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Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterHeretical Fishing by Haylock JobsonBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeThe Three Witches and the Master by Max NowazA Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes
All Sorts Favourites
1,517 books — 1,280 voters
On Writing by Stephen KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Creative Life
507 books — 618 voters

Wreck This Journal by Keri SmithThis Is Not a Book by Keri SmithListography Journal by Lisa NolaHow to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri SmithMess by Keri Smith
Journals That Spark Extreme Creativity
265 books — 198 voters
A Visionary Guide to Lucid Dreaming by Lee AdamsExploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBergeAre You Dreaming? by Daniel LoveLucid Dreaming by Robert WaggonerThe Tibetan Yogas Of Dream And Sleep by Tenzin Wangyal
Best books about Lucid Dreaming
90 books — 140 voters

Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
Books that opened my eyes, mind or heart
94 books — 90 voters
Color and Light by James GurneySteal Like an Artist by Austin KleonUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudFigure Drawing by Michael HamptonImaginative Realism by James Gurney
Art Reference books for Illustrators and Animators
214 books — 81 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoSophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson
Uniquely Structured Books
105 books — 77 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
What a Wonderful World - A Celebration of Imaginative World-Building
311 books — 60 voters

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonNot a Box by Antoinette PortisJourney by Aaron BeckerWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakChalk by Bill Thomson
Imagine That! Pictures Books about Imagination
174 books — 54 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantNegative Space by Lilly DancygerThe Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
Books with Main Characters Who Are Artists
182 books — 45 voters

The Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinActor for Life by Connie de VeerThe Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Coming to Terms with Experience through Writing, Scott Oury by Scott Oury
Best Instructional Books for Learning Art Forms
117 books — 44 voters
Sola by Amy FieldA Year in Provence by Peter MayleOne Thousand White Women by Jim FergusGalileo's Daughter by Dava SobelBarbarian Days by William Finnegan
Travel Passionately with Inspiration
160 books — 35 voters

Elias Zapple's Rhymes from the Cabbage Patch by Elias ZappleBournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny WinterAnxiety by Danny WinterOutside the Box by Karma WilsonWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny Winter
Poetry like Seuss and Silverstein
37 books — 32 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsAnimal Farm by George OrwellDark Places by Gillian FlynnThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Compassionate Guide For Social Robots by Marcel Heerink
Books with a Unique Writing Style/Technique
35 books — 28 voters

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonJourney by Aaron BeckerThe Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DaywaltChalk by Bill ThomsonThe Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Picture Books About Characters Drawing
80 books — 25 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahEmma by Jane AustenGmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Books for the ISFP
120 books — 20 voters

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloudHow to Draw Comics the Marvel Way by Stan LeeBig Book of Unique Names for Characters by Aimard R.MaknedaSteal Like an Artist by Austin KleonAnimation 1 by Preston Blair
Great books for Character Design
47 books — 19 voters
Leverage by Katherine BlackPedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene by Katherine BlackNowhere Boulevard by Katherine BlackA Question of Sanity by Katherine BlackRat-a-tat-tat by Susan Simpson
A Healthy New Literary Addiction
50 books — 14 voters

The Fiction Writer's Sexuality Guide by Dr. J.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells by Ben BovaUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudOn Writing by Stephen King
Creative Writing Guides And Other Books For Writers
41 books — 10 voters
Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneMad Love by Lynessa LayneConflict of Intrigues by ML YostVirtues' Sacrifice by Christopher Gamlin
Best Homemade Indie Book Covers
9 books — 7 voters

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderLooking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg GilmoreIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KawamuraThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
Most Creative Book Titles
36 books — 5 voters
The Psychic Pathway by Sonia ChoquetteWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergCreative Visualization by Shakti GawainThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronThe Spiral Dance by Starhawk
The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron
33 books — 4 voters

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy NelsonIvy by Julie HearnSuitors and Sabotage by Cindy AnsteySpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonA Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller
YA Books About Art
7 books — 3 voters
Thick by Alexa RileyHitman's Target by Lena LittleStuffed by Mink황녀님의 인형 가게 [Hwangnyeonim'eui Inhyeong Gage] by Uyeon On
Stuffed: Heroine Makes Stuffed Animals
4 books — 3 voters

Journal Sparks by Emily K. NeuburgerMy #BookTok Reading Journal by Nadia HayesWreck This Journal (Red) Expanded Edition by Keri SmithWreck This Journal Everywhere by Keri Smith
Creative Interactive Books
4 books — 2 voters
The Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. LewisThe Pilgrim's Progress by John BunyanLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisMustard Seed by Laila Ibrahim
Realization (Documents Based on Self-Scholarly Effects with Google Scholar Citations. )
20 books — 1 voter

Baroque and Rococo by Barbara BorngasserRococo by Sarah D. CoffinOudry's Painted Menagerie by Mary MortonRococo by Eva Gesine BaurHistorical Dictionary of Rococo Art by Jennifer Milam
Rococo
6 books — 1 voter
Garden by Yuichi YokoyamaAn Invitation from a Crab by panpanyaAfter Nothing Comes by Aidan KochDognurse by Margot FerrickGrip by Lale Westvind
Most Innovative Comics Artists Nowadays
28 books — 1 voter

Warcross by Marie LuWildcard by Marie LuThe Rule of One by Ashley SaundersThe Rule of Many by Ashley SaundersThe Rule of All by Ashley Saunders
Books With Creative Worlds
48 books — 1 voter
Frantastic Voyage by Jim BentonThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithAntiques Roadshow 40 Years of Great Finds by Paul AtterburyThe Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo GiordanoThe Ensemble by Aja Gabel
TV Shows & Books Pairing
22 books — 1 voter

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