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A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboDeadly Election by Arthur CrandonFirst I Love You by Genevieve DeweyBoot by Charles L. TempletonFound Money by Peter Watson Jenkins
Little Known Authors Worth Reading
3,939 books — 3,114 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,988 books — 1,307 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
945 books — 1,107 voters
Dark Soul Vol. 1 by Aleksandr VoinovWarrior's Cross by Madeleine UrbanCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatVisible Friend by K.Z. SnowCut & Run by Madeleine Urban
Best M/M Books Covers With No Sexual Overtones
1,358 books — 502 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussDr. Julie Visits Cowboy Mike and Winston by Michael Eastwood
Favorite picture books
509 books — 369 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe House of Medici by Christopher HibbertThe Tigress of Forlì by Elizabeth Lev
The Italian Renaissance
282 books — 172 voters

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonThe Dot by Peter H. ReynoldsMouse Paint by Ellen Stoll WalshIsh by Peter H. ReynoldsArt & Max by David Wiesner
Children Books About Art
276 books — 158 voters
Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansLes Misérables by Victor HugoA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke
Little Bit of Paris
173 books — 67 voters

Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny ReidOne Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLeanThe Countess Conspiracy by Courtney MilanMr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseRavished by Amanda Quick
Brilliant romance heroines and the men who love them
126 books — 65 voters
The Dot by Peter H. ReynoldsIsh by Peter H. ReynoldsHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonBeautiful Oops [Board book] by Barney SaltzbergNot a Box by Antoinette Portis
Great Books for the Elementary Art Room
184 books — 50 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison BechdelLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonGender Queer by Maia KobabeNimona by N.D. Stevenson
Graphic Novels & Comics By LGBTQ+ Authors
151 books — 42 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

Cat’s Eye by Margaret AtwoodBlood Water Paint by Joy McCulloughPhotographic by Isabel QuinteroThe Passion of Artemisia by Susan VreelandLife with Picasso by Françoise Gilot
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #10 A Book About a Woman Artist
127 books — 29 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierStained Glass Summer by Mindy HardwickThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerBluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
Books about artists
79 books — 24 voters

The Art of Spirited Away by Hayao MiyazakiThe Legend of Korra by Michael Dante DiMartinoThe Art of Pirates of the Caribbean by Wendy LefkonThe Making of Jurassic Park by Don ShayThe Art of Rise of the Guardians by Ramin Zahed
Movies, TV Shows & Games: The Art Of...
214 books — 23 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGoblin Market by Christina RossettiKatherine by Anya SetonLizzie Siddal by Lucinda HawksleyRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Pre-Raphaelite Covers
133 books — 21 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
Penelope's Daughter by Laurel CoronaTwilight of Avalon by Anna ElliottThe Third Witch by Rebecca ReisertThe Tempest by William ShakespeareAvalon by Anya Seton
John William Waterhouse Covers
72 books — 18 voters

The Noisy Paint Box by Barb RosenstockThe Iridescence of Birds by Patricia MacLachlanA Splash of Red by Jen BryantRadiant Child by Javaka SteptoeFrida by Jonah Winter
Picture Books About Artists
99 books — 17 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonBeloved by Toni MorrisonCatherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Dead in 2019: The Authors We Lost
212 books — 14 voters

The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie BuchananDancing for Degas by Kathryn WagnerMarie, Dancing by Carolyn MeyerDancing Through Fire by Kathryn LaskyThe Art Forger by Barbara A. Shapiro
Degas Fiction
17 books — 13 voters
Girl, 15, Charming but Insane by Sue LimbGirl, Nearly 16 by Sue LimbOh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn ChildsThe Far Side Gallery 3 by Gary LarsonThe Twilight of Lake Woebegotten by Harrison Geillor
Art Parodies
20 books — 11 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'FarrellKatherine by Anya SetonForever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Book Covers with Classical Paintings
58 books — 11 voters
Restless Ambition by Cathy CurtisBroad Strokes by Bridget QuinnNinth Street Women by Mary GabrielFlorine Stettheimer by Barbara BloeminkJoan Mitchell by Patricia Albers
Creative Women: Biographies of Female Artists and Architects
33 books — 10 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantFake Like Me by Barbara BourlandLust for Life by Irving Stone
Fiction about Art
27 books — 9 voters
Leonardo's Swans by Karen EssexThe Second Mrs. Gioconda by E.L. KonigsburgThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Smile by Donna Jo NapoliThe Far Side Gallery 3 by Gary Larson
Da Vinci Covers
19 books — 6 voters

Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? by Linda NochlinThe Lives of the Artists by Giorgio VasariIntroductory Lectures on Aesthetics by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelReflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and S... by Johann Joachim WinckelmannThe Politics of Vision by Linda Nochlin
Foundations of Art History
38 books — 6 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'FarrellLust for Life by Irving StoneLizzie's Tale by Graham WilsonHumph's War by Wayne Clark
Art Historical Fiction
17 books — 6 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorKnight of the Purple Ribbon by Jennifer Leigh WellsNight Street by Kristel Thornell
Paint It Black
20 books — 5 voters
Catapult Soul by Brian CelioNight Street by Kristel ThornellThe Mask Carver's Son by Alyson RichmanSummer in February by Jonathan SmithAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Artist Novels
18 books — 4 voters

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