The Portable Curmudgeon by Jon Winokur A nice little quote book, more for reading than reference. It is organized by subject, with lots of interviews with living curmudgeons and biographies of dead ones, and a one-page list of World Class Curmudgeons, including W. C. Fields, Groucho Marx, Dorothy Parker, Fran Lebowitz and Mike Royko. Highly recommended. [More Quotation Books for Reading]
The Dictionary of Cliches by James Rogers Lists and explains all of those run-of-the-mill, garden-variety phrases we know as cliches. Whether you're a writer or speaker trying to learn how to avoid using cliches, or a space alien trying to fit into Earth society, you'll find this book invaluable. [More Other Reference Books]
