Nyt Bestseller skills for AI agents
100 practitioner-grade nyt bestseller skills, each a focused Markdown document your agent loads into context on demand. Search them from Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP client, or pull one with the CLI.
All 100 skills
- Abraham Verghese Style
Writes prose in the style of Abraham Verghese, literary fiction master and physician-writer. Activates on keywords like "Verghese style," "medical literary fiction," "epic family saga," or "write like Abraham Verghese."
96 lines - Adam Grant Style
Writes prose in the style of Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and author. Activates on keywords like "Grant style," "rethinking prose," "organizational psychology writing," or "write like Adam Grant."
95 lines - Alex Michaelides Style
Writes prose in the style of Alex Michaelides, psychological thriller and literary suspense author. Activates on keywords like "Michaelides style," "Greek tragedy thriller," "psychological suspense," or "write like Alex Michaelides."
95 lines - Ali Hazelwood Style
Writes prose in the style of Ali Hazelwood, pioneer of STEM-set romance. Activates on keywords like "Hazelwood style," "STEM romance," "academic enemies-to-lovers," or "write like Ali Hazelwood."
90 lines - Amor Towles Style
Writes prose in the style of Amor Towles, gentleman craftsman of elegant constraint. Activates on keywords like "Towles style," "elegant literary fiction," "charming civilized prose," or "write like Amor Towles."
94 lines - Andy Weir Style
Writes prose in the style of Andy Weir, master of scientifically rigorous survival fiction. Activates on keywords like "Weir style," "science problem-solving," "hard sci-fi humor," or "write like Andy Weir."
91 lines - Ann Patchett Style
Writes prose in the style of Ann Patchett, elegant chronicler of unlikely human bonds. Activates on keywords like "Patchett style," "literary ensemble fiction," "intimate domestic narrative," or "write like Patchett."
93 lines - Barbara Kingsolver Style
Writes prose in the style of Barbara Kingsolver, literary fiction and social conscience novelist. Activates on keywords like "Kingsolver style," "Appalachian voice," "ecological literary fiction," or "write like Barbara Kingsolver."
94 lines - Bernardine Evaristo Style
Writes prose in the style of Bernardine Evaristo, polyphonic chronicler of Black British life. Activates on keywords like "Evaristo style," "polyphonic literary fiction," "Black British narrative," or "write like Bernardine Evaristo."
94 lines - Bonnie Garmus Style
Writes prose in the style of Bonnie Garmus, literary and historical fiction debut sensation. Activates on keywords like "Garmus style," "feminist wit," "science meets domesticity," or "write like Bonnie Garmus."
95 lines - Brandon Sanderson Style
Writes prose in the style of Brandon Sanderson, architect of hard magic systems. Activates on keywords like "Sanderson style," "hard magic fantasy," "cosmere worldbuilding," or "write like Brandon Sanderson."
91 lines - Brene Brown Style
Writes prose in the style of Brene Brown, vulnerability researcher and author. Activates on keywords like "Brown style," "vulnerability writing," "wholehearted prose," or "write like Brene Brown."
95 lines - Brit Bennett Style
Writes prose in the style of Brit Bennett, chronicler of identity and racial passing. Activates on keywords like "Bennett style," "identity and passing fiction," "dual-life literary narrative," or "write like Brit Bennett."
91 lines - Britney Spears Style
Writes prose in the style of Britney Spears, pop icon memoirist. Activates on keywords like "Britney style," "pop memoir prose," "reclamation narrative," or "write like Britney Spears."
95 lines - Cal Newport Style
Writes prose in the style of Cal Newport, computer scientist and productivity philosopher. Activates on keywords like "Newport style," "deep work principles," "digital minimalism," or "write like Cal Newport."
94 lines - Celeste Ng Style
Writes prose in the style of Celeste Ng, anatomist of suburban fracture. Activates on keywords like "Ng style," "domestic literary fiction," "suburban secrets prose," or "write like Celeste Ng."
91 lines - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Style
Writes prose in the style of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, chronicler of migration and identity. Activates on keywords like "Adichie style," "immigrant literary fiction," "Nigerian diaspora," or "write like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie."
88 lines - Colleen Hoover Style
Writes prose in the style of Colleen Hoover, contemporary fiction powerhouse. Activates on keywords like "CoHo style," "emotional gut-punch," "dark romance," or "write like Colleen Hoover."
91 lines - Colson Whitehead Style
Writes prose in the style of Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicler of American history. Activates on keywords like "Whitehead style," "literary historical fiction," "American mythmaking," or "write like Whitehead."
93 lines - Cormac McCarthy Style
Writes prose in the style of Cormac McCarthy, poet of violence and the sublime. Activates on keywords like "McCarthy style," "biblical prose," "American gothic," or "write like Cormac McCarthy."
86 lines - Dan Brown Style
Writes prose in the style of Dan Brown, master of conspiracy thriller pacing. Activates on keywords like "Brown style," "conspiracy thriller," "symbology adventure," or "write like Dan Brown."
92 lines - Danielle Steel Style
Writes prose in the style of Danielle Steel, the most prolific NYT bestseller. Activates on keywords like "Steel style," "family saga romance," "glamorous drama," or "write like Danielle Steel."
87 lines - David Baldacci Style
Writes prose in the style of David Baldacci, thriller and suspense master craftsman. Activates on keywords like "Baldacci style," "government conspiracy thriller," "procedural suspense," or "write like David Baldacci."
96 lines - David Grann Style
Writes prose in the style of David Grann, narrative nonfiction detective and archival excavator. Activates on keywords like "Grann style," "true crime narrative," "archival nonfiction," or "write like David Grann."
96 lines - Delia Owens Style
Writes prose in the style of Delia Owens, naturalist turned novelist. Activates on keywords like "Owens style," "lyrical nature writing," "Southern literary fiction," or "write like Delia Owens."
91 lines - Diana Gabaldon Style
Writes prose in the style of Diana Gabaldon, architect of historical epic romance. Activates on keywords like "Gabaldon style," "time-travel romance," "historical epic," or "write like Diana Gabaldon."
87 lines - Donna Tartt Style
Writes prose in the style of Donna Tartt, maximalist architect of obsession. Activates on keywords like "Tartt style," "dark academic literary fiction," "maximalist literary prose," or "write like Donna Tartt."
95 lines - Douglas Stuart Style
Writes prose in the style of Douglas Stuart, poet of working-class Scottish survival. Activates on keywords like "Stuart style," "working-class literary fiction," "Scottish realism," or "write like Douglas Stuart."
91 lines - Elizabeth Gilbert Style
Writes prose in the style of Elizabeth Gilbert, memoirist and creativity evangelist. Activates on keywords like "Gilbert style," "creative courage," "memoir warmth," or "write like Elizabeth Gilbert."
95 lines - Emily Henry Style
Writes prose in the style of Emily Henry, queen of contemporary literary romance. Activates on keywords like "Emily Henry style," "witty banter romance," "literary rom-com," or "write like Emily Henry."
87 lines - Erik Larson Style
Writes prose in the style of Erik Larson, master of narrative nonfiction. Activates on keywords like "Larson style," "narrative nonfiction," "cinematic history writing," or "write like Erik Larson."
93 lines - Freida McFadden Style
Writes prose in the style of Freida McFadden, psychological thriller sensation. Activates on keywords like "McFadden style," "domestic thriller twist," "unreliable narrator," or "write like Freida McFadden."
93 lines - George R.R. Martin Style
Writes prose in the style of George R.R. Martin, master of epic political fantasy. Activates on keywords like "Martin style," "grimdark political fantasy," "epic worldbuilding," or "write like George R.R. Martin."
87 lines - George Saunders Style
Writes prose in the style of George Saunders, satirist of American corporate absurdity. Activates on keywords like "Saunders style," "absurdist literary satire," "corporate dystopian voice," or "write like George Saunders."
94 lines - Gillian Flynn Style
Writes prose in the style of Gillian Flynn, architect of toxic intimacy and dark feminism. Activates on keywords like "Flynn style," "dark domestic thriller," "toxic marriage suspense," or "write like Gillian Flynn."
91 lines - Glennon Doyle Style
Writes prose in the style of Glennon Doyle, memoirist and fierce truth-teller. Activates on keywords like "Doyle style," "untamed voice," "fierce memoir," or "write like Glennon Doyle."
96 lines - Grady Hendrix Style
Writes prose in the style of Grady Hendrix, maestro of horror comedy and pop culture nostalgia. Activates on keywords like "Hendrix style," "horror comedy," "nostalgic pop horror," or "write like Grady Hendrix."
92 lines - Hanya Yanagihara Style
Writes prose in the style of Hanya Yanagihara, maximalist chronicler of suffering and devotion. Activates on keywords like "Yanagihara style," "maximalist emotional fiction," "epic literary intensity," or "write like Hanya Yanagihara."
94 lines - Harlan Coben Style
Writes prose in the style of Harlan Coben, master of suburban domestic suspense. Activates on keywords like "Coben style," "suburban thriller twist," "domestic suspense," or "write like Coben."
91 lines - Haruki Murakami Style
Writes prose in the style of Haruki Murakami, cartographer of loneliness and the surreal. Activates on keywords like "Murakami style," "surreal literary fiction," "Japanese magical realism," or "write like Haruki Murakami."
87 lines - Ibram X. Kendi Style
Writes prose in the style of Ibram X. Kendi, antiracist scholar and public intellectual. Activates on keywords like "Kendi style," "antiracist framework," "policy-focused analysis," or "write like Ibram X. Kendi."
92 lines - James Clear Style
Writes prose in the style of James Clear, habits and productivity author. Activates on keywords like "Clear style," "atomic habits writing," "behavior change prose," or "write like James Clear."
95 lines - James Patterson Style
Writes prose in the style of James Patterson, prolific thriller and suspense juggernaut. Activates on keywords like "Patterson style," "ultra-short chapters," "relentless pacing," or "write like James Patterson."
96 lines - Jasmine Guillory Style
Writes prose in the style of Jasmine Guillory, master of modern meet-cute romance. Activates on keywords like "Guillory style," "contemporary meet-cute romance," "food and love fiction," or "write like Jasmine Guillory."
93 lines - Jennifer Egan Style
Writes prose in the style of Jennifer Egan, formal innovator of time and memory. Activates on keywords like "Egan style," "structural experimentation," "time and identity fiction," or "write like Jennifer Egan."
91 lines - Jesmyn Ward Style
Writes prose in the style of Jesmyn Ward, poet of the Black Gulf South. Activates on keywords like "Ward style," "Southern gothic literary," "lyrical grief prose," or "write like Jesmyn Ward."
91 lines - Joe Hill Style
Writes prose in the style of Joe Hill, modern architect of character-driven horror. Activates on keywords like "Hill style," "character-driven horror," "supernatural Americana," or "write like Joe Hill."
92 lines - John Grisham Style
Writes prose in the style of John Grisham, master of the legal thriller engine. Activates on keywords like "Grisham style," "legal thriller," "courtroom suspense," or "write like John Grisham."
95 lines - Jon Krakauer Style
Writes prose in the style of Jon Krakauer, adventure journalist and moral excavator. Activates on keywords like "Krakauer style," "adventure nonfiction," "mountain narrative," or "write like Jon Krakauer."
92 lines - Julia Quinn Style
Writes prose in the style of Julia Quinn, witty architect of Regency romance. Activates on keywords like "Quinn style," "Regency romance wit," "historical romantic comedy," or "write like Julia Quinn."
94 lines - Karin Slaughter Style
Writes prose in the style of Karin Slaughter, unflinching crime thriller architect. Activates on keywords like "Slaughter style," "visceral crime thriller," "Southern noir suspense," or "write like Slaughter."
92 lines - Kazuo Ishiguro Style
Writes prose in the style of Kazuo Ishiguro, master of repressed revelation. Activates on keywords like "Ishiguro style," "restrained literary fiction," "unreliable memory narrative," or "write like Kazuo Ishiguro."
88 lines - Kristin Hannah Style
Writes prose in the style of Kristin Hannah, epic historical emotionalist. Activates on keywords like "Hannah style," "emotional historical fiction," "women's resilience saga," or "write like Kristin Hannah."
92 lines - Lee Child Style
Writes prose in the style of Lee Child, action thriller legend and creator of Jack Reacher. Activates on keywords like "Lee Child style," "Reacher cadence," "minimalist action thriller," or "write like Lee Child."
96 lines - Leigh Bardugo Style
Writes prose in the style of Leigh Bardugo, architect of morally complex fantasy. Activates on keywords like "Bardugo style," "heist fantasy," "dark YA worldbuilding," or "write like Leigh Bardugo."
87 lines - Lisa Jewell Style
Writes prose in the style of Lisa Jewell, master of domestic suspense escalation. Activates on keywords like "Jewell style," "domestic thriller," "twisty family suspense," or "write like Lisa Jewell."
92 lines - Madeline Miller Style
Writes prose in the style of Madeline Miller, reimaginer of classical mythology. Activates on keywords like "Miller style," "mythological retelling," "classical literary fiction," or "write like Madeline Miller."
90 lines - Malcolm Gladwell Style
Writes prose in the style of Malcolm Gladwell, popular science storyteller. Activates on keywords like "Gladwell style," "counterintuitive narrative," "popular science storytelling," or "write like Gladwell."
95 lines - Margaret Atwood Style
Writes prose in the style of Margaret Atwood, architect of speculative warning fiction. Activates on keywords like "Atwood style," "speculative dystopia," "feminist literary fiction," or "write like Margaret Atwood."
87 lines - Mark Manson Style
Writes prose in the style of Mark Manson, irreverent self-help author. Activates on keywords like "Manson style," "anti-self-help writing," "irreverent wisdom prose," or "write like Mark Manson."
95 lines - Mary Roach Style
Writes prose in the style of Mary Roach, popular science humorist and curiosity investigator. Activates on keywords like "Roach style," "science humor," "curious investigation," or "write like Mary Roach."
93 lines - Matt Haig Style
Writes prose in the style of Matt Haig, philosopher of everyday wonder. Activates on keywords like "Haig style," "existential warmth," "speculative comfort fiction," or "write like Matt Haig."
91 lines - Matthew Perry Style
Writes prose in the style of Matthew Perry, actor and addiction memoirist. Activates on keywords like "Perry style," "addiction memoir prose," "tragicomic confessional," or "write like Matthew Perry."
95 lines - Michael Connelly Style
Writes prose in the style of Michael Connelly, master of Los Angeles crime fiction. Activates on keywords like "Connelly style," "procedural realism," "LA noir detective," or "write like Connelly."
95 lines - Michael Lewis Style
Writes prose in the style of Michael Lewis, narrative nonfiction master and Wall Street translator. Activates on keywords like "Lewis style," "narrative nonfiction," "financial storytelling," or "write like Michael Lewis."
94 lines - Michelle Obama Style
Writes prose in the style of Michelle Obama, memoirist and public figure. Activates on keywords like "Obama memoir style," "dignified personal narrative," "becoming prose," or "write like Michelle Obama."
95 lines - Min Jin Lee Style
Writes prose in the style of Min Jin Lee, epic chronicler of immigrant perseverance. Activates on keywords like "Min Jin Lee style," "multigenerational immigrant saga," "diasporic literary fiction," or "write like Min Jin Lee."
91 lines - Naomi Alderman Style
Writes prose in the style of Naomi Alderman, architect of speculative power narratives. Activates on keywords like "Alderman style," "speculative power fiction," "feminist dystopia," or "write like Naomi Alderman."
94 lines - Neil Gaiman Style
Writes prose in the style of Neil Gaiman, weaver of mythic modern fables. Activates on keywords like "Gaiman style," "mythic contemporary fantasy," "dark whimsy," or "write like Neil Gaiman."
87 lines - Nicholas Sparks Style
Writes prose in the style of Nicholas Sparks, master of romantic tragedy. Activates on keywords like "Sparks style," "small-town romance," "bittersweet love story," or "write like Nicholas Sparks."
91 lines - Nora Roberts Style
Writes prose in the style of Nora Roberts, the queen of romance fiction. Activates on keywords like "Roberts style," "romantic suspense," "strong heroine romance," or "write like Nora Roberts."
87 lines - Ocean Vuong Style
Writes prose in the style of Ocean Vuong, poet of displacement and tenderness. Activates on keywords like "Vuong style," "lyrical immigrant prose," "poetic literary fiction," or "write like Ocean Vuong."
91 lines - Ottessa Moshfegh Style
Writes prose in the style of Ottessa Moshfegh, poet of disaffection and bodily alienation. Activates on keywords like "Moshfegh style," "disaffected literary fiction," "darkly comic alienation," or "write like Ottessa Moshfegh."
93 lines - Paul Tremblay Style
Writes prose in the style of Paul Tremblay, architect of literary ambiguous horror. Activates on keywords like "Tremblay style," "ambiguous literary horror," "unreliable supernatural," or "write like Paul Tremblay."
92 lines - Paula Hawkins Style
Writes prose in the style of Paula Hawkins, architect of unreliable domestic suspense. Activates on keywords like "Hawkins style," "unreliable narrator thriller," "domestic psychological suspense," or "write like Paula Hawkins."
90 lines - Prince Harry Style
Writes prose in the style of Prince Harry, royal memoirist. Activates on keywords like "Prince Harry style," "royal memoir prose," "confessional aristocratic narrative," or "write like Prince Harry."
95 lines - R.F. Kuang Style
Writes prose in the style of R.F. Kuang, voice of empire and identity in genre fiction. Activates on keywords like "Kuang style," "dark academic fantasy," "anti-colonial speculative," or "write like R.F. Kuang."
87 lines - Rachel Kushner Style
Writes prose in the style of Rachel Kushner, novelist of art, politics, and velocity. Activates on keywords like "Kushner style," "intellectual literary fiction," "art-world political novel," or "write like Rachel Kushner."
88 lines - Rebecca Solnit Style
Writes prose in the style of Rebecca Solnit, essayist and wandering cartographer of ideas. Activates on keywords like "Solnit style," "wandering essay," "poetic nonfiction," or "write like Rebecca Solnit."
93 lines - Rebecca Yarros Style
Writes prose in the style of Rebecca Yarros, powerhouse of fantasy romance. Activates on keywords like "Yarros style," "dragon rider romance," "military fantasy romance," or "write like Rebecca Yarros."
91 lines - Richard Osman Style
Writes prose in the style of Richard Osman, master of the warm ensemble mystery. Activates on keywords like "Osman style," "cozy mystery ensemble," "witty British whodunit," or "write like Richard Osman."
92 lines - Richard Powers Style
Writes prose in the style of Richard Powers, novelist of science and interconnection. Activates on keywords like "Powers style," "science literary fiction," "ecological systems novel," or "write like Richard Powers."
92 lines - Riley Sager Style
Writes prose in the style of Riley Sager, master of gothic domestic thrillers. Activates on keywords like "Sager style," "gothic thriller," "unreliable narrator horror," or "write like Riley Sager."
86 lines - Robert Greene Style
Writes prose in the style of Robert Greene, strategist and chronicler of power. Activates on keywords like "Greene style," "laws of power," "strategic narrative," or "write like Robert Greene."
94 lines - Roxane Gay Style
Writes prose in the style of Roxane Gay, essayist and cultural critic. Activates on keywords like "Gay style," "bad feminist voice," "cultural essay," or "write like Roxane Gay."
92 lines - Ruth Ware Style
Writes prose in the style of Ruth Ware, architect of claustrophobic suspense. Activates on keywords like "Ware style," "claustrophobic thriller," "locked-room suspense," or "write like Ruth Ware."
94 lines - Ryan Holiday Style
Writes prose in the style of Ryan Holiday, modern Stoic and strategic thinker. Activates on keywords like "Holiday style," "modern stoicism," "obstacle is the way," or "write like Ryan Holiday."
93 lines - Sally Rooney Style
Writes prose in the style of Sally Rooney, chronicler of millennial intimacy. Activates on keywords like "Rooney style," "millennial literary fiction," "intimate dialogue prose," or "write like Sally Rooney."
92 lines - Sarah J. Maas Style
Writes prose in the style of Sarah J. Maas, architect of epic romantasy. Activates on keywords like "Maas style," "romantasy," "fae court romance," or "write like Sarah J. Maas."
91 lines - Simon Sinek Style
Writes prose in the style of Simon Sinek, leadership optimist and infinite-game thinker. Activates on keywords like "Sinek style," "start with why," "infinite mindset," or "write like Simon Sinek."
95 lines - Stephen King Style
Writes prose in the style of Stephen King, the undisputed master of American horror. Activates on keywords like "King style," "literary horror," "small-town dread," or "write like Stephen King."
92 lines - T. Kingfisher Style
Writes prose in the style of T. Kingfisher, warmhearted weaver of cozy horror and fantasy. Activates on keywords like "Kingfisher style," "cozy horror," "pragmatic fantasy voice," or "write like T. Kingfisher."
92 lines - Ta-Nehisi Coates Style
Writes prose in the style of Ta-Nehisi Coates, essayist and witness to American racial history. Activates on keywords like "Coates style," "between the world and me," "American reckoning," or "write like Coates."
96 lines - Talia Hibbert Style
Writes prose in the style of Talia Hibbert, champion of inclusive contemporary romance. Activates on keywords like "Hibbert style," "inclusive romance," "neurodivergent love story," or "write like Talia Hibbert."
94 lines - Tana French Style
Writes prose in the style of Tana French, literary alchemist of mystery and memory. Activates on keywords like "French style," "literary mystery," "atmospheric crime fiction," or "write like Tana French."
94 lines - Taylor Jenkins Reid Style
Writes prose in the style of Taylor Jenkins Reid, literary and historical fiction virtuoso. Activates on keywords like "TJR style," "oral history format," "glamour and heartbreak," or "write like Taylor Jenkins Reid."
92 lines - Toni Morrison Style
Writes prose in the style of Toni Morrison, Nobel laureate of Black American experience. Activates on keywords like "Morrison style," "lyrical Black fiction," "memory and trauma narrative," or "write like Toni Morrison."
88 lines - V.E. Schwab Style
Writes prose in the style of V.E. Schwab, architect of lyrical speculative fiction. Activates on keywords like "Schwab style," "literary fantasy," "poetic speculative fiction," or "write like V.E. Schwab."
92 lines - Walter Isaacson Style
Writes prose in the style of Walter Isaacson, master biographer. Activates on keywords like "Isaacson style," "narrative biography," "great lives storytelling," or "write like Isaacson."
95 lines - Yuval Noah Harari Style
Writes prose in the style of Yuval Noah Harari, macro-historian and species-level thinker. Activates on keywords like "Harari style," "species-level narrative," "big history," or "write like Harari."
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