Art & Artists in Fiction
Works of fiction about art, paintings, artists, sculptors, painters,etc.
1 Girl with a Pearl Earring
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 224,965 ratings
2 The Birth of Venus
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 42,614 ratings
3 The Da Vinci Code (Robert L...
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 993,126 ratings
4 The Picture of Dorian Gray
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 254,064 ratings
5 The Lady and the Unicorn
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 19,428 ratings
6 Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 17,820 ratings
7 In the Company of the Court...
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 11,640 ratings
8 The Agony and the Ecstasy
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 27,584 ratings
9 Rebecca
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 143,748 ratings
10 The Virgin Blue
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 15,533 ratings
11 The Passion of Artemisia
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 6,986 ratings
12 A Portrait of the Artist as...
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 55,643 ratings
13 Lust for Life
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 6,981 ratings
14 Cat's Eye
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 24,940 ratings
15 Possession
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 34,218 ratings
16 The Swan Thieves
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3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 14,528 ratings
17 Loving Frank
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 39,938 ratings
18 Luncheon of the Boating Party
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 2,889 ratings
19 My Name Is Asher Lev
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 19,283 ratings
20 My Name is Red
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 14,756 ratings
21 The Forest Lover
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 1,428 ratings
22 To the Lighthouse
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 44,042 ratings
23 The Mermaid Chair
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 43,776 ratings
24 The Portrait of a Lady
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 29,336 ratings
25 I, Mona Lisa
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 3,351 ratings
26 The Moon And Sixpence
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 5,775 ratings
27 Burning Bright
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 6,429 ratings
28 The Flanders Panel
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 7,036 ratings
29 Tulip Fever
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 1,392 ratings
30 What I Loved
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 5,385 ratings
31 Five Little Pigs (Hercule P...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 8,643 ratings
32 What's Bred In The Bone (Co...
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 2,555 ratings
33 The Lost Painting
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 5,446 ratings
34 From the Mixed-Up Files of ...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 71,904 ratings
35 Clara and Mr. Tiffany
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 6,949 ratings
36 Leonardo's Swans
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 2,198 ratings
37 A Month in the Country
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,252 ratings
38 Life Studies: Stories
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 436 ratings
39 The Blood of Flowers
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 6,805 ratings
40 The Horse's Mouth
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 553 ratings
41 Sunflowers
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 813 ratings
42 Headlong
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 1,275 ratings
43 The Painted Kiss
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 771 ratings
44 An Object of Beauty
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 20,187 ratings
45 Lydia Cassatt Reading the M...
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 731 ratings
46 The Modigliani Scandal
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3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
47 After the Funeral (Hercule ...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 7,000 ratings
48 The Dream of Scipio
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,964 ratings
49 The Cornish Trilogy: The Re...
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4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 1,262 ratings
50 An Artist of the Floating W...
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 5,154 ratings
51 Frenchman's Creek
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 3,989 ratings
52 Five Red Herrings (Lord Pet...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 6,077 ratings
53 Harold and the Purple Crayon
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 55,214 ratings
54 Frida
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,192 ratings
55 Hunting and Gathering
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 5,621 ratings
56 The Andromeda Strain
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 87,124 ratings
57 My Cousin Rachel
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 6,423 ratings
58 Jamaica Inn
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 7,603 ratings
59 Zoia's Gold
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 87 ratings
60 The House on the Strand
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 3,193 ratings
61 The Immaculate Deception (J...
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 533 ratings
61 Catapult Soul
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
63 My Left Foot
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,085 ratings
64 Claude & Camille: A Novel o...
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
65 Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Ve...
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 11,824 ratings
66 Narcissus and Goldmund
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 15,871 ratings
67 The Madonnas of Leningrad
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 6,823 ratings
68 The Jump Artist
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 102 ratings
69 Dancing for Degas
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 753 ratings
70 The Unknown Masterpiece
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 667 ratings
71 Seek My Face
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3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 432 ratings
72 I Am Madame X
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 945 ratings
73 The Portrait
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3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 796 ratings
74 Sepulchre (Languedoc, #2)
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 7,852 ratings
75 Signora Da Vinci
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 939 ratings
76 Artemisia
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,455 ratings
77 I am Rembrandt's Daughter
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 1,148 ratings
78 In Search of Lost Time
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 3,491 ratings
79 The Botticelli Secret
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,261 ratings
80 Angels & Demons (Robert Lan...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 821,157 ratings
81 Diary
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 38,063 ratings
82 The Gift of Asher Lev
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 3,813 ratings
83 Life Class
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3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 1,476 ratings
84 Faking It (Dempseys #2)
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 9,520 ratings
85 The Vivisector
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 273 ratings
86 Third Girl (Hercule Poirot ...
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 6,102 ratings
87 Murder at the National Gall...
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 295 ratings
88 Goya
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 464 ratings
89 The Muse of Edouard Manet (...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 86 ratings
90 Portrait of an Unknown Woma...
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 2,015 ratings
91 The Recognitions
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 1,615 ratings
92 To the Hilt
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 3,080 ratings
93 A Kiss Before You Leave Me
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
94 The Arrow Chest
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 59 ratings
95 The Last Nude
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 3,550 ratings
96 The Alchemist
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 589,772 ratings
97 With Violets
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3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 179 ratings
98 The Forgery of Venus
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,332 ratings
99 Strapless
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,405 ratings
100 The Last Judgement (Jonatha...
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 414 ratings
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message 1: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn It's hard to believe The Lost Painting is non-fiction. It doesn't belong on this list, but what-the-hell. It's not a paper-chase, it's a ....a PAINT-chase, a fabulous true story. God Bless Captain Harr !


message 2: by Lisa (new)

Lisa I love art in books. It is so beautiful. I want to read all of the books on this list!


message 3: by Katherine (new)

Katherine Me, too, Lisa. I just said to my husband, so many books etc


message 4: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Katherine wrote: "Me, too, Lisa. I just said to my husband, so many books etc"

What is your favourite on the list Katherine? My top three are:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Madonnas of Lennigrad
The Swan Thieves


message 5: by Katherine (new)

Katherine Hi Lisa, I, too, chose Girl with the Pearl Earring but have not read the others. I picked DaVinci Code, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Girl in Hyacinthe Blue. I wrote a little blurb with each choice. I'll have to check out your other two.


message 6: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Hi Katherine
I haven't read The Picture of Dorian Gray. I'll check out your blurb. I have read the others you recommended. It is always good to get recommendations from others with similar taste. Thank you very much Katherine.


message 7: by Cindy (new)

Cindy The Gardner Heist is non-fiction, not fiction.


message 8: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Joyce's PORTRAIT.... ?? Jessica, we need clarification here....surely you don't want books about LITERARY artists....big canna worms !


message 9: by Velvetink (new)

Velvetink This list alone is nearly a years worth of reading. ;0


message 10: by Normb4 (new)

Normb4 I love stories of paintings and artist - simply reading a history book is dull to me, but love the history and learning. To read in a story form is wonderful (Yes, I now the story part of it is fictitious, the passion and artistic reference is so real)


message 11: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Normb4 wrote: "I love stories of paintings and artist - simply reading a history book is dull to me, but love the history and learning. To read in a story form is wonderful (Yes, I now the story part of it is fic..."

You might like the crime novels of Daniel Silva. His detective, Gabriel Allon, is an art restorer by trade.


message 12: by Mayine (new)

Mayine Lisa wrote: "Katherine wrote: "Me, too, Lisa. I just said to my husband, so many books etc"

What is your favourite on the list Katherine? My top three are:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Madonnas of Le..."


I just finished The Swan Thieves, and love, love, loved it.


message 13: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Mayine wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Katherine wrote: "Me, too, Lisa. I just said to my husband, so many books etc"

What is your favourite on the list Katherine? My top three are:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The M..."

Me too Mayine. Have you read her other book The Historian. I loved it just as much.


message 14: by Ben (last edited Dec 06, 2011 01:17pm) (new)

Ben I'm surprised no one had nominated In Search of Lost Time (Remembrance of Things Past): Proust 6-pack, which is widely considered one of the finest examples of the Künstlerroman novel. Well, it's there now.


message 15: by Mayine (new)

Mayine Currently reading Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell. It's breathtakingly beautiful. Joy of joy, I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art today and was able to totally immerse myself in Monet's paintings, especially the few on view there of Camille. What a thrill - each brushstroke is alive with stories of their lives, the rich history of that time, and Monet's contemporaries (Renoir, Pissarro, Bazille, Degas...) Happy day!


message 16: by Brenda (new)

Brenda Lisa wrote: "Hi Katherine
I haven't read The Picture of Dorian Gray. I'll check out your blurb. I have read the others you recommended. It is always good to get recommendations from others with similar tast..."


The painter is based loosely on john singer Sargent


message 17: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Brenda wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Hi Katherine
I haven't read The Picture of Dorian Gray. I'll check out your blurb. I have read the others you recommended. It is always good to get recommendations from others with ..."


Thanks Brenda. I will add it to the list.


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message 19: by Mayine (last edited Apr 27, 2013 05:35am) (new)

Mayine Currently reading Elizabeth Hickey's The Painted Kiss about Gustav Klimt and Emily Floge... (Klimt's beloved muse, mistress, model - she's the woman in The Kiss.) Oh my goodness... I love Hickey's writing style, the book draws you in immediately. Richly textured, very atmospheric, the beautiful descriptions of Vienna, the various characters who come to life... The beginning is wonderful... so far, a rare gem of a book.


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