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Creative Books
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 165 times as creative)
avg rating 3.96 — 343,394 ratings — published 2012
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as creative)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,140 ratings — published 2002
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as creative)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,959 ratings — published 2002
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as creative)
avg rating 3.96 — 237,665 ratings — published 2015
The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as creative)
avg rating 3.95 — 91,244 ratings — published 2023
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as creative)
avg rating 4.07 — 62,662 ratings — published 2014
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as creative)
avg rating 4.20 — 104,217 ratings — published 2014
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as creative)
avg rating 4.34 — 322,715 ratings — published 2000
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as creative)
avg rating 4.10 — 42,521 ratings — published 2003
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as creative)
avg rating 4.24 — 112,661 ratings — published 1994
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as creative)
avg rating 3.87 — 383,471 ratings — published 1979
Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as creative)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,307 ratings — published 2013
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
by (shelved 31 times as creative)
avg rating 4.26 — 17,772 ratings — published 2019
The Design of Everyday Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as creative)
avg rating 4.15 — 48,233 ratings — published 1988
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as creative)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,109 ratings — published 1986
Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as creative)
avg rating 3.94 — 444,338 ratings — published 1972
Wreck This Journal (Diary)
by (shelved 21 times as creative)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,066 ratings — published 2007
Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America's Master Communicator, George Lois
by (shelved 19 times as creative)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,319 ratings — published 2012
Art and Fear (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as creative)
avg rating 3.77 — 106,368 ratings — published 1994
Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as creative)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,809 ratings — published
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as creative)
avg rating 3.65 — 21,400 ratings — published 2013
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as creative)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,973 ratings — published 2011
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as creative)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,617 ratings — published 1918
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as creative)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,327 ratings — published 2005
Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are (Flexibound)
by (shelved 16 times as creative)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,540 ratings — published 2015
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as creative)
avg rating 3.62 — 18,338 ratings — published 2003
Imagine: How Creativity Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as creative)
avg rating 3.98 — 55,326 ratings — published 2012
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as creative)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,666 ratings — published 1973
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as creative)
avg rating 4.11 — 90,022 ratings — published 1990
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as creative)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,264 ratings — published 1976
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as creative)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,016 ratings — published 2005
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as creative)
avg rating 3.98 — 100,470 ratings — published 2006
How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as creative)
avg rating 4.21 — 15,755 ratings — published 2008
The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as creative)
avg rating 4.03 — 29,579 ratings — published 2005
Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as creative)
avg rating 4.12 — 12,617 ratings — published 2004
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as creative)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,937 ratings — published 2006
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as creative)
avg rating 4.11 — 29,703 ratings — published 2010
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as creative)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,246 ratings — published 2009
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as creative)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,982 ratings — published 1996
The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as creative)
avg rating 3.89 — 53,132 ratings — published 2009
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as creative)
avg rating 4.00 — 133,227 ratings — published 1993
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as creative)
avg rating 4.07 — 480,177 ratings — published 2012
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as creative)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,539 ratings — published 1989
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
by (shelved 12 times as creative)
avg rating 4.24 — 30,893 ratings — published 2000
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as creative)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,988 ratings — published 2006
Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as creative)
avg rating 4.27 — 20,293 ratings — published 2018
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as creative)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,329 ratings — published 2007
The Animator's Survival Kit (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as creative)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,111 ratings — published 2001
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as creative)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,770 ratings — published 1997
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as creative)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,190 ratings — published 1991
“Have patience with all things but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.”
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“Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
