616 Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide. Axelrod and Cooper, 9th ed.
Bedford/St. Martins, 2011.
9780312601539 The Bedford Guide for College Writers. Kennedy, Kennedy, Muth, and Holladay,
9th ed. Bedford/St. Martins, 2013.
9780205171569 Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric With Readings. Brief Edition. Ramage, 9th ed.,
Pearson, 2012.
9781111840549 The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing. (Brief 4th Edition). Mauk and
Metz, Cengage, 2013.
9780321533715 To the Point: Reading and Writing Short Arguments. Gilbert H. Muller and Harvey S.
Wiener, 2nd ed., Pearson, 2009.
0840027753 Inventing Arguments. John Mauk and John Metz., 3rd ed., Cengage, 2012 (with MLA
updates).
9781111834609 Writing in the Works. Susan Blau and Kathryn Burak, 3rd ed., Cengage, 2013.

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ENG 215: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:

9780205020690 Real Texts. Ward and Vander Lei, 2nd ed., Pearson, 2011.
0321338081

Researching and Writing Across the Curriculum. Hult, 3rd ed., Pearson, 2006.

9780073383941 The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Muller, 11th ed., McGrawHill, 2011.
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:

9780205000937 Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments. Faigley & Selzer, 5th ed., Pearson,
2011.

978020512640 Good Reasons: Researching and Writing Effective Arguments. Faigley & Selzer,
5th ed., Pearson, 2011.
0321453271 The Craft of Argument with Readings. Williams, Columb, DErrico, 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:
0321088190

A Civil Word: A Contemporary Issues Reader, Pearson, 2003.

0312260083

Writing the World: Reading and Writing about Issues of the Day, Cooper and
MacDonald, Bedford/St. Martins, 2000.

ENG 217: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RHETORICS:

031244706X Creating Nonfiction. Becky Broadway and Douglas Hesse, Bedford/St. Martins,
2009.
1428231056 Creative Nonfiction. Eileen Pollack, Cengage, 2010.
0072512784 Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction. Miller & Paola, McGraw-Hill,
2004.
ENG 218

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9780321829177 Literature for Composition. Barnet, 10th ed., Pearson, 2014.

ENG 301

1111834792 Successful Writing at Work. Kolin, 10th ed., Cengage, 2012.

9780312679484 Technical Communication. Markel, 10th ed., Bedford/St. Martins, 2012.
9780132539555 Business Communication Today. Bovee, Thill & Schatzman, 11th ed., Pearson, 2012.
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.
0130550728

Technical and Professional Writing: Solving Problems at Work. Kennedy &

Montgomery, Pearson, 2002.

9780205171194 Technical Communication Today. Johnson-Sheehan, 4th ed., Pearson, 2012.

ENG 302
9780132539555 Business Communication Today. Bovee, Thill & Schatzman, 11th ed., Pearson, 2012.
9780132719049 Excellence in Business Communication. Bovee & Thill, 10th ed., Pearson, 2013.
9781111821227 Essentials of Business Communication. Guffey. 9th ed., Thomson, 2013.
0538466251 Business Communication Process and Product. Guffey, 7th ed., Thomson 2011.
9781439080153 Business Communication. Krizan, Merrier, Logan & Williams, 8th ed., Thomson,
2011.
9780324782172 Business Communication with Teams Handbook. Lehman & DuFrene, 16th ed.,
Thomson, 2011.
9780073377797 Business Communication: Making Connections in a Digital World. Lesikar, Flatley &
Rentz, 12th ed., McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2011.
9781111533168 Contemporary Business Communications. Ober, 8th ed., Cengage, 2013.
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.

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