Actor for Life by Connie de VeerThe Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinRespect for Acting by Uta HagenOn Directing by Harold ClurmanPractice Journal for Vocalists by Juanita Robinson
Must Reads for Performing Artists
67 books — 27 voters
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleThe Technique of Acting by Stella AdlerAn Actor Prepares by Constantin StanislavskiRespect for Acting by Uta HagenThe Stanislavski System by Sonia Moore
Best Acting Books
52 books — 67 voters

Grandmother's Secrets by Rosina-Fawzia Al-RawiThe Belly Dancer by DeAnna CameronSnake Hips by Anne Thomas SoffeeShimmy for Me by DeAnna CameronBelly Dancing for Beginners by Liz Byrski
Books Featuring Belly Dancing
67 books — 9 voters

Half the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofLittle Princes by Conor GrennanInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos OzThe Blue Mountain by Meir ShalevSee Under by David GrossmanTo the End of the Land by David GrossmanA Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 99 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHaunted by Chuck PalahniukThe Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumOff Season by Jack KetchumExquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
The Goriest Books Ever
409 books — 626 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,196 books — 11,302 voters

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiOrientalism by Edward W. SaidFrom Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman
Best Middle East Nonfiction
534 books — 373 voters