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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 — 202 voters
Mr Internet TV by John BentleyThe Art and Craft of Screenwriting by Shelly FromeTY, Thel by Bernie DowlingDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
ATY 2020 - A Book Related To The Arts
320 books — 193 voters

Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer AshleyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAn Offer From a Gentleman by Julia QuinnMarried by Morning by Lisa KleypasThe Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
Artistic/Creative Romance Heroes/Heroines
430 books — 150 voters
Mr Internet TV by John BentleyGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
[ATY 2023] The Arts
508 books — 117 voters

Ballet Boy by Anfaney GladwinGiraffes Can't Dance by Giles AndreaeFlora and the Flamingo by Molly IdleBarnyard Dance by Sandra BoyntonRap A Tap Tap by Leo Dillon
Picture Books About Dance
198 books — 66 voters
Flash of the Spirit by Robert Farris ThompsonMedicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottAfrican Art by Frank WillettThe Image of the Black in Western Art by David BindmanColored Pictures by Michael D. Harris
The Books On Black Art History
185 books — 14 voters

The Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantWorld Religions by John BowkerHeart to Heart by Jan GreenbergYour Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill
Arts & Humanities for the College Bound
29 books — 10 voters
Spring Strings by Lily MortonCabin Fever by Roe HorvatThird One by Roe HorvatThe Edge of the World by Garrett LeighCan't Let Go by M.J. Calabrese
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2020
9 books — 10 voters

Eight Minutes by Gregory N. WhitisHow to Invent Everything by Ryan NorthA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThrive by Juan Pablo QuiñonezAngela's Arm by Roland Allnach
The Post-Apocalyptic Rebuilder's Library
105 books — 8 voters
From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom WolfeThe Seven Lamps of Architecture by John RuskinToward an Architecture by Le Corbusier101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew FrederickWabi Sabi by Andrew Juniper
2016 holiday gift books for builders, architects, designers
17 books — 6 voters

Patterns in Nature by Philip BallPlant by Phaidon PressThe Where, the Why, and the How by Jenny VolvovskiThe Field Researcher’s Handbook by David J. DaneloThe Art of Science by Richard Hamblyn
Art of Science
26 books — 6 voters
Rend by Roan ParrishThe Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan ParrishCounterpoint by Anna ZaboDrama Fraternity by Joe CosentinoHow Art Can Be Thought by Al-An (Allan) deSouza
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2018
17 books — 5 voters

Code Red by N.R. WalkerThe Rock Star's Guide to Getting Your Man by Ashlyn KaneNext to Me by Veronica CochraneSol by Con RileyFandom by Eden Finley
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2021
6 books — 5 voters
In Step by Jay HoganBalanced and Tied by Mary CalmesBo Next Door by Duckie MackBecause of Ben by Lisa HenryExperience Points by N.A. Melamed
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2022
5 books — 5 voters

A Royal Experiment by Janice HadlowThe Girl by Samantha GeimerCivilisation by Kenneth M. ClarkPassionate Minds by David BodanisHow Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand
Best Nonfiction with MORE than 500 but LESS than 2,000 Ratings
113 books — 5 voters
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara CollinsThreadneedle by Cari ThomasThe Embroidered Book by Kate HeartfieldStories That Bind Us by Susie FinkbeinerCities of Women by Kathleen B. Jones
Stitched Covers
33 books — 5 voters

Cider With Rosie by Laurie LeeGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesThe Discoverers by Daniel J. BoorstinQuiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie TungThe Unabridged Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
Best Nonfiction with MORE than 10,000 but LESS than 50,000 Ratings
105 books — 4 voters
Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald FraserIs Paris Burning? by Larry CollinsThe Price of Glory by Alistair HorneThe Glorious Cause by Robert MiddlekauffFull Tilt by Dervla Murphy
Best Nonfiction Books with MORE than 2,000 but LESS than 10,000 Ratings
110 books — 4 voters

Fret by Sandrine Gasq-DionA Shooting Star by Joe CosentinoMr Wonderful by Willow ScarlettChasing Death Metal Dreams by Kaje HarperFull Exposure by Amy Jo Cousins
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2015
25 books — 3 voters
Jumping Jude by Lucy LennoxTaming Teddy by Lucy LennoxLocked by Ella FrankStrong Signal by Megan EricksonA Kind of Truth by Lane Hayes
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2016
28 books — 3 voters

Felix and the Prince by Lucy LennoxWhere Do I Start? by Chase Taylor HackettAntisocial by Heidi CullinanBanded Together by K.C. BurnAn Unseen Attraction by K.J. Charles
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2017
11 books — 3 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangMy Family & Other Animals by Gerald DurrellOn Writing by Stephen KingA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Nonfiction With MORE Than 50,000 Ratings
58 books — 3 voters

Adventures in Two Worlds by A.J. CroninClementine in the Kitchen by Samuel V. ChamberlainViolence by Rory MillerNo Better Place to Die by Peter CozzensWhere the Indus Is Young by Dervla Murphy
Undervalued Nonfiction
123 books — 3 voters
Amid Our Lines by Zarah DetandThe Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry TrevaldwynPort in a Storm by Rhys FordB-Mine by Ava Olsen
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2024
4 books — 2 voters

Richard Dadd by Nicholas TromansCatland by Kathryn HughesJohn William Godward by Vern G. SwansonTortured Artists by Christopher ZaraWally's World by Steve Starger
Non-Fiction Books About Tortured Artists (visual artists)
85 books — 2 voters
Red Comet by Heather Clark27 by Howard SounesOut Came the Sun by Mariel HemingwayHeavier Than Heaven by Charles R. CrossBetween Grief and Nothing by Lisa C. Hickman
Non-Fiction Books About Tortured Artists (writers and musicians)
96 books — 2 voters

Omeopatia by Roberto BurioniOns creatieve brein by Dick SwaabL'uomo che scambiò sua moglie per un cappello by Oliver SacksI sette peccati capitali dell'economia italiana by Carlo CottarelliFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
I libri di PassaportoFuturo nel 2020
60 books — 1 voter
Breve historia del arte moderno y contemporáneo by Susie Hodge
Arts Books 2023
1 book — 1 voter

A Flowering of Ink by K.L. Noone
M/M Performing and Visual Arts Books 2023
1 book — 1 voter
The Secret History by Donna TarttNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Red Shoes by Barbara BazilianDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThe Magus by John Fowles
Novels set in artistic institutions
6 books — 1 voter

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