Art

Books that showcase particular types of art.

Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
Dune: the Graphic Novel, Book 1
A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection
The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist
The Little Mermaid
Warhol's Mother's Pantry: Art, America, and the Mom in Pop
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly
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Humans
The Sacrifice of Darkness
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Julián at the Wedding
Golem Girl: A Memoir
Accidentally Wes Anderson
  • Ballet Orphans by Terez Mertes Rose
    Ballet Orphans: A Prequel (Ballet Theatre Chronicles Book 3)
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    Release date: Jan 02, 2021
    From the author of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles comes a novel that explores love and loss, devotion and obsession, amid the glitter of the ballet wor ...more
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    Format: Kindle book

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    Availability: 100 copies available, 267 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Dec 04 - Dec 24, 2020

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The African Lookbook by Catherine E. McKinley
    The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women

    Release date: Jan 19, 2021
    An unprecedented visual history of African women told in striking and subversive historical photographs--featuring an Introduction by Edwidge Danticat ...more
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    Format: Print book

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    Availability: 5 copies available, 928 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Dec 10 - Jan 03, 2021

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Sacred Fool by Nathan Dean Talamantez
    Sacred Fool

    Release date: Jan 20, 2021
    Enter for a chance to win a Kindle copy of SACRED FOOL by Nathan Dean Talamantez!
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    Sacred Fool is a genre-defying homage to one of the Surrealist Mov
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 158 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Dec 12 - Jan 10, 2021

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Cat Kid Comic Club
    I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
    The Meaning of Mariah Carey
    Nothing Ventured (Detective William Warwick, #1)
    How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
    Autumn (Seasonal, #1)
    Sea Prayer
    Humans
    The Great Believers
    Big Lies in a Small Town
    Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3)
    Killing Commendatore
    The Woman in the Moonlight
    The Talented Miss Farwell
    The Doll Factory
    The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWalden by Henry David Thoreau
    A Journey Through Literary America
    141 books — 275 voters
    The Shock of the New by Robert HughesThe Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van GoghThe Story of Art by E.H. GombrichThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Judgment of Paris by Ross King
    Best Art and Art History Books
    694 books — 318 voters

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice SendakThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
    Picture Books With Amazing Art
    773 books — 293 voters
    Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickFallen by Lauren KateGraceling by Kristin CashoreFire by Kristin CashoreNightshade by Andrea Cremer
    Best Fantasy Book Covers
    1,520 books — 1,452 voters

    Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. VaughanNimona by Noelle StevensonLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by Noelle StevensonThe Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. WiebeMs. Marvel, Vol. 2 by G. Willow Wilson
    Best Graphic Novels 2015
    135 books — 367 voters
    We, the Drowned by Carsten JensenThe Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil GaimanThe Chess Machine by Robert LöhrThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Other Side of Eve by Paul Ikin
    Beautiful Book Cover Design
    818 books — 241 voters

    Ways of Seeing
    The Story of Art
    The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
    Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
    Wall and Piece
    The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
    Girl with a Pearl Earring
    Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
    The Art Book
    Concerning the Spiritual in Art
    Seven Days in the Art World
    The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
    The Goldfinch
    History of Beauty
    On Photography

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “ One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. ”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

    Leonardo da Vinci
    “ A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. ”
    ― Leonardo da Vinci

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