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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by Betty Edwards (shelved 88 times as art)
avg rating 4.16 — 889 ratings — published 1979

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Wall and Piece (Paperback)
by Banksy (shelved 78 times as art)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,027 ratings — published 2006

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Griffin & Sabine - An Extraordinary Correspondence (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 76 times as art)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,102 ratings — published 1991

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Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by John Berger (shelved 69 times as art)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,855 ratings — published 1972

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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by Julia Cameron (shelved 65 times as art)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,047 ratings — published 1992

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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives (Hardcover)
by Frank Warren (shelved 64 times as art)
avg rating 4.33 — 5,589 ratings — published 2005

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Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 61 times as art)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,458 ratings — published 1992

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The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 56 times as art)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,086 ratings — published 1993

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The Art Book (Paperback)
by Phaidon Press (shelved 52 times as art)
avg rating 3.98 — 390 ratings — published 1997

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Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by Tracy Chevalier (shelved 49 times as art)
avg rating 3.69 — 30,680 ratings — published 1999

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Faeries (Hardcover)
by Brian Froud (shelved 47 times as art)
avg rating 4.40 — 657 ratings — published 1978

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Amphigorey (Hardcover)
by Edward Gorey (shelved 47 times as art)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,839 ratings — published 1972

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The Gashlycrumb Tinies (Hardcover)
by Edward Gorey (shelved 47 times as art)
avg rating 4.62 — 2,290 ratings — published 1963

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Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
by David Bayles (shelved 46 times as art)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,025 ratings — published 1993

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The Story of Art, 16th Edition (Hardcover)
by Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich (shelved 46 times as art)
avg rating 4.31 — 386 ratings — published 1950

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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by Scott McCloud (shelved 43 times as art)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,030 ratings — published 1993

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Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Paperback)
by Wassily Kandinsky (shelved 41 times as art)
avg rating 3.90 — 376 ratings — published 1960

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Good Faeries, Bad Faeries (Hardcover)
by Brian Froud (shelved 41 times as art)
avg rating 4.28 — 788 ratings — published 1998

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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature (Hardcover)
by Andy Goldsworthy (shelved 40 times as art)
avg rating 4.71 — 382 ratings — published 1990

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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (Hardcover)
by Frida Kahlo (shelved 37 times as art)
avg rating 4.34 — 688 ratings — published 1995

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Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph (Paperback)
by Diane Arbus (shelved 32 times as art)
avg rating 4.53 — 428 ratings — published 1988

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Amphigorey Also (Paperback)
by Edward Gorey (shelved 32 times as art)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,082 ratings — published 1983

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M. C. Escher: The Graphic Work (Paperback)
by M.C. Escher (shelved 31 times as art)
avg rating 4.21 — 160 ratings — published 1967

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Amphigorey Too (Paperback)
by Edward Gorey (shelved 30 times as art)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,091 ratings — published 1975

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On Photography (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Susan Sontag (shelved 29 times as art)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,429 ratings — published 1977

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The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Is Rediscovered (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 28 times as art)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,076 ratings — published 2001

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The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss (Hardcover)
by Dr. Seuss (shelved 28 times as art)
avg rating 4.43 — 465 ratings — published 1995

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Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (Hardcover)
by Terry Jones (shelved 28 times as art)
avg rating 4.08 — 687 ratings — published 1994

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Seven Days in the Art World (Hardcover)
by Sarah Thornton (shelved 27 times as art)
avg rating 3.61 — 665 ratings — published 2008

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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (Paperback)
by Ross King (shelved 27 times as art)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,231 ratings — published 2002

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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol : (From A to B and Back Again)
by Andy Warhol (shelved 26 times as art)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,238 ratings — published 1975

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The Morning Star (Hardcover)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 25 times as art)
avg rating 4.09 — 553 ratings — published 2003

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Leonardo's Notebooks (Hardcover)
by Leonardo da Vinci (shelved 25 times as art)
avg rating 4.34 — 228 ratings — published 1956

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Alexandria: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Unfolds (Griffin & Sabine)
by Nick Bantock (shelved 25 times as art)
avg rating 4.14 — 867 ratings — published 2002

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Gnomes (Hardcover)
by Wil Huygen (shelved 24 times as art)
avg rating 4.21 — 591 ratings — published 1976

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Fruits (Paperback)
by Yuya Aoki (shelved 24 times as art)
avg rating 4.30 — 417 ratings — published 2001

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Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey (Paperback)
by Alex Grey (shelved 23 times as art)
avg rating 4.44 — 219 ratings — published 1990

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The Principles of Uncertainty (Hardcover)
by Maira Kalman (shelved 23 times as art)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,276 ratings — published 2007

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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (Paperback)
by Ross King (shelved 23 times as art)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,318 ratings — published 2001

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The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book (Hardcover)
by Frank Warren (shelved 23 times as art)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,032 ratings — published 2007

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The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo (Paperback)
by Irving Stone (shelved 23 times as art)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,085 ratings — published 1961

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The Lost Painting (Paperback)
by Jonathan Harr (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,238 ratings — published 2005

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M.C. Escher : 29 Master prints (Paperback)
by M.C. Escher (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.42 — 95 ratings — published 1983

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The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to be the Artist You Truly Are (Paperback)
by Danny Gregory (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.29 — 368 ratings — published 2006

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Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing (Hardcover)
by Emma Dexter (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.52 — 244 ratings — published 2005

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H.R. Giger's Necronomicon (Hardcover)
by H.R. Giger (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.27 — 147 ratings — published 1991

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Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy (Paperback)
by Dave Hickey (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.20 — 867 ratings — published 1997

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by Douglas R. Hofstadter (shelved 22 times as art)
avg rating 4.33 — 5,021 ratings — published 1979

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