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Just Kids Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as artists)
avg rating 4.21 — 357,711 ratings — published 2010
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Girl with a Pearl Earring Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as artists)
avg rating 3.93 — 783,063 ratings — published 1999
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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as artists)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,860 ratings — published 2016
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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as artists)
avg rating 4.18 — 129,807 ratings — published 2017
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I'll Give You the Sun I'll Give You the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as artists)
avg rating 4.15 — 358,491 ratings — published 2014
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The Noisy Paint Box The Noisy Paint Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as artists)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,490 ratings — published 2014
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The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as artists)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,966 ratings — published 2014
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Haunted Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as artists)
avg rating 3.59 — 111,570 ratings — published 2005
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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as artists)
avg rating 3.89 — 50,086 ratings — published 1995
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The Letters of Vincent van Gogh The Letters of Vincent van Gogh (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as artists)
avg rating 4.08 — 111,919 ratings — published 1914
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Van Gogh: The Life Van Gogh: The Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as artists)
avg rating 4.17 — 31,419 ratings — published 2011
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The Passion of Artemisia The Passion of Artemisia (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as artists)
avg rating 3.91 — 20,020 ratings — published 2001
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The Agony and the Ecstasy The Agony and the Ecstasy (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as artists)
avg rating 4.09 — 97,198 ratings — published 1961
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Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as artists)
avg rating 3.90 — 286,143 ratings — published 2005
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Lust for Life Lust for Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as artists)
avg rating 4.28 — 31,794 ratings — published 1934
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Duma Key Duma Key (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as artists)
avg rating 3.99 — 137,494 ratings — published 2008
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My Friends My Friends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as artists)
avg rating 4.37 — 383,174 ratings — published 2025
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Little Fires Everywhere Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as artists)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,319,463 ratings — published 2017
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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as artists)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,777 ratings — published 2016
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as artists)
avg rating 3.96 — 338,898 ratings — published 2012
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as artists)
avg rating 4.01 — 74,335 ratings — published 1983
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The Silent Patient The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as artists)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,315,974 ratings — published 2019
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Drawing from Memory Drawing from Memory (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as artists)
avg rating 3.99 — 56,357 ratings — published 2011
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The Swan Thieves The Swan Thieves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as artists)
avg rating 3.58 — 35,546 ratings — published
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Leonardo's Notebooks Leonardo's Notebooks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as artists)
avg rating 3.99 — 53,603 ratings — published 1519
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Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as artists)
avg rating 3.78 — 208,411 ratings — published 2019
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Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as artists)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,315 ratings — published 2016
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I Always Loved You I Always Loved You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as artists)
avg rating 3.67 — 5,696 ratings — published 2014
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The Art Forger The Art Forger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as artists)
avg rating 3.76 — 94,747 ratings — published 2012
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The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10) The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)
by (shelved 12 times as artists)
avg rating 4.07 — 80,720 ratings — published 2014
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as artists)
avg rating 3.65 — 21,191 ratings — published 2013
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The Woman Upstairs The Woman Upstairs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as artists)
avg rating 3.31 — 33,687 ratings — published 2013
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By the Light of the Moon By the Light of the Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as artists)
avg rating 3.89 — 27,733 ratings — published 2002
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Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as artists)
avg rating 3.85 — 5,823 ratings — published 2010
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Take My Picture Take My Picture (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as artists)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,972 ratings — published 2007
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 3.92 — 34,829 ratings — published 2016
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,649 ratings — published 2002
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How to be Both How to be Both (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 3.66 — 27,670 ratings — published 2014
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Confess Confess (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 4.06 — 616,674 ratings — published 2015
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 4.07 — 618,852 ratings — published 2014
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Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story About Vincent van Gogh Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story About Vincent van Gogh (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 4.12 — 855 ratings — published 1994
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Muscling Through Muscling Through (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 3.95 — 6,449 ratings — published 2011
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 4.19 — 213,389 ratings — published 2000
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as artists)
avg rating 3.76 — 138,427 ratings — published 1922
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Daisy Jones & The Six Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as artists)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,867,057 ratings — published 2019
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The Italian Teacher The Italian Teacher (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as artists)
avg rating 3.66 — 7,838 ratings — published 2018
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Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as artists)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,338 ratings — published 2017
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Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as artists)
avg rating 4.07 — 8,445 ratings — published 2015
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A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7) A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7)
by (shelved 10 times as artists)
avg rating 4.32 — 90,235 ratings — published 2011
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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
2,021 books — 1,327 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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Thomas Bernhard
“You've always lived a life of pretense, not a real life-- a simulated existence, not a genuine existence. Everything about you, everything you are, has always been pretense, never genuine, never real.”
Thomas Bernhard, Woodcutters

Marie-Louise von Franz
“People who have a creative side and do not live it out are most disagreeable clients. They make a mountain out of a molehill, fuss about unnecessary things, are too passionately in love with somebody who is not worth so much attention, and so on. There is a kind of floating charge of energy in them which is not attached to its right object and therefore tends to apply exaggerated dynamism to the wrong situation.”
Marie-Louise von Franz, Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales

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