Start with high-confidence screenwriting books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000
Bret Stern
Story
Robert McKee
How to Write a Damn Good Thriller
James N. Frey
The Anatomy of Genres
John Truby
Essentials of Screenwriting
Richard Walter
Scriptnotes
John August, Craig Mazin
The Anatomy of Story
How to Write for Television
Madeline Dimaggio
The Art of Dramatic Writing
Lajos Egri
The Truman Show
Andrew Niccol
American Beauty
Alan Ball, Sam Mendes
Adaptation
Charlie Kaufman, Robert McKee
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
Story Structure Architect
Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Story Engineering
Larry Brooks
