The Economist Style Guide, Eighth Edition (The Economist Series)

Rating:
Summary: A useful reference
Review: A useful reference, well written of course, a bit humourous in spots, authoritative. Recommended.

Rating:
Summary: Style guidance at its best
Review: Simple. Straightforward. Writing instruction as you would expect from perhaps the best magazine on the planet. Clear, concise, to the point. If you want to write well, then buy this book.

Rating:
Summary: depends
Review: The usefulness of this volume will depend both on your target
audience and on your "native" English (Oxford or American).
If you are a scientist writing papers in American English,
the book will be of limited value since some of the "no-noes"
of the Economist Style Guide (e.g. writing in the passive
voice) are accepted conventions of the genre, and some of the
usage recommendations are specific to Oxford English. By the
same token, the volume will be quite helpful when writing
documents addressing a general audience in the UK, Canada, or "down under".