164 ratings | 62 reviews | avg rating:3.42

Susan’s Year In Books

Susan’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Susan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Susan’s 2025 Year in Books

Susan Best’s Followers (13)

Susan’s Bookshelves

to-read (141)
currently-reading (18)
read (413)
did-not-finish (3)
feminist-art-history (2)
feminist-theory (0)
fiction (0)
psychoanalysis (1)

Susan’s Friends (73)

Susan Cushing

1,106 books | 753 friends

Peter Giles

35 books | 233 friends

Jose

1,885 books | 244 friends

Harriet

62 books | 9 friends

Mariana

82 books | 39 friends

Simone Drichel

56 books | 20 friends

Simone Brott

3 books | 66 friends

Sarah Caylor

118 books | 37 friends

More friends…

Susan Best

Goodreads Author

Born

Singapore

Genre

Art, Nonfiction

Influences

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Elisabeth Grosz, Griselda Pollock

Member Since

November 2012

edit data

Susan Best is professor of art history and theory at Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

Combine Editions
Susan Best’s books

Average rating: 4.41 · 32 ratings · 1 review · 8 distinct works

	Visualizing Feeling: Affect and the Feminine Avant-garde 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Not Personal: Post 60s Body Art and Performance 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reparative Aesthetics: Witnessing in Contemporary Art Photography 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Yang: Seeing and Being Seen by Rosie Hays (Contributor), Benjamin Law (Contributor), Susan Best (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robyn Backen, Backspace: The Art of Communication, Works 1990-2010 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Land by Anne Ferran, Susan Best (Goodreads Author), Felicity Johnson (editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Beautiful Hesitation by Fiona Pardington (Photographer), Aaron Lister (Editor), Kriselle Baker (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mikala Dwyer: A Shape of Thought by Wayne Tunnicliffe (Editor), Helen Hughes, Susan Best (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Susan Best…

Susan is Currently Reading

Susan is currently reading

Counter-realism: Art and subjectivity in contemporary capitalism (Rethinking Art's Histories)

by Tamara Trodd

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jan 19, 2026 02:02PM

Susan is currently reading

Interstices: Negotiations at Contemporary Art’s Boundaries (Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Collection)

by Alexander Alberro

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Oct 03, 2025 05:04PM

Susan is currently reading

Learning from Madness: Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art

by Kaira M. Cabanas

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Aug 26, 2025 06:26PM

rss
Susan’s Recent Updates

Susan is starting Learning from Madness Learning from Madness: Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art by Kaira M. Cabanas progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 08, 2026 07:45PM · like · see status
Susan did not finish Inside the Spiral: The Passions of Robert Smithson by Suzaan Boettger	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 29, 2026 11:30PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Inside the Spiral by Suzaan Boettger. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Inside the Spiral by Suzaan Boettger <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Susan did not finish The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 29, 2026 11:29PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Susan finished reading Unspeakable Acts: Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the 1970s by Nancy Princenthal	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 29, 2026 11:29PM · like
Susan finished reading Drawn from Life by Stella Bowen	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 29, 2026 11:21PM · like
Susan rated a book liked it Reparations and the Human by David L. Eng	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is on a very interesting topic: rethinking reparation. The second half of the book, particularly the last chapter, is where this gets discussed. The first chapter, focused just on Locke and Melanie Klein, was not a convincing account of wes ...more
Apr 26, 2026 02:11PM · like · see review
Susan did not finish Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 25, 2026 03:38PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Everybody by Olivia Laing. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Everybody by Olivia Laing <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Susan wants to read Masked: Anonymity, Empowerment, and Identity in Fashion and Popular Culture by Laini Burton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 23, 2026 01:56PM · like
Susan rated a book liked it Reparations and the Human by David L. Eng	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is on a very interesting topic: rethinking reparation. The second half of the book, particularly the last chapter, is where this gets discussed. The first chapter, focused just on Locke and Melanie Klein, was not a convincing account of wes ...more
Apr 20, 2026 09:17PM · like · see review
Susan finished reading Gendered Labour and Clitoridean Revolt by Leopoldina Fortunati and Carla Lonzi	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mar 02, 2026 11:55PM · like