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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
1,661 books — 1,507 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
515 books — 627 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
268 books — 201 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
92 books — 143 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
96 books — 92 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
215 books — 82 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
102 books — 78 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
322 books — 62 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
176 books — 55 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
183 books — 47 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
119 books — 46 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
165 books — 37 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
38 books — 31 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
83 books — 27 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 LeeSteal Like an Artist by Austin KleonAnimation 1 by Preston BlairBlitz the Big Book of Cartooning by Bruce Blitz
Great books for Character Design
47 books — 18 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

Thick by Alexa RileyHitman's Target by Lena LittleShadows of the Cursed Dragon by Ravan TempestStuffed by Mink황녀님의 인형 가게 [Hwangnyeonim'eui Inhyeong Gage] by Uyeon On
Stuffed: Heroine Makes Stuffed Animals
5 books — 4 voters
Karkhana by Waswo X. WaswoMannequins by Brandy Isadora
Artistic and Creative Reads
2 books — 4 voters

Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Great God Pan by Arthur MachenThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Weird Edition II
64 books — 4 voters
Business Raccoon by Andy GutmanRusty the Rooster by Mik RevohladThe Boy Who Talked to the Moon by Lawrence Deary
Lighthearted and Inspiring Children's Books
3 books — 3 voters

Garden by Yuichi YokoyamaRusty the Rooster by Mik RevohladAn Invitation from a Crab by panpanyaAfter Nothing Comes by Aidan KochDognurse by Margot Ferrick
Most Innovative Comics Artists Nowadays
29 books — 2 voters
Secret of the Sangraal by Arthur MachenOrnaments in Jade by Arthur MachenThe Hill of Dreams by Arthur MachenThe Collected Strange Papers of Christopher Blayre by Edward Heron-AllenThe Green Round by Arthur Machen
Checklist: Tartarus Press: The First 100 (1990-2007)
100 books — 2 voters

The Sand-Man and other Night Pieces by E.T.A. HoffmannDouble Eye by W.F. HarveyThe Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires by Eric Stener CarlsonThe Collected Connoisseur by Mark ValentineN by Arthur Machen
Checklist: Tartarus Press: The Second 100 (2007-2020).
100 books — 2 voters
Sphinxes & Obelisks by Mark ValentineThe Fig Garden and Other Stories by Mark ValentineLiterary Hauntings by R.B. RussellThe Peacock Escritoire with At Dusk by Mark ValentineTime of Passing by John Charles Addison Gaskin
Checklist: Tartarus Press: The Third 100 (2020- ).
42 books — 2 voters

The Fisherman by John LanganANSGAR AND THE TROLLS by Patricia StinsonThe Weird by Ann VanderMeerThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John LanganThis Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Weird Edition I
101 books — 2 voters
The Croning by Laird BarronANSGAR AND THE TROLLS by Patricia StinsonThe Cthulhu Heresy and Other Lovecraftian Sins by Peter RawlikNew Cthulhu by Paula GuranSongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Yoo-hoo, Cthulhu! Edition
85 books — 2 voters

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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