Editors Reads

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Creativity

10 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.

10 posts

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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