Topic
Creativity
10 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
10 posts
Where to Start with Elizabeth Gilbert: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Elizabeth Gilbert — whether to begin with Eat Pray Love or Big Magic. A complete reading guide to the bestselling memoirist and novelist.
Where to Start with Julia Cameron: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Julia Cameron — how to approach The Artist's Way, her twelve-week creativity recovery program built on morning pages and the artist's date. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — how to approach Flow, his essential book on the psychology of optimal experience. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Rick Rubin: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Rick Rubin — how to approach The Creative Act, his philosophical meditation on creativity as a way of attending to the world rather than a talent or technique. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Steven Pressfield: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Steven Pressfield — how to approach The War of Art, his essential manifesto on creative resistance and professional discipline. A complete reading guide.
Best Books About Creativity: Essential Reading List
The best books about creativity — from Bird by Bird and On Writing to The War of Art and Big Magic. Books that help you understand the creative process and do the work.
Best Books About Music and Art: Fiction and Memoir
The best books about music and art — from High Fidelity and Just Kids to The Goldfinch and The Noise of Time. Fiction and memoir about creativity and artistic life.
Best Books About Writing: Essential Reading List for Writers
The best books about writing — from On Writing and Bird by Bird to The War of Art and Big Magic. Craft guides, creative encouragement, and the practical wisdom every writer needs.
Best Books on Writing: Essential Reading for Writers
The best books on writing — from On Writing and Bird by Bird to The War of Art and Big Magic. Essential craft books for fiction writers, essayists, and anyone who writes.
Books Like Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: 11 Novels About Creativity, Friendship, and Making Something That Lasts
If Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow moved you with its portrait of a decades-long creative partnership and the love that is not quite romance but more than friendship, these novels share its preoccupations.
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