Best Books on Creative Life

1.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating β€” 310,162 ratings
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird 4.24 avg rating β€” 108,487 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 β€” 116,886 ratings
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Letters to a Young Poet
Letters to a Young Poet 4.28 avg rating β€” 113,875 ratings
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within 4.21 avg rating β€” 31,308 ratings
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating β€” 86,240 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 β€” 324,502 ratings
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You 4.08 avg rating β€” 20,956 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 β€” 40,111 ratings
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A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating β€” 246,517 ratings
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear 3.96 avg rating β€” 228,798 ratings
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Art and Fear
Art and Fear 3.77 avg rating β€” 100,525 ratings
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The War of Art
The War of Art 3.98 avg rating β€” 113,874 ratings
14.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating β€” 162,879 ratings
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 3.87 avg rating β€” 106,070 ratings
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If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit 4.12 avg rating β€” 8,616 ratings
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Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory 4.08 avg rating β€” 17,399 ratings
18.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,993 ratings
19.
Becoming a Writer
Becoming a Writer really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 6,229 ratings
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction 4.24 avg rating β€” 30,211 ratings
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain 3.87 avg rating β€” 372,557 ratings
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The Writing Life
The Writing Life 3.98 avg rating β€” 18,001 ratings
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating β€” 206,780 ratings
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Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers
Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,408 ratings
25.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating β€” 333,758 ratings
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Being and Time
Being and Time 4.05 avg rating β€” 27,069 ratings
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The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present 4.21 avg rating β€” 1,812 ratings
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers 3.99 avg rating β€” 6,231 ratings
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Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life 4.14 avg rating β€” 6,528 ratings
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating β€” 3,430,951 ratings
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The Merchant of Stories: A Creative Entrepreneur's Journey
The Merchant of Stories: A Creative Entrepreneur's Journey 4.59 avg rating β€” 128 ratings
32.
Why I Write
Why I Write 4.01 avg rating β€” 14,218 ratings
33.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 3.87 avg rating β€” 194,035 ratings
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One Writer's Beginnings
One Writer's Beginnings 4.07 avg rating β€” 4,047 ratings
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The Artist's Torah
The Artist's Torah 4.33 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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A Writer's Diary
A Writer's Diary 4.16 avg rating β€” 6,459 ratings
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The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life
by: Amy Tan
3.94 avg rating β€” 8,651 ratings
38.
Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, and Memoirs
Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, and Memoirs 4.37 avg rating β€” 354 ratings
39.
The Narrative Escape
The Narrative Escape 4.16 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
40.
From Words to Brain
From Words to Brain 4.15 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance
Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance 3.96 avg rating β€” 786 ratings
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Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose 4.27 avg rating β€” 3,843 ratings
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On Writing
On Writing 4.02 avg rating β€” 605 ratings
44.
A Tempest Soul
A Tempest Soul 4.11 avg rating β€” 297 ratings
45.
How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum
How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum 4.16 avg rating β€” 13,466 ratings
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life 3.88 avg rating β€” 6,971 ratings
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Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art 4.25 avg rating β€” 9,620 ratings
48.
Wreck This Journal
Wreck This Journal 4.11 avg rating β€” 15,039 ratings
48.
History of Beauty
History of Beauty 3.83 avg rating β€” 65,531 ratings
50.
Letters to a Young Novelist
Letters to a Young Novelist 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,929 ratings
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A Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit
A Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit
by: SARK
4.02 avg rating β€” 5,917 ratings
52.
The Dot
The Dot 4.26 avg rating β€” 34,503 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 β€” 62 ratings
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Mindful Being (AoL Mindfulness, #4)
Mindful Being (AoL Mindfulness, #4) 4.71 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating β€” 176,957 ratings
56.
On Literature
On Literature 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,292 ratings
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Talking About Detective Fiction
Talking About Detective Fiction 3.77 avg rating β€” 2,253 ratings
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The Art of the Novel
The Art of the Novel 3.98 avg rating β€” 7,049 ratings
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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction 3.77 avg rating β€” 1,679 ratings
60.
MFA in a Box
MFA in a Box 3.94 avg rating β€” 89 ratings
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Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,319 ratings
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience 4.11 avg rating β€” 86,241 ratings
63.
What It Is
What It Is 4.17 avg rating β€” 23,333 ratings
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How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy 3.91 avg rating β€” 4,844 ratings
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3.86 avg rating β€” 267,261 ratings
66.
Letters to a Young Artist: Building a Life in Art
Letters to a Young Artist: Building a Life in Art 3.82 avg rating β€” 253 ratings
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Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting 4.12 avg rating β€” 8,201 ratings
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Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity 3.76 avg rating β€” 18,580 ratings
68.
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting 4.27 avg rating β€” 17,108 ratings
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Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English 3.94 avg rating β€” 4,498 ratings
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Aspects of the Novel
Aspects of the Novel 3.80 avg rating β€” 4,858 ratings
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How To Write Science Fiction
How To Write Science Fiction 3.67 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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Vendere il tuo libro con successo
Vendere il tuo libro con successo 4.06 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
73.
Houdini Heart
Houdini Heart 3.84 avg rating β€” 5,459 ratings
75.
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey 3.91 avg rating β€” 31,796 ratings
76.
Letters to a Young Artist
Letters to a Young Artist 4.03 avg rating β€” 854 ratings
77.
Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath
Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath 4.05 avg rating β€” 771 ratings
78.
Fun with a Pencil
Fun with a Pencil 4.13 avg rating β€” 2,473 ratings
79.
Writing Alone and with Others
Writing Alone and with Others 4.26 avg rating β€” 640 ratings
80.
Western Wind: An Introduction to Poetry
Western Wind: An Introduction to Poetry 4.09 avg rating β€” 314 ratings
81.
Creating a Life Worth Living
Creating a Life Worth Living 4.03 avg rating β€” 384 ratings
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How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling 3.87 avg rating β€” 2,675 ratings
83.
The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person's Path Through Depression
The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person's Path Through Depression 3.98 avg rating β€” 450 ratings
84.
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews 4.27 avg rating β€” 453 ratings
85.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating β€” 323,024 ratings
86.
Ish
Ish 4.38 avg rating β€” 11,918 ratings
87.
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe 4.14 avg rating β€” 2,380 ratings
87.
The 10% Solution
The 10% Solution
by: Ken Rand
4.26 avg rating β€” 211 ratings
89.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating β€” 62,414 ratings
90.
One Art
One Art 4.41 avg rating β€” 460 ratings
91.
Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words
Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,534 ratings
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The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence 4.13 avg rating β€” 26,377 ratings
93.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating β€” 93,735 ratings
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What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,825 ratings
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Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered 4.10 avg rating β€” 58,502 ratings
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On Writing
On Writing 4.03 avg rating β€” 4,673 ratings
97.
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,817 ratings
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Writing on Both Sides of the Brain: Breakthrough Techniques for People Who Write
Writing on Both Sides of the Brain: Breakthrough Techniques for People Who Write 3.87 avg rating β€” 281 ratings
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On Becoming a Novelist
On Becoming a Novelist 4.10 avg rating β€” 3,091 ratings
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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need 4.02 avg rating β€” 21,037 ratings
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