Books on Creativity

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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity 3.95 avg rating — 116,870 ratings
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience 4.11 avg rating — 86,219 ratings
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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention 4.07 avg rating — 5,874 ratings
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life 4.08 avg rating — 40,106 ratings
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration 4.21 avg rating — 100,164 ratings
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The War of Art
The War of Art 3.98 avg rating — 113,851 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,112 ratings
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A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative
A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative 3.95 avg rating — 2,670 ratings
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,511 ratings
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear 3.96 avg rating — 228,762 ratings
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Six Thinking Hats
Six Thinking Hats 3.71 avg rating — 13,377 ratings
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Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques 3.98 avg rating — 4,152 ratings
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Conscious Creativity Mindfulness Meditations (AoL Mindfulness, #7)
Conscious Creativity Mindfulness Meditations (AoL Mindfulness, #7) 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings
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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 3.96 avg rating — 324,431 ratings
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Outsmart The Unexpected: Grow Your Creativity The Edge-Of-Your-Seat Way
Outsmart The Unexpected: Grow Your Creativity The Edge-Of-Your-Seat Way 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative
Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative 3.94 avg rating — 4,632 ratings
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Whole Lotta Creativity Going On: 60 Fun and Unusual Exercises to Awaken and Strengthen Your Creativity
Whole Lotta Creativity Going On: 60 Fun and Unusual Exercises to Awaken and Strengthen Your Creativity 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Ten Faces of Innovation: Strategies for Heightened Creativity
The Ten Faces of Innovation: Strategies for Heightened Creativity
by: TomKelley
3.98 avg rating — 4,679 ratings
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Creativity Is Forever, 5th Edition
Creativity Is Forever, 5th Edition 3.94 avg rating — 78 ratings
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The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential
The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential 3.81 avg rating — 3,148 ratings
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Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art 4.19 avg rating — 2,864 ratings
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Handbook of Creativity
Handbook of Creativity 4.05 avg rating — 104 ratings
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The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice 4.06 avg rating — 5,940 ratings
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Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity 4.06 avg rating — 27,071 ratings
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The Soul of Creativity: Insights Into the Creative Process
The Soul of Creativity: Insights Into the Creative Process 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity
Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity 4.15 avg rating — 349 ratings
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A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: using your explorer, artist, judge, & warrior to be more creative
A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: using your explorer, artist, judge, & warrior to be more creative 3.97 avg rating — 229 ratings
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The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart
The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart 4.03 avg rating — 2,610 ratings
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Awakening Genius in the Classroom
Awakening Genius in the Classroom 3.64 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Creative Spirit
The Creative Spirit 3.59 avg rating — 512 ratings
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Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential 3.62 avg rating — 716 ratings
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 3.95 avg rating — 72,834 ratings
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Genius Intelligence (The Underground Knowledge Series, #1)
Genius Intelligence (The Underground Knowledge Series, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 747 ratings
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The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life
The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life 4.12 avg rating — 552 ratings
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation 3.99 avg rating — 15,387 ratings
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Imagine: How Creativity Works
Imagine: How Creativity Works 3.97 avg rating — 51,927 ratings
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So You Want To Be A Writer: How to get started
So You Want To Be A Writer: How to get started 4.23 avg rating — 137 ratings
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It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond 4.13 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity 3.95 avg rating — 116,870 ratings
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The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery
The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery 3.66 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
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How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day 3.83 avg rating — 6,574 ratings
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The Writer's Art
The Writer's Art 4.05 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Why Didn't I Think of That?: A Guide to Better Ideas and Decision Making: A Fable
Why Didn't I Think of That?: A Guide to Better Ideas and Decision Making: A Fable 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Artist's Date Book
The Artist's Date Book 3.95 avg rating — 103 ratings
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The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World
The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World 3.80 avg rating — 2,298 ratings
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Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives
Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives 3.93 avg rating — 1,730 ratings
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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life 3.90 avg rating — 6,907 ratings
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StoryJacking: Change Your Inner Dialogue, Transform Your Life
StoryJacking: Change Your Inner Dialogue, Transform Your Life 4.44 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Control Switch On: The Untold Story Of The Most Powerful Man In The World-Ryan Moran-Who Shaped The Planet For Peace
Control Switch On: The Untold Story Of The Most Powerful Man In The World-Ryan Moran-Who Shaped The Planet For Peace 4.26 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Leading On The Creative Edge: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through The Power Of Creative Problem Solving
Leading On The Creative Edge: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through The Power Of Creative Problem Solving 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property 4.36 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing 3.90 avg rating — 4,922 ratings
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How to Set Up Photography Lighting for a Home Studio
How to Set Up Photography Lighting for a Home Studio 3.70 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? Amazing Brain. Human Communication, Creativity and Free Will
Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? Amazing Brain. Human Communication, Creativity and Free Will 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas are Born
Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas are Born 3.79 avg rating — 209 ratings
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The Good Creative: 18 ways to make better art
The Good Creative: 18 ways to make better art 3.97 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Ideas Like Shoes Take You Places
Ideas Like Shoes Take You Places 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All 3.98 avg rating — 14,020 ratings
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Choose Wonder Over Worry: Move Beyond Fear and Doubt to Unlock Your Full Potential
Choose Wonder Over Worry: Move Beyond Fear and Doubt to Unlock Your Full Potential
by: Amber Rae
3.82 avg rating — 2,095 ratings
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Daydreams at Work: Wake Up Your Creative Powers
Daydreams at Work: Wake Up Your Creative Powers
by: Amy Fries
4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye
Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye 4.08 avg rating — 3,946 ratings
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Author for Life or for a Living?: How to Stay Sane & Alive when Everything & Everyone Brings you Down: Manifesto for Real Writers
Author for Life or for a Living?: How to Stay Sane & Alive when Everything & Everyone Brings you Down: Manifesto for Real Writers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Self-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm
Self-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm 4.62 avg rating — 61 ratings
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The Scream Writer's Handbook: How to Write a Terrifying Screenplay in 10 Bloody Steps
The Scream Writer's Handbook: How to Write a Terrifying Screenplay in 10 Bloody Steps 3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Rethink Creativity: How to Innovate, Inspire, and Thrive at Work
Rethink Creativity: How to Innovate, Inspire, and Thrive at Work 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Broken Daydreams: Otherwise Known As My Eclectic, Sometimes Random, Almost Optimistic, Unconventional Thoughts On How To Redeem A Fractured Generation
Broken Daydreams: Otherwise Known As My Eclectic, Sometimes Random, Almost Optimistic, Unconventional Thoughts On How To Redeem A Fractured Generation 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Eleven Yogic Arts of Creative Living: Looking at the Teachings of Yogi Bhajan through the Lens of Creativity
The Eleven Yogic Arts of Creative Living: Looking at the Teachings of Yogi Bhajan through the Lens of Creativity 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons From a Renaissance Education
How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons From a Renaissance Education 3.87 avg rating — 379 ratings
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The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention (An Artist's Way Book)
The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention (An Artist's Way Book) 3.31 avg rating — 1,445 ratings
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One Plus One Equals Three: A Masterclass in Creative Thinking
One Plus One Equals Three: A Masterclass in Creative Thinking 4.19 avg rating — 1,633 ratings
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Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity
Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity 3.78 avg rating — 134 ratings
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52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner: Get out of your own way and become the writer you're meant to be
52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner: Get out of your own way and become the writer you're meant to be 4.48 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Explorer's Mindset: Unlock Health Happiness and Success the Fun Way
The Explorer's Mindset: Unlock Health Happiness and Success the Fun Way 4.10 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Parallel Mind, The Art of Creativity: The missing manual for your right brain (Release Your Creative Genius Series)
Parallel Mind, The Art of Creativity: The missing manual for your right brain (Release Your Creative Genius Series) 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Creative Entrepreneur: A Guide to Building a Successful Creative Business from Industry Titans
The Creative Entrepreneur: A Guide to Building a Successful Creative Business from Industry Titans 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books
The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Latte Dreams: My one shot at coffee shop ownership
Latte Dreams: My one shot at coffee shop ownership 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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A Technique for Producing Ideas
A Technique for Producing Ideas 4.05 avg rating — 5,101 ratings
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Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Thinking
Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Thinking 4.07 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series)
Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series) 3.95 avg rating — 26,220 ratings
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Mindful Being (AoL Mindfulness, #4)
Mindful Being (AoL Mindfulness, #4) 4.71 avg rating — 48 ratings
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So You Want to Vlog?: How to start from scratch, find your voice & share your stories
So You Want to Vlog?: How to start from scratch, find your voice & share your stories 4.02 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World 4.16 avg rating — 180,850 ratings
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Brandscaping: Unleashing the Power of Partnerships
Brandscaping: Unleashing the Power of Partnerships 4.10 avg rating — 103 ratings
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52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner, Vol. II
52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner, Vol. II 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Seeking Wisdom
Seeking Wisdom 3.68 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality 4.08 avg rating — 26,817 ratings
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Make Your Mark: The Creative’s Guide to Building a Business With Impact
Make Your Mark: The Creative’s Guide to Building a Business With Impact 3.97 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
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Conscious Parenting: Mindful Living Course (AoL Mindfulness #5)
Conscious Parenting: Mindful Living Course (AoL Mindfulness #5) 4.42 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Creative Process: Reflections on Invention in the Arts and Sciences
The Creative Process: Reflections on Invention in the Arts and Sciences 3.72 avg rating — 133 ratings
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How to Build Your Creative Career: ...Without Selling Your Soul (The Complete Creative Book 1)
How to Build Your Creative Career: ...Without Selling Your Soul (The Complete Creative Book 1) 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Sketch by Sketch
Sketch by Sketch 4.25 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Maximize Your Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career (99U Book 2)
Maximize Your Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career (99U Book 2) 3.97 avg rating — 2,819 ratings
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Time Management For Creative People
Time Management For Creative People 3.51 avg rating — 305 ratings
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Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer
Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer 3.96 avg rating — 984 ratings
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Design Thinking (Basic Design #8)
Design Thinking (Basic Design #8) 3.70 avg rating — 169 ratings
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The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain
The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain 3.90 avg rating — 808 ratings
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Living the Artist's Way
Living the Artist's Way 3.31 avg rating — 381 ratings
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Collabetition: 3 Principles For The Creative Person In All Of Us
Collabetition: 3 Principles For The Creative Person In All Of Us 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads
Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads 4.21 avg rating — 4,910 ratings
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