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Books mentioned in How to Become a Professional Writer (Jack Carr Interview)
From How I Write · 2026-07-29
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“year that Hunt for Red October came out, and certainly by sixth grade, age 11,”
“1972's First Blood. So, I'm reading all those at a time when I'm very”
“Savage Son, my third novel. And that's because in the sixth grade I read Most”
“because in the sixth grade I read Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, which”
“heard Steven Pressfield and I I Gates of Fire, Hero of Gates of Fire, Legend of”
“Fire, Hero of Gates of Fire, Legend of Bagger Vance, has a uh series of books”
“on creativity that starts with The War of Art. Incredible guy, dear friend now.”
“happen. My fourth book, The Devil's Hand, I started doing an author's note”
“A Turning Pro, I think it is. And in that one he talks about, "Hey,”
“read Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer, that is a fantastic book that”
“The Successful Novelist by David Morrell. I did read however many Steven”
“Brotherhood of the Rose, Fraternity of the Stone, League of Night and Fog where”
“Brotherhood of the Rose, Fraternity of the Stone, League of Night and Fog where”
“the Stone, League of Night and Fog where he takes the”
“Uh The Spy Who Came in from the Cold moves the genre forward. The Sierra”
“forward. Term Limits, Vince Flynn moves the genre forward. Uh but they're very,”
“the beginning of chapter three of In the Blood.”
“>> True in uh uh Cry Havoc and in uh Red Sky Morning. That's uh there”
“outlier like let's say a 50 Shades of Grey or a Twilight or something like”
“Grey or a Twilight or something like that, that's uh that you're going to”
“geographically for the story in True Believer. And then the third one, I knew”